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A87009	An ansvver to the animadversions on the dissertations touching Ignatius's epistles, and the episcopacie in them asserted. By H. Hammond, D.D.	Hammond, Henry, 1605-1660.; Owen, John, 1616-1683.	1654 (1654)	Wing H514; Thomason E814_13; ESTC R202518	185,935	227

repeated or inlarged on 7. In the close he is pleased to adde that by this time i. e. in Ignatius's time who suffer'd in Trajan's time and survived St. Iohn very little some alteration was attempted and if that were so meant by him as to belong to the jurisdiction of the Church of Rome over other Churches which the discourse is upon this truly might passe for pr●ttie antient being scarce distinguishable from Apostolical and so if what was attempted were attain'd also 't will be very like the yielding that which I contended from that testimony Sect. 8. Alexandria a Patriarchate instituted by St. Mark This proved and vindicated The Essens in Alexandria Christians Bishops among them Num. 1. IN the next and last place he will passe his judgement on the evidence drawn from the storie of the Church of Alexandria thus 2. The ex●mp●e of Alexandria is urged in the next place in these words id●● de 〈◊〉 de qua Eusebius Mar●um 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ecclesias in plurali primum in Alexandriá instituisse Ha● omnes ab eo sub nomine 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 administrandas sus●episse Anianum Neronis anno octavo idem Eusebius affi●…t quibus pat●t primariam Alexandriae Patriarchalem Cathed●●m fi●…sse ad quam reliquae Provinciae ill●us Ecclesiae à Marco plantatae ut 〈◊〉 Met op●…tica● suam pertinebant doubtlesse for 1. There is no● any passage i● any a●…ent Author more clearly discovering the uncertainty of many things in Antiquity than this pointed to by the D●cto● in Eusebius F●… 〈◊〉 the sending of Mark the Evangelist into Aegypt and his pretching the●e at Alexandria what he had written in ●h● Gospel is but a Rep●●● Men said so but what ground they had for their saying so h●…elat●s no● And yet we know what a foundation of many a●●e●tions by following W●…s his u●●or o● report is made to be 2. In the very next wo●●● the Author affi●mes and insists l●ng upon it in the next Chap●er that Ph●lo's b●ok 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 was written concerning the C●… conv●r●ed by Mark 's preaching at Alexandria when it is notoriously known that it treateth of the Essens a Sect among the Jew amongst whose observances many things were vain superstirious and foolish u●worthy to be o●ce app●●uded as the practice of any Christian in those day s that 〈◊〉 Ph●lo ●s far as can be g●thered living and dying in the Jewish Religion having been employed by them with an Apology to Rome in the dayes of Calig●l● But 3. sup●●se that Mark were at Alexandria and preached the Gospel there which is not improbable and ●…ed many Chu●ches in ●●at great and populous City of Jewes and Gentiles and that as an Evangelist the care of those Churches was upon him in a ●eculiar manner ●ay and adde farther th●● after his death as Hierome●ssu●●s ●ssu●●s us the Elders ●nd Presbyters of those Churches c●o●●e ou●…ne among themselves to preside in their Convocations and meetings I I say ●l ●his be supposed what will ensue w●y then it is manifest tha● the● was fixed at Alexandria a Pa●…cha● Chai● and a Metropolitical Church according to the appointment of Jesus Christ by his Apostles Si ho● non sit probationum satis nescio quid sit satis If some few Congregations live together in love and communion and the fellowship of the Gospel in a City he is stark blind that se●s not that to be an Archbishops See The reason is as clear as his in the Com●… for the freedom of his Wife Sy Utinam Phrygiam ●x●r●m m●am ●●à mecum videam l●beran Dem. Opti●a● muliere● qui lem ●y Et quidem nepoti tuo hujus fili● hodi● primam mammam ded haec Dem. Hercle vero s●…ò siquidem prio●am dedit ba d●dubium qu●● em●●i Aequum s●●t M●● Ob ea●● rem Dem. Ob ●am And there is amend of the contest The Doctor indeed hath sund●y other Sections added to ●h●se foregoing wh●… as they concern times more remote from those who first received the Apostolica● Institutions so I must ingeniously professe that I cannot see any thing whereon to fast●n a su●pi●ion of a proof so ●a re as to call it into examination and therefore I shall absolve the Reader from the pena●ty of this D●gression 3. It is most true that I have deduced the Original of Metropolitans from the first plantation of the Faith in Alexandria the prime City of Aegypt and having before spoken many things of it I begin here with a reference to what had there been said And for the clearing of it it is not a●●sse that I give the Reader a brief view of all 4. They that write the History of that Church and are thought to write it least favourably to Bishops doe yet a●… of the Records of that Church that St. Mark●ound●● ●ound●● 〈◊〉 and left Ananias or Anianus Patriarch there Of this Eus●b us thus speaks 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that Mark first erected ●hurches in Alexandri● 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Anianus received and ruled under th●● t●●o 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Province of Alexandria adding that 〈◊〉 was such a multitude of them which upon St. Mark 's 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 first onset received the Christian Faith 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by 〈◊〉 most Philosophical or pious excellent m●●ner 〈◊〉 living that Philo Jud●us who lived at that time 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●it to write a Book to describe their whole manner of 〈◊〉 5. That the same St. Mark constituted 〈◊〉 so in Pentapolis is affirmed by the Author of his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 accordingly the sixth Canon of the first 〈◊〉 N●… appoints those Churches as also all 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Lybia to be subject to the Patriarch o● Alexand●● 〈◊〉 firming that so it was to be by the antient and primitive custome 6. Here it is evident that by Mark himself Alexandria was constituted a Metropolitical Patriarchal See in the hands and government of a Patriarch who by being Bishop of that had the care of the whole Province and many particular Churches in it and accordingly superintended in all of them And this the second Canon of the Council of Constantinople refers to when it decrees 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that the Bishop of Alexandria shall administer onely the affairs of Aegypt and this in their care 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not to confound the Churches disturb the order antiently observed among them 7. The onely thing that I could foresee possible to be objected to this was the authority of Eutychius the Annalist affirming that till the time of Demetrius's Patriarchate there was no other Bishop in Aegypt but onely at Alexandria But to this authority it was sufficient to oppose the farre greater of Eusebius who speaking of that Demetrius saith that after Julian he undertook 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the government of the Dioceses there in the plural which cannot be imagined to be without Bishops over them And the same is