A CATALOGVE OF DIVERS VISIBLE PROFESSORS OF the Catholike Faith. Which sheweth, that the Roman Church hath byn (as the true Church must be) continually Visible, in all Ages since Christ. Taken out of the Appendix to the Reply of A. D. vnto M. Ant. Wotton, and M. Ioh. White Ministers.
Inquire of ancient tymes before you: remember the old dayes of your Fore-fathers: consider of euery age as they haue passed: aske your Father and he will tell you: demaund of your Ancestours, and they will declare vnto you.
Permissu Superiorum. M. DC. XIV.
TO THE READER.
GENTLE Reader, This ensuing Catalogue, hath byn greatly desyred by diuers friends to be printed alone, to the end, that when any Aduersarie of the Roman Church shall demaund (as the vse of many is to do now adayes) a visible succession of Professours of the Catholike Faith, throughout euery Age, all agreeing in one, & the self same vnity of Faith and Beliefe, from Christ his time vnto ours; thou maist easily, & without further seeking of other Authours, shew the same vnto him for his satisfactiō in this behalfe. And if he cannot shew vnto thee a like succession of Professors of his Church & Faith (as infallibly he will neuer be able to do) all agreeing in the profession of one and the same Faith and beliefe from the beginning; then hast thou good reason not only not to credit, or harken vnto him, or his Church, but vnto the Catholike, one of whose speciall Markes, is this of visible Succession, which of how great importance the same is, and euer hath byn in the cōtrouersy of Catholik and Protestant beliefe, I leaue to thy prudent Consideration.
| An. Dom. | Chiefe Pastours. | Gen. Councells. |
| 30. From the yeare 30. | ||
| 30 | Iesus Christ. | The Hierosolymitan Councell. Act. 15. |
| 34 | S. Peter Apost. | |
| 69 | Linus. | |
| 80 | Cletus. | |
| 93 | Clemens. | |
| 100. From the yeare 100. | ||
| 103 | Anacletus. | |
| 112 | Euaristus. | |
| 121 | Alexander. | |
| 132 | Sixtus I. | |
| 142 | Telesphorus. | |
| 154 | Higinius. | |
| 158 | Pius I. | |
| 165 | Anicetus. | |
| 175 | Soter. | |
| 179 | [...]leutherius. | |
| 194 | Victor I. | |
| [Page]200 From the yeare 200. | ||
| 204 | Zephyrinus. | |
| 221 | Calixtus I. | |
| 227 | Vrbanus I. | |
| 233 | Pontianus. | |
| 238 | Anterus. | |
| 239 | Fabianus. | |
| 254 | Cornelius. | |
| 255 | Lucius. | |
| 257 | Stephanus I. | |
| 260 | Sixtus II. | |
| 261 | Dionysius I. | |
| 273 | Felix I. | |
| 275 | Eutychianus. | |
| 284 | Caius. | |
| 296 | Marcellinus. | |
| From the yeare 300. | ||
| 304 | Marcellus. | The first Nicene Councell, hauing in it 318. Fathers vnder Pope Siluester against Arius the Heretike. |
| 309 | Eusebius. | |
| 312 | Melchiades. | |
| 314 | Syluester I. | |
| [Page]336 | Marcus. | |
| 337 | Iulius. | The first Constantinopolitan Coū cell, hauing in it 150. Fathers vnder Damasus Pope, against Macedonius the Heretike. |
| 352 | Liberius. Liberius vvas first before Felix, and secondly after Felix. | |
| [...]58 | Felix II. Liberius vvas first before Felix, and secondly after Felix. | |
| 367 | Damasus. | |
| 385 | Siricius. | |
| 398 | Anastasius I. | |
| 400 From the yeare 400. | ||
| 402 | Innocentius I. | The Ephesine Councell hauing in it 200. Fathers vnder Celestine Pope, against Nestorius the Heretike. |
| 417 | Sozimus. | |
| 419 | Bonifacius I. | |
| 424 | Celestinus I. | |
| 432 | Sixtus III. | |
| 440 | Leo Magnus. | |
| 461 | Hilarius. | |
| [Page]468 | Simplicius. | The Calcedon Councell hauing in it 630. Fathers, vnder Leo Pope, against Eutiches the Heretike. |
| 483 | Felix III. | |
| 492 | Gelasius I. | |
| 497 | Anastasius II. | |
| 499 | Symmachus. | |
| 500 From the yeare 500. | ||
| 514 | Hormisda. | The second Constantinopolitane Councell, hauing in it 165▪ Fathers, vnder Pope Vigilius, against Anthimus & Theodorus. |
| 524 | Ioannes I. | |
| 526 | Felix IIII. | |
| 530 | Bonifacius II. | |
| 532 | Ioannes II. | |
| 535 | Agapetus. | |
| 537 | Si [...]erius. | |
| 540 | Vigilius. | |
| 556 | Pelagius I. | |
| [Page]560 | Ioannes III. | |
| 573 | Benedictus I. | |
| 578 | Pelagius II. | |
| 590 | Gregorius Magnus. | |
| 600 From the yeare 600. | ||
| 605 | Sabinianus. | The third Constantinopolitane Councell, hauing in it 290. Fathers vnder Pope Agatho against the Me [...]othelites. |
| 606 | Bonifacius III. | |
| 615 | Deus-dedit. | |
| 618 | Bonifacius. IV. | |
| 626 | Honorius. | |
| 639 | Seuerinus. | |
| 640 | Ioannes IV. | |
| 642 | Theodorus. I. | |
| 649 | Martinus I. | |
| 654 | Fugenius. | |
| 655 | Vitalianus. | |
| 669 | Adeodatus. | |
| 676 | Domnus I. | |
| 678 | Agatho. | |
| 683 | Leo II. | |
| 684 | Benedictus II. | |
| [Page]685 | Ioannes V. | |
| 686 | Conon. | |
| 688 | Sergius. | |
| 700 From the yeare 700. | ||
| 702 | Ioannes VI. | The second Nicene Councell, hauing in it 350. Fathers, vnder Pope Adrian, against Imagebreakers. |
| 705 | Ioannes VII. | |
| 708 |
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| 714 | Gregorius II. | |
| 731 | Gregorius III. | |
| 742 | Zacharias. | |
| 752 |
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| 757 | Paulus. I. | |
| 768 | Stephanus IIII. | |
| 772 | Adrianus. | |
| 796 | Leo III. | |
| [Page]800 From the yeare 800. | ||
| 816 | Stephanus V. | The fourth Constantinopolitane Councell, hauing in it 300. Fathers, vnder Adrian the second Pope, against Photius. |
| 817 | Paschalis I. | |
| 824 | Eugenius II. | |
| 827 | Valentinus. | |
| 828 | Gregorius IV. | |
| 844 | Sergius II. | |
| 847 | Leo IV. | |
| 855 | Benedictus III. | |
| 858 | Nicolaus I. | |
| 868 | Adrianus II. | |
| 873 | Ioannes VIII. | |
| 883 | Martinus II. | |
| 884 | Adrianus III. | |
| 885 | Stephanus VI. | |
| 891 | Formosus. | |
| 897 |
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| 900 | Romanus. | |
| 900 From the yeare 900. | ||
| 901 |
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| 905 | Benedictus IV. | |
| 907 | Leo V. | |
| [Page]908 |
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| 910 | Anastasius II. | |
| 912 |
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| 928 | Leo VI. | |
| 929 | Stephanus VIII. | |
| 931 | Ioannes XI. | |
| 936 | Leo VII. | |
| 940 | Stephanus IX. | |
| 943 | Martinus III. | |
| 946 | Agapetus II. | |
| 956 | Ioannes XII. | |
| 965 | Benedictus V. | |
| 966 | Ioannes XIII. | |
| 972 | Domnus II. | |
| 973 | Benedictus VI. | |
| 975 | Benedictus VII. | |
| 984 | Ioannes XIIII. | |
| 985 | Ioannes XV. | |
| 995 | Ioannes XVI. | |
| 996 | Gregorius V. | |
| 999 | Siluester II. | |
| 1000 From the yeare 1000. | ||
| 1003 |
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The Laterane Councell, hauing in it 113. Fathers, vnder Nicolas the second Pope, in which Berengarius the Heretike (who denyed the Reall presence of Christs body in the B. Sacrament) being conuicted, did abiure that Heresy. |
| [Page]1009 | Sergius IV. | |
| 1012 | Benedictus VIII. | |
| 1024 | Ioannes XIX. | |
| 1034 | Benedictus IX. | |
| 1044 | Gregorius VI. | |
| 1047 | Clemens II. | |
| 1048 | Damasus II. | |
| 1049 | Leo IX. | |
| 1055 | Victor II. | |
| 1058 | Stephanus X. | |
| 1059 | Nicolaus II. | |
| 1061 | Alexander II. | |
| 1073 | Gregorius VII. | |
| 1086 | Victor III. | |
| 1088 | Vrbanus II. | |
| 1100 | Paschalis II. | |
| 1100 From the yeare 1100. | ||
| 1118 | Gelasius II. | The Laterane Councell, hauing in it 1285. Fathers, vnder Pope Innocentius the III. against diuers Heresies. |
| 1119 | Calixtus II. | |
| 1125 | Honorius II. | |
| 1130 | Innocentius II. | |
| 1143 | Celestinus II. | |
| 1144 | Lucius II. | |
| [Page]1145 | Eugenius III. | |
| 1154 | Anastasius IV. | |
| 1155 | Adrianus IV. | |
| 1160 | Alexander III. | |
| 1182 | Lucius III. | |
| 1185 | Vrbanus III. | |
| 1187 | Gregorius VIII. | |
| 1188 | Clemens III. | |
| 1191 | Celestinus III. | |
| 1198 | Innocentius III. | |
| 1200 From the yeare 1200. | ||
| 121 [...] | Honorius III. | The Councell of Lyons hauing in it almost 1000. Fathers, vnder Pope Gregory the tenth, against the errour of the Greekes. |
| 1222 | Gregorius IX. | |
| 1241 | Celestinus IV. | |
| 1242 | Innocentius IV. | |
| 1254 | Alexander IV. | |
| 1261 | Vrbanus IV. | |
| 1265 | Clemens IV. | |
| 127 [...] | Gregorius X. | |
| 1276 |
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| 1277 | Nicolaus III. | |
| 1281 | Martinus IV. | |
| 1285 | Honorius IV. | |
| 1288 | Nicolaus IV. | |
| 1294 | Celestinus V. | |
| 1295 | Bonifacins VIII. | |
| 1300 From the yeare 1300. | ||
| 1303 | Benedictus IX. | The Councell of Vienna▪ hauing in it 300. Fathers vnder Pope Clement the fifth, against divers Heresies. |
| 1305 | Clemens V. | |
| 1316 | Ioannes XXI. | |
| 1334 | Benedictus X. | |
| 1342 | Clemens VI. | |
| 1352 | Innocentius VI. | |
| 1362 | Vrbanus▪ V. | |
| 1371 | Gregorius XI. | |
| 1278 | Vrbanus VI. | |
| 1389 | Bonifacius IX. | |
| [Page]1400 From the yeare 1400. | ||
| 1404 | Innocentius VII. | The Councel of Florence, vnder Pope Eugenius the fourth. |
| 1406 | Gregorius XII. | |
| 1409 | Alexander V. | |
| 1410 | Ioannes XXII. | |
| 1417 | Martinus V. | |
| 1430 | Eugenius IV. | |
| 1447 | Nicolaus V. | |
| 1455 | Calixtus III. | |
| 1458 | Pius II. | |
| 1464 | Paulus II. | |
| 1471 | Sixtus IV. | |
| 1484 | Innocentius VIII. | |
| 1492 | Alexander VI. | |
| 1500 From the yeare 1500. | ||
| 1503 |
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The Councell of Trent, vnder Paul the third, and Pius the fourth Popes, against the Lutherans. |
| 1513 | Leo X. | |
| 1522 | Adrianus VI. | |
| 1523 | Clemens VII. | |
| 1534 | Paulus III. | |
| 1550 | Iulius III. | |
| [Page]1555 |
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| 1560 | Pius IV. | |
| 1566 | Pius V. | |
| 1572 | Gregorius XIII. | |
| 1585 | Sixtus V. | |
| 1590 |
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| 1591 | Innocentius IX. | |
| 1592 | Clemens VIII. | |
| 1605 |
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Catholike Professours.
Vnto the yeare 100.
The Blessed Virgin Marie.
S. Iohn Baptist. S. Iohn Apostle & Euangelist, with the other Apostles and Euangelists. Martha. Mary Magdalene. S. Paul Apostle. Stephen the first Martyr. Timothy. Barnabas. Tecla. Dionysius Areopagita. Martialis. Andothers.
Romans, Corinthians, Galathians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Thessalvnians, Hebrewes, and others dispersed through all Countreys where the Apostles and Apostolike men preached, to wit, in Italy, Spaine, France, England &c.
Vnto the yeare 200.
Ignatius. Eustachius. Hermes. Getulius. Polycarpus. Concordius. Iustinus. Eusebius. Vincentius. Pantenus. Irenaeus. Potentianus. Narcissus. Potamiena. Sophia. Spes. Fides. Charitas. Felicitas with her seauen children. Dionysius Corinth. Peregrinus. Lucius King of England. Andochius▪ Agrippinus, and innumerable others.
Many Indians conuerted by Pantenus. See Baronius his Annales, and Martyrologe.
Vnto the yeare 300.
Simplicius. Calepodius. Abdon. Sennen. Pamachius. Tiburtius. Valerianus. Verianus. Marcellinus. Dorotheus. Gordianus. Polieuctus. Potentiana. Triphon. Blasius. Maximianus. Clemens. Barbara. Agatha. Apollonia. Cyprianus. Hippolitus. Gregorius. Thaumaturg. Pontius. Laurentius. Thyrsus. Caecilia. Victorius. Polychronius. Nemesius. Olympius. Crispinus. Crispinianus. Adrianus. Eubolus. Georgius. Irene. Chronia. Pantaleon. Agnes. Iulitta. Gordius. Barlaam. Gereon with his companions. Cosmas. Damianus. Mauritius with the Thebean Legion. and others without number.
Vnto the yeare 400.
Domnus with 2000. Martyrs. Lucianus. Theodorus. Paulus the first Eremite. Milles. Iacobus Nisibitanus. Spiridion. Macarius. Nicolaus. Helene mother to Constantine. Constantine Emperour, by whose meanes Christian Religion did wonderfully flourish. Marcus Arethusius. Nicetas. Theodorus. Antonius. Hilarion. Artenus. Athanasius. Martyrius. Paulus Constantinop. Hilarius. Martianus. [Page 5] Pachomius. Gregorius Nazianz. Ephreem. Didimus. Macarius. Nicetius. Basilius. Pacianus. Mutius. Prudentius. Ambrosius. Hieronymus. Epiphanius. Brixius. Cyrillus Hierosolym. Euphrasia. Blesilla. Amphilochius.
The conuerted Dacians, Getes, Bess [...]es, and Scythians, Morins, and Neruians, of whome Paulinus writeth. The Armenians, and Huns, and those troupes of Monkes of India, Persia, Aethiopia, of which S. Hierome writeth, and infinite others.
Vnto the yeare 500.
Seuerinus. Tigrius. Exuperius. Eutropius. Ioannes Chrysostom. Paulinus. Mauritius. Augustinus. Maximus. Sisimus. Vincentius Lyrin. Iacobus Persa. Alexius. Cyrillus Alexandrinus. Vrsula with 11000. Virgins. Prosper. Honoratus. Rusticus. Palladius. Germanus. Bonifacius. Euthymius. Simeon Stelites. Chrysologus. Patricius. G [...]minianus. Proclus. Remigius. Vedastus. Albinus. Eugenius. Vigilius. Fulgentius. Boetius Epiphanius Ticinensis. Nilus. Seuerinus. Theodosius Abbas.
[Page 6] The Scots conuerted by Palladius. The French conuerted by Remigius and Vedastus. 4979. Martyres and Confessors of Africa, and many others.
Vnto the yeare 600.
Gerardus. Genouefa. Columbus. Oportuna. Germanus Parisiensis. Maria Aegyptiaca. Brigitta. Simeon Salus. Leander. Benedictus Institutor of the Order of Benedictine Monkes. Rupertus. Maurus. Placidus. Arnulphus. Launomarus. Radegundis. Leonardus. Hospitius. Gallus. Columbanus. Ioannes Clymacus. Goar. Ermingildus. Isaac. Felix. Quiriacus. Fortunatus. Tetricus. Agricola. Auitus. Bonifacius. Cassius. Victor. Cerbo [...]ius. Crotildis. Dacius. Eleutherius. [...]irminus. Lantus. Nicetius. Praetextatus. Quintianus. Euphronius. Eusychius. Gregorius Turonensis. Medardus. Dalmatius. Paternus [Page 7] Mellitus. Sabbas, and others.
Augustine the Monke who sent by Pope Gregory conuerted England. The Northern Picts, the Gothes, the Bauarians, Barbaricians, and Burgundians were conuerted in this age.
Vnto the yeare 700.
Anastasius Persa. Walburga. Attala. Eustasius. Ioannes E [...]eemosynarius. Isidorus. Claudius Bizunt. Theodorus. Arnulphus. Aldegund. Eligius. Seuerus. Caesarius. Bauo. Maximus. Trudo. Oswaldus. Audoenus. Lambertus. Gaugericus. Anhelmus. Betulphus. Berta. Cunibertus. Aidanus. Cuthbertus. [...]ulranus. Marinus. Bercarins. Eugenius. The two Ewaldies. Andonius. Damianus Tiemensis. Kilianns. Ioannes Bergomensis. Willebrordus. Aldagisus. Ceadda. Maxellendis. Proiectus. Paulinus. Wikfridus. Edilburga. Leodigarius. Suibertus. Walericus Nicetius. Vltanus, and others
The Flemings conuerted by Eligius. The VVestphalians conuerted by the two Ewaldies. The people of [Page 8] Franconia concuerted by Kilianus. Multitudes of Spaniards conuerted by Andonius. The Frizians conuerted by VVillebrord.
Vnto the yeare 800.
Venerable Bede. Bonitus. Grimoaldus. Guthlacus. Ioannes Damascenus. Germanus. W [...]nocus. Hermingildis. Bonifacins. Sebaldus. Piectu [...]dis. Wandergilsus. Lioba. Iodocus. Pirminus. Odilia. Gertrudis. Hubertus. A [...]gilolphus. Lullus. Butchardus. Rigobertus. Gangulphus. Gudula & others.
The Hassus, Thuringians, Erphordians, and Cattians conuerted by Boniface the English Monke. The Lombards conuerted by Sebaldus. The Iewes of the [...] Berithum being conuerted by the bleeding of a Crucifix which was [...] by them contumeliously, the bloud whereof cured al [...] diseases, a Crantzius testifieth in Metropol l. [...] c. 9▪ The two Saxon Dukes, [...] and Albion conuerted by a miraculous sight seene by VVi [...]k [...]ndu [...], to [...]it, a faire child descending from the Priests hands into the mouth of them that receiued the holy Sacrament.
Vnto the yeare 900.
Sabinus. Ansgratius. Ludgerus. Gerfridus. Geroldus. Ioannicius. Ida. Nicetas. Monolphus. Withgungus. Adelradus. Meruardus. Rumoldus. Ansgarus. Rembertus. Swithinus. Atalphus. Se [...]inandus, and others.
The Danes and Swethens conuerted by Ansgratius. The Bulgarians conuerted by Ioannicius. The Rugians conuerted by the Monkes of Corbeia. The Morauians conuerted by VVithgungus. The Russites conuerted by a Priest sent by the Emperour Basilius.
Vnto the yeare 1000.
Odo Cluniacensis. Wenceslaus. Adalricus. Bruno Coloniensis. Guibertus Maiolus. [Page 10] Dunstanus. Romoaldus. Elphegus. Adelheides. Wolfgangus. Poppo. Berualdus. Adelbertus. Aegidius Tusculanus, and others.
The Polonians conuerted by Aegidius Tusculanus sent by Pope Iohn the XIII. The Sclauonians conuerted by Adelbert. The Hungarians conuerted by another Adelbert.
Vnto the yeare 1100.
Odilo Cluniacensis.. Henricus II. the Emperour. Kunegundis. Colomanus. Petrus [Page 11] Damianus. Oddas. Simeon the Eremite. Brado. Dominicus Loricatus. Gothardus. Edouardus. Wigbertus. Lantfrancus. Gerardus Gandauens. Anselmus. Stanislaus. Aswerus. Godfridus Ambianens. Arnulphus Suesson. Iuo. Bruno Carthusian. Hugo Cluniacensis. Hugo Grationopol. and others.
The Vindicians, and multitudes of Prussians conuerted in this age.
Vnto the yeare 1200.
Agnes Romana. Noribertus. Malachias. Bernardus Abb. Gulielmus Duke, and after Eremite. Gerardus. Hildegardis. [Page 12] Thomas Cantuariensis. Hugo Lincolniensis, and others.
The Pomeranians and Noruegians conuerted by Nicolas the English Monke, who after was made Pope, called Adrian the fourth.
Vnto the yeare 1300.
Dominicus Institutour of the Order of Dominican Fryars. Franciscus Institutour of the Order of the Franciscan Fryars. Maria de Oegne. Christina Mirabilis. Engelbertus Coloniensis. Petrus Mediolan. Luitgardis. Elizabeth Lan [...]grau. Antonius Paduan. Gulielmus Bononiensis. Hiacynthus. Alexander de Hales. Thomas Aquinas. Bonauentura. Nicolaus Nouesiensis. Heduigis. Medardes. Nicolaus Tolentinas. Irmgardis. Mechtildis. Gertrudis. Angela de Fulgineo, and others.
The Liuonians conuerted by Medardes. The Lituanians conuerted by the Knights of S. Mary. The [Page 13] Emperour Cassanes, with innumerable Tartarians conuerted in this age.
Vnto the yeare 1400.
Iuo Iurisconsultus. Rochus. Christina Sumlensis. Venturinus Bergomensis. Gertrudis ab Oesten. Godfridus Eptingensis. Henricus Suso. Catharina Senensis. Albertus Allobrog. Andreas Fesulanus. Gerardus Groet, and others.
Azatines Emperour of the Turkes, the Iles of Canaries, the reuolted Lituanians, the Cunians, the Bosnians, the Lipnensians, the Patrinians, and other Sclauonian Nations conuerted by meanes of Pope Clement the sixt, and Lewis King of Hungary.
Vnto the yeare 1500.
Colecta. Vincentius Valentinus. Bernardinus Senensis. Ioannes Capistranus. Laurentius Iustinianus. Antoninus Florentinus. Didacus ab Ascala. Andreas Chias. Maria Toletan [...]. Dominicus Pisciensis. Margarita Rauenatensis. Nicolaus the Bremite. Iacobus Picenus. Iacobus Alemannus. Columba Reatin. Ioāna Roderignsia. Osanna Mantuana, and others.
The Gamogetians. The people of the Kingdomes of Betonine, Guinaea, Angola, and Congo conuerted in this age.
Vnto the yeare 1600.
Catharina Genuensis. Franciscus à Paula. Andreas ex Olmo. Franciscus Ximenaeus. Gentilis Rauenatensis. Martinus Valentinus. Stephanus Soncinas. Ignatius Loyola Institutour of the Society of Iesus. Franciscus Xauerius. Felix Capucinus. Stanislaus Kostka. Ioannes de S. Francisco. [Page 15] Carolus Boromaeus. Antonius Pestana. Alexander Capocchius. Nicolaus Fictor. Aloysius Bertrandus. Edmundus Campianus. Philippus Nereus. Antonia Romana. Aloysius Gonzaga. Caesar Baronius. Gulielmus Alanus. Gregorius de Valentia. Thomas Stapletonus. Robertus Bellarminus, Robertus Personius, and infinite others.
As in Italy, France, England, Spaine, Germany, Polonia, and other Christian Countryes: besides innumerable people in the Indies, Iaponta, China, Brasilia, and other places lately conuerted to the Faith, by Religious men of the Roman Faith.
AN ADVERTISEMENT concerning the former Catalogue.
I Would haue thee aduertised ( Gentle Reader) that in this Catalogue, I haue set downe the Names of all the chiefe Pastours, as being the principall members of the visible Militant Church, with obseruation of the yeare or time, and such order of succession, as I could find in those Authors, which I had at hand.
Likewise I haue set downe, the names of some few other Professours, liuing in, or neere those seuerall ages, in which I haue placed them: but in this I haue not byn so curious, either to name all which are knowne, or which my selfe know to haue bene; or to set downe any precise yeare, or orderly succession of their being; but haue contented my self to name only a few in euery age, and this without specifying the particuler yeare, in which they flourished, or obseruing any exact order, in which they succeeded one another.
Thirdly, I haue set downe some principall Councells, or Assemblies of the Pastors, [Page] and Doctours of the Church, leauing out many others, which I might haue set downe. The reason why on the one side, I haue set downe these particulers, is, that it may euidently appeare, that the Catholike Roman Church hath bene continually Visible, in euery Age, as the true Church must, and ought to be.
On the other side, the reason why I haue omitted so many other particulers, is, partly that I may not be too tedious to my Reader; and partly that I may not seeme to exact vnreasonable paynes to be taken by our Aduersaryes, when a like Catalogue shal be required of thē, of the names of like visible Professours of their Protestāt Church & beliefe throughout euery age: which whiles they do not (as indeed they cannot) I may boldly say with old Irenaeus, Iren. l. 1. c. 3.
That by only bringing forth that Tradition and Religion, which the greatest, and most ancient, and to all men manifest, I say, the Church of Rome, founded and erected by the two most glorious Apostles S. Peter & S. Paul, receiued of them, and by succession of Bishops, hath brought vnto our time; we do counfound all those, which howsoeuer, either by vaine pleasing of themselues, or vaine glory, or by blindnes and peruerse iudgment, do make erroneous decoctions.
And this I may the better vrge, because [Page] ( as the same Irenaeus affirmeth)
there is in the Roman Church a more powerfull principality, by reason wherof, it is necessary for euery Church, that is, for all Christians throughout the whole world, to haue recourse vnto it &c.
If any be desyrous to see more of this matter, let him peruse the Reply it selfe (out of which this Catalogue is taken) and the Treatise of Faith, newly set forth by the same Author.