Original Douay–Rheims AnnotationsJohn 10

Climbeth another way.

Whosoever taketh upon him to preach without lawful sending, to minister Sacraments, and is not Canonically ordered of a true Catholic Bishop, to be a Curate of souls, Person, Bishop, or what other spiritual Pastor so ever, and cometh not in by lawful election and holy Church's ordinance to that dignity, but breaketh in against order by force or favour of men, and by human laws, he is a thief and a murderer. ^◦ So came in Arius, Calvin, Luther, and all Heretics: and all that succeed them in room and doctrine. And generally every one that descendeth not by Lawful succession in the known ordinary line of Catholic Bishops and Pastors that have been in all Countries since their conversion. And according to this rule S. Irenæus li. 3 c. 3 trieth the true shepherds from the thieves and Heretics. So do Tertul. de Præscr. nu. 11. S. Cypr. de unit. Ec. nu. 7. S. August. ep. 165. & cont. ep. Manich. c. 4. and Lirinensis.

• ◦ Arch-heretics specially, are the thieves that climb in another way, not by the door.

Good Pastor.

The good Pastor, is he whose special care is not of his own advantage, but of the safety of the flock. The hireling, is he that respecteth not the profit and good of the flock, but his own lucre. The wolf, is the Heretic, or any persecutor of the Church, which is Christ's flock.

Fleeth.

Every Bishop and Pastor is bound to abide with his flock in times of danger and persecution even to death, ^◦ except himself be personally sought for, rather than the flock, or the flock itself forsake him. For in such cases the Pastor may flee, as the Apostles did, and S. Athanasius, and others. S. Athan. Apol. de sua fuga. August. ep. 180.

• ◦ When the Pastor must tarry, or may flee.

The dedication.

^[1] This is the feast of Dedication instituted by Judas Machabæus li. 1 Mach. c. 4. Christ vouchsafed to honour and keep that feast instituted by him: & our Heretics vouchsafe not to pray and sacrifice for the dead. ^[2] used and approved by him. The Dedication also of Christian Churches is warranted thereby, with the annual memories thereof. And it proveth that such things may be instituted without any express commandment in Scripture.

• 1 Judas Machabæus. Dedication of Churches.
• 2 * 2 Macha. 12.

That which he gave me.

Thus read also diverse of the Fathers, namely S. Hilar. Trin. li. 1 post medium. S. Ambr. de Sp. S. li. 3. c. 18. S. August. in Io. tract. 41. S. Cyril. li. 7. Io. c. 10. and use it to prove that Christ had his essence and nature of the Father. ^[1] And therefore some Heretics of our time wickedly accuse the Councel of Lateran for falsifying this place and applying it to the same purpose. which they less can abide, for that it is against Calvin's Autotheism, ^[2] holding that Christ took his person of the Father, but not his substance. See the 2 Annot in 1 Io. v. 1.

• 1 Christ's essence & divine nature of the Father.
• 2 Calvin's auto-theism.