Thomas Bilson quotes Rhemish 1582 in his 1586 book.

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Thomas Bilson quotes Rhemish 1582 in his 1586 book,  The True Difference between Christian Subjection and Unchristian Rebellion.

Bilson uses a written argument formate between THEOPHILVS the Christian and PHILANDER the Jesuite. Much like Fulke uses Fulke vrs. Rhem, in his 1589 Rheims-Bishops' Bible.

At the command of Queen Elizabeth Bilson wrote The True Difference between Christian Subjection and Unchristian Rebellion (Oxford, 1585),

https://archive.org/details/truediffbe00bils

in answer to Cardinal William Allen's Defence of the English Catholics (Ingoldstadt, 1584).

https://archive.org/details/ATrueSincereAndModestDefenceV1
https://archive.org/details/ATrueSincereAndModestDefenceV2


The following are just a few of the citations to the Rhemish NT 1582.

Forth part on pg 459
Quote from
The annotations on I Cor 11:20  Titled “20.Our Lords Supper” on pg 451

Forth part on pg 470
Quote from
The Rhemish Testament pg 452 These Words, “this is my body”, must be applied by way of rehearsal what Christ said.

Forth part on pg 473
Quote from
The Rhemish Testament pg 452 Nu. 24 [This is tract. 80. In Iohan.

Forth part on pg 476
Quote from
The Rhemish Testament pg 452 Nu. 23 [Bread

Forth part on pg 492
Quote from
The Rhemish Testament pg 451 Nu. 23 [In the night. The Church must not choose what she will follow, but rather obey that which Christ commanded. The Primitive Church knew not what private Masse meant.

In 1589, three years after Bison's book was printed, William Fulke released a complete Rheims text and notes collated in parallel columns with those of the Bishops' Bible. This work sold widely in England, being re-issued in three further editions to 1633. It was predominantly through Fulke's editions that the Rheims New Testament came to exercise a significant influence on the development of 17th century English.

Bio of Thomas Bilson:

BILSON, THOMAS, Bishop of Winchester; b. at Winchester 1546 or 1547; d. there June 18, 1616. He studied at New College, Oxford (B.A., 1566; M.A., 1570; B.D., 1579; D.D., 1581); was made prebend of Winchester 1576, and became warden of the college there; was consecrated bishop of Worcester 1596, translated to Winchester 1597.

He was a noted preacher, a man of much learning, and defended the Church of England against both Roman Catholics and Puritans.

At the command of Queen Elizabeth he wrote The True Difference between Christian Subjection and Unchristian Rebellion (Oxford, 1585), in answer to Cardinal William Allen's Defence of the English Catholics (Ingoldstadt, 1584), and The Survey of Christ's Sufferings for Man's Redemption and of his Descent to Hades or Hell for our Deliverance (London, 1604), a reply to the Brownist Henry Jacob; in The Perpetual Government of Christ's Church (1593; new ed., with memoir, Oxford, 1842) he defended episcopacy.

With Dr. Miles Smith he revised the King James translation of the Bible before its publication, and he added the summaries of contents at the head of each chapter.

Bibliography: A. à Wood, Athenæ Oxonienses, ed. P. Bliss, ii, 169–171, 4 vols., London, 1813–20; DNB, v, 43–44.
 
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