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agendum_fw-la sibi_fw-la negotium_fw-la in_o urbe_fw-la roma_fw-it alter_fw-la episcopus_fw-la in_o ejus_fw-la cathedra_fw-la post_fw-la appellationem_fw-la i._n e._n to_o rome_n ejus_fw-la qui_fw-la videtur_fw-la esse_fw-la depositus_fw-la omnino_fw-la non_fw-la ordinetur_fw-la nisi_fw-la causa_fw-la fuerit_fw-la in_o judicio_fw-la episcopi_fw-la romani_fw-la determinata_fw-la can._n 7._o si_fw-mi episcopus_fw-la accusatus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la congregati_fw-la episcopi_fw-la regionis_fw-la ipsius_fw-la judicaverint_fw-la &_o de_fw-la gradu_fw-la svo_fw-la eum_fw-la dejecerint_fw-la si_fw-la appellaverit_fw-la qui_fw-la dejectus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o confugerit_fw-la ad_fw-la episcopum_fw-la romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o voluerit_fw-la se_fw-la audiri_fw-la which_o be_v the_o course_n which_o athanasius_n bishop_n of_o alexandria_n and_o paulus_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n have_v take_v just_a before_o this_o council_n though_o the_o no_o bishop_n of_o the_o western_a patriarchy_n who_o also_o be_v member_n of_o this_o council_n si_fw-mi justum_fw-la putaverit_fw-la i.e._n romanus_n episcopus_fw-la ut_fw-la renovetur_fw-la judicium_fw-la vel_fw-la discussionis_fw-la examen_fw-la scribere_fw-la dignetur_fw-la his_fw-la episcopis_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o finitima_fw-la &_o propanqua_fw-la provincia_n sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la ipsi_fw-la diligenter_n requirant_fw-la &_o juxta_fw-la fidem_fw-la veritatis_fw-la definiant_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la be_v qui_fw-la rogat_fw-la causam_fw-la svam_fw-la iterum_fw-la audiri_fw-la deprecatione_fw-la sva_fw-la moverit_fw-la episcopum_fw-la romanum_fw-la ut_fw-la e_fw-la latere_fw-la svo_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la mittat_fw-la fit_a in_o potestaâ—e_fw-la episcopi_fw-la i.e._n romani_n quid_fw-la velit_fw-la &_o quid_fw-la aestimet_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la decreverit_fw-la mittendos_fw-la esse_fw-la qui_fw-la praesentes_fw-la cum_fw-la episcopis_fw-la judicent_fw-la habentes_fw-la ejus_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la a_o quo_fw-la destinati_fw-la 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reject_v and_o renounce_v all_o such_o authority_n which_o prudent_a man_n see_v will_v give_v too_o much_o advantage_n to_o the_o roman_a cause_n and_o i_o be_o content_a that_o dr._n field_n concession_n and_o whatever_o be_v build_v thereon_o in_o this_o discourse_n be_v cancel_v and_o nullify_v but_o in_o some_o manner_n to_o second_o dr._n field_n judgement_n and_o relation_n of_o this_o matter_n i_o will_v add_v to_o it_o several_a concession_n of_o the_o archbishop_n of_o spalleto_n a_o copious_a writer_n also_o on_o this_o subject_n who_o of_o the_o ancient_a privilege_n of_o patriarch_n and_o among_o they_o especial_o of_o the_o roman_a speak_v thus_o 3._o l._n 10._o c._n 26._o n._n sicut_fw-la metropolitanus_n episcopus_fw-la suffraganeos_fw-la suos_fw-la errantes_fw-la corripere_fw-la &_o corrigere_fw-la debet_fw-la &_o emendare_fw-la ita_fw-la si_fw-la metropolitanus_n erret_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o moribus_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o judiciis_fw-la &_o act_n suis_fw-la ne_fw-la 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generali_fw-la canon_n expressus_fw-la ponitur_fw-la de_fw-la potestate_fw-la patriarcharum_fw-la &_o metropolitanorum_n sub_fw-la he_o verbis_fw-la haec_fw-la sancta_fw-la &_o magna_fw-la synodus_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o seniori_fw-la &_o nova_fw-la roma_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o sede_fw-la alexandria_n &c_n &c_n priscam_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la decernit_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la conservari_fw-la it_o a_o ut_fw-la eorum_fw-la praesules_fw-la the_o patriarch_n universorum_fw-la metropolitanorum_n qui_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la promoventur_fw-la sive_fw-la per_fw-la manus_fw-la impositionem_fw-la sive_fw-la per_fw-la pallii_fw-la dationem_fw-la episcopalis_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la firmitatem_fw-la accipiant_fw-la habeant_fw-la potestatem_fw-la viz._n ad_fw-la convocandum_fw-la eos_fw-la urgente_fw-la necessitate_v ad_fw-la synodalem_fw-la conventum_fw-la vel_fw-la etiam_fw-la ad_fw-la coercendum_fw-la illos_fw-la &_o corrigendum_fw-la cum_fw-la fama_fw-la eos_fw-la super_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la delictis_fw-la forsan_fw-la accusavenit_fw-la so_o 4._o l._n 4._o c._n 5._o n._n of_o the_o constantinopolitan_a patriarch_n he_o say_v jam_fw-la introductam_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la ut_fw-la causae_fw-la ecclesiasticae_fw-la totius_fw-la orientis_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o propriis_fw-la provinciis_fw-la terminari_fw-la vix_fw-la possent_fw-la ad_fw-la sedem_fw-la constantinopolitanam_fw-la deferrentur_fw-la concilium_fw-la hoc_fw-la chalcedonense_fw-la bis_fw-la confirmavit_fw-la and_o 9_o c._n 1._o n._n of_o the_o roman_a patriarch_n thus_o quia_fw-la patriarchae_fw-la ut_fw-la disserui_fw-la 3._o l._n 10._o c._n alia_fw-la privilegia_fw-la habent_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la superant_fw-la metropolitanos_fw-la habebit_fw-la etiam_fw-la romanus_n pontifex_fw-la omne_fw-la patriarchalia_n privilegia_fw-la palliâ—m_fw-la sibi_fw-la subjectis_fw-la metropolitanis_n illud_fw-la petentibus_fw-la concedere_fw-la &c_n &c_n eosdem_fw-la a_o lege_fw-la divina_fw-la vel_fw-la sacris_fw-la canonibus_fw-la deviantes_fw-la corripere_fw-la &_o in_o officio_fw-la continere_fw-la controversias_fw-la inter_fw-la eosdem_fw-la exortas_fw-la componere_fw-la causasque_fw-la eorundem_fw-la interdum_fw-la i._n e._n in_o causis_fw-la gravioribus_fw-la audire_fw-la &_o decidere_fw-la totius_fw-la patriarchatus_fw-la concilia_fw-la convocare_fw-la romanum_fw-la tamen_fw-la patriarcham_fw-la adhuc_fw-la in_o quibusdam_fw-la peculiari_fw-la quadam_fw-la ratione_fw-la supra_fw-la omnes_fw-la etiam_fw-la patriarchas_fw-la excellere_fw-la jam_fw-la ostendo_fw-la he_o go_v on_o there_o 14._o n._n exit_fw-la loco_fw-la svi_fw-la primi_fw-la patriarchatus_fw-la sacrorum_fw-la canonum_fw-la primus_fw-la habebatur_fw-la &_o praecipuus_fw-la observator_fw-la custos_fw-la ac_fw-la vindex_fw-la quos_fw-la si_fw-la alicubi_fw-la violari_fw-la cognosceret_fw-la acer_fw-la monitor_fw-la insurgebat_fw-la he_o seem_v loath_a to_o say_v judex_fw-la though_o he_o have_v say_v it_o before_o 15._o n._n secundum_fw-la privilegium_fw-la episcopi_fw-la romani_fw-la fuit_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsum_fw-la quicunque_fw-la episcopi_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la provinciae_fw-la &_o regionis_fw-la not_o only_o of_o his_o patriarchy_n qui_fw-fr se_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopis_fw-la propriae_fw-la provinciae_fw-la gravari_fw-la sentirent_fw-la in_fw-la judiciis_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ad_fw-la sacram_fw-la anchoram_fw-la confugerent_fw-la apud_fw-la ipsum_fw-la innocentiam_fw-la svam_fw-la probaturi_fw-la he_o seem_v loath_a to_o say_v that_o they_o repair_v to_o he_o to_o have_v their_o cause_n hear_v and_o judge_v by_o he_o and_o to_o have_v restitution_n to_o their_o place_n from_o he_o though_o nothing_o be_v more_o clear_a than_o this_o in_o athanasius_n his_o and_o many_o other_o case_n instanced-in_a below_o but_o present_o he_o confess_v romani_fw-la pontifices_fw-la de_fw-la facto_fw-la eos_fw-la sedibus_fw-la suis_fw-la restituebant_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la objectis_fw-la criminibus_fw-la tanquam_fw-la si_fw-la essent_fw-la supremi_fw-la judices_fw-la absolvebant_fw-la and_o this_o so_o ancient_o as_o cyprian_n time_n and_o before_o the_o first_o general_n council_n of_o nice_a 16._o n._n romanus_n pontifex_fw-la propter_fw-la summam_fw-la ipsius_fw-la existimationem_fw-la commune_v quasi_fw-la vinculum_fw-la &_o nodus_fw-la erat_fw-la praecipuus_fw-la catholicae_fw-la communionis_fw-la in_o tota_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la catholicae_fw-la communionis_fw-la dux_fw-la &_o arbyter_n ut_fw-la cvi_fw-la ipse_fw-la svam_fw-la communionem_fw-la vel_fw-la daret_fw-la vel_fw-la adimeret_fw-la caeterae_fw-la quoque_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la omnes_fw-la ordinary_a darent_fw-la pariter_fw-la vel_fw-la adimerent_fw-la so_o elsewhere_o he_o say_v 8._o c._n 2._o n._n communio_fw-la cum_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la romana_fw-la maximi_fw-la semper_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la totius_fw-la imperii_fw-la romani_fw-la universali_fw-la propter_fw-la summam_fw-la 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pontifice_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v below_o 21._o §_o and_o how_o else_o will_v he_o void_a the_o heretical_a act_n of_o the_o 2d_o ephesine_fw-la council_n last_o 12._o c._n 5._o n._n thus_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o legate_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n medio_fw-la tempore_fw-la in_o which_o time_n he_o reckon_v leo_n magnus_n to_o be_v and_o might-tru_o have_v go_v high_a have_v he_o please_v but_o leo_n be_v before_o the_o four_o general_n council_n romani_n pontifices_fw-la coeperunt_fw-la aut_fw-la extraordinarios_fw-la legatos_fw-la a_o latere_fw-la svo_fw-la in_o alienas_fw-la provincias_fw-la mittere_fw-la aut_fw-la ordinarios_fw-la in_o ipsis_fw-la provinciis_fw-la habere_fw-la alicui_fw-la ex_fw-la illius_fw-la provinciae_fw-la episcopis_fw-la svas_fw-la vice_n committentes_fw-la &_o utrosque_fw-la cum_fw-la potestate_fw-la jndiciaria_fw-la &_o non_fw-la sine_fw-la jurisdictione_n eorum_fw-la totum_fw-la munus_fw-la ho_o medio_fw-la tempore_fw-la fuit_fw-la rebus_fw-la fidei_fw-la in_o illa_fw-la provincia_n superintendere_fw-la &_o observare_fw-la ne_fw-la quid_fw-la ipsa_fw-la fides_fw-la detrimenti_fw-la patiatur_fw-la canonum_fw-la observationi_fw-la invigilare_fw-la &_o corrigenda_fw-la corrigere_fw-la
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ecclesiastical_a judge_n limit_v and_o direct_v by_o canon_n and_o imperial_a law_n than_o to_o trouble_v the_o pastor_n of_o whole_a province_n and_o to_o wrong_v the_o people_n by_o the_o absence_n of_o their_o pastor_n and_o guide_n thus_o dr._n field_n and_o much_o what_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n bishop_n bramhal_o vindic._n p._n 257._o what_o power_n a_o metropolitan_a have_v over_o the_o bishop_n of_o his_o own_o province_n by_o the_o canon-law_n the_o same_o and_o no_o other_o have_v the_o patriarch_n over_o the_o metropolitan_o and_o bishop_n of_o sundry_a province_n within_o his_o own_o patriarchate_o but_o a_o metropolitan_a ancient_o can_v do_v nothing_o out_o of_o his_o own_o particular_a diocese_n without_o the_o concurrence_n of_o the_o major_a part_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o his_o province_n nor_o the_o patriarch_n in_o like_a manner_n without_o the_o advice_n and_o consent_n of_o his_o metropolitan_o and_o bishop_n wherein_o then_o consist_v patriarchal_a authority_n in_o convocate_a patriarchal_a synod_n and_o preside_v in_o they_o in_o pronounce_v sentence_n according_a to_o plurality_n of_o voice_n when_o metropolitan_a synod_n do_v not_o suffice_v to_o determine_v some_o emergent_a difficulty_n or_o difference_n i_o confess_v that_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o great_a difficulty_n and_o charge_n of_o convocate_a so_o many_o bishop_n and_o keep_v they_o so_o long_o together_o until_o all_o cause_n be_v hear_v and_o determine_v and_o by_o reason_n of_o those_o inconvenience_n which_o do_v fall_v upon_o their_o church_n in_o their_o absence_n provincial_a council_n be_v first_o reduce_v from_o twice_o to_o once_o in_o the_o year_n and_o afterward_o to_o once_o in_o three_o year_n and_o in_o process_n of_o time_n the_o hear_n of_o appeals_n and_o suchlike_a cause_n and_o the_o execution_n of_o the_o canon_n in_o that_o behalf_n be_v refer_v to_o metropolitan_o until_o the_o papacy_n swallow_v up_o all_o the_o authority_n of_o patriarch_n metropolitan_o and_o bishop_n thus_o the_o bishop_n now_o concern_v what_o they_o have_v say_v note_v 1._o that_o tho_o provincial_a council_n in_o some_o age_n and_o place_n be_v more_o frequent_o assemble_v in_o the_o time_n of_o whole_a sit_v as_o the_o assemble_v can_v do_v nothing_o without_o their_o primate_n or_o metropolitan_a so_o neither_o he_o without_o they_o yet_o in_o the_o interval_n of_o such_o synod_n which_o interval_n be_v too_o long_o to_o leave_v all_o matter_n of_o controversy_n whatever_o till_o then_o in_o suspense_n and_o happen_v many_o time_n also_o ancient_o to_o be_v long_o than_o the_o canon_n permit_v the_o metropolitan_o authority_n be_v not_o void_a but_o they_o limit_v and_o direct_v by_o the_o former_a decree_n of_o such_o synod_n be_v trust_v with_o the_o execution_n thereof_o and_o with_o the_o do_v of_o many_o thing_n especial_o in_o ordinary_a cause_n by_o themselves_o alone_o but_o so_o as_o their_o act_n of_o justice_n may_v upon_o complaint_n be_v review_v in_o the_o sit_v of_o the_o next_o council_n and_o if_o