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the_o caranz_n the_o council_n constantinop_n 6._o can._n 7._o fol._n 311._o caranz_n six_o council_n of_o constantinople_n and_o so_o a_o archpresbyter_n as_o a_o dean_n rural_a be_v usual_o style_v shall_v be_v superior_a to_o a_o archdeacon_n but_o as_o doctor_n 492._o doctor_n doct._n field_n of_o the_o church_n l._n 5._o c._n 25._o p._n 492._o field_n observe_v notwithstanding_o all_o the_o canon_n to_o the_o contrary_n &_o they_o be_v many_o as_o we_o may_v have_v occasion_n to_o note_v elsewhere_o and_o the_o violent_a opposition_n of_o hierome_n and_o other_o worthy_n of_o those_o time_n they_o be_v lift_v up_o not_o only_o above_o presbyter_n but_o above_o archpresbyter_n also_o and_o that_o come_v to_o pass_v as_o he_o observe_v for_o divers_a cause_n first_o because_o there_o be_v few_o deacon_n than_o presbyter_n and_o so_o 334._o so_o diaconos_fw-la paucitas_fw-la honorabiles_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la tutba_fw-la contemptibiles_fw-la facit_fw-la hier._n ad_fw-la evagr._fw-la tom_n 2._o pag._n 334._o paucity_n make_v the_o one_o sort_n to_o be_v honourable_a and_o multitude_n the_o other_o rather_o contemptible_a second_o because_o deacon_n have_v the_o charge_n of_o the_o treasure_n of_o the_o church_n which_o kind_n of_o employment_n be_v usual_o much_o set_v by_o three_o because_o they_o be_v often_o use_v by_o the_o bishop_n for_o view_v of_o such_o part_n of_o his_o diocese_n as_o he_o can_v not_o convenient_o visit_v himself_o and_o we_o may_v conceive_v the_o reason_n of_o that_o to_o be_v because_o the_o deacon_n be_v a_o close_a adherent_a to_o the_o side_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o that_o so_o necessary_o as_o epiphanius_n conceive_v that_o as_o q._n as_o 3._o partic._n doubt_v pag._n 20._o light_v q._n before_o we_o have_v note_v under_o another_o title_n he_o say_v 2._o say_v sine_fw-la diacono_fw-la impossibile_fw-it est_fw-la esse_fw-la episcopum_fw-la epiphan_n heres_fw-la 75._o l._n 3._o tom_n 1._o p._n 215._o col_fw-fr 2._o it_o be_v 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who_o do_v not_o only_o officiate_v himself_o but_o prescribe_v unto_o other_o what_o they_o shall_v do_v yet_o a_o archdeacon_n with_o allow_a jurisdiction_n over_o presbyter_n be_v of_o a_o late_a institution_n bishop_n 191._o bishop_n archidiaconatus_fw-la gradus_fw-la est_fw-la novus_fw-la bish_n andrâ—n_o respâ—ad_v 3._o epist_n pet._n moulin_n p._n 191._o andrew_n say_v a_o archdeaconship_n be_v a_o new_a degree_n which_o i_o suppose_v he_o will_v not_o have_v say_v if_o it_o have_v be_v authorize_v in_o saint_n hieromes_n time_n when_o if_o it_o be_v in_o use_n it_o be_v without_o the_o approbation_n of_o the_o best_a as_o have_v be_v note_v we_o may_v well_o conceive_v then_o that_o saint_n stephen_n the_o protomartyr_n be_v not_o a_o archdeacon_n as_o he_o be_v call_v in_o the_o decree_n of_o 1._o of_o decret_n lucii_n pap._n a_o 255._o caranz_n sum_fw-la council_n fol._n 28._o pag._n 1._o pope_n lucius_n for_o the_o archdeacon_n jurisdiction_n it_o be_v so_o diverse_o set_v 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