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antichrist_n till_o itself_o by_o little_a and_o little_o be_v sink_v down_o into_o its_o grave_n so_o many_o part_n therefore_o as_o fall_v off_o once_o from_o their_o union_n with_o the_o main_a body_n can_v be_v account_v no_o long_o any_o member_n of_o the_o church-catholick_n nor_o yet_o lawful_o continue_v a_o church-communion_n or_o succession_n of_o clergy_n among_o themselves_o because_o there_o can_v be_v but_o unum_fw-la corpus_fw-la as_o unus_fw-la dominus_fw-la christus_fw-la eph._n 4.5_o from_o which_o body_n any_o part_n separate_v straight_o wither_v and_o separate_v from_o the_o body_n be_v so_o also_o from_o the_o head_n christ_n though_o all_o among_o these_o be_v not_o real_o cut_v off_o from_o the_o head_n or_o body_n that_o the_o church_n external_o separate_v from_o it_o by_o her_o censure_n which_o proceed_v upon_o these_o according_a to_o the_o outward_a profession_n which_o only_o the_o church_n see_v but_o can_v discern_v the_o inward_a affection_n and_o disposition_n which_o secret_o may_v still_o continue_v some_o of_o those_o to_o the_o body_n who_o her_o censure_n remove_v from_o it_o such_o be_v the_o invincible_o ignorant_a or_o those_o that_o without_o malice_n be_v involve_v in_o such_o schism_n especial_o where_o the_o fundamental_a faith_n be_v not_o diminish_v by_o any_o heresy_n add_v to_o schism_n but_o though_o this_o plea_n of_o ignorance_n invincible_a do_v seem_v good_a and_o credible_a for_o many_o in_o the_o present_a greek_a church_n if_o these_o church_n may_v be_v conclude_v schismatical_a keep_v in_o so_o much_o slavery_n illiterature_n and_o darkness_n yet_o it_o be_v to_o be_v fear_v it_o will_v fail_v many_o in_o the_o reform_a church_n where_o too_o much_o presumption_n of_o knowledge_n seem_v to_o be_v the_o chief_a thing_n that_o have_v destroy_v their_o obedience_n and_o conformity_n to_o the_o whole_a finis_fw-la the_o three_o treatise_n of_o the_o first_o part_n of_o ancient_a church-government_n reflect_v on_o the_o late_a writing_n of_o several_a learned_a protestant_n bishop_n bramhall_n dr._n field_n dr._n fern_n dr._n hammond_n and_o other_o on_o this_o subject_n oxford_z print_v in_o the_o year_n m.dc.lxxxviii_o content_n svbordination_n of_o glergy_n §_o 1._o three_o patriarch_n only_o at_o the_o first_o §_o 2._o the_o first_o of_o these_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n §_o 3._o the_o extent_n of_o his_o patriarchate_n the_o second_o the_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n §_o 4._o the_o 3d._n the_o bishop_n of_o antioch_n §_o 5._o from_o whence_o their_o superiority_n over_o other_o bishop_n §_o 6._o the_o see_v of_o constantinople_n advance_v to_o a_o patriarchate_o in_o the_o next_o place_n to_o rome_n §_o 7._o the_o great_a extent_n of_o this_o patriarchate_o in_o latter_a time_n the_o see_v of_o jerusalem_n raise_v to_o a_o patriarchate_o in_o the_o 5_o place_n §_o 8._o the_o authority_n of_o patriarch_n and_o other_o ecclesiastical_a governor_n for_o the_o ordination_n or_o confirmation_n and_o for_o judge_v the_o cause_n upon_o appeal_n of_o their_o inferior_n §_o 9_o where_o concern_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o council_n of_o sardica_n §_o 11._o a_o digression_n concern_v the_o controversy_n between_o the_o bishop_n of_o africa_n and_o rome_n about_o appeals_n §_o 12._o whether_o transmarine_a appeals_n in_o some_o case_n very_o necessary_a §_o 14._o those_z not_o subject_v to_o any_o patriarch_n for_o ordination_n yet_o subject_v for_o decision_n of_o controversy_n §_o 18._o the_o patriarch_n also_o subject_v to_o the_o judgement_n of_o a_o superior_a patriarch_n §_o 20._o the_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n not_o only_a primacy_n of_o dignity_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n above_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o patriarch_n and_o bishop_n ib._n this_o power_n exemplify_v in_o the_o primitive_a time_n to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o 6_o age_n the_o day_n of_o gregory_n the_o great_a §_o 21_o to_o 31._o a_o digression_n concern_v the_o meaning_n of_o that_o ancient_a canon_n sine_fw-la romano_n pontifice_fw-la nihil_fw-la finiendum_fw-la §_o 22._o a_o digression_n concern_v the_o title_n of_o universalis_fw-la epipiscopus_fw-la assume_v by_o the_o constantinopolitan_a and_o decline_v by_o the_o roman_a bishop_n §_o 26._o a_o digression_n concern_v the_o patriarchship_n of_o ravenna_n and_o justiniana_n prima_fw-la urge_v by_o dr._n hammond_n §_o 30._o the_o authority_n of_o this_o see_v of_o rome_n by_o protestant_n allow_v to_o be_v the_o more_o orthodox_n in_o all_o other_o division_n that_o have_v be_v make_v from_o it_o save_v only_o their_o own_o §_o 31._o n._n 2._o by_o the_o former_a clear_a allegation_n some_o other_o controvert_v saying_n of_o the_o father_n expound_v §_o 32._o etc._n etc._n the_o protestant_n ordinary_a reply_n to_o the_o authority_n above_o cite_v to_o i_o seem_v not_o satisfactory_a §_o 36._o that_o such_o power_n which_o be_v ancient_o exercise_v by_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v not_o exercise_v by_o he_o joint_o only_o with_o a_o patriarchal_a council_n which_o be_v by_o some_o pretend_a §_o 37._o that_o it_o be_v schism_n to_o deny_v obedience_n to_o any_o ecclesiastical_a power_n establish_v by_o the_o ecclesiastical_a canon_n and_o that_o no_o such_o power_n can_v be_v lawful_o dissolve_v by_o any_o power_n secular_a §_o 38._o the_o concession_n of_o bishop_n bramhal_o and_o dr._n hammond_n in_o this_o matter_n §_o 39_o several_a pretence_n to_o weaken_v such_o canon_n to_o i_o seem_v invalid_a §_o 41._o that_o obedience_n due_a may_v not_o be_v withdraw_v upon_o governor_n undue_a claim_n §_o 47._o that_o ecclesiastical_a council_n may_v change_v their_o former_a ecclesiastical_a law_n though_o lay-magistrate_n may_v not_o change_v they_o §_o 48._o that_o prelate_n and_o other_o stand_v oblige_v to_o those_o church-canon_n which_o in_o a_o superior_a council_n be_v make_v with_o the_o consent_n of_o their_o predecessor_n till_o such_o council_n shall_v reverse_v they_o §_o 49._o reflection_n upon_o what_o have_v he_o say_v that_o the_o
ubi_fw-la tot_fw-la a_o huius_fw-la authoritate_fw-la justa_fw-la quae_fw-la fuerit_fw-la pronunciatio_fw-la firmaretur_fw-la indeque_fw-la sumerent_fw-la caeterae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la velut_fw-la de_fw-la natali_fw-la svo_fw-la fonte_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o mention_v in_o socrates_n l._n 2._o c._n 13._o canonibus_fw-la nimirum_fw-la jubentibus_fw-la proeter_fw-la romanum_fw-la nihil_fw-la decerni_fw-la pontificem_fw-la and_o in_o sozomen_n l._n 3._o c._n 9_o concern_v which_o canon_n much_o stand_v upon_o finiendum_fw-la §_o 22._o n_o 1._o a_o digression_n concern_v the_o meaning_n of_o that_o ancient_a canon_n sine_fw-la romano_n pontifice_fw-la nihil_fw-la finiendum_fw-la give_v i_o leave_v to_o dilate_v a_o little_a before_o i_o produce_v any_o more_o authority_n nothing_o say_v some_o of_o great_a consequence_n for_o the_o unity_n and_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n or_o also_o which_o shall_v universal_o oblige_v to_o be_v conclude_v without_o he_o that_o be_v without_o his_o knowledge_n or_o without_o ask_v his_o consent_n so_o calvin_n instit_fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 7._o s._n 8._o ut_fw-la absente_n romano_n episcopo_fw-la universale_fw-la de_fw-la religiose_fw-la decretum_fw-la non_fw-la fiat_fw-la siquidem_fw-la interest_n non_fw-la recuset_fw-la the_o same_o say_v dr._n field_n p._n 651._o no_o not_o only_o so_o for_o this_o as_o bellarmin_n reply_v will_v signify_v no_o more_o privilege_n to_o this_o see_v than_o any_o other_o patriarch_n have_v and_o why_o canonical_o and_o singular_o be_v that_o grant_v to_o one_o which_o be_v common_a to_o all_o in_o the_o second_o place_n therefore_o nothing_o to_o be_v conclude_v by_o council_n without_o he_o i._n e._n without_o his_o give_v his_o consent_n for_o in_o this_o sense_n and_o not_o only_o in_o the_o former_a julius_n and_o the_o roman_a bishop_n urge_v it_o and_o that_o ancient_o it_o be_v take_v in_o this_o sense_n be_v show_v by_o the_o frequent_a appeals_n of_o bishop_n and_o patriarch_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n not_o so_o to_o other_o for_o redress_v from_o the_o decree_n of_o council_n and_o those_o council_n some_o of_o they_o in_o some_o sense_n general_n as_o the_o second_o ephesin_n council_n general_n for_o the_o meeting_n but_o not_o for_o the_o vote_n since_o neither_o the_o roman_a patriarch_n nor_o his_o legate_n nor_o the_o western_a bishop_n do_v vote_n with_o they_o when_o they_o think_v themselves_o injure_v thereby_o so_o flavianus_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n see_v leo_n epist_n 23._o ad_fw-la theodosium_n quia_fw-la &_o nostri_fw-la fideliter_fw-la reclamarunt_fw-la &_o eisdem_fw-la libellum_fw-la appellationis_fw-la flavianus_n episcopus_fw-la dedit_fw-la and_o conc._n chalced._n act._n 3._o and_o theodoret_n appeal_v to_o he_o from_o the_o second_o ephesin_n council_n which_o side_v with_o eutyches_n so_o athanasius_n and_o paulus_n and_o chrysostom_n from_o several_a and_o numerous_a eastern_a council_n without_o his_o give_v his_o consent_n then_o nothing_o of_o moment_n stand_v firm_a but_o three_o without_o his_o give_v his_o consent_n indeed_o but_o so_o ample_o understand_v as_o that_o this_o his_o consent_n involve_v also_o that_o of_o all_o the_o western_a bishop_n of_o his_o patriarchy_n few_o of_o which_o except_v the_o pope_n legate_n can_v be_v personal_o present_a at_o those_o remote_a council_n of_o the_o east_n or_o of_o so_o many_o of_o they_o as_o he_o can_v convenient_o call_v to_o council_n against_o who_o it_o be_v presume_v he_o will_v do_v nothing_o as_o a_o person_n stand_v whole_o singular_a and_o universal_o dissent_v from_o for_z these_o make_v so_o considerable_a a_o part_n of_o the_o church_n and_o as_o it_o seem_v by_o that_o passage_n in_o the_o epistle_n of_o the_o eastern_a bishop_n to_o julius_n sozomen_n l._n 3._o c._n 7._o esteem_v more_o numerous_a than_o the_o east_n it_o be_v most_o unreasonable_a that_o any_o thing_n of_o moment_n and_o worthy_a the_o cognizance_n of_o a_o general_n council_n among_o which_o this_o be_v one_o remove_v bishop_n of_o note_n from_o their_o seat_n or_o from_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n which_o may_v cause_v great_a schism_n shall_v stand_v in_o force_n without_o their_o approbation_n and_o upon_o this_o that_o canon_n of_o chalcedon_n advance_v the_o bishop_n of_o constantinople_n so_o much_o urge_v just_o can_v have_v no_o force_n till_o afterward_o it_o be_v condescend_v to_o by_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n because_o as_o not_o he_o so_o neither_o the_o western_a bishop_n allow_v it_o neither_o upon_o this_o can_v the_o five_o constantinopolitan_a council_n be_v just_o call_v general_n no_o more_o than_o the_o 2d_o ephesin_n council_n which_o be_v never_o confirm_v be_v never_o account_v such_o when-as_a neither_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n nor_o his_o legate_n nor_o his_o western_a bishop_n will_v be_v present_a therein_o upon_o a_o difference_n between_o they_o and_o the_o oriental_n not_o the_o fide_fw-la wherein_o both_o side_n agree_v but_o de_fw-la personis_fw-la theodorus_n theodoret_n and_o iba_n until_o it_o be_v afterward_o confirm_v also_o by_o the_o pope_n and_o his_o western_a party_n not_o long_o after_o the_o end_n thereof_o because_o they_o find_v it_o not_o so_o injurious_a to_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n as_o be_v at_o first_o fear_v in_o like_o manner_n as_o the_o first_o constantinopolitan_a council_n where_o none_o of_o the_o west_n be_v present_a be_v count_v the_o 2d_o general_n council_n from_o such_o a_o post-confirmation_n of_o the_o west_n see_v what_o be_v say_v below_o §_o 25_o n._n 3._o and_o §_o 26._o but_o perhaps_o we_o may_v ascend_v yet_o a_o step_n high_o 4._o nothing_o to_o be_v conclude_v by_o general_a council_n without_o his_o give_v his_o single_a personal_a consent_n 2._o §_o 22._o n._n 2._o though_o both_o western_a and_o eastern_a church_n be_v all_o unite_a in_o their_o vote_n yet_o i_o think_v it_o can_v be_v show_v that_o the_o roman_a bishop_n ever_o oppose_v such_o a_o universal_a vote_n where_o his_o western_a bishop_n be_v join_v with_o the_o east_n against_o he_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o dignity_n and_o primacy_n of_o his_o see_n for_o so_o it_o be_v think_v fit_a to_o be_v order_v by_o ancient_a canon_n concern_v metropolitans_n in_o respect_n of_o their_o particular_a province_n that_o nothing_o may_v be_v do_v without_o they_o see_v conc._n antioch_n can_v 9_o and_o apostol_n can._n 35._o etc._n etc._n and_o the_o reason_n give_v sic_fw-la enim_fw-la unanimitas_fw-la erit_fw-la and_o so_o it_o be_v order_v concern_v prince_n and_o their_o parliament_n for_o the_o more_o peaceable_a government_n of_o state_n and_o why_o may_v not_o this_o canon_n have_v the_o same_o meaning_n for_o st._n peter_n chair_n in_o respect_n of_o general_a council_n especial_o since_o it_o be_v not_o deny_v that_o as_o they_o can_v conclude_v nothing_o without_o he_o so_o neither_o may_v he_o without_o they_o i.e._n in_o the_o time_n of_o their_o sit_v or_o assembly_n do_v any_o thing_n which_o be_v obligatory_a to_o the_o whole_a church_n he_o may_v indeed_o in_o the_o interval_n of_o council_n take_v care_n of_o the_o due_a observance_n of_o former_a ecclesiastical_a canon_n and_o perhaps_o also_o for_o the_o present_a peace_n of_o the_o church_n see_v §_o 18._o and_o below_o §_o 34._o decide_v dubious_a matter_n upon_o appeal_n make_v to_o he_o for_o the_o peace_n of_o the_o church_n till_o such_o council_n meet_v for_o it_o be_v both_o necessary_a in_o general_n that_o some_o stand_a supreme_a tribunal_n there_o be_v where_o in_o the_o vacancy_n of_o general_a synod_n suit_n shall_v be_v final_o terminate_v and_o also_o the_o practice_n of_o appeals_n from_o all_o part_n of_o the_o church_n for_o matter_n of_o moment_n to_o rome_n do_v show_v his_o in_o particular_a to_o be_v that_o tribunal_n so_o metropolitans_n also_o do_v act_v single_a when_o their_o provincial_a council_n be_v not_o convene_v who_o in_o time_n of_o those_o council_n may_v act_v nothing_o without_o their_o concurrence_n but_o yet_o when_o a_o general_a council_n sit_v it_o may_v upon_o mature_a deliberation_n reverse_v any_o thing_n he_o have_v do_v without_o it_o correct_v any_o error_n he_o have_v commit_v neither_o do_v his_o law_n prescribe_v to_o it_o to_o which_o purpose_n hear_v what_o s._n austin_n say_v epistle_n 162._o in_o a_o judgement_n give_v against_o the_o donatist_n before_o the_o nicen_n council_n by_o the_o roman_a and_o some_o other_o bishop_n ecce_fw-la putemus_fw-la illos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la qui_fw-la romae_fw-la judicarunt_fw-la non_fw-la bonos_fw-es judices_fw-la fuisse_fw-la restabat_fw-la adhuc_fw-la plenarium_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la universae_fw-la concilium_fw-la nicaenum_n ubi_fw-la etiam_fw-la cum_fw-la ipsis_fw-la judicibus_fw-la causa_fw-la possit_fw-la agitari_fw-la &_o si_fw-mi male_a judicare_fw-la convicti_fw-la essent_fw-la eorum_fw-la sententiae_fw-la solverentur_fw-la solverentur_fw-la therefore_o till_o such_o council_n such_o sentence_n be_v oblige_v the_o issue_n therefore_o of_o such_o mutual_o limit_a power_n be_v only_o this_o which_o can_v neither_o damage_v the_o church_n doctrine_n
epistle_n of_o zosimus_n a_o bishop_n of_o rome_n in_o st._n augustine_n time_n ad_fw-la episc_n salonit_fw-la where_o prohibit_v the_o admit_v of_o monk_n and_o also_o laic_n immediate_o to_o be_v bishop_n without_o their_o pass_v through_o and_o continuance_n for_o some_o time_n in_o inferior_a ecclesiastical_a function_n he_o say_v hoc_fw-la autem_fw-la speeialiter_fw-la &_o sub_fw-la praedecessoribus_fw-la nostris_fw-la &_o nuper_fw-la a_o nobis_fw-la interdictum_fw-la constat_fw-la literis_fw-la ad_fw-la gallias_n hispaniasque_fw-la transmissis_fw-la ad_fw-la te_fw-la potissimum_fw-la scripta_fw-la direximus_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o omnium_fw-la fratrum_fw-la &_o coepiscoporum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la facies_fw-la ire_n notitiam_fw-la sciet_fw-la quisquis_fw-la hoc_fw-la postposita_fw-la patrum_fw-la &_o apostolicae_fw-la sedis_fw-la authoritate_fw-la neglexerit_fw-la a_o nobis_fw-la districtius_fw-la vindicandum_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v the_o epistle_n of_o the_o african_a bishop_n 4._o §_o 23._o n._n 4._o in_o the_o 5_o carthaginian_a and_o in_o the_o milevitan_n council_n hold_v there_o against_o pâ—lagianism_n among_o who_o be_v s._n austin_n send_v to_o pope_n innocent_a i_o and_o his_o answer_n to_o they_o be_v among_o s._n augustine_n epistle_n the_o 90_o 91_o 92_o 93._o where_o the_o 92._o the_o african_a bishop_n begin_v thus_o quia_fw-la te_fw-la dominus_fw-la gratiae_fw-la suae_fw-la praecipuae_fw-la munere_fw-la in_o sede_n apostolica_fw-la collocavit_fw-la talemque_fw-la in_o nostris_fw-la temporibus_fw-la praestitit_fw-la ut_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o see_v the_o close_a thereof_o and_o in_o epistle_n 90._o hoc_fw-la itaque_fw-la gestum_fw-la domine_fw-la frater_fw-la sancte_fw-la charitati_fw-la tuus_fw-la intimandum_fw-la duximus_fw-la ut_fw-la statutis_fw-la nostroe_v mediocritatis_fw-la etiam_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la sedis_fw-la adhibeatur_fw-la authoritas_fw-la and_o s._n austin_n retract_v 2._o l._n 49._o c._n speak_v of_o the_o same_o business_n in_o this_o language_n postea_fw-la quam_fw-la pelagiana_n haeresis_fw-la cum_fw-la suis_fw-la authoribus_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la romanoe_n prius_fw-la innocentio_n deinde_fw-la zosimo_n cooperantibus_fw-la conciliorum_fw-la africanorum_n literis_fw-la convicta_fw-la atque_fw-la damnata_fw-la est_fw-la scripsi_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o possidonius_fw-la s._n augustine_n collegiate_n in_o vita_fw-la august_n 18._o c._n thus_o et_fw-la cum_fw-la iidem_fw-la pelagiani_n perversi_fw-la sedi_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la per_fw-la svam_fw-la ambitionem_fw-la eandem_fw-la perfidiam_fw-la persuadere_fw-la conabantur_fw-la instantissime_fw-la etiam_fw-la conciliis_fw-la africanis_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la gestum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la so_o papae_fw-la vrbis_fw-la romae_fw-la &_o prius_fw-la venerabili_fw-la innocentio_n &_o postea_fw-la sancto_fw-la zosimo_n ejus_fw-la successori_fw-la persuaderetur_fw-la quod_fw-la illa_fw-la secta_fw-la catholica_fw-la fide_fw-la &_o abominanda_fw-la &_o damnanda_fw-la fuisset_fw-la at_o illi_fw-la tantae_fw-la sedis_fw-la antistites_fw-la suis_fw-la diversis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la eosdem_fw-la notantes_fw-la atque_fw-la a_o membris_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la i._n e._n catholicae_fw-la praecidentes_fw-la datis_fw-la literis_fw-la ad_fw-la africanas_fw-la orientis_fw-la &_o occidentis_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la eos_fw-la anathematizandos_fw-mi &_o devitandos_fw-mi ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la catholicis_fw-la censuerunt_fw-la et_fw-la hoc_fw-la tale_n de_fw-la illis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la dei_fw-la catholicae_fw-la probatum_fw-la judiâ—ium_fw-la where_o he_o seem_v to_o call_v the_o pope_n judgement_n the_o catholical_a etiam_fw-la pâ—issimus_fw-la imperator_fw-la honorius_n audience_n &_o sequens_fw-la suis_fw-la eos_fw-la legibus_fw-la damnatos_fw-la &_o inter_fw-la haereticos_fw-la habere_fw-la debere_fw-la constituit_fw-la and_o see_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n answer_n wherein_o he_o vindicate_v the_o universal_a authority_n of_o that_o see_v something_o of_o which_o be_v quote_v before_o §_o 21._o after_o which_o judgement_n in_o africa_n both_o pelagius_n and_o caelestius_n his_o chief_a disciple_n make_v their_o appeal_n to_o rome_n to_o zosimus_n the_o successor_n of_o this_o innocentius_n under_o such_o form_n as_o these_o si_fw-mi forte_fw-fr quispiam_fw-la ignorantiae_fw-la error_n obrepserit_fw-la vestra_fw-la sententia_fw-la corrigatur_fw-la and_o emendari_fw-la cupimus_fw-la a_o te_fw-la qui_fw-fr petri_n &_o fidem_fw-la &_o sedem_fw-la tenes_fw-fr and_o be_v upon_o a_o false_a relation_n of_o their_o tenant_n favour_v there_o to_o the_o great_a offence_n of_o the_o african_a bishop_n but_o afterward_o also_o condemn_v by_o that_o see_v and_o their_o condemnation_n publish_v from_o thence_o to_o all_o church_n see_v for_o what_o be_v say_v the_o authority_n in_o s._n austin_n and_o other_o quote_v by_o baronius_n a.d._n 418._o see_v s._n austin_n contra_fw-la julianum_fw-la 1._o l._n 2._o c._n where_o urge_v against_o julian_n the_o testimony_n of_o the_o occidental_a father_n for_o original_a sin_n he_o say_v thus_o a_o ideo_fw-la contemnendos_fw-la putas_fw-la quia_fw-la occidentalis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sunt_fw-la omnes_fw-la puto_fw-la tibi_fw-la eam_fw-la partem_fw-la orbis_fw-la sufficere_fw-la debere_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la primum_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la voluit_fw-la dominus_fw-la gloriosissimo_fw-la martyrio_fw-la coronare_fw-la cui_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la praesidentem_fw-la beatum_fw-la innocentium_n si_fw-la audire_fw-la voluisses_fw-la jam_fw-la tunc_fw-la periculosam_fw-la juventutem_fw-la tuam_fw-la pelagianis_fw-la laqueis_fw-la exuiss_n quid_fw-la enim_fw-la potuit_fw-la vir_fw-la ille_fw-la sanctus_n africanis_fw-la respondere_fw-la conciliis_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la antiquitus_fw-la apostolica_fw-la sedes_fw-la &_o romana_fw-la cum_fw-la caeteris_fw-la tenet_fw-la perseveranter_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ergo_fw-la cur_n provoces_fw-la ad_fw-la orientis_fw-la antistites_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v s._n augustine_n epistle_n 261._o write_v to_o celestine_n bishop_n of_o rome_n in_o his_o old_a age_n as_o appear_v in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o epistle_n si_fw-la meam_fw-la senectutem_fw-la fueris_fw-la consolatus_fw-la and_o probable_o after_o the_o contest_v of_o the_o african_a council_n about_o appeals_n that_o council_n be_v hold_v 419._o and_o celestine_n make_v bishop_n of_o rome_n 423._o who_o outlive_v s._n austin_n who_o die_v 430._o ludou._n de_fw-fr angelis_n lib._n 4._o c._n 6._o it_o be_v write_v concern_v one_o antonius_n for_o who_o s._n austin_n have_v procure_v the_o bishopric_n of_o fussala_n a_o place_n former_o in_o his_o own_o diocese_n but_o be_v very_o remote_a from_o hippo_n he_o obtain_v that_o a_o new_a bishopric_n may_v be_v erect_v there_o which_o antonius_n for_o some_o miscarriage_n be_v by_o the_o neighbour_a bishop_n of_o numidia_n remove_v from_o that_o bishopric_n yet_o not_o utter_o degrade_v have_v appeal_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o have_v much_o threaten_v by_o this_o bishop_n power_n to_o procure_v a_o restorement_n to_o his_o place_n in_o this_o epistle_n thus_o s._n austin_n beseech_v the_o pope_n collabora_fw-la obsecro_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la &_o jube_fw-la tibi_fw-la quae_fw-la decreta_fw-la sunt_fw-la omne_fw-la recitari_fw-la existat_fw-la exemplo_fw-la ipsa_fw-la apostolica_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la judicante_fw-la vel_fw-la aliorum_fw-la judicia_fw-la firmante_fw-la quosdam_fw-la pro_fw-la culpis_fw-la nec_fw-la episcopali_fw-la spoliatos_fw-la honore_fw-la neque_fw-la relictos_fw-la omnimodo_fw-la impunitos_fw-la quia_fw-la ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n subveni_fw-la hominibus_fw-la opem_fw-la tuam_fw-la in_o christi_fw-la mesericordia_fw-la poscentibus_fw-la non_fw-la sinas_fw-la ista_fw-la fieri_fw-la i.e._n antonius_n to_o be_v restore_v by_o force_n obsecro_fw-la te_fw-la per_fw-la christi_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la per_fw-la apostoli_fw-la petri_n memoriam_fw-la qui_fw-la christianorum_fw-la praepositos_fw-la populorum_fw-la monuit_fw-la ne_o violent_a dominentur_fw-la inter_fw-la fratres_n etc._n etc._n this_o he_o say_v against_o the_o executores_fw-la clericos_fw-la of_o the_o roman_a see_v many_o time_n use_v unjust_a violence_n but_o we_o see_v he_o decline_v not_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n judgement_n but_o hope_n to_o have_v it_o favourable_a to_o his_o cause_n see_v likewise_o his_o epistle_n 157._o to_o optatus_n wherein_o he_o mention_n a_o legation_n impose_v upon_o he_o and_o some_o other_o bishop_n for_o some_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n to_o caesarea_n in_o mauritania_n quo_fw-la nos_fw-la say_v he_o injuncta_fw-la nobis_fw-la a_o venerabili_fw-la papa_n zosimo_n apostolicae_fw-la sedis_fw-la episcopo_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la necessitas_fw-la traxerat_fw-la of_o which_o also_o thus_o possidonius_fw-la vit._n aug._n 14._o c._n in_o coesarinsem_fw-la mauritaniae_fw-la civitatem_fw-la venire_fw-la venerabilis_fw-la mentoriae_fw-la augustinum_n cum_fw-la aliis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la sedis_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la literae_fw-la compulerunt_fw-la ad_fw-la terminandas_fw-la viz._n aliquas_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la necessitate_v &c_n &c_n which_o show_v what_o authority_n the_o roman_a bishop_n use_v over_o the_o african_a in_o this_o father_n time_n where_o s._n austin_n do_v many_o good_a office_n for_o that_o province_n and_o have_v successful_a dispute_n with_o emeritus_n the_o bishop_n of_o that_o city_n see_v possid_n vit_fw-mi aug._n 14._o c._n aug._n the_o gest_n cum_fw-la emerit_fw-la see_v the_o epistle_n of_o cyril_n bishop_n of_o alexandria_n 5._o §_o 23._o n._n 5._o to_o celestin_n bishop_n of_o rome_n wherein_o he_o say_v concern_v nestorius_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n before_o condemn_v by_o any_o general_a council_n at_o quamvis_fw-la res_fw-la ita_fw-la habeat_fw-la non_fw-la prius_fw-la tamen_fw-la illius_fw-la communionem_fw-la confidenter_fw-la disserere_fw-la ausi_fw-la fuimus_fw-la quam_fw-la haec_fw-la ipsa_fw-la pietati_fw-la tuus_fw-la indicaremus_fw-la
the_o roman_a bishop_n power_n now_o to_o look_v a_o little_a back_n into_o the_o former_a age_n wherein_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o persecution_n by_o heathen_a prince_n the_o church_n discipline_n be_v not_o altogether_o so_o perfect_o form_v see_v athanasius_n de_fw-fr sententia_fw-la dionysii_fw-la alexandrini_n 7._o §_o 23._o n._n 7._o where_o he_o relate_v how_o dionysius_n bishop_n of_o alexandria_n live_v above_o fifty_o year_n before_o the_o nicene_n council_n be_v accuse_v by_o some_o of_o pentapolis_n as_o erroneous_a in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o trinity_n to_o dionysius_n the_o then_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o thereupon_o write_v a_o apology_n to_o purge_v himself_o quidam_fw-la ex_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la recte_fw-la quidem_fw-la sentientes_fw-la sed_fw-la tamen_fw-la ignari_fw-la etc._n etc._n romam_fw-la ascenderunt_fw-la ibique_fw-la eum_fw-la apud_fw-la dionysium_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la nominis_fw-la romanum_fw-la praesulem_fw-la accusaverunt_fw-la re_fw-mi comperta_fw-la 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negligenter_n obreptum_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la hic_fw-la execrandus_fw-la qui_fw-la fraudulenter_n obrepsit_fw-la but_o have_v stephen_n have_v no_o just_a authority_n to_o judge_n this_o matter_n or_o reponere_fw-la basilidem_fw-la in_o episcopatum_fw-la st._n cyprian_n will_v not_o have_v accuse_v he_o of_o negligence_n i._n e._n in_o believe_v without_o seek_v better_a information_n what_o basilides_n or_o his_o friend_n say_v but_o of_o usurpation_n and_o intrusion_n and_o tyranny_n in_o judge_v in_o matter_n no_o way_n belong_v to_o he_o but_o he_o allow_v the_o western_a patriarch_n authority_n over_o the_o gallican_n bishop_n as_o appear_v in_o the_o last_o instance_n can_v not_o rational_o deny_v he_o the_o same_o over_o the_o spanish_a therefore_o that_o which_o this_o father_n say_v before_o that_o basilides_n his_o appeal_n and_o stephen_n sentence_n ordinationem_fw-la jure_fw-la perfect_v be_o rescindere_fw-la non_fw-la potuit_fw-la be_v to_o be_v understand_v with_o reference_n to_o the_o justness_n of_o the_o cause_n not_o of_o the_o authority_n for_o one_o may_v right_o be_v accuse_v of_o injustice_n either_o who_o do_v a_o thing_n and_o have_v no_o just_a power_n to_o do_v it_o or_o who_o have_v a_o just_a power_n to_o do_v a_o thing_n and_o have_v no_o just_a cause_n and_o therefore_o the_o spanish_a ought_v to_o seek_v a_o reversion_n of_o such_o sentence_n by_o present_v to_o their_o patriarch_n perfect_a information_n else_o sure_o his_o sentence_n who_o be_v grant_v to_o have_v the_o supreme_a authority_n to_o judge_n be_v to_o stand_v and_o he_o must_v give_v account_n thereof_o to_o god_n and_o yet_o high_o before_o cyprian_n time_n about_o a.d._n 200_o we_o find_v in_o eus_n eccl._n hist_o l._n 5._o c._n 22_o etc._n etc._n that_o in_o a_o controversy_n about_o the_o celebration_n of_o easter_n whether_o on_o the_o lord_n day_n or_o on_o the_o same_o day_n with_o the_o jew_n after_o many_o provincial_a council_n in_o a_o peaceful_a time_n of_o the_o whole_a christian_a church_n call_v in_o several_a country_n as_o well_o of_o the_o east_n as_o egypt_n palestine_n as_o of_o the_o west_n who_o all_o agree_v with_o the_o roman_a bishop_n except_v polycrates_n bishop_n of_o ephesus_n and_o the_o bishop_n of_o asia_n minor_a who_o assemble_v in_o council_n as_o the_o rest_n resolve_v to_o continue_v their_o custom_n of_o keep_v it_o the_o same_o day_n with_o the_o jew_n and_o in_o a_o letter_n to_o rome_n signify_v so_o much_o we_o find_v i_o say_v that_o victor_n than_o bishop_n of_o rome_n either_o intend_a or_o also_o execute_v a_o excommunication_n upon_o polycrates_n and_o his_o party_n as_o pertinacious_o retain_v a_o moysaicall_a ceremony_n which_o may_v be_v a_o introduction_n to_o more_o execute_v a_o excommunication_n not_o negative_a as_o dr._n field_n will_v have_v it_o p._n 558._o by_o withdraw_a his_o own_o communion_n from_o they_o but_o privative_a and_o authoritative_a by_o reject_v and_o debar_v they_o from_o communion_n of_o the_o whole_a catholic_n church_n though_o indeed_o debar_v they_o from_o the_o roman_a communion_n debar_v they_o also_o from_o all_o other_o that_o communicate_v with_o the_o roman_a for_o those_o who_o may_v not_o communicate_v with_o a_o heretic_n neither_o may_v communicate_v with_o any_o other_o who_o by_o communicate_v with_o such_o heretic_n make_v themselves_o partaker_n of_o his_o sin_n this_o seem_v to_o i_o clear_a by_o the_o word_n of_o eusebius_n victor_n totius_fw-la asiae_n ecclesias_fw-la a_o communionis_fw-la societate_fw-la abscindere_fw-la nititur_fw-la tanquam_fw-la in_o haeresin_fw-la declinantes_fw-la &_o literas_fw-la mittit_fw-la quibus_fw-la omnes_fw-la simul_fw-la absque_fw-la discretione_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesiastico_fw-la faedere_fw-la segregaret_fw-la extant_a episcoporum_fw-la literae_fw-la quibus_fw-la asperius_fw-la objurgant_fw-la victorem_fw-la velut_fw-la inutiliter_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la commodis_fw-la consulentem_fw-la 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the_o former_a chapter_n where_o though_o the_o doctor_n be_v please_v not_o to_o name_v particular_o patriarch_n yet_o the_o quotation_n p._n 54._o we_o must_v yet_o ascend_v etc._n etc._n and_o p._n 60._o show_v you_o that_o he_o upon_o the_o same_o reason_n of_o church-canon_n and_o primitive_a custom_n do_v and_o must_v hold_v that_o there_o may_v be_v a_o schism_n also_o in_o the_o metropolitan_o and_o consequent_o in_o all_o those_o under_o the_o metropolitan_o in_o respect_n of_o their_o patriarch_n the_o unite_n as_o of_o several_a diocese_n in_o one_o metropolitan_a and_o of_o several_a province_n and_o metropolitan_o in_o one_o primate_n so_o of_o many_o nation_n and_o primate_fw-la in_o one_o patriarch_n exceed_o conduce_v to_o the_o peaceable_a government_n and_o cohesion_n of_o the_o church_n catholic_n and_o suppression_n of_o heresy_n and_o schism_n oftener_o national_a than_o diocesan_n only_o or_o provincial_a quae_fw-la vero_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la say_v grotius_n in_o his_o first_o reply_n upon_o rivet_n ad_fw-la art_n 7._o cur_n qui_fw-la opinionibus_fw-la dissident_n inter_fw-la catholicos_fw-la maneant_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la corpore_fw-la non_fw-la rupta_fw-la communione_fw-la contra_fw-la qui_fw-la inter_fw-la protestant_n dissident_n idem_fw-la facere_fw-la nequeant_fw-la vicunque_fw-la multa_fw-la de_fw-la dilectione_n fraterna_fw-la loquantur_fw-la hoc_fw-la qui_fw-la recte_fw-la expender_n it_z inveniet_fw-la quanta_fw-la sit_fw-la vis_fw-la primatus_fw-la which_o primacy_n st._n hierom_n observe_v even_o among_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o adversus_fw-la jovinianum_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 14._o super_fw-la petrum_fw-la fundatur_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la licet_fw-la id_fw-la ipsum_fw-la in_o alio_fw-la loco_fw-la super_fw-la omnes_fw-la apostolos_fw-la fiat_fw-la &_o cuncti_fw-la clave_n regnorum_fw-la coeli_fw-la accipiant_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la aequo_fw-la super_fw-la eos_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la fortitudo_fw-la solidetur_fw-la tamen_fw-la propterea_fw-la inter_fw-la duodecim_fw-la unus_fw-la eligitur_fw-la ut_fw-la capite_fw-la constituto_fw-la schismatum_fw-la tollatur_fw-la occasio_fw-la capite_fw-la that_o be_v not_o only_o in_o dignity_n but_o also_o in_o some_o authority_n else_o can_v such_o head_n not_o remedy_n schism_n patriarch_n therefore_o as_o well_o as_o metropolitan_o much_o conduce_v to_o the_o remove_n of_o schism_n and_o preserve_v the_o church_n unity_n i_o suppose_v whatever_o the_o prince_n or_o emperor_n shall_v attempt_v against_o such_o metropolitan_a or_o patriarch_n either_o to_o oppose_v he_o in_o the_o manage_n of_o those_o spiritual_a matter_n and_o to_o deny_v he_o to_o exercise_v either_o by_o himself_o or_o his_o minister_n his_o jurisdiction_n in_o any_o province_n which_o be_v by_o church_n canon_n subject_v unto_o he_o or_o to_o depose_v he_o from_o his_o see_n or_o to_o transfer_v his_o authority_n and_o jurisdiction_n on_o some_o other_o who_o he_o more_o approve_v of_o as_o if_o valentinian_n much_o affect_v to_o the_o arrian_n shall_v have_v transfer_v st._n ambrose_n his_o archiepiscopal_a jurisdiction_n upon_o auxentius_n a_o arrian_n bishop_n who_o he_o much_o affect_v as_o his_o mother_n justina_n i_o think_v actual_o do_v want_v only_a possession_n of_o the_o church_n which_o ambrose_n assist_v also_o by_o the_o people_n stout_o resist_v yet_o still_o according_a to_o dr._n hammond_n judgement_n as_o long_o as_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n remain_v the_o same_o it_o will_v be_v schism_n in_o any_o to_o disobey_v such_o metropolitan_a or_o to_o side_n with_o the_o prince_n and_o schism_n in_o the_o prince_n himself_o as_o well_o as_o in_o the_o rest_n again_o s._n w._n reply_v thus_o upon_o these_o word_n of_o he_o schis_fw-la p._n 125._o the_o canon_n of_o council_n have_v most_o be_v set_v out_o and_o receive_v their_o authority_n by_o the_o emperor_n that_o never_o be_v it_o hear_v that_o a_o emperor_n claim_v a_o negative_a voice_n in_o make_v 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