and_o cease_v to_o be_v any_o long_o catholic_n if_o then_o the_o former_a or_o present_a difference_n between_o the_o roman_a and_o greek_a church_n be_v such_o as_o have_v be_v by_o former_a church-authority_n superior_a to_o both_o canonical_o decide_v and_o determine_v as_o suppose_v by_o the_o lateran_n council_n under_o innocent_a iii_o or_o of_o that_o of_o lion_n under_o gregory_n x._o or_o that_o of_o florence_n under_o eugenius_n iu._n and_o the_o eastern_a church_n disobey_v these_o act_n have_v separate_v from_o or_o thereupon_o be_v reject_v by_o the_o roman_a communion_n observe_v they_o or_o again_o if_o the_o greek_a church_n have_v make_v a_o discession_n and_o rent_n from_o the_o prime_a patriarch_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o chair_n of_o st._n peter_n in_o deny_v any_o of_o those_o privilege_n and_o that_o authority_n which_o right_o belong_v to_o he_o over_o the_o whole_a church_n of_o christ_n in_o order_n to_o the_o preserve_v the_o perpetual_a peace_n and_o unity_n thereof_o thing_n which_o it_o concern_v i_o not_o here_o to_o determine_v the_o greek_a church_n by_o this_o separation_n from_o the_o roman_a must_v stand_v guilty_a of_o a_o schism_n from_o the_o catholic_n church_n and_o cease_v to_o be_v any_o true_a member_n thereof_o neither_o indeed_o have_v these_o church_n since_o this_o division_n like_o wither_a branch_n retain_v any_o dignity_n authority_n growth_n or_o extent_n equal_a to_o the_o roman_a or_o such_o as_o they_o have_v former_o this_o indeed_o hap'n_v to_o they_o from_o the_o opression_n of_o a_o open_a enemy_n to_o christianity_n but_o yet_o perhaps_o the_o same_o also_o a_o instrument_n of_o god_n displeasure_n against_o they_o §_o 79_o last_o as_o for_o the_o late_a division_n of_o the_o reform_a party_n in_o the_o west_n muchwhat_a the_o same_o may_v be_v say_v of_o it_o as_o be_v but_o now_o of_o the_o arian_n it_o be_v know_v when_o that_o single_a person_n stand_v alone_o who_o begin_v it_o and_o it_o spread_v afterward_o by_o the_o support_n of_o the_o secular_a power_n against_o church-authority_n and_o when_o in_o its_o great_a growth_n but_o a_o inconsiderable_a part_n in_o comparison_n of_o the_o whole_a which_o also_o have_v cast_v it_o off_o from_o her_o communion_n condemn_v it_o by_o her_o council_n and_o permit_v not_o any_o of_o her_o member_n to_o have_v any_o external_a communion_n with_o it_o and_o though_o at_o first_o by_o reason_n both_o of_o foreign_a invasion_n from_o the_o turk_n and_o many_o civil_a war_n in_o christian_a state_n it_o make_v especial_o in_o climate_n more_o remote_a from_o the_o residence_n and_o superintendency_n of_o the_o chief_a hierarchy_n of_o the_o church_n a_o very_a great_a and_o speedy_a increase_n yet_o the_o vigour_n of_o its_o age_n may_v be_v think_v already_o past_a and_o it_o be_v a_o long_a time_n that_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v in_o its_o wane_n and_o decadency_n expect_v still_o and_o prophesy_v to_o itself_o the_o fall_n of_o 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
the_o be_v a_o part_n and_o to_o their_o own_o but_o when_o these_o three_o title_n be_v pretend_v by_o three_o several_a person_n but_o one_o of_o they_o can_v stand_v in_o force_n or_o if_o any_o one_o will_v say_v that_o possession_n can_v never_o relate_v save_o only_a to_o one_o single_a title_n yet_o if_o this_o be_v grant_v that_o there_o may_v be_v several_a title_n inherent_a in_o the_o same_o person_n of_o which_o the_o one_o fail_v the_o possession_n may_v still_o just_o relate_v to_o another_o and_o will_v come_v to_o one_o namely_o this_o that_o no_o other_o can_v dispossess_v this_o person_n unless_o he_o first_o prove_v not_o only_o one_o but_o all_o his_o title_n faulty_a thus_o much_o that_o a_o primatship_n a_o patriarchiship_n and_o a_o universal_a headship_n may_v be_v well_o consistent_a in_o one_o person_n this_o rub_n be_v remove_v now_o to_o go_v on_o but_o though_o the_o forenamed_a writer_n much_o straiten_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n jurisdiction_n 4._o §_o 3._o n._n 4._o and_o make_v his_o primateship_n and_o patriarchship_n both_o one_o yet_o balsamon_n in_o his_o explication_n of_o the_o nicene_n canon_n and_o nilus_n in_o his_o book_n against_o the_o primacy_n not_o great_a friend_n to_o the_o greatness_n of_o rome_n look_v upon_o that_o authority_n which_o he_o always_o exercise_v over_o the_o other_o metropolitan_o of_o the_o west_n of_o which_o more_o hereafter_o beside_o that_o which_o he_o have_v over_o his_o own_o more_o particular_a suburbican_n diocese_n do_v enlarge_v this_o his_o patriarchship_n to_o all_o the_o west_n quoniam_fw-la &_o romanus_n episcopus_fw-la praeest_fw-la occidentalibus_fw-la provinciis_fw-la say_v balsamon_n balsamon_n and_o nilus_n interpret_v the_o word_n of_o the_o nicene_n decree_n say_v dr._n field_n l._n 5._o c._n 31._o that_o the_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n shall_v have_v the_o charge_n of_o egypt_n lybia_n and_o pentapolis_n and_o the_o confirm_v of_o the_o metropolitan_o in_o those_o part_n because_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n who_o have_v care_n of_o the_o west_n confirm_v the_o metropolitan_o of_o the_o west_n and_o before_o these_o zomaras_fw-mi a_o greek_a writer_n likewise_o on_o conc._n sard._n can_v 5._o grant_v the_o more_o western_o of_o the_o eastern_a province_n at_o that_o time_n to_o have_v belong_v to_o the_o roman_a church_n to_o the_o roman_a church_n say_v he_o be_v the_o subject_a all_o the_o western_a church_n namely_o those_o of_o macedonia_n thessalia_n illyricum_n epirus_n which_o be_v afterward_o subject_v to_o the_o church_n of_o constantinople_n and_o likewise_o dr._n field_n be_v press_v with_o many_o instance_n not_o denyable_a concern_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n authority_n most_o ancient_o exercise_v over_o the_o bishop_n not_o only_o of_o spain_n france_n africa_n etc._n etc._n in_o the_o west_n but_o also_o of_o some_o part_n of_o greece_n thebes_n thessalonica_n corinth_n etc._n etc._n in_o the_o east_n whereby_o they_o endeavour_v to_o prove_v his_o universal_a vicaria_fw-la headship_n over_o all_o the_o church_n be_v glad_a to_o plead_v that_o the_o roman_a bishop_n use_v such_o authority_n not_o as_o head_n of_o all_o the_o church_n but_o as_o patriarch_n of_o the_o west_n embrace_v balsamon_n opinion_n and_o prove_v out_o of_o cusanus_fw-la that_o such_o place_n as_o be_v urge_v by_o the_o romanists_n do_v belong_v to_o the_o roman_a patriarchship_n which_o patriarchship_n the_o other_o doctor_n labour_v to_o straiten_v how_o they_o will_v avoid_v another_o universal_a super-intendentship_a of_o the_o same_o bishop_n urge_v by_o the_o roman_a party_n i_o see_v not_o see_v field_n l._n 5._o c._n 37._o p._n 551._o c._n 38._o p._n 560._o c._n 39_o p._n 570._o and_o p._n 568._o where_o he_o have_v these_o word_n appeals_n of_o ancient_a time_n wont_a to_o be_v make_v out_o of_o france_n to_o rome_n no_o way_n prove_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n to_o be_v universal_a bishop_n unless_o we_o will_v acknowledge_v every_o one_o of_o the_o patriarch_n to_o have_v be_v so_o too_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o appeal_v unto_o they_o out_o of_o any_o the_o remote_a province_n subject_a to_o they_o and_o c._n 38._o p._n 560._o where_o dr._n field_n confess_v that_o leo_n who_o live_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o four_o general_n council_n constitute_v anastasius_n bishop_n of_o thessalonica_n his_o vicegerent_n for_o the_o part_n thereabouts_o as_o other_o his_o predecessor_n have_v do_v former_a bishop_n of_o that_o church_n which_o say_v he_o cause_v great_a resort_n thither_o upon_o divers_a occasion_n may_v be_v think_v to_o have_v be_v the_o reason_n why_o the_o council_n of_o sardica_n can_n 20._o provide_v that_o the_o clergyman_n of_o other_o church_n shall_v not_o make_v too_o long_o stay_v at_o thessalonica_n this_o council_n of_o sardica_n be_v about_o twenty_o year_n after_o that_o of_o nice_n so_o the_o same_o leo_n make_v potentius_fw-la the_o bishop_n his_o vicegerent_n in_o the_o part_n of_o africa_n hormisda_n bishop_n of_o rome_n about_o ann_n 500_o salustius_n bishop_n of_o hispalis_n in_o baetica_n and_o lusitania_n and_o gregory_n virgilius_n bishop_n of_o arles_n in_o the_o region_n of_o france_n all_o these_o place_n be_v within_o the_o compass_n of_o the_o patriarchship_n of_o rome_n and_o the_o same_o may_v be_v say_v of_o the_o bishop_n of_o justiniana_n prima_fw-la who_o be_v appoint_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n vicegerent_n in_o those_o part_n upon_o signification_n of_o the_o emperor_n will_n and_o desire_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v so_o thus_o he_o to_o this_o i_o will_v add_v the_o testimony_n of_o innocent_n i._o bishop_n of_o rome_n in_o st._n augustine_n time_n who_o epist_n 1._o decentio_n episcopo_fw-la eugubino_n prescribe_v some_o roman_a order_n to_o be_v observe_v in_o the_o western_a church_n there_o give_v a_o more_o particular_a reason_n of_o their_o obedience_n to_o observe_v the_o rule_n and_o custom_n of_o the_o roman_a see_v namely_o their_o conversion_n to_o christianity_n by_o it_o quis_fw-la enim_fw-la nesciat_fw-la say_v he_o aut_fw-la non_fw-la advertat_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la a_o principe_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la petro_n romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la traditum_fw-la est_fw-la ac_fw-la nunc_fw-la usque_fw-la custoditur_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la debere_fw-la seruari_fw-la etc._n etc._n praesertim_fw-la cum_fw-la sit_fw-la manifestum_fw-la in_fw-la omnem_fw-la italiam_fw-la gallias_n hispanias_n aphricam_fw-la atque_fw-la siciliam_fw-la insulasque_fw-la interiacentes_fw-la nullum_fw-la instituisse_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la nisi_fw-la eos_fw-la quos_fw-la venerabilis_fw-la apostolus_fw-la petrus_n aut_fw-la ejus_fw-la successores_fw-la constituerunt_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o afterward_o he_o say_v quibus_fw-la i.e._n decentius_n his_o proposal_n idcirco_fw-la respondimus_fw-la non_fw-la quod_fw-la te_fw-la aliqua_fw-la ignorare_fw-la credamus_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la majori_fw-la authoritate_fw-la vel_fw-la tuos_fw-la instituas_fw-la vel_fw-la si_fw-la qui_fw-la a_o romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la institutionibus_fw-la errant_a aut_fw-la commoneas_fw-la aut_fw-la indicare_fw-la i._n e._n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n non_o differas_fw-la ut_fw-la scire_fw-la valeamus_fw-la qui_fw-la sint_fw-la qui_fw-la aut_fw-la novitates_fw-la inducunt_fw-la aut_fw-la alterius_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quam_fw-la romanae_fw-la existimant_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la esse_fw-la servandam_fw-la the_o sufficiency_n of_o the_o reason_n give_v here_o i_o will_v not_o now_o dispute_v but_o this_o appear_v that_o over_o all_o those_o church_n he_o then_o exercise_v some_o authority_n and_o see_v below_o §_o 23._o and_o elsewhere_o many_o instance_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n authority_n exercise_v over_o the_o bishop_n of_o france_n of_o spain_n and_o other_o western_a province_n before_o the_o sit_v of_o the_o first_o council_n of_o nice_a to_o all_o which_o therefore_o and_o not_o only_o to_o the_o regiones_fw-la suburbicariae_fw-la must_v the_o 6_o nicene_n canon_n mos_fw-la antiquus_fw-la perduret_fw-la be_v extend_v §_o 4_o thus_o much_o of_o the_o first_o patriarch_n the_o second_o be_v the_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n alexandria_n the_o second_o the_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n contain_v under_o his_o patriarchship_n all_o the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n of_o egypt_n and_o lybia_n §_o 5_o the_o three_o of_o antioch_n contain_v under_o he_o all_o the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n of_o the_o east_n antioch_n the_o three_o the_o bishop_n of_o antioch_n and_o among_o the_o rest_n the_o bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n who_o metropolitan_a as_o also_o of_o all_o palestine_n be_v the_o bishop_n of_o caesarea_n but_o he_o subject_a to_o the_o antiochian_a patriarch_n see_v hierom_n epistle_n to_o pammachius_n against_o john_n bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n ni_fw-fr fallor_fw-la hoc_fw-la ibi_fw-la i._n e._n in_o concilio_n niceno_n ut_fw-la palestinae_fw-la metropolis_n caesarea_n sit_v &_o totius_fw-la orientis_fw-la antiochia_n aut_fw-la igitur_fw-la ad_fw-la caesariensem_fw-la archiepiscopum_fw-la refer_v debueras_fw-la cvi_fw-la spreta_fw-la communione_fw-la tua_fw-la communicare_fw-la nos_fw-la noveras_fw-la aut_fw-la si_fw-la procul_fw-la expetendum_fw-la judicium_fw-la erat_fw-la antiochiam_fw-la potius_fw-la literae_fw-la dirigendae_fw-la §_o 6_o and_o these_o
est_fw-la ipse_fw-la decoravit_fw-la sedem_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la evangelistam_fw-la discipulum_fw-la misit_fw-la ipse_fw-la firmavit_fw-la sedem_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la septem_fw-la annis_fw-la quamvis_fw-la discessurus_fw-la sedit_fw-la cum_fw-la ergo_fw-la unius_fw-la atque_fw-la una_fw-la sit_fw-la sedes_fw-la cvi_fw-la ex_fw-la authoritate_fw-la divina_fw-la tres_fw-la nunc_fw-la episcopi_fw-la president_n quicquid_fw-la ego_fw-la de_fw-la vobis_fw-la boni_fw-la audio_fw-la hoc_fw-la mihi_fw-la imputo_fw-la council_n gen._n 8._o at_o constantinople_n can_v 21._o quisquis_fw-la autem_fw-la tale_n facinus_fw-la contra_fw-la sedem_fw-la petri_n principis_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la ausus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la intentare_fw-la etc._n etc._n by_o these_o passage_n you_o see_v he_o primacy_n and_o privilege_n whatever_o they_o be_v of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n ancient_o impute_v to_o his_o succession_n in_o the_o see_v of_o s._n peter_n and_o s._n paul_n and_o not_o or_o not_o chief_o or_o 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part_n of_o the_o church_n with_o this_o salvo_fw-la annex_v in_o behalf_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n omnem_fw-la quidem_fw-la primatum_fw-la &_o honorem_fw-la praecipuum_fw-la secundum_fw-la canon_n antiquae_fw-la romae_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la conservari_fw-la and_o as_o it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o 2d_o general_n council_n 5_o can._n to_o which_o former_a canon_n they_o refer_v constantinopolitanae_n civitatis_fw-la episcopum_fw-la habere_fw-la oportere_fw-la primatus_fw-la honorem_fw-la post_fw-la romanum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la propter_fw-la quod_fw-la sit_fw-la nova_fw-la roma_fw-la though_o this_o priority_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o constantinople_n to_o alexandria_n and_o antioch_n be_v in_o this_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n much_o oppose_v in_o the_o behalf_n of_o those_o two_o see_v dioscorus_n then_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n be_v exclude_v from_o this_o council_n for_o heresy_n and_o so_o at_o this_o time_n uncapable_a of_o plead_v for_o himself_o by_o leo_n the_o then_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o it_o seem_v that_o the_o former_a 5_o canon_n but_o now_o recite_v make_v by_o the_o bishop_n in_o that_o part_n of_o the_o 2d_o general_n council_n which_o be_v assemble_v at_o constantinople_n as_o also_o the_o three_o other_o canon_n there_o precede_v it_o which_o be_v recite_v in_o council_n chalced._n act._n 16._o be_v either_o unknown_a or_o not_o at_o all_o regard_v by_o the_o other_o part_n of_o the_o 2d_o general_n council_n the_o western_a bishop_n who_o be_v assemble_v short_o after_o that_o time_n at_o rome_n for_o thus_o say_v leo_n of_o these_o canon_n or_o act_n in_o ep._n to_o anatolius_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n nunquam_fw-la a_o praedecessoribus_fw-la tuis_fw-la ad_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la sedis_fw-la transmissa_fw-la notitiam_fw-la and_o thus_o his_o legate_n in_o conc._n chalced._n 16._o act._n quae_fw-la in_o synodicis_fw-la canonibus_fw-la non_fw-la habentur_fw-la neither_o indeed_o be_v any_o such_o canon_n mention_v by_o the_o constantinopolitan_a bishop_n of_o the_o 2d_o general_n council_n when_o they_o write_v to_o damasus_n concern_v its_o acts._n see_v 1_o conc_fw-fr constantinop_n nor_o be_v this_o foresay_a 5_o canon_n when_o most_o opportune_o it_o may_v but_o only_o the_o nicene_n 6_o canon_n plead_v by_o s._n chrysostom_n against_o theophilus_n bishop_n of_o alexandria_n offer_v to_o judge_v and_o depose_v he_o wherefore_o baronius_n conceive_v it_o to_o be_v make_v only_o by_o a_o part_n of_o that_o council_n after_o timotheus_n the_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n be_v depart_v thence_o but_o however_o this_o patriarch_n be_v not_o long_o after_o that_o contention_n of_o leo_n rather_o by_o their_o not_o contradiction_n than_o approbation_n indulge_v that_o honour_n also_o by_o the_o roman_a bishop_n themselves_o doubtless_o as_o conceive_v it_o no_o abridgement_n of_o their_o own_o authority_n some_o metropolitan_o be_v take_v from_o the_o other_o patriarchates_n time_n the_o great_a extent_n of_o this_o patriarchate_o in_o latter_a time_n and_o subject_v to_o it_o the_o great_a extent_n of_o which_o patriarchy_n in_o latter_a time_n especial_o if_o you_o be_v curious_a to_o know_v see_v dr._n field_n 3._o l._n 1._o c._n where_o he_o assign_v for_o one_o reason_n of_o such_o a_o enlargement_n of_o its_o jurisdiction_n the_o conversion_n of_o sundry_a nation_n and_o people_n to_o the_o christian_a faith_n by_o that_o bishop_n suffragans_fw-la and_o minister_n §_o 8_o again_o in_o the_o 5_o gen._n council_n above_o a._n d._n 550._o the_o bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n out_o in_o honour_n to_o the_o holy_a city_n place_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 be_v make_v the_o 5_o patriarch_n after_o some_o honour_n and_o respect_n beyond_o other_o bishop_n first_o give_v or_o rather_o wish_v to_o he_o by_o the_o nicene_n council_n see_v 7._o canon_n some_o bishop_n both_o from_o that_o of_o alexandria_n and_o antioch_n be_v translate_v to_o his_o jurisdiction_n §_o 9_o amost_a these_o abovenamed_a dignity_n ecclesiastical_a the_o metropolitan_o be_v to_o ordain_v or_o confirm_v the_o bishop_n of_o their_o province_n inferior_n 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 and_o the_o patriarch_n be_v to_o ordain_v or_o confirm_v the_o metropolitan_o subject_n unto_o he_o either_o by_o imposition_n of_o hand_n or_o by_o mission_n of_o the_o pall._n see_v council_n chalced._n 27._o c._n and_o 16._o action_n where_o advance_v the_o constantinopolitan_a bishop_n to_o patriarchal_a authority_n in_o the_o second_o place_n to_o rome_n they_o conclude_v oportere_fw-la &_o ipsum_fw-la potestatem_fw-la habere_fw-la ordinare_fw-la metropolitanos_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o ut_fw-la penes_fw-la eum_fw-la sit_fw-la hunc_fw-la qui_fw-la electus_fw-la est_fw-la confirmare_fw-la repudiareve_n see_v 8._o gen._n conc._n constant_a 17._o c._n see_v dr._n field_n 5._o l._n 31._o c._n p._n 518._o patriarch_n be_v by_o the_o order_n of_o the_o 8._o general_n council_n can._n 17._o to_o confirm_v the_o metropolitan_o subject_n unto_o they_o either_o by_o imposition_n of_o hand_n or_o give_v the_o pall._n and_o 5
l._n 37._o c._n p._n 551._o without_o the_o patriarch_n assent_n none_o of_o the_o metropolitan_o subject_n unto_o they_o may_v be_v ordain_v and_o what_o the_o bring_v say_v he_o prove_v nothing_o that_o we_o ever_o doubt_v of_o for_o we_o know_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n have_v the_o right_a of_o confirm_v the_o metropolitan_o within_o the_o precinct_n of_o his_o own_o patriarchship_n as_o likewise_o every_o other_o patriarch_n have_v and_o that_o therefore_o he_o may_v send_v the_o pall_n to_o sundry_a part_n of_o greece_n france_n and_o spain_n as_o bellarmin_n allege_v be_v all_o within_o the_o compass_n of_o his_o patriarchship_n see_v bishop_n bramhal_o vindic_n 9_o c._n p._n 257._o etc._n etc._n what_o power_n the_o metropolitan_a have_v over_o the_o bishop_n of_o his_o own_o province_n the_o same_o have_v a_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 and_o afterward_o wherein_o then_o consist_v patriarchal_a authority_n in_o ordain_v their_o metropolitan_o for_o with_o inferior_a bishop_n they_o may_v not_o meddle_v or_o confirm_v they_o in_o impose_v of_o hand_n or_o give_v the_o pall_n in_o convocate_a patriarchal_a synod_n and_o preside_v in_o they_o &c_n &c_n when_o metropolitical_a synod_n do_v not_o suffice_v to_o determine_v some_o emergent_a difference_n or_o difficulty_n thus_o he_o neither_o may_v any_o metropolitan_a upon_o any_o cause_n separate_v himself_o from_o the_o communion_n of_o his_o patriarch_n before_o the_o examination_n and_o sentence_n of_o a_o council_n first_o pass_v in_o his_o behalf_n see_v 8._o general_n council_n 10._o c._n who_o word_n be_v nullus_fw-la clericus_fw-la ante_fw-la diligentem_fw-la examinationem_fw-la &_o synodicam_fw-la sententiam_fw-la a_o communione_fw-la proprii_fw-la patriarchae_fw-la se_fw-la separet_fw-la licet_fw-la criminalem_fw-la quamlibet_fw-la causam_fw-la ejus_fw-la se_fw-la nosse_fw-la praetendat_fw-la nec_fw-la recuset_fw-la nomen_fw-la ipsius_fw-la refer_v inter_fw-la divina_fw-la mysteria_fw-la idem_fw-la statuimus_fw-la de_fw-la episcopis_fw-la erga_fw-la proprios_fw-la metropolita_n similiter_fw-la &_o de_fw-la metropolitis_fw-la circa_fw-la patriarcham_fw-la suum_fw-la qui_fw-la vero_fw-la contra_fw-la fecerit_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la sacerdotali_fw-la operatione_n &_o honore_fw-la decidat_fw-la ante_fw-la synodicam_fw-la sententiam_fw-la i._n e._n of_o a_o council_n superior_a to_o the_o metropolitan_a for_o the_o low_a can_v judge_v the_o high_a no_o not_o tho_o assemble_v together_o in_o a_o council_n see_v dr._n field_n l._n 5._o c._n 39_o p._n 567._o as_o a_o episcopal_a synod_n can_v judge_v the_o metropolitan_a and_o the_o firmly_a to_o bind_v and_o confine_v the_o inferior_a to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o superior_a order_n of_o the_o clergy_n the_o church_n make_v frequent_a canon_n against_o their_o start_n aside_o by_o appeal_n to_o the_o judgement_n of_o secular_o whether_o of_o other_o or_o also_o of_o the_o emperor_n himself_o see_v council_n antiochen_n 11._o c._n 12._o c._n council_n sardica_n 8._o c._n council_n chalced._n 9_o c._n si_fw-mi clericus_fw-la adversus_fw-la clericum_fw-la habeat_fw-la negotium_fw-la non_fw-la relinquat_fw-la suum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la saecularia_fw-la judicia_fw-la non_fw-la concurrat_fw-la etc._n etc._n conc._n melevitanum_n 19_o c._n placuit_fw-la ut_fw-la quicunque_fw-la ab_fw-la imperatore_n cognitionem_fw-la judiciorum_fw-la publicorum_fw-la i.e._n ecclesiasticorum_fw-la petierit_n honore_fw-la proprio_fw-la privetur_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o see_v conc._n generale_fw-mi 8._o c._n 17._o &_o 21._o this_o for_o patriarch_n superiority_n over_o and_o their_o cotfirmation_n of_o metropolitans_n next_o among_o the_o patriarch_n themselves_o §_o 10_o it_o seem_v the_o low_a receive_v no_o ordination_n from_o the_o high_a but_o yet_o some_o confirmation_n or_o approbation_n they_o seem_v ordinary_o to_o have_v have_v from_o their_o superior_n or_o at_o least_o from_o the_o roman_a patriarch_n by_o those_o word_n of_o leo_n ep._n 54._o ad_fw-la martianum_fw-la the_o then_o emperor_n concern_v anatolius_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n satis_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la praedicto_fw-la vestrae_fw-la pietatis_fw-la auxilio_fw-la &_o mei_fw-la favoris_fw-la assensu_fw-la episcopatum_fw-la tantae_fw-la vrbis_fw-la obtinuit_fw-la and_o custodire_fw-la debuit_fw-la ut_fw-la quod_fw-la nostro_fw-la beneficio_fw-la noscitur_fw-la consecutus_fw-la nullius_fw-la pravitatis_fw-la cupiditate_fw-la turbaret_fw-la nos_fw-la enim_fw-la vestrae_fw-la fidei_fw-la &_o interventionis_fw-la habentes_fw-la intuitum_fw-la cum_fw-la secundum_fw-la suae_fw-la consecrationis_fw-la authores_fw-la ejus_fw-la initia_fw-la titubarent_fw-la benigniores_fw-la circa_fw-la ipsum_fw-la quam_fw-la justiores_fw-la esse_fw-la voluimus_fw-la quo_fw-la perturbationes_fw-la omnes_fw-la quae_fw-la operante_fw-la diabolo_fw-it fuerunt_fw-la excitatae_fw-la adhibitis_fw-la remediis_fw-la leniremus_fw-la thus_o discourse_v the_o pope_n to_o the_o emperor_n conscious_a of_o all_o those_o proceed_n concern_v his_o establish_n of_o the_o constantinopolitan_a patriarch_n and_o by_o the_o suit_n make_v to_o the_o pope_n concern_v the_o settlement_n of_o flavianus_n in_o the_o patriarchy_n of_o antioch_n of_o which_o see_v theodoret_n hist_o eccles_n 5._o l._n 23._o c._n likewise_o concern_v the_o confirm_v of_o superior_a patriarch_n by_o the_o inferior_a that_o be_v true_a which_o dr._n field_n 5._o l._n 37._o c._n p._n 551._o say_v in_o answer_n to_o such_o place_n urge_v by_o bellarmin_n that_o the_o manner_n be_v that_o the_o patriarch_n shall_v upon_o notice_n give_v of_o their_o due_a ordination_n and_o synodal_n letter_n contain_v a_o profession_n of_o their_o faith_n mutual_o give_v assent_v one_o to_o another_o therefore_o cyprian_n antoniano_n ep._n 52._o speak_v thus_o concern_v the_o 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thing_n straight_o the_o doctor_n proof_n for_o what_o he_o say_v be_v these_o §_o 44_o the_o emperor_n justinian_n erect_v justiniana_n prima_fw-la into_o a_o patriarchate_n with_o independency_n on_o rome_n and_o afterward_o carthage_n to_o the_o like_a privilege_n and_o the_o emperor_n valentinian_n constitute_v ravenna_n a_o independent_a and_o patriarchal_a seat_n to_o which_o instance_n see_v what_o i_o have_v say_v before_o in_o this_o discourse_n §_o 30._o and_o what_o authority_n the_o western_a patriarch_n exercise_v over_o the_o doctor_n be_v patriarch_n both_o after_o justinian_n day_n and_o before_o which_o argue_v either_o they_o not_o make_v patriarch_n in_o such_o a_o independency_n on_o any_o superior_a as_o the_o doctor_n imagine_v or_o the_o emperor_n act_n disobey_v by_o the_o western_a patriarch_n as_o contrary_a to_o the_o canon_n as_o for_o the_o reason_n he_o give_v to_o secure_v the_o lawfulness_n thereof_o answ_n to_o schism_n disarm_v p._n 112._o because_o never_o check_v at_o nor_o note_v as_o a_o entrenchment_n on_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n that_o we_o discern_v or_o be_v pretend_v either_o by_o any_o council_n or_o by_o any_o bishop_n of_o the_o church_n then_o live_v it_o seem_v many_o way_n insufficient_a because_o if_o there_o be_v a_o canon_n prohibit_v it_o hence_o it_o will_v become_v unlawful_a and_o many_o thing_n may_v be_v unlawful_o do_v and_o yet_o not_o actual_o question_v and_o condemn_v and_o again_o may_v be_v condemn_v and_o yet_o not_o this_o condemnation_n record_v yet_o be_v there_o record_v enough_o of_o the_o condemn_v of_o any_o such_o supremacy_n in_o those_o bishopric_n in_o the_o authority_n we_o find_v use_v over_o they_o still_o by_o the_o roman_a patriarch_n next_o he_o urge_v the_o 12_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n as_o intimate_v that_o this_o prince_n make_v patriarch_n be_v a_o frequent_a i_o suppose_v he_o mean_v and_o allow_v of_o by_o the_o church_n usage_n in_o the_o east_n at_o that_o time_n and_o after_o this_o the_o 17_o canon_n conc._n chalc._n and_o can._n 38._o conc._n constant_a in_o trullo_n which_o canon_n he_o say_v schis_fw-la p._n 119._o do_v more_o express_o attribute_v this_o power_n to_o the_o prince_n or_o yield_v it_o to_o be_v a_o power_n belong_v to_o the_o prince_n but_o be_v a_o little_a exagitated_a for_o this_o by_o the_o reply_o especial_o when_o balsamon_n who_o judgement_n the_o doctor_n much_o follow_v say_v the_o church_n by_o these_o canon_n confer_v this_o power_n on_o the_o prince_n he_o in_o his_o answer_n to_o he_o p._n 174_o say_v thus_o whether_o it_o be_v from_o god_n immediate_o confer_v on_o they_o and_o independant_o from_o the_o church_n or_o whether_o the_o church_n in_o any_o notion_n be_v the_o medium_n that_o god_n use_v now_o under_o the_o gospel_n to_o confer_v it_o on_o they_o true_o i_o neither_o then_o be_v nor_o now_o be_o incline_v either_o to_o inquire_v or_o take_v upon_o i_o to_o determine_v now_o to_o see_v what_o may_v be_v deduce_v from_o they_o in_o this_o matter_n of_o no_o small_a moment_n i_o will_v transcribe_v you_o these_o three_o canon_n conc._n chalc._o can_v 12._o pervenit_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la quod_fw-la quidam_fw-la praeter_fw-la ecclesiasticos_fw-la ordines_fw-la affectantes_fw-la potentiam_fw-la per_fw-la pragmaticam_fw-la sacram_fw-la i._n e._n by_o a_o imperial_a constitution_n unam_fw-la provinciam_fw-la in_o dvas_fw-la dividant_a ita_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la inveniantur_fw-la duo_fw-la metropolitani_n episcopi_fw-la in_o eadem_fw-la una_fw-la esse_fw-la provincia_n statuit_fw-la ergo_fw-la sancta_fw-la synodus_fw-la deinceps_fw-la nihil_fw-la tale_n attentari_fw-la a_o quolibet_fw-la episeopo_fw-la eos_n vero_fw-la qui_fw-la tale_n aliquid_fw-la attentaverint_fw-la de_fw-la proprio_fw-la gradu_fw-la cadere_fw-la si_fw-mi quae_fw-la vero_fw-la antea_fw-la civitates_fw-la per_fw-la pragmaticum_fw-la alias_o literis_fw-la imperialibus_fw-la imperialem_fw-la metropolitani_n nominis_fw-la honore_fw-la decoratae_fw-la sunt_fw-la nomine_fw-la solo_fw-la perfruantur_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la ejus_fw-la civitatis_fw-la regit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la i._n e._n nomine_fw-la solo_fw-la metropolitani_n perfruatur_fw-la salvis_fw-la scilicet_fw-la verae_fw-la metropoli_fw-la privilegiis_fw-la suis_fw-la privilegio_fw-la metropolitano_n episcopo_fw-la jure_fw-la proprio_fw-la reservato_fw-la can._n 17._o statutum_n est_fw-la or_o decrevimus_fw-la alius_fw-la singularem_fw-la ecclesiasticarum_fw-la rusticas_fw-la parochias_fw-la per_fw-la singulas_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la rusticanas_fw-la parochias_fw-la sive_fw-la possessiones_fw-la manere_fw-la immobiles_fw-la apud_fw-la eos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la qui_fw-la eas_fw-la retinent_fw-la etc._n etc._n si_fw-la vero_fw-la quaelibet_fw-la civitas_n per_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la imperialem_fw-la renovata_fw-la est_fw-la aut_fw-la si_fw-la renovetur_fw-la in_o 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canon_n therefore_o abrogate_v and_o superior_a right_n of_o any_o bishop_n quae_fw-la prius_fw-la atque_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la sub_fw-la illius_fw-la seu_fw-la antecessorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la potestate_fw-la to_o use_v the_o phrase_n of_o the_o foremention_v 8_o canon_n of_o ephesus_n but_o confirm_v they_o not_o only_o the_o metropolitan_a but_o also_o whatever_o patriarchal_a right_n they_o hold_v former_o as_o appear_v in_o those_o first_o word_n of_o the_o 6_o nicene_n canon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o which_o see_v more_o below_o §_o 19_o from_o which_o the_o roman_a primacy_n be_v both_o urge_v by_o paschasius_fw-la a_o legate_n of_o the_o see_v apostolic_a in_o the_o four_o general_n council_n and_o also_o acknowledge_v by_o the_o council_n in_o their_o epistle_n to_o leo._n see_v below_o §_o 25_o n._n 2._o and_o again_o on_o the_o other_o side_n as_o bellarmin_n de_fw-fr rom._n pontif._n 2._o l._n 18._o c._n observe_v the_o pope_n being_n caput_fw-la 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the_o word_n and_o sacrament_n receive_v and_o distribute_v the_o ecclesiastical_a revenue_n thereof_o &c._n &c._n nor_o again_o e_fw-la conuerso_fw-la as_o cardinal_n perron_n in_o answer_n to_o k._n james_n observe_v do_v his_o govern_n only_o the_o roman_a province_n as_o their_o metropolitan_a or_o only_a italy_n as_o their_o primate_n hinder_v that_o he_o shall_v govern_v the_o west_n also_o as_o their_o patriarch_n nor_o again_o do_v his_o govern_v the_o west_n as_o their_o patriarch_n because_o he_o be_v bishop_n of_o rome_n the_o chief_a city_n of_o the_o west_n hinder_v that_o he_o may_v not_o also_o as_o s._n peter_n and_o s._n paul_n successor_n there_o to_o one_o of_o who_o the_o jew_n and_o to_o the_o other_o the_o gentile_n be_v commit_v gal._n 2.7_o 9_o have_v some_o special_a superintendency_n over_o all_o the_o church_n jew_n and_o gentile_a i_o know_v 2._o §_o 3._o n._n 2._o it_o be_v earnest_o plead_v by_o bishop_n bramhal_o vind._n 8._o c._n p._n 251._o and_o rep._n 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aliqua_fw-la alia_fw-la causa_fw-la &_o putat_fw-la se_fw-la bonam_fw-la causam_fw-la habere_fw-la ut_fw-la iterum_fw-la concilium_fw-la renovetur_fw-la si_fw-la vobis_fw-la placet_fw-la s._n petri_n apostoli_fw-la memoriam_fw-la honoremus_fw-la ut_fw-la scribatur_fw-la ab_fw-la his_fw-la qui_fw-la causam_fw-la examinarunt_fw-la julio_n romano_n episcopo_fw-la &_o si_fw-la judicaverit_fw-la renovandum_fw-la esse_fw-la judicium_fw-la renovetur_fw-la &_o det_fw-la judices_fw-la si_fw-mi autem_fw-la probaverit_fw-la talem_fw-la causam_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la refricentur_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la acta_fw-la sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la decreverit_fw-la confirmata_fw-la erunt_fw-la si_fw-la hoc_fw-la omnibus_fw-la placet_fw-la synodus_fw-la respondit_fw-la placet_fw-la can._n 4._o cum_fw-la aliquis_fw-la episcopus_fw-la depositus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la eorum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la judicio_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o vicinis_fw-la locis_fw-la commorantur_fw-la &_o proclamaverit_fw-la 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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roganti_fw-la etc._n etc._n thus_o probable_o with_o some_o eye_n to_o the_o justification_n of_o julius_n his_o proceed_n concern_v athanasius_n 2._o §_o 11._o n._n 2._o which_o be_v reproach_v by_o the_o oriental_a arian_n party_n this_o great_a council_n assemble_v about_o twenty_o year_n after_o the_o nicene_n and_o establish_v the_o decree_n thereof_o have_v the_o same_o precedent_n or_o chief_a prolocutor_n in_o it_o with_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a hosius_n bishop_n of_o corduba_n and_o several_a other_o bishop_n of_o the_o nicene_n council_n and_o man_n eminent_a in_o sanctity_n to_o omit_v athanasius_n maximus_n bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n paphnutius_fw-la serapion_n spiridion_n and_o other_o call_v ecumenical_a by_o socrates_n l._n 2._o c._n 17._o both_o the_o emperor_n concur_v in_o the_o call_n thereof_o and_o it_o be_v subscribe_v though_o not_o by_o the_o arrian_n party_n a_o few_o in_o comparison_n bear_v the_o proportion_n of_o 76_o to_o about_o 300_o who_o see_v they_o 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enim_fw-la cognoverunt_fw-la canonem_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la nicaenum_n illum_fw-la contempserunt_fw-la that_o zosimus_n si_fw-la sardicenses_fw-la tunc_fw-la canon_n fuissent_fw-la alicujus_fw-la authoritatis_fw-la non_fw-la eum_fw-la dixisset_fw-la esse_fw-la nicaenum_n sed_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la erat_fw-la aperte_fw-la dixisset_fw-la esse_fw-la canonem_fw-la sardicensem_fw-la &_o servandum_fw-la γ_n last_o that_o photius_n about_o anno_fw-la d._n 860_o express_v negavit_fw-la nicolao_n papae_fw-la canonem_fw-la sardicensem_fw-la 13_o um_o ejus_fw-la ordinationi_fw-la objicienti_fw-la se_fw-la sardicense_n concilium_fw-la aut_fw-la alia_fw-la pontificum_fw-la decreta_fw-la habere_fw-la vel_fw-la recipere_fw-la but_o in_o answer_n to_o these_o to_o α_n i_o oppose_v 1._o what_o cardinal_n perron_n reply_v long_o since_o to_o causaubon_n 1._o l._n 53._o c._n that_o the_o leave_v these_o canon_n out_o of_o the_o codex_fw-la canonum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la universalis_fw-la be_v against_o the_o faith_n of_o all_o the_o greek_a canonist_n photius_n zonaras_n balsamon_n harmenopulus_n and_o against_o the_o greek_a impression_n even_o of_o basil_n wirtenberg_n and_o other_o protestant_a town_n and_o in_o sum_n against_o the_o verity_n of_o all_o the_o greek_a code_o as_o well_o print_v as_o manuscript_n of_o all_o the_o library_n occidental_a and_o oriental_a thus_o perron_n 2._o what_o just_a cause_n can_v be_v allege_v for_o the_o rejection_n of_o these_o canon_n spalatensis_n allege_v this_o ibid._n quia_fw-la sardicae_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la schisma_fw-la but_o this_o schism_n and_o departure_n be_v make_v by_o a_o inconsiderable_a party_n these_o some_o 76_o and_o the_o other_o some_o 300_o with_o the_o prime_a patriarch_n join_v with_o they_o and_o some_o eminent_a oriental_a bishop_n among_o they_o lest_o they_o shall_v be_v overpowr_v how_o can_v they_o do_v more_o to_o disauthorize_v these_o canon_n by_o be_v divide_v from_o the_o council_n than_o 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supreme_a judicature_n so_o commit_v unto_o he_o that_o his_o judgement_n only_o stand_v in_o force_n till_o such_o a_o meeting_n and_o may_v be_v review_v and_o where_o contrary_a to_o former_a canon_n reverse_v by_o it_o concern_v which_o see_v the_o say_n of_o s._n austin_n quote_v before_o §_o 22._o restabat_fw-la adhuc_fw-la plenarium_fw-la ecclesie_n universae_fw-la concilium_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o the_o say_n of_o zosimus_n quote_v §_o 22._o n._n 2._o and_o the_o epistle_n of_o gelasius_n quote_v §_o 25._o n._n 3._o and_o what_o be_v say_v §_o 22._o now_o all_o metropolitan_a and_o patriarchal_a authority_n in_o the_o interval_n of_o council_n be_v limit_v to_o the_o execution_n of_o conciliary_a law_n and_o canon_n or_o at_o least_o to_o the_o act_v nothing_o against_o they_o if_o the_o question_n be_v ask_v who_o shall_v judge_v whether_o so_o they_o do_v i_o answer_v none_o but_o a_o superior_a council_n till_o which_o their_o judgement_n stand_v good_a for_o as_o i_o 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above_o other_o and_o among_o they_o supereminent_o above_o all_o the_o rest_n to_o the_o roman_a bishop_n and_o give_v to_o these_o person_n not_o only_o as_o join_v with_o council_n but_o as_o single_a magistrate_n in_o the_o vacancy_n thereof_o in_o the_o next_o place_n these_o proposition_n also_o i_o think_v must_v necessary_o be_v grant_v first_o that_o whatever_o authority_n be_v thus_o settle_a upon_o any_o person_n by_o the_o canon_n and_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n concern_v the_o manage_n of_o affair_n not_o civil_a but_o mere_o spiritual_a and_o ecclesiastical_a can_v be_v annul_v and_o dissolve_v nor_o can_v be_v confer_v contrary_a to_o the_o church_n constitution_n on_o any_o other_o person_n by_o any_o secular_a power_n neither_o by_o heathen_a and_o unbelieving_a prince_n who_o be_v enemy_n to_o the_o church_n nor_o by_o christian_a much_o less_o because_o these_o be_v in_o spiritual_a matter_n son_n and_o subject_n of_o the_o church_n and_o now_o oblige_v to_o obey_v her_o law_n neither_o by_o the_o one_o who_o so_o may_v easy_o hinder_v the_o propagation_n of_o christianity_n nor_o by_o the_o other_o who_o if_o happen_v at_o any_o time_n to_o be_v heretical_a or_o schismatical_a may_v easy_o hinder_v the_o profession_n of_o the_o orthodox_n faith_n or_o disturb_v the_o church_n peace_n thus_o grotius_n a_o great_a lawyer_n in_o rivet_n apol._n discuss_v p._n 70._o imperatorum_fw-la &_o regum_fw-la aliquod_fw-la esse_fw-la officium_fw-la etiam_fw-la circa_fw-la res_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la in_fw-la confesso_fw-la est_fw-la at_o non_fw-la tale_n quale_fw-la in_o saeculi_fw-la negotiis_fw-la ad_fw-la tutando_n non_fw-la ad_fw-la violandos_fw-la canon_n jus_o hoc_fw-la comparatum_fw-la est_fw-la nam_fw-la cum_fw-la principes_fw-la silij_fw-la sint_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la non_fw-la debent_fw-la vi_fw-la in_o matrem_fw-la uti_fw-la omne_fw-la corpus_fw-la sociale_a jus_o habet_fw-la quaedam_fw-la constituendi_fw-la quibus_fw-la membra_fw-la obligentur_fw-la hoc_fw-la jus_o etiam_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la competere_fw-la apparet_fw-la act._n 15.28_o heb._n 13.17_o where_o he_o quote_v facundus_n say_v of_o martianus_n cognovit_fw-la ille_fw-la quibus_fw-la in_o causis_fw-la uteretur_fw-la principis_fw-la potestate_fw-la &_o in_o quibus_fw-la exhiberet_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la christiani_n and_o obedite_fw-la praepositis_fw-la etiam_fw-la regibus_fw-la dictum_fw-la see_v this_o discourse_v more_o large_o in_o success_n clerg_n §_o 64_o 65._o 2._o and_o further_o that_o it_o be_v schism_n to_o deny_v obedience_n to_o any_o ecclesiastical_a power_n so_o establish_v and_o never_o since_o by_o the_o same_o ecclesiastical_a law_n reverse_v i_o say_v here_o concern_v matter_n ecclesiastical_a not_o civil_a therefore_o let_v that_o proposition_n of_o dr._n hammond_n schism_n 6._o c._n p._n 129._o for_o i_o stand_v good_a that_o a_o law_n though_o make_v by_o a_o general_n council_n and_o with_o the_o consent_n of_o all_o christian_a prince_n i._n e._n of_o that_o time_n yet_o if_o it_o have_v respect_n to_o a_o civil_a right_n may_v in_o this_o or_o that_o nation_n be_v repeal_v i._n e._n by_o that_o prince_n successor_n provide_v only_o that_o the_o ordain_v or_o confirm_v of_o inferior_a governor_n and_o officer_n of_o the_o church_n the_o assemble_v of_o synod_n and_o decision_n of_o controversy_n of_o religion_n the_o order_v church-service_n and_o discipline_n the_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n upon_o delinquent_n and_o the_o like_a for_o prevent_v or_o suppress_v of_o heresy_n schism_n and_o faction_n and_o for_o preserve_v the_o church_n in_o unity_n of_o doctrine_n and_o practice_n provide_v i_o say_v that_o such_o thing_n be_v not_o reckon_v among_o civil_a right_n as_o they_o may_v not_o be_v because_o all_o these_o be_v thing_n use_v by_o the_o church_n under_o the_o heathen_a emperor_n even_o against_o their_o frequent_a edict_n yet_o can_v they_o not_o have_v be_v lawful_o so_o use_v if_o any_o of_o these_o have_v encroach_v on_o civil_a right_n in_o any_o of_o which_o civil_a right_n the_o heathen_a prince_n may_v claim_v as_o much_o lawful_a power_n to_o prohibit_v they_o as_o the_o christian_a
indeed_o with_o application_n thereof_o to_o the_o pope_n as_o guilty_a therein_o to_o rebel_v against_o the_o catholic_n church_n and_o its_o representative_a a_o general_n council_n which_o be_v the_o last_o visible_a judge_n of_o controversy_n and_o the_o supreme_a ecclesiastical_a court_n either_o be_v gross_a schism_n or_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o schismatical_a pravity_n in_o the_o world_n to_o rebel_v against_o such_o a_o council_n i._n e._n against_o the_o constitution_n thereof_o in_o affair_n mere_o spiritual_a therefore_o if_o their_o canon_n establish_v such_o and_o such_o patriarchates_n to_o rebel_v against_o these_o will_v be_v schism_n so_o p._n 269._o he_o say_v in_o case_n that_o be_v indeed_o spiritual_a or_o mere_o ecclesiastical_a such_o as_o concern_v the_o doctrine_n of_o faith_n or_o administration_n of_o the_o sacrament_n or_o the_o ordain_v or_o degrade_n of_o ecclesiastical_a person_n i_o add_v or_o those_o mention_v but_o now_o §_o 38._o which_o 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3._o p._n 54._o he_o say_v it_o be_v manifest_a that_o as_o the_o several_a bishop_n have_v praefecture_n over_o their_o several_a church_n and_o over_o the_o presbyter_n deacon_n and_o people_n under_o they_o such_o as_o can_v not_o be_v cast_v off_o by_o any_o without_o the_o guilt_n and_o brand_n of_o schism_n so_o the_o bishop_n themselves_o of_o the_o ordinary_a inferior_a city_n be_v for_o the_o preserve_n of_o unity_n and_o many_o other_o good_a use_n subject_v to_o the_o high_a power_n of_o archbishop_n or_o metropolitans_n nay_o we_o must_v yet_o ascend_v one_o degree_n high_o from_o this_o of_o archbishop_n or_o metropolitan_o to_o that_o supreme_a of_o primate_fw-la or_o patriarch_n the_o division_n of_o which_o be_v thus_o clear_v etc._n etc._n and_o p._n 60._o the_o uppermost_a of_o the_o stand_a power_n in_o the_o church_n be_v archbishop_n primate_fw-la and_o patriarch_n to_o who_o the_o bishop_n themselves_o be_v appoint_v in_o many_o thing_n to_o be_v subject_a and_o this_o power_n i_o add_v and_o the_o particular_a see_v to_o who_o it_o shall_v belong_v and_o subjection_n define_v and_o assert_v by_o the_o ancient_a canon_n and_o most_o ancient_a even_a immemorial_n apostolical_a tradition_n and_o custom_n be_v avouch_v for_o it_o i_o add_v especial_o for_o the_o eminency_n of_o the_o roman_a see_n as_o may_v appear_v conc._n nicaen_fw-la can._n 4_o 6._o conc._n antioch_n c._n 9_o c._n 20._o conc._n chalc._n c._n 19_o etc._n etc._n after_o all_o which_o p._n 66._o of_o the_o same_o chapter_n the_o title_n of_o which_o be_v of_o the_o several_a sort_n of_o schism_n he_o conclude_v that_o there_o may_v be_v a_o disobedience_n and_o irregularity_n and_o so_o a_o schism_n even_o in_o the_o bishop_n in_o respect_n of_o their_o metropolitan_o and_o of_o the_o authority_n which_o these_o have_v by_o canon_n and_o primitive_a custom_n over_o they_o which_o be_v therefore_o to_o be_v add_v to_o the_o several_a species_n of_o schism_n set_v down_o in_o 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 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nor_o discipline_n that_o where_o both_o the_o council_n and_o this_o prime_a patriarch_n agree_v not_o no_o new_a law_n no_o change_n can_v be_v make_v but_o all_o thing_n must_v remain_v in_o statu_fw-la quo_fw-la prius_fw-la which_o state_n of_o thing_n be_v no_o way_n alterable_a by_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n for_o this_o canon_n if_o it_o give_v he_o a_o negative_a power_n against_o what_o be_v to_o be_v establish_v it_o do_v not_o so_o for_o what_o have_v be_v establish_v as_o well_o by_o the_o former_a bishop_n of_o rome_n as_o former_a council_n see_v the_o concession_n of_o zosimn_v to_o this_o purpose_n apud_fw-la gratianum_fw-la 25._o q._n contra_fw-la statuta_fw-la contra_fw-la statuta_fw-la patrum_fw-la condere_fw-la aliquid_fw-la vel_fw-la mutare_fw-la nec_fw-la huius_fw-la quidem_fw-la sedis_fw-la potest_fw-la authoritas_fw-la apud_fw-la nos_fw-la enim_fw-la inconvulsis_fw-la radicibus_fw-la vivit_fw-la antiquitas_fw-la cvi_fw-la decreta_fw-la patrum_fw-la sanxere_fw-la reverentiam_fw-la which_o former_a synod_n if_o he_o shall_v happen_v to_o trespass_v against_o and_o incur_v the_o guilt_n of_o heresy_n upon_o evidence_n of_o the_o fact_n he_o be_v condemnable_a and_o deposable_a by_o the_o council_n of_o which_o see_v more_o 2._o part_n §_o 20._o so_o we_o find_v a_o pope_n honorius_n condemn_v of_o heresy_n as_o a_o monothelite_n by_o the_o 6_o general_n council_n but_o this_o be_v do_v by_o the_o pope_n as_o well_o as_o the_o council_n hear_v what_o a_o bishop_n of_o rome_n adrian_n the_o second_o say_v concern_v this_o matter_n in_o the_o 8_o general_n council_n act._n 7._o romanum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la de_fw-la omnium_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la praesulibus_fw-la judicasse_fw-la legimus_fw-la de_fw-la eo_fw-la vero_fw-la quenquam_fw-la judicasse_fw-la non_fw-la legimus_fw-la licet_fw-la enim_fw-la honorio_n ab_fw-la orientalibus_fw-la post_fw-la mortem_fw-la anathema_n sit_fw-la dictum_fw-la sciendum_fw-la tamen_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la qui_fw-fr fuerat_fw-la super_fw-la haeresi_fw-la accusatus_fw-la propter_fw-la quam_fw-la solum_fw-la licitum_fw-la est_fw-la minoribus_fw-la majorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la motibus_fw-la resistere_fw-la vel_fw-la pravos_fw-la suos_fw-la sensus_fw-la libere_fw-la respuere_fw-la quamvis_fw-la &_o ibi_fw-la nec_fw-la patriarcharum_fw-la nec_fw-la caeterorum_fw-la antistitum_fw-la cuipiam_fw-la de_fw-la eo_fw-la quamlibet_fw-la fas_fw-la fuerit_fw-la proffer_v sententiam_fw-la nisi_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la primae_fw-la sedis_fw-la pontificis_fw-la consensus_fw-la proecessisset_fw-la and_o what_o that_o council_n say_v can._n 21._o sed_fw-la ne_fw-la alium_fw-la quenquam_fw-la conscriptiones_fw-la contra_fw-la sanctissimum_fw-la papam_fw-la senioris_fw-la romae_fw-la ac_fw-la verba_fw-la complicare_fw-la vel_fw-la componere_fw-la liceat_fw-la &c_n &c_n quod_fw-la &_o nuper_fw-la photius_n patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n who_o this_o council_n depose_v fecit_fw-la &_o multo_fw-la ante_fw-la dioscorus_n patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n quisquis_fw-la autem_fw-la tale_n facinus_fw-la contra_fw-la sedem_fw-la petri_n principis_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la ausus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la intentare_fw-la aequalem_fw-la &_o eandem_fw-la quam_fw-la illi_fw-la condemnationem_fw-la i.e._n deposition_n recipiat_fw-la porro_fw-la si_fw-la synodus_fw-la vniversalis_fw-la fuerit_fw-la congregata_fw-la &_o facta_fw-la fuerit_fw-la etiam_fw-la de_fw-la sancta_fw-la romanorum_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la quaevis_fw-la ambiguitas_fw-la aut_fw-la controversia_fw-la oportet_fw-la venerabiliter_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la convenienti_fw-la reverentia_fw-la de_fw-la proposita_fw-la quaestione_fw-la sciscitari_fw-la &_o solutionem_fw-la accipere_fw-la aut_fw-la proficere_fw-la aut_fw-la profectum_fw-la facere_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la audacter_fw-la sententiam_fw-la dicere_fw-la contra_fw-la summos_fw-la senioris_fw-la romae_fw-la pontifices_fw-la thus_o that_o council_n in_o opposition_n to_o photius_n his_o former_a violence_n towards_o the_o roman_a see_v and_o thus_o much_o of_o that_o old_a canon_n mention_v in_o the_o epistle_n of_o julius_n to_o the_o oriental_n assemble_v at_o antioch_n who_o since_o they_o make_v a_o arrian_n creed_n contrary_a to_o the_o nicene_n and_o condemn_v athanasius_n and_o some_o other_o orthodox_n bishop_n which_o thing_n be_v do_v if_o not_o by_o the_o major_a party_n yet_o by_o the_o prevail_a it_o be_v as_o reasonable_a to_o affirm_v that_o the_o same_o person_n only_o that_o do_v these_o thing_n write_v that_o letter_n to_o julius_n so_o invective_n against_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o roman_a see_v and_o not_o the_o major_a part_n who_o spalatensis_n to_o add_v the_o more_o authority_n to_o this_o letter_n contend_v to_o have_v be_v catholic_n see_v his_o 3._o l._n 8._o c._n 3._o n._n etc._n etc._n 4._o l._n 8._o c._n 11._o n._n &c._n &c._n however_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o julius_n his_o proceed_n be_v justify_v against_o they_o both_o by_o the_o occidental_a orthodox_n bishop_n and_o by_o athanasius_n and_o other_o orthodox_n bishop_n of_o the_o east_n and_o by_o the_o council_n of_o sardica_n and_o by_o the_o ecclesiastical_a historian_n see_v sozomen_n 3._o l._n 7._o c._n and_o 9_o c._n where_o the_o same_o person_n that_o write_v to_o julius_n the_o historian_n say_v contra_fw-la concilii_fw-la nicaeni_n decreta_fw-la res_fw-la gesserunt_fw-la and_o be_v accuse_v by_o julius_n 9_o c._n quod_fw-la clam_fw-la contra_fw-la fidem_fw-la concilii_fw-la nicaeni_n novas_fw-la res_fw-la moliti_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la see_v socrates_n 2._o l._n 7._o c._n their_o change_v the_o nicene_n creed_n thus_o much_o concern_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o ancient_a canon_n now_o to_o go_v on_o see_v in_o athanas_n apol._n 2._o and_o socrates_n 2._o l._n 19_o c._n and_o epiphan_n haer._n 68_o valens_n and_o vrsatius_n 1._o §_o 23._o n._n 1._o two_o bishop_n one_o in_o mysia_n the_o other_o in_o pannonia_n both_o very_a gracious_a with_o the_o emperor_n constantius_n and_o leader_n of_o the_o arrian_n faction_n upon_o repentance_n of_o their_o error_n and_o also_o calumny_n against_o athanasius_n repair_v to_o rome_n and_o deliver_v to_o julius_n libellum_fw-la poenitentiae_fw-la and_o beg_a pardon_n and_o reconciliation_n though_o afterward_o they_o relapse_v see_v the_o 3d_o four_o and_o seven_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o sardica_n set_v down_o before_o §_o 11._o in_o which_o great_a council_n be_v reckon_v by_o athanasius_n one_o present_a in_o it_o in_o 2._o apolog._n some_o bishop_n present_a from_o our_o britanny_n episcopi_fw-la hispaniarum_n galliarum_n britanniarum_n etc._n etc._n neither_o be_v this_o any_o wonder_n since_o they_o be_v also_o at_o conc._n arelat_n 11_o year_n before_o that_o of_o nice_n see_v hammond_n schism_n p._n 110._o which_o canon_n seem_v to_o confirm_v appeal_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o to_o authorise_v he_o to_o hear_v and_o decide_v the_o cause_n by_o himself_o or_o his_o legate_n of_o those_o bishop_n also_o who_o be_v not_o under_o his_o patriarchy_n for_o it_o be_v not_o limit_v to_o the_o western_a patriarchy_n but_o general_o propose_v si_fw-la in_o aliqua_fw-la provincia_n episcopus_fw-la etc._n etc._n can._n 3._o and_o the_o motive_n propose_v by_o hosius_n former_o precedent_n of_o nice_a be_v general_a not_o more_o concern_v one_o part_n of_o the_o church_n than_o another_o the_o honour_v of_o s._n peter_n memory_n and_o these_o canon_n be_v make_v by_o that_o council_n not_o long_o after_o athanasius_n a_o bishop_n not_o subject_a to_o the_o roman_a patriarchy_n but_o himself_o a_o patriarch_n his_o appeal_n to_o rome_n and_o the_o judgement_n of_o his_o cause_n by_o witness_n bring_v out_o of_o the_o east_n and_o his_o adversary_n counter-plea_n there_o which_o judgement_n and_o sentence_n as_o the_o eastern_a bishop_n at_o antioch_n much_o slight_v and_o undervalue_v so_o this_o sardican_a council_n approve_v and_o if_o these_o canon_n respect_v all_o in_o general_n then_o since_o the_o bishop_n of_o our_o britanny_n also_o be_v there_o this_o be_v their_o act_n as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o rest_n and_o oblige_v britanny_n to_o the_o same_o subordination_n with_o the_o rest_n see_v the_o epistle_n of_o st._n basil_n epist_n 52._o to_o athanasius_n 2._o §_o 23._o n._n 2._o about_o the_o suppression_n of_o arrianism_n in_o the_o east_n wherein_o he_o say_v visum_fw-la est_fw-la consentaneum_fw-la scribere_fw-la ad_fw-la episcopum_fw-la romanum_fw-la ut_fw-la videat_fw-la res_fw-la nostras_fw-la &_o decreti_fw-la svi_fw-la judicium_fw-la interponat_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la tribuat_fw-la delectis_fw-la viris_fw-la qui_fw-la acta_fw-la ariminensis_fw-la concilii_fw-la secum_fw-la ferant_fw-la ad_fw-la ea_fw-la rescindenda_fw-la quae_fw-la illic_fw-la violent_a acta_fw-la sunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v the_o two_o epistle_n of_o st._n hierom_n to_o damasus_n bishop_n of_o rome_n desire_v to_o know_v what_o he_o shall_v hold_v concern_v the_o word_n hypostasis_fw-la apply_v to_o the_o three_o person_n of_o the_o trinity_n and_o with_o who_o communicate_v in_o the_o east_n wherein_o thus_o he_o quoniam_fw-la vetusto_fw-la oriens_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la populorum_fw-la furore_fw-la collisus_fw-la etc._n etc._n ideo_fw-la mihi_fw-la cathedram_fw-la petri_n &_o rom._n 1.8_o sidem_fw-la apostolico_fw-la ore_fw-la laudatam_fw-la censui_fw-la consulendam_fw-la apud_fw-la vos_fw-la solos_fw-la incorrupta_fw-la patrum_fw-la servatur_fw-la haereditas_fw-la ego_fw-la nullum_fw-la primum_fw-la nisi_fw-la christum_fw-la sequens_fw-la beatitudini_fw-la tuus_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la cathedrae_fw-la petri_n
communione_fw-la consocior_fw-la super_fw-la illam_fw-la petram_fw-la aedificatam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la scio_fw-la quicunque_fw-la extra_fw-la hanc_fw-la domum_fw-la agnum_fw-la comederit_fw-la profanus_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n ideo_fw-la hic_fw-la colleg_n as_o tuos_fw-la aegyptios_n confessores_fw-la sequor_fw-la communicate_v with_o they_o non_fw-la novi_fw-la vitalem_fw-la meletium_fw-la respuo_fw-la ignoro_fw-la paulinum_n there_o be_v much_o division_n and_o distraction_n in_o the_o church_n of_o antioch_n under_o which_o st._n hierom_n live_v between_o meletius_n and_o paulinus_n successive_o bishop_n thereof_o and_o vitalis_n a_o presbyter_n cui_fw-la apud_fw-la antiochiam_fw-la debeam_fw-la communicare_fw-la significes_fw-la decernite_fw-la si_fw-la placet_fw-la obsecro_fw-la non_fw-la timebo_fw-la tres_fw-la hypostasis_n dicere_fw-la si_fw-la jubetis_fw-la and_o in_o the_o second_o epistle_n in_o tres_fw-la part_n scissa_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la rapere_fw-la i_o festinat_fw-la ego_fw-la interim_n clamito_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la cathedrae_fw-la petri_n jungitur_fw-la meus_fw-la est_fw-la meletius_n vitalis_n atque_fw-la paulinus_n every_o one_o of_o they_o though_o of_o several_a tenant_n tibi_fw-la haerere_fw-la se_fw-la dicunt_fw-la possum_fw-la credere_fw-la si_fw-la unus_fw-la only_o one_o of_o they_o hoc_fw-la assereret_fw-la nunc_fw-la vero_fw-la aut_fw-la duo_fw-la aut_fw-la omnes_fw-la mentiuntur_fw-la idcirco_fw-la obtestor_fw-la ut_fw-la mihi_fw-la literis_fw-la tuis_fw-la apud_fw-la quem_fw-la in_o syria_n debeam_fw-la communicare_fw-la significes_fw-la thus_o s._n hierom._n to_o which_o bellarmin_n add_v erasmus_n a_o moderate_a man_n his_o comment_n upon_o it_o videri_fw-la sibi_fw-la hieronymum_n his_o verbis_fw-la asserere_fw-la omnes_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la subjectas_fw-la esse_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la sedi_fw-la at_o lest_o it_o seem_v in_o time_n of_o schism_n and_o division_n this_o father_n think_v it_o for_o the_o season_n mention_v the_o safe_a way_n to_o adhere_v to_o the_o rom._n see_v yet_o speak_v he_o not_o of_o the_o b._n of_o rome_n as_o judge_v single_o who_o he_o think_v liable_a to_o heresy_n saying_n in_o catalogo_fw-la scriptorum_fw-la some_o such_o thing_n of_o liberius_n subscribe_v arrianism_n though_o indeed_o much_o apology_n may_v be_v make_v for_o liberius_n in_o this_o matter_n yet_o not_o such_o as_o can_v free_v he_o from_o all_o fault_n he_o subscribe_v only_o and_o that_o when_o he_o be_v tire_v out_o with_o banishment_n and_o other_o cruelty_n the_o sirmian_n creed_n which_o only_o omit_v consubstantialis_fw-la see_v part_v 2._o §_o 41._o but_o of_o he_o join_v with_o his_o council_n or_o with_o his_o western_a bishop_n therefore_o he_o say_v apud_fw-la vos_fw-la solos_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o decernite_fw-la si_fw-la placet_fw-la obsequor_fw-la etc._n etc._n therefore_o the_o more_o strict_a vindicator_n of_o the_o roman_a inerrability_n in_o matter_n of_o faith_n take_v not_o the_o bishop_n thereof_o single_o and_o unsynodical_o as_o his_o private_a judgement_n may_v inform_v or_o passion_n incline_v he_o especial_o upon_o some_o violence_n and_o terror_n use_v as_o in_o liberius_n it_o be_v but_o as_o assisted_z with_o his_o council_n he_o weigh_v judge_v and_o define_v such_o matter_n see_v bell._n de_fw-fr rom._n pont._n l._n 4._o c._n 2_o 3_o 4._o in_o a_o time_n when_o a_o general_a council_n be_v not_o nor_o can_v so_o convenient_o be_v have_v in_o which_o interval_n it_o may_v be_v presume_v christ_n be_v not_o want_v to_o the_o supreme_a guide_n of_o the_o church_n use_v what_o help_v he_o have_v at_o hand_n consider_v what_o he_o say_v mat._n 18.19_o 20._o and_o dr._n field_n in_o answer_n to_o these_o place_n of_o hierom_n p._n 547._o go_v thus_o far_o three_o we_o say_v it_o be_v more_o than_o probable_a that_o the_o whole_a western_a church_n shall_v never_o lose_v or_o forsake_v the_o true_a profession_n and_o therefore_o he_o may_v true_o be_v judge_v a_o profane_a person_n that_o eat_v the_o paschal_n lamb_n out_o of_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o same_o though_o sometime_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n in_o person_n be_v a_o heretic_n other_o of_o his_o colleague_n continue_v faithful_a but_o then_o i_o ask_v according_a to_o this_o when-as_a not_o none_o at_o all_o or_o a_o few_o but_o most_o of_o his_o western_a colleague_n be_v join_v with_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n in_o which_o communion_n no_o instance_n in_o antiquity_n can_v show_v he_o to_o have_v be_v heretical_a and_o only_o a_o few_o in_o the_o west_n divide_v from_o he_o which_o will_v seem_v safe_a to_o those_o who_o will_v be_v guide_v by_o authority_n in_o st._n hierom_n opinion_n to_o adhere_v to_o cathedra_fw-la petri_n or_o the_o cathedra_fw-la elsewhere_o oppose_v it_o as_o for_o what_o be_v urge_v by_o dr._n field_n ibid._n out_o of_o st._n hierom_n epist_n ad_fw-la evagrium_fw-la to_o counterbalance_v these_o of_o a_o deprave_a custom_n in_o rome_n when-as_a this_o be_v no_o way_n patronise_v by_o any_o episcopal_a constitution_n and_o of_o his_o hold_a presbyter_n and_o bishop_n and_o again_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n and_o tanais_n ejusdem_fw-la meriti_fw-la &_o sacerdotit_fw-la when-as_a he_o mean_v ratione_fw-la ordinis_fw-la not_o jurisdictionis_fw-la or_o jure_fw-la divino_fw-la not_o ecclesiastico_fw-la for_o so_o he_o say_v in_o the_o same_o epistle_n quod_fw-la postea_fw-la unus_fw-la electus_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la caeteris_fw-la praeponeretur_fw-la in_fw-la schismatum_fw-la remedium_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la i._n e._n by_o the_o apostle_n or_o the_o council_n which_o sufficient_o justify_v his_o allowance_n of_o and_o submission_n to_o patriarchal_a authority_n these_o place_n seem_v to_o i_o of_o no_o force_n to_o null_n or_o to_o qualify_v his_o former_a expression_n to_o damasus_n see_v optatus_n who_o dispute_v thus_o l._n 2._o against_o the_o schismatical_a donatist_n bishop_n videndum_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la &_o ubi_fw-la prio_fw-la cathedrâ_fw-la sederet_fw-la negare_fw-la non_fw-la potes_fw-la scire_fw-la te_fw-la in_o urbe_fw-la roma_fw-it petro_n primo_fw-la cathedram_fw-la episcopalem_fw-la esse_fw-la collatam_fw-la in_o qua_fw-la una_fw-la cathedra_fw-la unitas_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la servaretur_fw-la ne_fw-la caeteri_fw-la apostoli_fw-la singulas_fw-la cathedras_fw-la sibi_fw-la cuique_fw-la defenderent_fw-la ut_fw-la jam_fw-la schismaticus_fw-la &_o peccator_fw-la esset_fw-la qui_fw-la contra_fw-la singularem_fw-la cathedram_fw-la i_o e._n petri_n alteram_fw-la collocaret_fw-la ergo_fw-la cathedra_fw-la unica_fw-la sedit_fw-la prio_fw-la petrus_n cvi_fw-la successit_fw-la linus_n lino_n clemens_n etc._n etc._n damasus_n damaso_n siricius_n hodie_fw-la qui_fw-la noster_fw-la est_fw-la socius_fw-la cum_fw-la quo_fw-la nobis_fw-la totus_fw-la orbis_fw-la commercio_fw-la formatarum_fw-la in_fw-la una_fw-la communionis_fw-la societate_fw-la concordant_a vestrae_fw-la cathedrae_fw-la vos_fw-la originem_fw-la reddite_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o habere_fw-la vos_fw-la in_o urbe_fw-la roma_fw-it partem_fw-la aliquam_fw-la dicitis_fw-la quid_fw-la est_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la pars_fw-la vestra_fw-la in_o urbe_fw-la roma_fw-it episcopum_fw-la civem_fw-la habere_fw-la non_fw-la potuit_fw-la vnde_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la clave_n regni_fw-la vobis_fw-la usurpare_fw-la contenditis_fw-la qui_fw-la contra_fw-la cathedram_fw-la petri_n vestris_fw-la praesumptionibus_fw-la &_o audaciis_fw-la sacrilegio_fw-la militatis_fw-la probatum_fw-la est_fw-la nos_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la sancta_fw-la catholica_fw-la apud_fw-la quos_fw-la &_o symbolum_fw-la trinitatis_fw-la est_fw-la &_o per_fw-la cathedram_fw-la petri_n quae_fw-la nostra_fw-la est_fw-la &_o caeteras_fw-la dote_v apud_fw-la nos_fw-la esse_fw-la etiam_fw-la sacerdotium_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o hope_v none_o will_v say_v that_o optatus_n argue_v thus_o because_o st._n peter_n chair_n happen_v in_o his_o time_n to_o be_v orthodox_n but_o because_o he_o take_v it_o for_o grant_v that_o it_o must_v be_v orthodox_n and_o so_o all_o the_o church_n join_v to_o it_o because_o st._n peter_n chair_n see_v damasus_n epist_n 5._o ad_fw-la africanos_n 3._o §_o 23._o n._n 3._o instituta_fw-la esse_fw-la majorum_fw-la ut_fw-la cuncta_fw-la quae_fw-la possit_fw-la aliquam_fw-la recipere_fw-la dubitationem_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la quasi_fw-la ad_fw-la caput_fw-la ut_fw-la semper_fw-la fuit_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la defer_v non_fw-la dubitetis_fw-la of_o who_o thus_o spalatensis_n l._n 7._o c._n 5._o n._n 23._o exit_fw-la non_fw-la apocryphis_fw-la damasum_fw-la primum_fw-la observo_fw-la qui_fw-la talis_fw-la svi_fw-la privilegii_fw-la metionem_fw-la fecit_fw-la ipsum_fw-la vero_fw-la ad_fw-la sola_fw-la majorum_fw-la instituta_fw-la refert_fw-la see_v the_o epistle_n of_o siricius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n a._n d._n 389_o to_o the_o metropolitan_a bishop_n of_o tarracon_n in_o spain_n c._n 15._o explicuimus_fw-la ut_fw-la arbitror_fw-la frater_fw-la charissime_fw-la universa_fw-la quae_fw-la digesta_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o querelam_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la singulas_fw-la causas_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la ad_fw-la romanam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la utpote_fw-la ad_fw-la caput_fw-la svi_fw-la corporis_fw-la retulisti_fw-la sufficientia_fw-la quatuor_fw-la opinor_fw-la responsa_fw-la reddidimus_fw-la nunc_fw-la fraternitatis_fw-la tuus_fw-la animum_fw-la ad_fw-la servandos_fw-la canon_n &_o tenenda_fw-la decretalia_fw-la constituta_fw-la magis_fw-la ac_fw-la magis_fw-la invitamus_fw-la ut_fw-la haec_fw-la in_o omnium_fw-la coepiscoporum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la perfâ—rri_fw-la facias_fw-la notionem_fw-la ad_fw-la universos_fw-la carthaginenses_n atque_fw-la baetico_v lusitano_n atque_fw-la gallicos_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v the_o
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
digneris_fw-la proinde_fw-la quid_fw-la hic_fw-la sentias_fw-la declarare_fw-la quo_fw-la liquid_a nobis_fw-la constet_fw-la communicare_fw-la ne_fw-la nos_fw-la cum_fw-la illo_fw-la oporteat_fw-la a_o vero_fw-la libere_fw-la eidem_fw-la denunciare_fw-la neminem_fw-la cum_fw-la illo_fw-la communicare_fw-la qui_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la erroneam_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la fovet_fw-la &_o praedicat_fw-la again_o see_v the_o great_a authority_n that_o celestin_n bishop_n of_o rome_n use_v against_o the_o same_o nestorius_n which_o authority_n be_v approve_v and_o submitted-to_a by_o cyril_n and_o the_o alexandrian_a and_o also_o the_o ephesine_n the_o 3d._a general_n council_n thus_o celestin_n write_v in_o his_o epistle_n to_o cyril_n nostrae_fw-la sedis_fw-la authoritate_fw-la ascita_fw-la nostraque_fw-la vice_n &_o loco_fw-la cum_fw-la potestate_fw-la usus_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la sententia_fw-la exequeris_fw-la nempe_fw-la ut_fw-la nisi_fw-la decem_fw-la dierum_fw-la intervallo_fw-la ab_fw-la huius_fw-la nostroe_v admonitionis_fw-la die_fw-la numerandorum_fw-la nefariam_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la svam_fw-la conceptis_fw-la verbis_fw-la anathematizet_fw-la &c_n &c_n illico_fw-la sanctitas_fw-la tua_fw-la illi_fw-la ecclesioe_fw-la prospiciat_fw-la thus_o celestin_n to_o nestorius_n post_fw-la unam_fw-la &_o alteram_fw-la admonitionem_fw-la &c_n &c_n nisi_fw-la nunc_fw-la tandem_fw-la quae_fw-la perverse_a docuisti_fw-la per_fw-la te_fw-la corrigantur_fw-la in_fw-la posterum_fw-la &_o a_o nostro_fw-la consortio_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la omnium_fw-la christianorum_fw-la coetu_fw-la alienum_fw-la te_fw-la fore_fw-la nihil_fw-la quicquam_fw-la dubites_fw-la upon_o this_o thus_o cyril_n and_o his_o alexandrian_a council_n to_o nestorius_n quod_fw-la sane_fw-la nisi_fw-la juxta_fw-la tempus_fw-la in_o literis_fw-la celestini_n sacratissimi_fw-la reverendissimique_fw-la romanorum_fw-la episcopi_fw-la expressum_fw-la praestiteris_fw-la certo_fw-la scias_fw-la nullam_fw-la tibi_fw-la 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not_o account_v so_o authentic_a and_o unrepealable_a that_o a_o general_n council_n may_v not_o review_v examine_v and_o if_o seem_v to_o they_o erroneous_a reverse_v it_o upon_o which_o judgement_n of_o the_o council_n concur_v with_o his_o leo_n thus_o answer_v theodoret_n quae_fw-la nostro_fw-la prius_fw-la ministerio_fw-la dominus_fw-la desinierat_fw-la universae_fw-la fraternitatis_fw-la i._n e._n of_o the_o council_n irrefragabili_fw-la firmavit_fw-la assensu_fw-la ut_fw-la veer_fw-mi a_o se_fw-la prodiisse_fw-la ostenderet_fw-la quod_fw-la prius_fw-la a_o prima_fw-la omnium_fw-la sede_n firmatum_fw-la totius_fw-la christiani_n orbis_fw-la judicium_fw-la recepisset_fw-la ut_fw-la in_fw-la hoc_fw-la quoque_fw-la capiti_fw-la membra_fw-la concordent_fw-la nam_n ne_fw-la aliarum_fw-la sedium_fw-la ad_fw-la cam_fw-la quam_fw-la caeteris_fw-la omnibus_fw-la dominus_fw-la statuit_fw-la praesidere_fw-la consensus_fw-la videretur_fw-la assentatio_fw-la inventi_fw-la prius_fw-la 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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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least_o threaten_a to_o some_o of_o the_o asian_a church_n in_o cyprian_n time_n that_o hold_v the_o necessity_n or_o rebaptisation_n upon_o the_o baptism_n of_o heretic_n concern_v which_o see_v euseb_n eccl._n hist_o l._n 4._o c._n 4.6_o see_v st._n augustine_n epistle_n 162_o the_o great_a care_n and_o superintendence_n which_o melchiade_n bishop_n of_o rome_n before_o sylvester_n in_o constantine_n time_n use_v over_o the_o african_a church_n in_o the_o schism_n of_o
seem_v hilarius_n or_o some_o in_o his_o behalf_n have_v do_v aut_fw-la praeceptis_fw-la romani_fw-la pontificis_fw-la liceat_fw-la obviare_fw-la omnibus_fw-la pro_fw-la lege_fw-la sit_fw-la quicquid_fw-la sanxerit_fw-la aposâ—olicae_fw-la sedis_fw-la authoritas_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la quisquis_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la ad_fw-la judicium_fw-la romani_fw-la antistitis_fw-la evocatus_fw-la venire_fw-la neglexerit_fw-la per_fw-la moderatorem_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la provinciae_fw-la adesse_fw-la cogatur_fw-la per_fw-la omne_fw-la servatis_fw-la quae_fw-la divi_z parent_n nostri_fw-la romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la detulerunt_fw-la and_o the_o like_a order_n have_v be_v make_v by_o emperor_n former_o it_o seem_v by_o that_o rigorous_a power_n use_v in_o africa_n by_o the_o executor_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n order_n there_o of_o which_o as_o you_o have_v read_v before_o §_o 12._o the_o african_a bishop_n so_o much_o complain_v see_v the_o epistle_n of_o the_o four_o g._n council_n at_o chalcedon_n the_o most_o numerous_a 2._o §25_n n._n 2._o i_o think_v of_o any_o council_n which_o the_o church_n have_v have_v to_o the_o same_o leo_n bishop_n of_o rome_n in_o which_o be_v these_o expression_n quam_fw-la fidem_fw-la velut_fw-la auro_fw-la textam_fw-la seriem_fw-la ex_fw-la veste_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o praecepto_fw-la legislatoris_fw-la venientem_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la ipse_fw-la leo_fw-la servasti_fw-la vocis_fw-la beati_fw-la petri_n omnibus_fw-la constitutus_fw-la interpres_fw-la ejus_fw-la fidei_fw-la beatificationem_fw-la super_fw-la omnes_fw-la adducens_fw-la quibus_fw-la i._n e._n episcopis_fw-la congregate_n in_o concilio_n tutor_n quidem_fw-la sicut_fw-la membris_fw-la caput_fw-la praeeras_fw-la in_o his_o qui_fw-la tuum_fw-la tenebant_fw-la ordinem_fw-la benevolentiam_fw-la praeferens_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o vineam_fw-la irruens_fw-la i._n e._n dioscorus_n bishop_n of_o alexandria_n a_o supporter_n of_o eutyches_n quam_fw-la optime_fw-la 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decretis_fw-la nostrum_fw-la honora_fw-la judicium_fw-la &_o sicut_fw-la nos_fw-la cupidi_fw-la in_o bonis_fw-la adjecimus_fw-la consonantiam_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o summitas_fw-la tua_fw-la filiis_fw-la quod_fw-la decet_fw-la adimpleat_fw-la sic_fw-la enim_fw-la &_o pii_fw-la principes_fw-la the_o emperor_n etc._n etc._n very_o desirous_a of_o the_o advancement_n of_o the_o see_v constantinopolitanâ—_n complacebunt_fw-la will_n be_v well_o please_a qui_fw-fr tanquam_fw-la legem_fw-la tuus_fw-la sanctitatis_fw-la judicium_fw-la firmaverunt_fw-la &_o constantinopolitanae_n sedes_fw-la suscipiet_fw-la praemium_fw-la quae_fw-la omne_fw-la semper_fw-la studium_fw-la vobis_fw-la ad_fw-la causam_fw-la pietatis_fw-la explevit_fw-la etc._n etc._n eutychen_n pro_fw-la impietate_fw-la damnatum_fw-la suae_fw-la tyrannidis_fw-la decretis_fw-la innoxium_fw-la statuit_fw-la i.e._n dioscorus_n who_o by_o a_o party_n in_o the_o second_o ephesine_n council_n restore_v eutyches_n who_o be_v a_o constantinopolitan_a presbyter_n and_o a_o archimandrita_n abbot_n of_o the_o monk_n there_o to_o his_o former_a degree_n and_o dignity_n &_o dignitatem_fw-la quae_fw-la a_o vestra_fw-la illi_fw-la oblata_fw-la fuerat_fw-la sanctitate_fw-la quip_n ut_fw-mi ab_fw-la eo_fw-la qui_fw-la hac_fw-la gratia_fw-la fuerit_fw-la indignus_fw-la ille_fw-la restituit_fw-la where_o know_v that_o eutyches_n depose_v by_o flavianus_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n in_o a_o synod_n there_o appeal_v or_o pretend_v it_o to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n to_o who_o also_o the_o emperor_n send_v letter_n in_o his_o behalf_n which_o bishop_n of_o rome_n also_o after_o the_o business_n know_v ratify_v his_o deposition_n concern_v which_o appeal_n of_o this_o presbyter_n where_o it_o appear_v that_o in_o matter_n of_o faith_n and_o of_o great_a consequence_n the_o cause_n of_o presbyter_n and_o inferior_a clergy_n may_v be_v bring_v to_o the_o examination_n and_o sentence_n of_o the_o chief_a patriarch_n leo_n have_v by_o a_o miscarriage_n receive_v as_o yet_o no_o letter_n from_o the_o bishop_n of_o constantinople_n write_v thus_o unto_o he_o epist_n 8._o accepimus_fw-la libâ—llum_fw-la eutychetis_n presbyteri_fw-la qui_fw-la se_fw-la queritur_fw-la immerito_fw-la communione_fw-la privatum_fw-la maxim_n cum_fw-la libellum_fw-la appellationis_fw-la suae_fw-la se_fw-la assâ—rat_fw-la obtulisse_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la fuisse_fw-la susceptum_fw-la quibus_fw-la rebus_fw-la intercedentibus_fw-la necdum_fw-la agnoscimus_fw-la qua_fw-la justa_fw-la a_o communione_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la fuerit_fw-la separatus_fw-la sed_fw-la respicientes_fw-la ad_fw-la causam_fw-la facti_fw-la tui_fw-la nosse_fw-la volumus_fw-la rationem_fw-la &_o usque_fw-la ad_fw-la nostram_fw-la notitiam_fw-la cuncta_fw-la deferri_fw-la quoniam_fw-la nos_fw-la nihil_fw-la possumus_fw-la incognitis_fw-la rebus_fw-la in_fw-la cujusquam_fw-la partis_fw-la praejudicium_fw-la definire_fw-la priusquam_fw-la universa_fw-la quae_fw-la gesta_fw-la sunt_fw-la veraciter_fw-la audiamus_fw-la thus_o leo_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o constantinople_n to_o return_v to_o the_o epistle_n of_o conc._n chalc._n in_o the_o same_o it_o be_v say_v episcopis_fw-la uâ—tam_fw-la finientibus_fw-la multae_fw-la turbae_fw-la nascuntur_fw-la absque_fw-la rectore_fw-la etc._n etc._n therefore_o they_o say_v they_o give_v some_o power_n to_o the_o constantinopolitan_a bishop_n for_o the_o order_n and_o settle_v they_o quod_fw-la nec_fw-la vestram_fw-la latuit_fw-la sanctitatem_fw-la quum_fw-la maxim_n propter_fw-la ephesios_fw-gr unde_fw-la quidam_fw-la vobis_fw-la saepius_fw-la importuni_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la leo_n therefore_o exercise_v some_o authority_n over_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n again_o considentes_fw-la quia_fw-la lucente_fw-la apud_fw-la vos_fw-la apostolico_fw-la radio_fw-la &_o usque_fw-la ad_fw-la constantinopolitanorum_n ecclesiam_fw-la consuete_fw-la gubernando_n illum_fw-la spargentes_fw-la hunc_fw-la saepius_fw-la expanditis_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la absque_fw-la inuidia_fw-la consueveritis_fw-la virorum_fw-la bonorum_fw-la participatione_fw-la ditare_fw-la domesticos_fw-la where_o they_o say_v the_o roman_a bishop_n dilate_v his_o beam_n to_o the_o govern_n of_o the_o church_n of_o constantinople_n and_o see_v their_o epistle_n likewise_o to_o the_o emperor_n velut_fw-la signaculum_fw-la sacrae_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la concilii_fw-la huius_fw-la a_o vobis_fw-la the_o emperor_n congregati_fw-la predicationem_fw-la petri_n sedis_fw-la authoritate_fw-la roborantes_fw-la but_o yet_o though_o thus_o court_v by_o they_o in_o his_o answer_n to_o that_o council_n epist_n 59_o he_o approve_v not_o the_o preferment_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o constantinople_n before_o alexandria_n quantumlibet_fw-la extortis_fw-la assentationibus_fw-la seize_v instruat_fw-la vanitatis_fw-la elatio_fw-la i._n e._n of_o the_o constantinopolitan_a bishop_n &_o appetitus_fw-la suos_fw-la conciliorum_fw-la aestimet_fw-la nomine_fw-la roborandos_fw-la infirmum_fw-la atque_fw-la irritum_fw-la erit_fw-la quicquid_fw-la a_o praedictorum_fw-la patrum_fw-la i._n e._n nicene_n canonibus_fw-la discreparit_fw-la quorum_fw-la regulis_fw-la apostolica_fw-la sedes_fw-la quam_fw-la reverenter_fw-la utatur_fw-la scriptorum_fw-la meorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n poterit_fw-la sanctitas_fw-la vestra_fw-la lectione_n cognoscere_fw-la &_o i_o auxiliante_fw-la domino_fw-la &_o catholicae_fw-la fidei_fw-la &_o paternarum_fw-la traditionum_fw-la esse_fw-la custodem_fw-la see_v evagrius_n eccl._n hist._n l._n 3._o c._n 18_o 20_o 21._o 3._o §25_n n._n 3._o and_o the_o epistle_n of_o felix_n bishop_n of_o rome_n a._n d._n 484_o to_o acatius_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n where_o we_o find_v felix_n appeal_v and_o complain'd-to_a by_o john_n the_o wrong_a bishop_n of_o alexandria_n and_o be_v assist_v with_o a_o council_n of_o forty-two_a western_a bishop_n excommunicate_v peter_n who_o then_o unjust_o possess_v the_o patriarchy_n of_o alexandria_n as_o be_v a_o eutychian_a also_o and_o not_o submit_v to_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n see_v evagrius_n l._n 3._o c._n 21._o and_o excommunicate_v acatius_n also_o bishop_n of_o constanstinople_n after_o he_o have_v first_o cite_v he_o to_o rome_n and_o also_o write_v to_o the_o emperor_n zeno_n to_o compel_v he_o to_o appear_v upon_o the_o complaint_n of_o john_n alexand._n rationem_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la quas_fw-la johannes_n ei_fw-la objectasset_fw-la redditurus_fw-la as_o evagrius_n have_v it_o for_o his_o communicate_v with_o peter_n a_o condemn_a heretic_n and_o many_o other_o crime_n see_v his_o epistle_n at_o the_o end_n of_o which_o the_o form_n of_o his_o condemnation_n run_v thus_o sacerdotali_fw-la honore_fw-la &_o communione_fw-la catholica_fw-la not_o only_o romana_n nec_fw-la non_fw-la etiam_fw-la a_o fidelium_fw-la numero_fw-la segregatus_fw-la sublatum_fw-la tibi_fw-la nomen_fw-la &_o munus_fw-la ministerii_fw-la sacerdotalis_fw-la agnosce_fw-la sancti_fw-la spiritus_fw-la judicio_fw-la &_o apostolica_fw-la per_fw-la nos_fw-la authoritate_fw-la damnatus_fw-la which_o proceed_v of_o felix_n be_v much_o dislike_v by_o some_o in_o the_o east_n
because_o a_o synod_n be_v not_o special_o summon_v for_o the_o purpose_n especial_o see_v he_o be_v bishop_n of_o the_o princely_a city_n see_v gelasius_n the_o successor_n to_o felix_n a._n d._n 494._o his_o vindication_n of_o this_o act_n of_o the_o apostolic_a see_v without_o a_o council_n at_o least_o a_o oecumenial_a one_o in_o his_o epistle_n ad_fw-la episcopos_fw-la dardaniae_fw-la a_o eastern_a province_n not_o far_o from_o constantinople_n which_o epistle_n be_v worth_a the_o read_n over_z the_o rather_o because_o some_o place_n be_v urge_v out_o of_o it_o by_o bellarmin_n dr._n field_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o they_o have_v these_o word_n true_o there_o can_v be_v any_o better_a proof_n against_o the_o pretend_a supremacy_n of_o the_o pope_n than_o this_o epistle_n in_o this_o epistle_n than_o gelasius_n plead_v thus_o sabellium_fw-la damnavit_fw-la synodus_fw-la nec_fw-la fuit_fw-la necesse_fw-la ut_fw-la ejus_fw-la sectatores_fw-la postea_fw-la damnarentur_fw-la singulas_fw-la viritim_fw-la synodos_fw-la celebrari_fw-la sed_fw-la pro_fw-la tenore_fw-la constitutionis_fw-la antiquae_fw-la cunctos_fw-la qui_fw-la vel_fw-la pravitatis_fw-la illius_fw-la vel_fw-la communionis_fw-la extitere_fw-la participes_fw-la universalis_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la i_o e._n in_o a_o council_n dixit_fw-la esse_fw-la refutandos_fw-la considimus_fw-la quod_fw-la nullus_fw-la jam_fw-la veraciter_fw-la christianus_n ignoret_fw-la uniuscujusque_fw-la synodi_fw-la constitutum_fw-la quod_fw-la universalis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la probavit_fw-la assensus_fw-la nullam_fw-la magis_fw-la exequi_fw-la sedem_fw-la prae_fw-la caeteris_fw-la oportere_fw-la quam_fw-la primam_fw-la quae_fw-la &_o unamquamque_fw-la synodum_fw-la sva_fw-la authoritate_fw-la confirmat_fw-la &_o continuata_fw-la moderatione_n custodit_fw-la pro_fw-la svo_fw-la scil_n principatu_fw-la quem_fw-la beatus_fw-la petrus_n apostolus_fw-la domini_fw-la voce_fw-la perceptum_fw-la i_o suppose_v it_o shall_v be_v 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hammond_n and_o because_o dr._n hammond_n schism_n 6._o c._n p._n 115._o and_o 5._o c._n 8._o §_o quote_v and_o much_o stand_v upon_o the_o patriarchship_n of_o ravenna_n erect_v to_o this_o dignity_n as_o he_o say_v by_o the_o emperor_n valentinian_n and_o of_o justiniana_n 1_o and_o of_o carthage_n erect_v by_o the_o emperor_n justinian_n the_o one_o be_v his_o native_a soil_n the_o other_o recover_v by_o he_o from_o the_o vandal_n erect_v as_o utter_o independent_a on_o the_o roman_a patriarch_n though_o dr._n field_n grant_v all_o these_o place_n to_o have_v be_v contain_v under_o his_o patriarchy_n 38._o c._n p._n 560._o and_o this_o without_o any_o contradiction_n from_o the_o say_a patriarch_n upon_o which_o instance_n chief_o he_o there_o build_v this_o position_n that_o it_o be_v and_o have_v always_o be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o christian_a emperor_n and_o prince_n within_o their_o dominion_n to_o erect_v or_o translate_v patriarchates_n i_o will_v also_o set_v you_o down_o 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to_o have_v be_v former_o concede_v to_o he_o by_o his_o predecessor_n hence_o he_o proceed_v thus_o afterward_o in_o the_o same_o epistle_n aut_fw-la mos_fw-la omnium_fw-la metropolitanorum_n est_fw-la a_o sva_fw-la fraternitate_fw-la servandus_fw-la aut_fw-la si_fw-la tuus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la aliquid_fw-la specialiter_fw-la dicis_fw-la esse_fw-la concessum_fw-la praeceptumve_fw-la a_o prioribus_fw-la romanae_fw-la vrbis_fw-la pontificibus_fw-la quod_fw-la haec_fw-la ravennati_n ecclesiae_fw-la sint_fw-la concessa_fw-la a_o vobis_fw-la oportet_fw-la ostendi_fw-la and_o to_o the_o same_o bishop_n about_o another_o thing_n amiss_o 4._o l._n 1._o ep._n he_o write_v in_o this_o stile_n proinde_fw-la fraternitas_fw-la tua_fw-la hoc_fw-la quolibet_fw-la in_o loco_fw-la factum_fw-la sit_fw-la emendare_fw-la festinet_fw-la quia_fw-la ego_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la patiar_fw-la ut_fw-la loca_fw-la sacra_fw-la per_fw-la clericorum_fw-la ambitum_fw-la destruantur_fw-la vos_fw-fr itaque_fw-la 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etc._n etc._n conclude_v nec_fw-la enim_fw-la ignoramus_fw-la unum_fw-la deum_fw-la esse_fw-la unum_fw-la christum_fw-la unum_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la unum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la in_o catholica_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la esse_fw-la debere_fw-la vnum_fw-la i._n e._n i_o suppose_v unum_fw-la supereminent_a in_o power_n to_o the_o rest_n the_o better_a to_o preserve_v the_o church_n unity_n §_o 33_o last_o the_o passage_n of_o those_o ancient_n who_o be_v in_o some_o difference_n with_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n which_o upbraid_v he_o for_o challenge_v such_o power_n seem_v to_o i_o good_a argument_n that_o such_o power_n and_o authority_n over_o other_o church_n and_o bishop_n be_v then_o so_o early_o assume_v by_o he_o so_o tertullian_n the_o pudicitia_n c._n 21._o live_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o three_o age_n when_o now_o a_o montanist_n and_o rigid_o oppose_v the_o absolution_n and_o restitution_n to_o the_o church_n of_o lapse_v christian_n though_o penitent_n which_o thing_n be_v practise_v by_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n mention_n there_o in_o irony_n his_o title_n of_o pontifex_n maximus_n and_o episcopus_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la and_o thus_o expostulate_v with_o he_o vnde_fw-la hoc_fw-la jus_o ecclesiae_fw-la i._n e._n of_o absolve_v such_o sinner_n usurpa_v si_fw-mi quia_fw-la dixerit_fw-la petro_n dominus_fw-la super_fw-la hanc_fw-la petram_fw-la aedificabo_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la meam_fw-la tibi_fw-la dedi_fw-la clave_n regni_fw-la coelorum_fw-la vel_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la alligaveris_fw-la etc._n etc._n qualis_fw-la es_fw-la evertens_fw-mi atque_fw-la commutans_fw-la manifestam_fw-la domini_fw-la intentionem_fw-la personaliter_fw-la hoc_fw-la petro_n conferentem_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o note_n that_o tertullian_n here_o in_o the_o protestant_n judgement_n err_v absolution_n of_o sinner_n penitent_a being_n not_o personal_a to_o peter_n or_o the_o apostle_n but_o common_a not_o only_o to_o the_o roman_a bishop_n but_o all_o the_o successive_a clergy_n for_o ever_o so_o firmilianus_n bishop_n of_o caesarea_n cappadociae_fw-la in_o his_o epistle_n to_o st._n cyprian_n the_o 75th_o among_o cyprian_n when_o very_o passionate_a in_o the_o matter_n of_o rebaptise_v those_o former_o baptise_a only_a by_o heretic_n and_o as_o it_o seem_v by_o eus_n ec._n h._n l._n 7._o c._n 4._o either_o punish_v or_o threaten_v with_o excommunication_n by_o stephen_n bishop_n of_o rome_n for_o it_o and_o also_o be_v his_o opposite_a in_o the_o controversy_n about_o easter_n thus_o inveigh_v against_o he_o ego_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la just_a indignor_fw-la quod_fw-la qui_fw-la sic_fw-la de_fw-fr episcopatus_fw-la svi_fw-la loco_fw-la gloriatur_fw-la &_o se_fw-la successionem_fw-la petri_n tenere_fw-la contendit_fw-la super_fw-la quem_fw-la fundamenta_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la collocata_fw-la sunt_fw-la multas_fw-la alius_fw-la petras_n inducat_fw-la &_o ecclesiarum_fw-la multarum_fw-la nova_fw-la aedificia_fw-la constituat_fw-la dum_fw-la esse_fw-la illic_fw-la i.e._n heretical_a church_n baptisma_fw-la sva_fw-la authoritate_fw-la defendit_fw-la stephanus_n qui_fw-la per_fw-la successionem_fw-la cathedram_fw-la petri_n habere_fw-la se_fw-la praedicat_fw-la nullo_n adversus_fw-la haereticos_fw-la zelo_fw-la exeitatur_fw-la etc._n etc._n i.e._n in_o disallow_v and_o null_v their_o baptism_n eos_n autem_fw-la qui_fw-la romae_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la ea_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la observare_fw-la quae_fw-la sint_fw-la ab_fw-la origine_fw-la tradita_fw-la &_o frustra_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la praetendere_fw-la scire_fw-la quis_fw-la etiam_fw-la inde_fw-la potest_fw-la etc._n etc._n where_o he_o blame_v their_o keep_n of_o easter_n different_o from_o other_o in_o the_o asian_a church_n qui_fw-la gloriatur_fw-la qui_fw-la praedicat_fw-la qui_fw-la praetendit_fw-la therefore_o such_o title_n and_o such_o gloriation_n there_o be_v and_o such_o authority_n challenge_v by_o the_o roman_a bishop_n which_o he_o call_v in_o that_o epistle_n ruptio_fw-la pacis_fw-la long_o before_o the_o nicen_n council_n and_o the_o judgement_n and_o the_o pretend_a apostolical_a tradition_n of_o these_o bishop_n though_o by_o these_o mistake_a man_n censure_v and_o oppose_v yet_o by_o the_o orthodox_n follow_v and_o embrace_v §_o 34_o as_o for_o the_o two_o place_n urge_v out_o of_o s._n cyprian_n against_o the_o acknowledgement_n of_o any_o such_o power_n or_o superiority_n of_o one_o bishop_n over_o another_o and_o consequent_o of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n the_o one_o out_o of_o the_o council_n of_o carthage_n in_o his_o work_n wherein_o be_v precedent_n he_o say_v neminem_fw-la judicantes_fw-la aut_fw-la a_o jure_fw-la communionis_fw-la aliquem_fw-la si_fw-la diversum_fw-la senserit_fw-la amoventes_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la quisquam_fw-la nostrum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la se_fw-la esse_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la constituit_fw-la aut_fw-la tyrannico_fw-la terrrore_fw-la ad_fw-la obsequendi_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la collegas_fw-la suos_fw-la adigit_fw-la quando_fw-la habeat_fw-la omnis_fw-la episcopus_fw-la pro_fw-la licentia_fw-la libertatis_fw-la &_o potestatis_fw-la suae_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la proprium_fw-la tamque_fw-la judicari_fw-la ab_fw-la alio_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la quam_fw-la nec_fw-la ipse_fw-la potest_fw-la judicare_fw-la sed_fw-la expectemus_fw-la universi_fw-la judicium_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la qui_fw-la unus_fw-la &_o solus_fw-la habet_fw-la potestatem_fw-la de_fw-la actu_fw-la nostro_fw-la judicandi_fw-la and_o the_o other_o in_o the_o close_a of_o he_o and_o the_o council_n epistle_n to_o stephen_n epistle_n 72._o where_o he_o say_v haec_fw-la ad_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la tuam_fw-la frater_fw-la charissime_fw-la i.e._n stephano_n pertulimus_fw-la credentes_fw-la etiam_fw-la tibi_fw-la pro_fw-la religionis_fw-la tuus_fw-la &_o fidei_fw-la veritate_fw-la placere_fw-la quae_fw-la &_o religiosa_fw-la pariter_fw-la &_o vera_fw-la sunt_fw-la caeterum_fw-la scimus_fw-la quosdam_fw-la quod_fw-la semel_fw-la imbiberint_fw-la nolle_fw-la disponere_fw-la nec_fw-la proposstum_fw-la sâ—um_fw-la facile_fw-la mutare_fw-la sed_fw-la salvo_fw-la inter_fw-la collegas_fw-la pacis_fw-la &_o concordiae_fw-la vinculo_fw-la quaedam_fw-la propria_fw-la retinere_fw-la qua_fw-la in_o re_fw-la nec_fw-la nos_fw-la vim_o cviquam_fw-la facimus_fw-la aut_fw-la legem_fw-la damus_fw-la cum_fw-la habeat_fw-la in_o ecclesiae_fw-la administratione_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la suae_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la iberum_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la praepositus_fw-la or_o bishop_n rationem_fw-la actus_fw-la svi_fw-la domino_fw-la redditurus_fw-la in_o the_o first_o of_o these_o place_n the_o father_n speak_v of_o all_o bishop_n have_v their_o free_a vote_n in_o the_o council_n none_o lord_v it_o over_o the_o rest_n nor_o they_o to_o give_v account_n of_o such_o vote_n save_v to_o god_n alone_o this_o seem_v clear_a from_o the_o word_n immediate_o precede_v superest_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-la hac_fw-la ipsa_fw-la re_fw-la singuli_fw-la quid_fw-la sentiamus_fw-la proferamus_fw-la neminem_fw-la judicantes_fw-la etc._n etc._n which_o word_n they_o be_v please_v not_o to_o mention_v with_o the_o rest_n in_o the_o second_o he_o only_o say_v of_o himself_o and_o the_o council_n that_o they_o do_v not_o vim_o facere_fw-la nor_o legem_fw-la dare_v cviquam_fw-la collegarum_fw-la by_o which_o colleague_n he_o mean_v not_o stephen_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n or_o any_o foreign_a but_o only_o some_o african_a bishop_n who_o have_v no_o such_o former_a custom_n of_o rebaptise_v any_o dissent_v from_o that_o council_n judgement_n as_o may_v be_v collect_v both_o from_o the_o word_n precede_v here_o credimus_fw-la tibi_fw-la placere_fw-la and_o from_o the_o former_a epistle_n 71._o to_o quintus_n where_o he_o say_v nescio_fw-la qua_fw-la praesumptione_n ducuntur_fw-la quidam_fw-la de_fw-la collegis_fw-la nostris_fw-la ut_fw-la putent_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la apud_fw-la haereticos_fw-la tincti_fw-la sunt_fw-la quando_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la venerint_fw-la baptizari_fw-la non_fw-la oportere_fw-la this_o being_n speak_v of_o his_o colleague_n et_fw-la qui_fw-la hoc_fw-la illis_fw-la patrocinium_fw-la de_fw-la authoritate_fw-la sva_fw-la praestat_fw-la cedit_fw-la illis_fw-la &_o consentit_fw-la &c._n &c._n this_o being_n speak_v of_o stephen_n who_o countenance_v his_o african_a colleague_n but_o be_v these_o colleague_n who_o they_o please_v of_o they_o i_o ask_v be_v they_o subordinate_a and_o subject_a to_o this_o council_n or_o not_o if_o they_o be_v then_o legem_fw-la non_fw-la damus_fw-la must_v not_o be_v make_v equivalent_a to_o non_fw-la licet_fw-la dare_v and_o in_o doubtful_a matter_n as_o this_o must_v needs_o be_v on_o cyprian_n side_n go_v against_o the_o former_a general_a practice_n of_o the_o church_n except_o that_o of_o his_o predecessor_n it_o be_v many_o time_n great_a prudence_n legem_fw-la non_fw-la dare_v where_o there_o be_v a_o legislative_a power_n or_o if_o they_o be_v not_o subordinate_a then_o indeed_o non_fw-la licuit_fw-la legem_fw-la illis_fw-la dare_v but_o this_o rule_n non_fw-la licet_fw-la etc._n etc._n can_v be_v extend_v to_o other_o governor_n where_o there_o be_v a_o subordination_n of_o other_o to_o they_o now_o as_o there_o be_v bishop_n and_o council_n coequal_a who_o therefore_o may_v not_o give_v the_o law_n to_o one_o another_o as_o the_o bishop_n of_o one_o diocese_n or_o one_o provincial_a council_n can_v regulate_v another_o so_o there_o be_v bishop_n and_o council_n superior_a to_o other_o as_o above_o a_o ordinary_a bishop_n be_v metropolitans_n primat_n patriarch_n above_o council_n provincial_a be_v patria_fw-la shall_fw-mi general_n therefore_o either_o s._n cyprian_n word_n must_v not_o be_v so_o far_o extend_v as_o to_o assert_v
not_o desert_v the_o patriarch_n the_o thing_n abovenamed_a both_o royalty_n and_o episcopacy_n peace_n in_o the_o state_n and_o in_o the_o church_n of_o such_o country_n better_o preserve_v what_o former_a prince_n or_o clergy_n of_o this_o kingdom_n under_o the_o patriarch_n obedience_n take_v he_o with_o all_o his_o fault_n have_v suffer_v more_o than_o these_o in_o our_o day_n have_v do_v since_o that_o yoke_n break_v what_o subject_n train_v up_o in_o his_o principle_n have_v be_v so_o disobedient_a but_o 2_o be_v any_o one_o free_a from_o a_o law_n or_o canon_n to_o eject_v it_o when_o he_o can_v give_v some_o reason_n that_o it_o be_v inconvenient_a or_o do_v not_o the_o wisdom_n of_o those_o who_o establish_v such_o canon_n and_o such_o subordination_n to_o patriarch_n see_v their_o jurisdiction_n for_o example_n in_o respect_n of_o africa_n to_o be_v foreign_a and_o weigh_v the_o inconvenience_n thereof_o as_o well_o as_o we_o now_o do_v but_o they_o weigh_v these_o together_o with_o the_o benefit_n serve_v for_o preserve_a unity_n for_o do_v more_o entire_a justice_n be_v less_o engage_v for_o decide_v controversy_n more_o true_o be_v person_n of_o more_o eminent_a wisdom_n enable_v with_o a_o more_o select_a council_n etc._n etc._n see_v before_o §_o 14._o and_o now_o have_v other_o nation_n lose_v their_o reason_n who_o notwithstanding_o the_o foreignness_n of_o the_o jurisdiction_n in_o obedience_n to_o the_o church-canon_n submit_v to_o this_o power_n but_o what_o if_o a_o patriarch_n shall_v change_v the_o bible_n into_o a_o alcoran_n as_o he_o urge_v elsewhere_o reply_v to_o bishop_n of_o chalced._n shall_v in_o spiritual_a matter_n misguide_v we_o i_o answer_v when_o you_o can_v find_v any_o to_o obey_v who_o may_v not_o be_v faulty_a in_o his_o government_n leave_v the_o patriarch_n and_o go_v to_o he_o be_v we_o more_o secure_a then_o under_o the_o supremacy_n of_o a_o secular_a power_n or_o of_o some_o other_o archbishop_n what_o if_o the_o secular_a power_n throw_v down_o bishop_n destroy_v the_o public_a liturgy_n silence_n the_o orthodox_n ministry_n &_o c_o and_o what_o if_o the_o archbishop_n change_v the_o bible_n or_o will_v we_o be_v our_o own_o supream_n and_o blot_v out_o the_o name_n of_o canonical_a obedience_n §_o 43_o in_o the_o next_o place_n dr._n hammond_n plea_n schism_n 6._o c._n p._n 115._o seem_v to_o i_o not_o true_a nor_o his_o proof_n and_o instance_n sufficient_a and_o the_o assertion_n in_o the_o consequence_n thereof_o dangerous_a to_o the_o government_n and_o unity_n of_o the_o church_n catholic_n where_o he_o say_v that_o it_o be_v and_o have_v always_o be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o christian_a emperor_n and_o prince_n within_o their_o dominion_n to_o erect_v patriarchate_n or_o to_o translate_v they_o from_o one_o city_n to_o another_o and_o therefore_o say_v he_o whatever_o title_n be_v supposable_a to_o be_v acquire_v by_o the_o pope_n in_o this_o island_n upon_o the_o first_o plantation_n of_o the_o gospel_n here_o whatever_n i_o will_v therefore_o suppose_v his_o title_n to_o have_v be_v from_o ancient_a church-canon_n and_o custom_n whereby_o he_o have_v be_v confirm_v patriarch_n of_o the_o western_a province_n i_o say_v not_o that_o such_o a_o thing_n be_v now_o but_o suppose_v such_o a_o thing_n be_v this_o can_v so_o oblige_v the_o king_n of_o england_n ever_o since_o but_o that_o they_o may_v free_o remove_v that_o power_n from_o rome_n to_o canterbury_n and_o subject_a all_o the_o christian_n of_o this_o island_n to_o the_o spiritual_a power_n of_o that_o archbishop_n or_o primate_n independent_o from_o any_o foreign_a bishop_n i_o say_v this_o thesis_n seem_v to_o i_o very_o untrue_a if_o he_o mean_v that_o prince_n may_v do_v any_o such_o thing_n by_o their_o own_o just_a power_n without_o the_o authoritative_a concurrence_n of_o the_o church_n or_o contrary_a to_o her_o former_a canon_n and_o ancient_a custom_n as_o his_o instance_n in_o ravenna_n and_o justiniana_n prima_fw-la and_o carthage_n and_o grado_n former_o under_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o roman_a patriarch_n imply_v that_o he_o mean_v thus_o for_o example_n i_o say_v it_o be_v not_o lawful_a suppose_v ancient_a canon_n or_o immemorial_n custom_n to_o use_v his_o own_o word_n of_o the_o church_n have_v make_v the_o roman_a bishop_n patriarch_n of_o the_o west_n or_o of_o france_n for_o the_o king_n of_o france_n either_o with_o or_o without_o the_o consent_n of_o his_o own_o particular_a clergy_n within_o his_o dominion_n to_o erect_v a_o new_a patriarchate_n or_o elect_v another_o patriarch_n this_o i_o think_v be_v plain_a from_o the_o discourse_n and_o the_o concession_n precede_v and_o he_o seem_v to_o say_v the_o like_o himself_o answer_n to_o schism_n disarm_v p._n 164._o a_o power_n prince_n have_v to_o erect_v metropoles_fw-la but_o if_o it_o be_v exercise_v so_o as_o to_o thwart_v know_v canon_n and_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n this_o certain_o be_v a_o abuse_n thus_o he_o but_o how_o it_o coheres_fw-la with_o what_o else_o be_v say_v there_o i_o see_v not_o but_o if_o secular_a prince_n have_v such_o power_n to_o set_v up_o patriarch_n within_o their_o own_o dominion_n i_o ask_v whether_o general_n council_n have_v not_o also_o the_o same_o and_o that_o within_o the_o same_o dominion_n of_o secular_a prince_n will_v he_o deny_v this_o power_n to_o council_n or_o at_o least_o their_o power_n to_o do_v it_o within_o the_o secular_a prince_n dominion_n but_o then_o the_o church_n have_v no_o power_n to_o do_v it_o at_o all_o for_o where_o be_v the_o church_n subject_n for_o who_o she_o make_v law_n as_o she_o think_v fit_a but_o under_o the_o government_n of_o some_o or_o orther_n secular_a power_n but_o the_o contrary_a of_o these_o thing_n be_v most_o evident_a and_o many_o be_v her_o canon_n to_o this_o purpose_n the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n the_o same_o upon_o two_o canon_n of_o which_o balsamon_n find_v and_o by_o which_o the_o doctor_n prove_v this_o authority_n of_o prince_n to_o make_v patriarch_n do_v erect_v constantinople_n into_o a_o patriarchy_n next_o to_o rome_n which_o also_o be_v do_v before_o by_o conc._n constant_n 1._o but_o not_o confirm_v by_o the_o roman_a and_o occidental_a bishop_n and_o this_o not_o only_o to_o a_o empty_a dignity_n or_o precedency_n in_o place_n but_o to_o a_o real_a jurisdiction_n over_o some_o of_o the_o emperor_n province_n to_o receive_v and_o judge_v appeal_n etc._n etc._n see_v conc._n chalc._n act._n 16._o and_o can._n 9_o and_o 16._o and_o when_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n much_o oppose_v this_o act_n of_o the_o council_n the_o emperor_n then_o make_v constantinople_n the_o seat_n of_o his_o empire_n and_o much_o desire_v the_o advancement_n of_o its_o bishop_n yet_o appear_v not_o at_o all_o in_o this_o promote_a of_o he_o nor_o claim_v any_o such_o right_a as_o due_a to_o he_o though_o this_o happen_v long_o after_o valentinian_n be_v pretend_v to_o have_v 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emperor_n after_o 1080_o what_o be_v establish_v by_o such_o a_o synod_n not_o general_n be_v too_o weak_a to_o overthrow_v any_o former_a right_n of_o the_o church_n neither_o be_v balsamon_n a_o late_a greek_a writer_n authority_n much_o to_o be_v stand_v upon_o in_o this_o controversy_n neither_o speak_v he_o home_o in_o this_o point_n whether_o the_o patriarch_n be_v to_o admit_v what_o the_o emperor_n do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d after_o he_o have_v represent_v to_o the_o emperor_n that_o it_o be_v against_o the_o canon_n thus_o much_o of_o the_o 12_o canon_n in_o the_o 17_o canon_n and_o the_o 38th_o in_o trullo_n here_o be_v only_o upon_o the_o emperor_n building_n a_o new_a city_n or_o perhaps_o upon_o his_o transfer_v the_o civil_a right_n and_o privilege_n of_o have_v the_o seat_n of_o judicature_n etc._n etc._n from_o one_o city_n in_o a_o province_n unto_o another_o and_o upon_o this_o subject_n some_o other_o inferior_a city_n or_o town_n call_v parochia_n when_o 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of_o rome_n who_o confirm_v these_o canon_n yet_o vehement_o oppose_v the_o council_n seek_v to_o erect_v constantinople_n into_o a_o patriarchy_n much_o more_o will_v he_o have_v oppose_v the_o emperor_n three_o whatever_o privilege_n the_o emperor_n here_o receive_v methinks_v their_o order_n that_o such_o a_o thing_n shall_v be_v do_v subsequatur_fw-la be_v far_o from_o sound_v that_o they_o yield_v such_o a_o thing_n to_o belong_v to_o the_o emperor_n by_o right_n as_o dr._n hammond_n expound_v it_o schis_fw-la p._n 119._o but_o then_o if_o the_o emperor_n hold_v such_o privilege_n from_o the_o church_n the_o church_n when_o they_o please_v may_v resume_v this_o power_n for_o so_o himself_o argue_v concern_v any_o privilege_n which_o secular_a prince_n have_v former_o concede_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o then_o hear_v what_o the_o 21th_o canon_n of_o the_o 8_o general_n council_n say_v if_o we_o will_v trust_v late_a council_n not_o far_o distant_a in_o time_n better_o to_o understand_v the_o concession_n of_o former_a definimus_fw-la neminem_fw-la prorsus_fw-la mundi_fw-la potentium_fw-la quenquam_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la patriarchalibus_fw-la sedibus_fw-la praesunt_fw-la inhonorare_fw-la aut_fw-la movere_fw-la a_o proprio_fw-la throno_fw-la tentare_fw-la sed_fw-la omni_fw-la reverentia_fw-la &_o honore_fw-la dignos_fw-la judicare_fw-la praecipue_fw-la quidem_fw-la sanctissimum_fw-la papam_fw-la senioris_fw-la romae_fw-la etc._n etc._n §_o 45_o as_o for_o the_o thing_n mention_v afterward_o by_o the_o doctor_n p._n 120_o etc._n etc._n the_o power_n of_o change_v the_o seat_n of_o a_o bishop_n or_o divide_v one_o province_n into_o many_o as_o likewise_o the_o presenting_z of_o particular_a person_n to_o several_a dignity_n in_o the_o church_n which_o also_o private_a patron_n do_v without_o claim_v any_o superiority_n in_o church-matter_n some_o of_o which_o seem_v of_o small_a consequence_n as_o to_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n yet_o be_v not_o 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vel_fw-la potentum_fw-la semet_fw-la inserere_fw-la electioni_fw-la vel_fw-la promotioni_fw-la patriarchae_fw-la vel_fw-la metropolitae_n aut_fw-la cujuslibet_fw-la episcopi_fw-la ne_fw-la videlicet_fw-la etc._n etc._n praesertim_fw-la cum_fw-la nullam_fw-la in_o talibus_fw-la potestatem_fw-la quenquam_fw-la potestativorum_fw-la vel_fw-la caeterorum_fw-la laicorum_fw-la habere_fw-la conveniat_fw-la quisquis_fw-la autem_fw-la saecularium_fw-la principum_fw-la &_o potentum_fw-la vel_fw-la alterius_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la laicae_fw-la adversus_fw-la communionem_fw-la ac_fw-la consentaneam_fw-la atque_fw-la canonicam_fw-la electionem_fw-la ecclesiastici_fw-la ordinis_fw-la agere_fw-la tentaverit_fw-la anathema_n sit_v the_o transplant_n of_o bishopric_n and_o division_n of_o province_n probable_o be_v never_o order_v by_o prince_n but_o either_o first_o propose_v or_o assented-to_a by_o the_o clergy_n see_v that_o instance_n of_o anselm_n hammond_n of_o schis_fw-la p._n 122._o or_o upon_o 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as_o the_o church_n strict_o tie_v in_o canonical_a obedidience_n to_o such_o superior_n and_o submit_v to_o their_o judgement_n and_o decision_n in_o spiritual_a matter_n by_o which_o the_o king_n may_v sway_v the_o controversy_n in_o religion_n within_o his_o own_o dominion_n what_o way_n he_o please_v unless_o we_o will_v imagine_v there_o shall_v be_v no_o ecclesiastic_n at_o all_o of_o his_o own_o persuasion_n who_o he_o may_v surrogate_v into_o the_o place_n of_o those_o who_o gainsay_v such_o be_v the_o time_n of_o constantius_n and_o by_o such_o violent_a and_o uncanonical_a expulsion_n and_o intrusion_n of_o prelate_n the_o face_n of_o religion_n be_v see_v change_v and_o rechanged_n so_o often_o here_o in_o england_n within_o a_o few_o year_n according_a to_o the_o fancy_n of_o the_o present_a prince_n as_o if_o there_o be_v in_o she_o no_o certain_a form_n of_o truth_n and_o the_o same_o thing_n we_o have_v see_v do_v before_o our_o eye_n in_o our_o own_o day_n the_o 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king_n 18._o and_o josiah_n 2_o king_n 22._o order_v many_o thing_n belong_v to_o it_o and_o so_o st._n paul_n appeal_v from_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o chief_a priest_n to_o the_o tribunal_n of_o caesar_n so_o in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d
government_n which_o bishop_n send_v to_o he_o fugatius_n and_o damianus_n by_o who_o this_o king_n and_o his_o queen_n and_o many_o other_o be_v convert_v to_o the_o faith_n and_o receive_v baptism_n etc._n etc._n where_o his_o have_v already_o with_o he_o man_n learn_v in_o the_o scripture_n see_v spelm._n apparat._n p._n 12._o and_o yet_o send_v for_o other_o from_o the_o roman_a bishop_n and_o his_o send_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n so_o remote_a when_o as_o there_o be_v then_o many_o christian_a bishop_n in_o france_n and_o particular_o the_o famous_a irenaeus_n bishop_n at_o lion_n at_o that_o very_a time_n methinks_v show_v plain_o that_o the_o britain_n have_v learn_v already_o that_o there_o be_v some_o preeminence_n and_o authority_n attribute_v to_o he_o superior_a to_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o occidental_a prelate_n as_o likewise_o do_v the_o title_n of_o that_o bishop_n letter_n to_o lucius_n but_o it_o be_v much_o doubt_v whether_o this_o letter_n be_v authentic_a 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