he_o or_o any_o of_o the_o rest_n for_o as_o all_o those_o of_o rome_n may_v appeal_v to_o their_o own_o patriarch_n so_o they_o may_v refuse_v and_o those_o of_o other_o diocese_n be_v prohibit_v to_o go_v to_o rome_n and_o be_v bind_v either_o to_o their_o own_o diocesan_n or_o else_o to_o the_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n but_o suppose_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n have_v be_v one_o of_o these_o two_o plenipotentiaries_n the_o other_o join_v in_o commission_n with_o he_o have_v a_o coordinate_a power_n because_o they_o be_v empower_v to_o act_v several_o and_o most_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o coordinacy_n be_v inconsistent_a with_o supremacy_n and_o equality_n incompatible_a with_o sovereignty_n but_o the_o sultan_n pontifician_n give_v one_o of_o n._n n_n easy_a answer_n to_o these_o premise_n which_o their_o wit_n will_v make_v use_n of_o viz._n they_o be_v but_o wordish_a testimony_n which_o be_v easy_o despise_v or_o disguise_v their_o great_a achilles_n have_v tell_v we_o 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of_o heretic_n and_o with_o ambition_n and_o tyranny_n for_o that_o he_o make_v himself_o bishop_n of_o bishop_n and_o by_o tyranny_n have_v drive_v his_o fellow-bishop_n to_o a_o necessity_n cypr._n necessity_n conc._n carthag_n inter_fw-la opera_fw-la cypr._n of_o obedience_n baron_fw-fr have_v confess_v that_o that_o clause_n in_o the_o council_n of_o carthage_n beginning_n at_o neque_fw-la enim_fw-la etc._n etc._n relate_v 24._o relate_v bar._n an._n 588_o n._n 24._o particular_o to_o stephen_n but_o firmilianus_n and_o pam._n and_o ep._n 45._o ed._n pam._n the_o eastern_a bishop_n handle_v stephen_n more_o rough_o call_v he_o a_o schismatic_a and_o one_o that_o have_v make_v himself_o a_o apostate_n from_o the_o communion_n of_o ecclesiastical_a union_n and_o one_o who_o think_v he_o may_v excommunicate_v all_o thereby_o indeed_o excommunicate_v himself_o alone_a from_o all_o st._n aug._n 23._o aug._n ep._n 162._o conc._n milev_n c._n 22._o codex_fw-la afric_n c._n 23._o in_o the_o case_n of_o cecilianus_n and_o donatus_n a_o nigris_fw-la causis_fw-la severe_o rebuke_v melchiade_n or_o meltiades_n bishop_n of_o rome_n for_o that_o he_o with_o his_o transmarine_a colleague_n take_v upon_o they_o to_o discuss_v and_o reverse_v that_o judgement_n which_o have_v be_v determine_v by_o a_o council_n of_o seventy_o bishop_n in_o africa_n anastasius_n with_o the_o concurrence_n of_o his_o bishop_n of_o rome_n decree_v that_o the_o donatist_n who_o have_v be_v prefer_v to_o charge_n and_o dignity_n though_o they_o shall_v return_v to_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o church_n shall_v not_o be_v continue_v but_o the_o african_a father_n in_o council_n make_v a_o counter-decree_n that_o the_o conform_v and_o repent_v donatist_n shall_v be_v receive_v and_o retain_v their_o place_n and_o dignity_n with_o a_o non_fw-la obstante_fw-la notwithstanding_o what_o have_v be_v decree_v in_o the_o 50._o the_o about_o ann._n 401._o justel_n in_o cod._n conc._n eccl._n afric_n c._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ball_n c._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aug._n ep._n 50._o transmarine_a roman_n synod_n julius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n press_v the_o restitution_n of_o athanasius_n whereupon_o the_o eastern_a bishop_n meet_v in_o council_n and_o signify_v to_o he_o that_o it_o be_v a_o pragmatical_a presumption_n in_o he_o to_o 11._o to_o soz._n l._n 3._o c._n 7._o to_o be_v order_v by_o he_o socr._n l._n 2._o c._n 11._o interpose_v in_o their_o affair_n he_o ought_v not_o to_o contradict_v they_o neither_o will_v they_o endure_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v order_v by_o he_o this_o be_v not_o the_o resolution_n only_o of_o the_o eusebian_n and_o semi-arrian_a bishop_n who_o yet_o be_v conformist_n to_o the_o order_n of_o the_o church_n but_o arr._n but_o soz._n l._n 3._o c._n 12._o epiph._n haer_fw-mi 68_o athan._n or_o 1._o contr_n arr._n of_o the_o catholic_n also_o act_v in_o the_o council_n who_o though_o they_o favour_v athanasius_n and_o his_o cause_n yet_o think_v fit_a to_o check_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n insolency_n juvenalis_n bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n move_v the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n that_o his_o bishopric_n may_v be_v promote_v into_o a_o patriarchate_n which_o motion_n the_o father_n assemble_v do_v entertain_v and_o refer_v the_o order_n of_o the_o matter_n to_o himself_o and_o maximus_n the_o patriarch_n of_o antioch_n who_o agree_v that_o the_o patriarch_n of_o antioch_n shall_v hold_v the_o two_o phenicia_n and_o arabia_n and_o the_o bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n the_o three_o palestine_n which_o accord_v they_o represent_v to_o the_o council_n desire_v they_o to_o confirm_v it_o which_o they_o willing_o legate_n willing_o conc._n chalc._o act_n 7._o p._n 105._o evagr._fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 18._o niceph._n l._n 5._o c._n 30._o with_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o pope_n legate_n condescend_v to_o and_o over_o and_o above_o procure_v the_o judge_n to_o add_v the_o royal_a assent_n for_o its_o full_a settlement_n baronius_n relate_v the_o pope_n resist_v what_o be_v do_v thus_o in_o council_n and_o hinder_v the_o execution_n thereof_o for_o a_o good_a while_n which_o be_v till_o the_o five_o synod_n assemble_v where_o 246._o where_o baron_fw-fr ann._n 553._o n._n 245_o 246._o the_o pope_n give_v his_o placet_fw-la and_o then_o and_o not_o till_o then_o be_v the_o accord_n put_v in_o execution_n but_o this_o be_v one_o of_o the_o great_a annalist_n mistake_n for_o fifteen_o year_n before_o that_o five_o synod_n under_o menna_n assemble_v peter_n patriarch_n of_o jerusalem_n do_v summon_v all_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o three_o palestine_n two_o whereof_o be_v the_o metropolitan_o of_o caesarea_n and_o scythopolis_n to_o convene_v in_o council_n who_o according_o without_o demur_n 472._o demur_n conc._n tom._n 2._o p._n 472._o obey_v his_o summons_n the_o church_n and_o bishop_n of_o rome_n for_o a_o long_a time_n disallow_v and_o reject_v the_o second_o general_n council_n yet_o the_o catholic_n church_n always_o own_v it_o and_o as_o occasion_v offer_v act_v by_o it_o that_o which_o move_v the_o then_o romanist_n to_o this_o dissatisfaction_n and_o averseness_n be_v that_o that_o council_n have_v settle_v the_o see_v of_o constantinople_n into_o a_o patriarchate_n which_o honour_n they_o repine_v at_o give_v to_o the_o bishop_n thereof_o precedency_n to_o the_o patriarch_n 2.3_o patriarch_n conc._n 2.3_o of_o alexandria_n and_o antioch_n and_o grant_v to_o he_o power_n and_o authority_n over_o the_o church_n in_o asia_n minor_fw-la 125._o minor_fw-la in_o all_o 28_o roman_a province_n brerewood_n inquiry_n p._n 125._o thrace_n and_o pontus_n and_o therefore_o soon_o after_o this_o council_n determine_v the_o 553._o the_o resist_v it_o baron_n an._n 553._o bishop_n of_o rome_n endeavour_v to_o invalidate_v this_o settlement_n for_o statim_fw-la post_fw-la etc._n etc._n as_o soon_o as_o it_o be_v conclude_v damasus_n then_o bishop_n of_o rome_n indict_v a_o roman_a synod_n in_o which_o a_o counter-decree_n be_v enact_v
which_o as_o 65._o as_o alias_o turcelline_a l._n the_o 6_o 7_o &_o 8_o synodis_fw-la p._n 65._o turrian_n relate_v be_v extant_a in_o the_o vatican_n and_o it_o be_v very_o probable_a for_o pope_n leo_n seventy_o year_n after_o 201._o after_o conc._n chalc._n act._n 16._o p._n 136_o 137._o leo_fw-la ep._n 53_o 54._o car._n p._n 201._o by_o his_o legate_n in_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n oppose_v it_o though_o to_o no_o purpose_n for_o his_o resistance_n be_v not_o value_v either_o by_o the_o council_n or_o the_o judge_n who_o indeed_o contemn_v it_o these_o two_o pope_n than_o do_v withstand_v it_o but_o caran_n add_v that_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n will_v not_o by_o any_o mean_n receive_v it_o though_o welfare_n a_o little_a touch_n of_o ingenuity_n for_o the_o peace_n of_o the_o church_n which_o it_o seem_v high_o esteem_v it_o it_o be_v not_o contradict_v which_o in_o effect_n import_v thus_o much_o the_o pope_n and_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v so_o cunning_a as_o to_o dissemble_v their_o spite_n against_o this_o council_n and_o that_o act_n especial_o but_o dare_v not_o show_v their_o tooth_n for_o fear_n of_o the_o emperor_n for_o the_o proof_n of_o this_o relation_n he_o refer_v to_o innocent_a the_o three_o and_o st._n gregory_n the_o great_a who_o he_o cite_v true_o for_o though_o in_o one_o epistle_n he_o profess_v to_o 24._o to_o lib._n 2._o ep._n 24._o embrace_v that_o council_n as_o one_o of_o the_o four_o evangelist_n and_o testify_v that_o the_o church_n of_o 10._o of_o ibid._n ep._n 10._o rome_n then_o own_v it_o yet_o in_o another_o epistle_n he_o 31._o he_o lib._n 6._o ep._n 31._o confess_v that_o until_o his_o time_n or_o age_n wherein_o he_o live_v that_o council_n and_o the_o act_n and_o canon_n thereof_o be_v not_o entertain_v by_o the_o roman_a church_n so_o that_o for_o the_o space_n of_o two_o hundred_o year_n and_o upward_o for_o that_o council_n convene_v ann._n 381._o and_o gregory_n flourish_v ann._n 600._o it_o be_v oppose_v and_o reject_v as_o far_o as_o in_o safe_a policy_n it_o can_v be_v do_v by_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n but_o notwithstanding_o this_o opposition_n the_o catholic_n church_n still_o repute_v it_o a_o lawful_a general_n council_n and_o all_o the_o act_n and_o canon_n thereof_o to_o be_v obligatory_a and_o occasional_o practise_v according_a to_o they_o which_o be_v next_o to_o be_v demonstrate_v for_o by_o warranty_n of_o that_o canon_n in_o this_o council_n which_o so_o perplex_v the_o roman_a church_n anatolius_n patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n in_o the_o right_n of_o his_o sec_n do_v take_v place_n before_o and_o above_o the_o patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n 1._o alexandria_n in_o the_o council_n of_o chalc._n act._n 1._o conc._n chalc._n p._n 8._o synod_n ann._n 553._o coll._n 1._o and_o antioch_n and_o so_o do_v eutychius_n in_o the_o five_o synod_n ann._n 553._o and_o when_o it_o be_v report_v to_o the_o father_n of_o chalcedon_n that_o flavianus_n patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n in_o the_o reprobated_a council_n of_o ephesus_n neglect_v himself_o sit_v below_o the_o patriarch_n of_o antioch_n and_o jerusalem_n they_o be_v much_o offend_v say_v in_o great_a zeal_n why_o do_v not_o flavianus_n sit_v in_o his_o proper_a place_n that_o be_v next_o to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n or_o his_o legate_n by_o authority_n of_o this_o canon_n which_o so_o trouble_v the_o pope_n patience_n st._n chrysostom_n when_o he_o be_v bishop_n of_o constantinople_n chrys_n constantinople_n conc._n chalc._n act._n 11._o in_o fine_a soz._n l._n 8._o c._n 6._o say_v 14._o in_o ann._n 400._o pallad_n in_o vit_fw-fr chrys_n depose_v fifteen_o bishop_n in_o asia_n the_o lesser_a and_o ordain_v and_o settle_v other_o in_o their_o see_z and_o dignity_n and_o in_o ann._n 400_o the_o same_o st._n chrysostom_n celebrate_v a_o council_n at_o ephesus_n to_o which_o he_o call_v all_o the_o asian_a bishop_n who_o ready_o attend_v he_o after_o this_o justinian_n the_o emperor_n command_v all_o the_o canon_n of_o this_o council_n which_o the_o pope_n will_v if_o they_o dare_v have_v public_o reject_v dipticis_fw-la inseri_fw-la &_o praedicari_fw-la to_o be_v record_v in_o the_o eclesiastical_a book_n roll_n or_o registery_n and_o public_o to_o be_v read_v in_o all_o church_n in_o token_n of_o their_o 2._o their_o novel_a c._n 1_o 2._o universal_a approbation_n but_o albeit_o both_o law_n and_o usage_n the_o best_a interpreter_n of_o law_n concur_v for_o the_o proof_n of_o this_o conclusion_n yet_o the_o cry_n still_o go_v o_o the_o mother_n o_o the_o mother_n church_n of_o rome_n which_o be_v hot_o pursue_v by_o the_o bigot_n set_v on_o by_o the_o boutefeu_n of_o the_o tribe_n this_o have_v make_v a_o great_a clutter_v and_o bustle_v in_o the_o world_n which_o yet_o have_v nothing_o in_o it_o but_o folly_n and_o disingenuity_n and_o impudence_n for_o can_v any_o man_n in_o his_o right_a wit_n who_o be_v not_o taint_v either_o in_o his_o intellectual_n or_o moral_n ever_o harken_v to_o such_o a_o persuasion_n so_o contrary_a to_o all_o record_n divine_a and_o human_a the_o scripture_n make_v jerusalem_n the_o mother-church_n gal._n 4.16_o but_o jerusalem_n which_o be_v above_o or_o the_o new_a jerusalem_n as_o it_o be_v style_v revel_v 21.2_o and_o the_o holy_a jerusalem_n ver_fw-la 10_o who_o wall_n have_v twelve_o foundation_n and_o in_o they_o the_o name_n of_o the_o twelve_o apostle_n of_o the_o lamb_n which_o be_v mother_n of_o we_o all_o christian_n believer_n of_o the_o gospel_n where_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n be_v first_o plant_v by_o the_o apostle_n and_o st._n peter_n preach_v his_o first_o sermon_n and_o beget_v many_o to_o the_o faith_n and_o from_o whence_o they_o all_o depart_v after_o to_o execute_v their_o apostolical_a commission_n for_o this_o jerusalem_n be_v not_o that_o which_o shall_v be_v but_o that_o in_o which_o the_o house_n of_o god_n shall_v be_v build_v with_o a_o glorious_a building_n and_o all_o 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