Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	call_v	church_n	great_a	2,925	5	3.0562	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53763	The Oxford-antiquity examined wherein is briefly shewn the notorious falshoods in the Greek manuscript, said to be translated by Humphrey Hody, B.D. of Wadham College, Oxon., which the better to recommend to the world, he entitles The unreasonableness of a separation from the bishops &c.		1691 (1691)	Wing O849; ESTC R31774	11,522	15

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the_o greek_a historian_n as_o socrates_n sozomen_n theodoret_n zonaras_n etc._n etc._n i_o shall_v only_o refer_v he_o to_o a_o english_a historian_n of_o good_a credit_n and_o authority_n who_o have_v take_v the_o great_a and_o worthy_a pain_n to_o write_v the_o live_v of_o the_o father_n cave_n dr._n cave_n make_v his_o collection_n out_o of_o approve_a and_o authentic_a historian_n refer_v the_o curious_a learned_a reader_n to_o the_o book_n chapter_n and_o page_n out_o of_o which_o as_o occasion_n offer_v i_o must_v beg_v leave_n to_o transcribe_v some_o remarkable_a passage_n which_o may_v not_o be_v unacceptable_a to_o the_o reader_n who_o have_v not_o the_o book_n and_o here_o first_o of_o all_o i_o can_v but_o observe_v what_o a_o learned_a historian_n and_o exact_a chronologer_n the_o author_n of_o the_o greek_a manuscript_n or_o his_o translator_n be_v for_o i_o can_v well_o tell_v not_o have_v see_v the_o greek_a manuscript_n to_o which_o the_o abstract_n pag._n 23._o be_v to_o be_v attribute_v who_o tell_v his_o reader_n pag._n 24._o that_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o constantine_n the_o great_a maximus_n bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n be_v depose_v by_o the_o bishop_n of_o caesarea_n in_o palestine_n his_o successor_n be_v cyril_n now_o it_o be_v notorious_a that_o st._n cyril_n be_v not_o make_v bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n till_o 12_o or_o 14_o year_n after_o the_o death_n of_o constantine_n the_o great_a who_o die_v at_o nicomedia_n 94._o nicomedia_n vide_fw-la cave_n live_v of_o the_o father_n vol._n 2._o p._n 94._o anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 337._o and_o st._n cyril_n enter_v upon_o the_o see_v of_o jerusalem_n not_o upon_o the_o deposition_n but_o the_o death_n of_o maximus_n as_o i_o shall_v show_v by_o and_o by_o 343._o by_o ib._n p._n 343._o anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 349._o according_o to_o saint_n jerom_n anno_fw-la 351._o according_o to_o baronius_n computation_n and_o caesarea_n and_o who_o be_v mention_v by_o name_n p._n 8._o which_o i_o desire_v the_o reader_n to_o take_v notice_n of_o lest_o the_o translator_n to_o excuse_v the_o inconsistency_n in_o the_o abstract_n shall_v pretend_v that_o it_o be_v another_o bishop_n of_o caesarea_n acacius_n bishop_n of_o caesarea_n in_o palestine_n who_o he_o say_v depose_v maximus_n succeed_v eusebius_n who_o scholar_n he_o be_v in_o that_o see_v 28._o see_v cave_n be_v life_n vol._n 2._o p._n 28._o anno_fw-la 340._o which_o be_v three_o year_n after_o the_o death_n of_o constantine_n the_o great_a so_o that_o what_o the_o greek_a author_n or_o his_o translator_n affirm_v in_o the_o abstract_n before_o mention_v i_o know_v not_o whether_o i_o may_v call_v a_o horrid_a blunder_n or_o a_o impudent_a and_o notorious_a lye_n but_o let_v we_o look_v into_o the_o body_n of_o the_o manuscript_n and_o see_v what_o print_n and_o footstep_n of_o truth_n we_o can_v find_v and_o trace_v out_o there_o and_o first_o of_o all_o though_o he_o begin_v with_o a_o account_n of_o st._n chrysostom_n i_o shall_v 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from_o 568._o from_o ath._n apol._n 11._o p_o 568._o athanasius_n himself_o upon_o his_o retreat_n from_o tyre_n make_v his_o address_n at_o court_n where_o he_o meet_v the_o emperor_n on_o horseback_n enter_v into_o constantinople_n where_o after_o several_a unsuccessfull_a address_n he_o take_v the_o confidence_n free_o to_o tell_v he_o 90._o he_o p._n 90._o that_o he_o desire_v no_o more_o than_o that_o he_o will_v not_o suffer_v he_o to_o be_v ruin_v by_o malice_n and_o violence_n that_o his_o cause_n may_v '_o be_v debate_v in_o a_o lawful_a and_o impartial_a synod_n at_o least_o that_o his_o judge_n at_o tyre_n may_v be_v bring_v face_n to_o face_n and_o he_o have_v the_o liberty_n to_o exhibit_v his_o complaint_n against_o they_o which_o the_o emperor_n look_v upon_o as_o a_o piece_n of_o common_a justice_n dispatch_v away_o a_o letter_n to_o the_o synod_n at_o jerusalem_n whither_o he_o have_v 9_o have_v

violator_n of_o the_o peace_n of_o the_o church_n so_o that_o though_o st._n chrysostom_n before_o his_o banishment_n may_v advise_v his_o friend_n against_o suffering_n for_o his_o sake_n and_o a_o separation_n from_o and_o refuse_v communion_n with_o his_o usurp_a successor_n as_o not_o prudential_a yet_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o he_o do_v not_o think_v or_o condemn_v it_o as_o sinful_a but_o before_o i_o dismiss_v what_o the_o author_n of_o the_o greek_a manuscript_n say_v about_o st._n chrysostom_n and_o his_o usurp_a successor_n i_o must_v beg_v leave_n to_o observe_v what_o a_o notorious_a falsehood_n he_o be_v guilty_a of_o in_o affirm_v p._n 4._o that_o severianus_n bishop_n of_o gabala_n and_o acacius_n bishop_n of_o berrhea_n or_o rather_o beroea_n who_o be_v the_o chief_a author_n of_o all_o the_o calamity_n that_o befall_v chrysostom_n be_v afterward_o call_v in_o question_n by_o pope_n innocent_a be_v neither_o depose_v nor_o reprehend_v by_o he_o the_o pope_n leave_v 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ib._n p._n 495._o tell_v he_o that_o it_o shall_v lie_v at_o their_o door_n and_o that_o they_o be_v ready_a to_o answer_v it_o with_o the_o peril_n of_o their_o head_n ibid._n ibid._n now_o that_o severian_n and_o acacius_n be_v guilty_a of_o the_o same_o crime_n be_v under_o the_o same_o censure_n with_o theophilus_n may_v be_v strong_o presume_v from_o a_o passage_n in_o arcadius_n answer_n to_o pope_n innocent_n letter_n viz._n that_o for_o acacius_n severian_n theophilus_n and_o the_o rest_n they_o shall_v be_v bring_v to_o account_v which_o be_v a_o plain_a in●●●ation_n that_o pope_n innocent_n have_v signify_v to_o the_o emperor_n in_o his_o letter_n that_o he_o have_v pronounce_v censure_n upon_o they_o and_o desire_v he_o to_o take_v care_n that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v bruta_n fulmina_fw-la but_o execute_v cum_fw-la effectu_fw-la upon_o they_o which_o arcadius_n seem_v to_o promise_v tell_v he_o they_o shall_v be_v bring_v to_o account_v and_o thus_o i_o think_v it_o be_v 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