the_o patriarch_n flavianus_n and_o elias_n confute_v timotheus_n not_o know_v to_o they_o to_o be_v a_o heretic_n when_o they_o communicate_v with_o he_o they_o be_v honour_v by_o the_o church_n as_o saint_n page_n 70._o chap._n vii_o flavianus_n patriarch_n of_o antioch_n be_v depose_v by_o the_o emperor_n anastasius_n his_o successor_n severus_n be_v reject_v by_o the_o orthodox_n only_o because_o he_o be_v a_o heretic_n elias_n patriarch_n of_o jerusalem_n be_v violent_o depose_v by_o the_o say_a emperor_n his_o successor_n john_n be_v immediate_o acknowlege_v by_o all_o the_o people_n though_o at_o the_o same_o time_n they_o hate_v he_o by_o the_o whole_a church_n of_o palestine_n particular_o the_o two_o great_a abbot_n s._n sabas_n and_o s._n theodosius_n so_o famous_a for_o their_o vndauntedness_n and_o sanctity_n by_o johannes_n cappadox_n patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n and_o all_o the_o greek_a church_n by_o all_o the_o whole_a church_n ever_o since_o those_o time_n the_o testimony_n of_o photius_n patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n out_o of_o a_o manuscript_n the_o old_a patriarch_n elias_n though_o so_o tyrannical_o deprive_v for_o adhere_v to_o the_o orthodox_n faith_n continue_v however_o to_o communicate_v with_o those_o who_o acknowledge_v his_o successor_n page_n 81._o chap._n viii_o s._n silverius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v violent_o depose_v by_o belisarius_n the_o emperor_n justinian_n general_n his_o successor_n vigilius_n though_o put_v into_o his_o place_n so_o deprive_v though_o constitute_v by_o the_o bare_a authority_n of_o belisarius_n against_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o clergy_n and_o though_o silverius_n never_o give_v up_o his_o right_n be_v own_a and_o receive_v by_o the_o 5_o general_n council_n and_o by_o all_o the_o church_n as_o a_o true_a pope_n he_o be_v general_o own_a whilst_o silverius_n himself_o be_v live_v baronius_n conjecture_n concern_v his_o be_v again_o ordain_v after_o silverius_n death_n confute_v though_o for_o some_o time_n he_o communicate_v with_o heretic_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o know_v to_o the_o orthodox_n who_o communicate_v with_o he_o page_n 90._o chap._n ix_o macarius_n patriarch_n of_o jerusalem_n be_v depose_v by_o the_o emperor_n justinian_n his_o successor_n eustochius_n be_v own_a as_o a_o true_a patriarch_n by_o the_o five_o general_n council_n and_o the_o whole_a catholic_n church_n after_o some_o time_n eustochius_n himself_o be_v depose_v by_o the_o emperor_n and_o macarius_n be_v restore_v be_v receive_v by_o the_o church_n according_a to_o our_o adversary_n principle_n either_o eustochius_n or_o macarius_n after_o his_o restauration_n be_v no_o true_a patriarch_n yet_o the_o church_n receive_v both_o page_n 97._o chap._n x._o eutychius_n patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n be_v violent_o depose_v by_o the_o emp._n justinian_n for_o refuse_v to_o subscribe_v to_o his_o heresy_n john_n surname_v scholasticus_n be_v make_v patriarch_n in_o his_o room_n after_o john_n be_v consecrate_v patriarch_n eutychius_n be_v condemn_v by_o a_o assembly_n that_o consist_v as_o well_o of_o lay_v lord_n as_o bishop_n not_o only_o of_o ecclesiastic_n as_o the_o vindicator_n contend_v he_o actual_o lay_v claim_v to_o the_o see_v despise_v the_o sentence_n of_o his_o judge_n as_o null_n and_o invalid_a because_o they_o proceed_v unjust_o and_o uncanonical_o against_o he_o and_o excommunicate_v they_o notwithstanding_o all_o this_o his_o successor_n because_o he_o prove_v orthodox_n be_v receive_v and_o own_a by_o all_o the_o church_n as_o a_o true_a patriarch_n he_o continue_v in_o the_o see_v near_o 13_o year_n near_o 12_o year_n under_o justin_n the_o young_a a_o orthodox_n emp._n he_o be_v own_a by_o the_o church_n of_o constantinople_n though_o at_o the_o same_o time_n eutychius_n be_v exceed_o belove_v john_n a_o orthodox_n patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n be_v consecrate_v by_o he_o for_o what_o reason_n anastasius_n patriarch_n by_o antioch_n reprove_v the_o patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n for_o be_v ordain_v by_o he_o anastasius_n do_v not_o refuse_v to_o communicate_v with_o he_o he_o be_v honour_v by_o the_o patriarch_n photius_n with_o the_o title_n of_o saint_n though_o eutychius_n look_v upon_o his_o deprivation_n as_o absolute_o invalid_a and_o though_o he_o never_o resign_v but_o account_v himself_o still_o the_o rightful_a patriarch_n yet_o he_o live_v quiet_o and_o never_o endeavour_v to_o make_v a_o division_n in_o the_o church_n dr._n crakanthorp_n opinion_n that_o eutychius_n be_v depose_v for_o be_v a_o heretic_n confute_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o life_n of_o eutychius_n often_o quote_v in_o this_o chapter_n vindicate_v against_o the_o same_o author_n page_n 101._o chap._n xi_o s._n anastasius_n senior_n patriarch_n of_o antioch_n be_v depose_v without_o any_o synod_n by_o the_o emperor_n justin_n junior_a though_o he_o never_o resign_v yet_o his_o successor_n gregory_n be_v own_a by_o all_o the_o church_n he_o continue_v patriarch_n till_o his_o death_n for_o the_o space_n of_o 23_o year_n the_o old_a patriarch_n anastasius_n be_v all_o the_o while_n live_v four_o saint_n among_o those_o that_o live_v at_o that_o time_n and_o communicate_v free_o with_o he_o s._n symeon_n stylites_n junior_a pope_n gregory_n the_o great_a s._n eulogius_n patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n s._n john_n nesteutes_fw-gr patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n pope_n gregory_n communicate_v with_o he_o as_o patriarch_n of_o antioch_n though_o at_o the_o same_o time_n he_o declare_v anastasius_n deprivation_n to_o be_v invalid_a and_o look_n upon_o anastasius_n to_o be_v the_o rightful_a patriarch_n s._n anastasius_n though_o depose_v by_o the_o lay-power_n and_o though_o he_o have_v never_o give_v up_o his_o right_n yet_o never_o leave_v the_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n page_n 121._o chap._n xii_o s._n martin_n pope_n of_o rome_n be_v depose_v without_o any_o synod_n and_o banish_v by_o the_o heretical_a emperor_n constans_n though_o he_o never_o resign_v yet_o eugenius_n be_v choose_v his_o successor_n by_o the_o clergy_n of_o rome_n though_o at_o the_o same_o time_n they_o be_v zealous_a assertor_n of_o the_o orthodox_n faith_n and_o have_v likewise_o a_o great_a love_n for_o s._n martin_n eugenius_n be_v receive_v and_o own_a by_o all_o as_o a_o true_a pope_n and_o have_v be_v honour_v all_o along_o by_o the_o church_n as_o a_o saint_n s._n martin_n himself_o own_v he_o as_o a_o true_a pope_n and_o pray_v to_o god_n for_o he_o as_o such_o page_n 128._o chap._n xiii_o callinicus_n patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n be_v depose_v without_o any_o synod_n by_o the_o emperor_n justinianus_n rhinotmetus_n his_o successor_n cyrus_n be_v receive_v as_o a_o true_a patriarch_n §_o 1._o so_o likewise_o be_v nicetas_n who_o be_v put_v into_o the_o place_n of_o the_o patriarch_n constantine_n depose_v without_o any_o synod_n by_o the_o emperor_n constantinus_n copronymus_n §_o 2._o page_n 135._o chap._n fourteen_o a_o account_n of_o the_o schism_n between_o photius_n and_o ignatius_n patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n photius_n who_o be_v put_v into_o ignatius_n place_n when_o depose_v by_o the_o emperor_n no_o such_o person_n as_o his_o enemy_n report_v he_o by_o how_o great_a a_o party_n he_o be_v receive_v the_o reason_n why_o some_o refuse_v to_o acknowledge_v he_o be_v not_o so_o much_o because_o he_o be_v so_o constitute_v as_o because_o he_o be_v a_o neophytus_n and_o be_v beside_o ordain_v by_o a_o bishop_n excommunicate_v and_o in_o their_o judgement_n stand_v himself_o excommunicate_v at_o that_o time_n ignatius_n profess_v that_o if_o photius_n have_v be_v one_o of_o the_o church_n i._n e._n if_o he_o have_v not_o be_v a_o excommunicate_v person_n at_o the_o time_n of_o his_o consecration_n he_o will_v willing_o have_v yield_v to_o he_o ignatius_n value_v the_o council_n that_o condemn_v he_o no_o more_o than_o he_o do_v the_o lay-power_n the_o vindicator_n in_o a_o error_n concern_v that_o matter_n his_o error_n concern_v the_o council_n call_v the_o first_o and_o second_o a_o new_a account_n of_o the_o reason_n of_o that_o title_n his_o error_n concern_v the_o greatness_n of_o the_o synod_n of_o rome_n call_v by_o p._n nicholas_n against_o photius_n photius_n after_o he_o be_v receive_v by_o the_o church_n and_o confirm_v by_o a_o general_a council_n be_v depose_v by_o the_o bare_a authority_n of_o the_o emperor_n leo_n yet_o his_o successor_n stephen_n be_v receive_v by_o the_o church_n page_n 139._o chap._n xv._n nicolaus_n mysticus_fw-la patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n not_o deprive_v by_o a_o synod_n as_o the_o vindicator_n contend_v but_o by_o the_o emperor_n leo_n the_o wise._n §_o 1._o joseph_n bishop_n of_o brixia_n in_o italy_n depose_v without_o any_o synod_n by_o king_n besengarius_fw-la yet_o his_o successor_n antony_n be_v own_a and_o receive_v by_o the_o church_n particular_o by_o the_o pope_n the_o synod_n of_o augspurg_n and_o ravenna_n and_o continue_v in_o the_o see_v many_o year_n §_o 2._o basilius_n camaterus_n and_o nicetas_n muntanes_n patriarch_n of_o
he_o utter_v to_o the_o patriarch_n gregory_n and_o of_o gregory_n 〈◊〉_d go_v to_o give_v he_o a_o visit_n in_o his_o sickness_n to_o take_v his_o leave_n of_o he_o before_o he_o die_v how_o holy_a a_o man_n this_o symeon_n stylites_n be_v we_o may_v read_v at_o large_a in_o evagrius_n he_o tell_v we_o that_o 〈◊〉_d of_o all_o man_n live_v in_o that_o age_n he_o be_v the_o most_o holy_a and_o by_o both_o church_n he_o be_v to_o this_o day_n honour_v as_o a_o saint_n by_o the_o rom._n latin_a on_o the_o three_o by_o the_o graec._n greek_a on_o the_o first_o of_o september_n 7._o that_o he_o be_v general_o own_a as_o bishop_n of_o antioch_n by_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n be_v apparent_a from_o his_o be_v 589._o try_v as_o a_o patriarch_n by_o a_o very_a great_a council_n at_o constantinople_n a_o council_n in_o which_o all_o the_o eastern_a patriarch_n be_v present_a either_o in_o their_o own_o person_n or_o by_o their_o representative_n the_o case_n be_v this_o there_o happen_v a_o great_a difference_n between_o he_o and_o asterius_n the_o come_v orientis_fw-la who_o usual_o reside_v at_o antioch_n and_o by_o the_o influence_n which_o the_o come_v have_v upon_o the_o people_n they_o be_v mighty_o excite_v against_o their_o patriarch_n to_o that_o degree_n that_o they_o malicious_o accuse_v he_o for_o lie_v with_o his_o own_o sister_n another_o man_n wife_n and_o as_o a_o disturber_n of_o the_o peace_n and_o quiet_a of_o the_o city_n he_o appeal_v to_o the_o emperor_n and_o a_o council_n which_o according_o be_v call_v at_o constantinople_n where_o he_o make_v his_o appearance_n and_o be_v acquit_v and_o his_o accuser_n be_v public_o whip_v and_o banish_v that_o this_o council_n be_v a_o very_a great_a and_o a_o general_n council_n be_v attest_v by_o evagrius_n who_o be_v there_o present_a as_o the_o patriarch_n counsel_n and_o advocate_n he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d that_o all_o the_o patriarch_n be_v there_o present_a at_o the_o trial_n either_o in_o their_o own_o person_n or_o by_o their_o legate_n together_o with_o a_o great_a many_o metropolitan_o and_o the_o senator_n of_o constantinople_n when_o he_o say_v that_o all_o the_o patriarch_n be_v there_o he_o mean_v the_o oriental_a patriarch_n for_o there_o be_v extant_a in_o isidorus_n mercator_fw-la a_o epistle_n from_o pope_n pelagius_n ii_o to_o the_o bishop_n of_o that_o council_n from_o which_o it_o may_v be_v gather_v that_o the_o pope_n have_v no_o legate_n there_o for_o he_o seem_v very_o angry_a that_o john_n nesteutes_fw-gr the_o then_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n who_o have_v call_v the_o council_n by_o his_o own_o authority_n and_o have_v usurp_v the_o title_n of_o universal_a bishop_n shall_v pretend_v to_o do_v so_o and_o he_o declare_v that_o the_o summons_n be_v unlawful_a and_o derogatory_n to_o the_o power_n of_o the_o see_v of_o rome_n whatsoever_o be_v do_v in_o that_o council_n shall_v be_v null_a and_o of_o no_o force_n and_o though_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o this_o epistle_n be_v spurious_a and_o labbée_v himself_o confess_v it_o yet_o it_o be_v likewise_o apparent_a from_o the_o express_a word_n of_o pope_n etc._n gregory_n the_o great_a that_o pope_n pelagius_n ii_o do_v not_o approve_v of_o the_o synod_n and_o that_o he_o have_v no_o representative_a in_o it_o may_v be_v collect_v from_o pope_n gregory_n word_n for_o he_o say_v prohibuit_fw-la that_o the_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n have_v in_o that_o synod_n endeavour_v to_o usurp_v the_o title_n of_o universal_a pope_n pelagius_n as_o soon_o as_o he_o hear_v of_o it_o send_v not_o to_o any_o legate_n or_o legate_n that_o he_o have_v send_v to_o the_o synod_n but_o to_o his_o deacon_n who_o according_a to_o custom_n reside_v at_o the_o emperor_n court_n as_o apocrisiarius_n for_o the_o see_v of_o rome_n and_o command_v he_o not_o to_o communicate_v with_o the_o patriarch_n but_o nevertheless_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o pope_n pelagius_n himself_o as_o well_o as_o the_o other_o patriarch_n acknowlege_v gregory_n as_o patriarch_n of_o antioch_n this_o appear_v from_o another_o epistle_n of_o pope_n gregory_n the_o great_a cassavit_fw-la in_o which_o he_o say_v that_o pope_n pelagius_n do_v not_o declare_v all_o the_o act_n of_o the_o synod_n of_o constantinople_n void_a but_o only_o that_o part_n which_o be_v concern_v the_o title_n of_o universal_a which_o the_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n have_v usurp_v and_o that_o he_o ratify_v what_o have_v be_v decree_v concern_v gregory_n the_o patriarch_n of_o antioch_n 8._o it_o be_v likewise_o very_o notorious_a that_o pope_n gregory_n the_o great_a himself_o who_o succeed_v pelagius_n though_o the_o eject_v patriarch_n anastasius_n be_v his_o etc._n dear_o belove_a friend_n and_o though_o he_o look_v upon_o his_o deprivation_n as_o absolute_o invalid_a and_o account_v he_o always_o the_o rightful_a patriarch_n of_o antioch_n yet_o never_o separate_v from_o the_o communion_n of_o his_o successor_n gregory_n but_o communicate_v always_o with_o he_o first_o that_o pope_n gregory_n look_v upon_o anastasius_n to_o be_v the_o rightful_a patriarch_n of_o antioch_n while_o gregory_n be_v possess_v of_o the_o see_v and_o account_v his_o deprivation_n invalid_a be_v apparent_a first_o from_o the_o title_n which_o he_o always_o give_v he_o of_o patriarch_n of_o antioch_n alibique_fw-la gregorius_n anastasio_n patriarchae_fw-la antiocheno_fw-la 2._o from_o his_o send_v a_o 24._o synodical_a episle_n to_o he_o as_o well_o as_o to_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o patriarch_n when_o first_o he_o be_v make_v pope_n 3._o from_o his_o express_a word_n to_o that_o purpose_n in_o a_o etc._n epistle_n which_o he_o write_v he_o together_o with_o the_o synodical_a one_o in_o which_o he_o tell_v he_o that_o he_o have_v send_v a_o synodical_a epistle_n to_o he_o as_o well_o as_o to_o the_o other_o patriarch_n as_o look_v upon_o he_o to_o be_v still_o a_o patriarch_n as_o well_o as_o heretofore_o 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as_o gregory_n be_v here_o place_v yet_o anastasius_n he_o place_v below_o the_o patriarch_n of_o jerusalem_n because_o he_o be_v a_o patriarch_n of_o antioch_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la only_o not_o in_o possession_n in_o another_o dissolvit_fw-la epistle_n the_o pope_n call_v the_o patriarch_n gregory_n then_o decease_v his_o late_a brother_n and_o co-bishop_n and_o in_o another_o productum_fw-la again_o he_o call_v he_o venerandae_fw-la memoriae_fw-la gregorium_fw-la episcopum_fw-la antiochenum_fw-la this_o example_n of_o pope_n gregory_n his_o own_v both_o gregory_n and_o anastasius_n at_o the_o same_o time_n non_fw-la satis_fw-la advertere_fw-la videntur_fw-la say_v the_o learned_a annotator_n on_o his_o epistle_n 25._o in_o the_o last_o paris_n edition_n qui_fw-la ad_fw-la summos_fw-la juris_fw-la apices_fw-la de_fw-la re_fw-la qualibet_fw-la decernentes_fw-la schismatibus_fw-la &_o contentionibus_fw-la viam_fw-la parant_fw-la zelo_fw-la praecipiti_fw-la nec_fw-la satis_fw-la cauto_n it_o be_v worthy_a our_o observation_n that_o among_o those_o who_o communicate_v with_o and_o acknowlege_v gregory_n as_o patriarch_n of_o antioch_n there_o be_v no_o less_o than_o four_o who_o be_v honour_v by_o the_o church_n as_o saint_n 1._o symeon_n stylites_n 2._o pope_n gregory_n the_o great_a 3._o eulogius_n patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n who_o be_v one_o of_o those_o patriarch_n that_o acquit_v our_o patriarch_n gregory_n in_o the_o abovementioned_a synod_n of_o constantinople_n these_o three_o be_v honour_v and_o worship_v as_o saint_n by_o both_o church_n both_o the_o greek_a and_o the_o latin_n of_o s._n symeon_n stylites_n i_o have_v speak_v already_o of_o etc._n s._n gregory_n the_o great_a there_o be_v no_o need_n i_o shall_v say_v any_o thing_n he_o be_v so_o general_o know_v of_o eulogius_n it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o as_o he_o be_v a_o very_a 148._o holy_a man_n and_o a_o saint_n in_o the_o church_n calendar_n so_o he_o be_v likewise_o a_o very_a learned_a man_n a_o zealous_a defender_n of_o the_o orthodox_n faith_n and_o a_o great_a opposer_n of_o heretic_n as_o his_o several_a learned_a
their_o leave_n of_o ignatius_n and_o turn_v to_o the_o other_o fresh_a company_n but_o for_o those_o who_o be_v not_o weary_a of_o this_o entertainment_n i_o shall_v add_v these_o follow_a remark_n 1._o i_o observe_v that_o ignatius_n and_o his_o adherent_n do_v no_o more_o regard_n the_o determination_n of_o synod_n than_o they_o do_v the_o imperial_a authority_n when_o the_o suffrage_n of_o a_o council_n be_v once_o gain_v say_v 79._o the_o worthy_a and_o learned_a vindicator_n what_o art_n soever_o those_o be_v that_o be_v use_v to_o gain_v they_o photius_n have_v then_o some_o appearance_n of_o right_n till_o ignatius_n can_v relieve_v himself_o by_o another_o and_o a_o great_a council_n that_o be_v a_o lawful_a way_n of_o recover_v it_o by_o the_o very_a canon_n however_o photius_n can_v in_o the_o mean_a time_n plead_v the_o canon_n of_o his_o own_o council_n which_o condemn_v ignatius_n and_o forbid_v the_o clergy_n and_o bishop_n to_o separate_v from_o their_o present_a patriarch_n that_o none_o ought_v to_o separate_v from_o himself_o thus_o synodical_o settle_v nor_o to_o join_v with_o ignatius_n thus_o synodical_o condemn_v till_o himself_o be_v condemn_v and_o ignatius_n resettled_a by_o a_o great_a and_o a_o more_o numerous_a synod_n till_o p._n nicholas_n say_v the_o vindicator_n a_o little_a after_o have_v restore_v ignatius_n by_o a_o great_a synod_n than_o that_o be_v that_o condemn_v he_o how_o good_a soever_o his_o tible_a be_v yet_o the_o gild_n of_o schism_n have_v be_v imputable_a to_o ignatius_n if_o he_o have_v make_v a_o separation_n or_o intrude_v himself_o into_o his_o own_o throne_n before_o a_o synod_n have_v restore_v he_o nay_o by_o the_o antiochian_a canon_n he_o have_v forfeit_v all_o pretension_n of_o have_v the_o merit_n of_o his_o cause_n consider_v if_o he_o have_v challenge_v any_o duty_n from_o his_o clergy_n and_o people_n before_o a_o synod_n have_v restore_v he_o he_o add_v that_o by_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n a_o provincial_a synod_n of_o rome_n can_v not_o condemn_v or_o restore_v a_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n and_o therefore_o the_o synod_n call_v at_o rome_n by_o p._n nicholas_n how_o numerous_a soever_o it_o may_v be_v can_v not_o have_v any_o authority_n to_o depose_v photius_n and_o restore_v ignatius_n that_o photius_n therefore_o be_v the_o canonical_a patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n till_o he_o be_v depose_v by_o a_o synod_n call_v at_o constantinople_n that_o be_v great_a than_o that_o which_o depose_v ignatius_n the_o synod_n say_v he_o by_o which_o ignatius_n be_v to_o be_v relieve_v be_v to_o be_v another_o and_o that_o a_o great_a synod_n in_o the_o same_o constantinople_n and_o till_o he_o can_v get_v such_o a_o synod_n on_o his_o side_n himself_o have_v be_v responsible_a for_o the_o schism_n that_o must_v have_v follow_v on_o his_o claim_v his_o right_n thus_o much_o the_o vindicator_n and_o thus_o though_o he_o do_v not_o know_v it_o he_o perfect_o condemn_v ignatius_n and_o all_o his_o adherent_n as_o man_n not_o regard_v the_o rule_n of_o ecclesiastical_a government_n but_o hurry_v away_o by_o their_o own_o passion_n to_o schismatical_a proceed_n we_o do_v not_o find_v say_v he_o that_o ignatius_n make_v any_o stir_n after_o he_o be_v depose_v by_o a_o synod_n of_o constantinople_n till_o he_o be_v restore_v conciliar_o in_o the_o same_o place_n where_o he_o have_v be_v deprive_v no_o then_o sure_o he_o never_o can_v find_v that_o he_o make_v any_o stir_n at_o all_o there_o be_v nothing_o can_v be_v more_o notorious_a than_o that_o ignatius_n never_o pay_v any_o deference_n to_o the_o authority_n of_o those_o synod_n that_o condemn_v he_o that_o he_o look_v upon_o himself_o as_o patriarch_n as_o well_o after_o he_o be_v condemn_v by_o synod_n as_o before_o appear_v first_o from_o hence_o that_o after_o he_o have_v be_v condemn_v by_o a_o provincial_a synod_n when_o he_o be_v summon_v to_o appear_v before_o the_o general_n council_n called_z first_o and_o second_o he_o ask_v those_o that_o summon_v he_o under_o what_o character_n they_o will_v have_v he_o appear_v as_o a_o bishop_n as_o a_o priest_n or_o as_o a_o monk_n and_o when_o it_o be_v tell_v he_o that_o he_o may_v appear_v as_o himself_o in_o his_o own_o conscience_n think_v fit_a he_o put_v on_o his_o patriarchial_a robe_n and_o be_v go_v to_o the_o council_n in_o they_o till_o messenger_n from_o the_o emperor_n meet_v he_o and_o command_v he_o to_o put_v they_o off_o or_o it_o shall_v cost_v he_o his_o life_n this_o account_n we_o have_v in_o his_o life_n 2._o when_o he_o make_v his_o appearance_n before_o that_o council_n he_o declare_v against_o their_o authority_n and_o positive_o tell_v they_o that_o they_o can_v not_o be_v his_o judge_n except_o they_o first_o depose_v photius_n this_o his_o legate_n theognostus_n atte_v in_o his_o case_n present_v to_o pope_n nicholas_n 3._o after_o he_o be_v condemn_v by_o this_o great_a council_n he_o still_o continue_v to_o suffer_v the_o same_o affliction_n and_o torment_n as_o before_o and_o why_o be_v he_o still_o torment_v and_o persecute_v but_o because_o he_o be_v still_o the_o same_o man_n a_o description_n of_o what_o he_o suffer_v even_o after_o he_o be_v depose_v by_o that_o council_n you_o may_v see_v at_o large_a in_o his_o life_n theognostus_n likewise_o speak_v of_o '_o they_o so_o p._n nicholas_n synod_n allege_n in_o its_o 1171._o decree_n against_o photius_n that_o he_o still_o continue_v to_o that_o very_a time_n to_o torment_v ignatius_n and_o to_o depose_v and_o punish_v those_o bishop_n that_o will_v not_o join_v with_o he_o so_o likewise_o p._n nicholas_n in_o his_o xith_o epistle_n to_o photius_n 4._o as_o soon_o as_o the_o emperor_n basilius_n have_v depose_v photius_n though_o photius_n as_o yet_o have_v never_o be_v condemn_v by_o a_o council_n call_v at_o constantinople_n nor_o yet_o by_o any_o call_v any_o where_o else_o that_o be_v great_a than_o that_o which_o have_v confirm_v he_o ignatius_n ready_o accept_v of_o the_o see_v and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o condemn_v and_o 1232._o reject_v both_o photius_n and_o all_o those_o who_o he_o have_v ordain_v as_o no_o bishop_n 5._o so_o far_o be_v the_o ignatian_o from_o regard_v the_o authority_n of_o synod_n that_o even_o after_o ignatius_n death_n though_o photius_n have_v be_v again_o confirm_v by_o a_o general_n council_n of_o no_o less_o than_o 373_o bishop_n yet_o they_o 1256._o still_o continue_v their_o schism_n and_o refuse_v to_o communicate_v nay_o even_o after_o photius_n be_v a_o second_o time_n depose_v and_o even_o after_o his_o death_n some_o of_o they_o still_o refuse_v to_o receive_v those_o who_o photius_n have_v ordain_v and_o the_o schism_n do_v not_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v perfect_o end_v till_o the_o tomus_fw-la vnionis_fw-la or_o synodicon_n be_v publish_v in_o the_o year_n 920._o by_o which_o there_o be_v a_o end_n likewise_o put_v to_o several_a other_o division_n in_o the_o church_n second_o i_o observe_v that_o ignatius_n and_o all_o his_o party_n be_v great_a betrayer_n of_o the_o privilege_n of_o the_o constantinopolitan_a see_n that_o he_o may_v regain_v his_o see_n he_o care_v not_o for_o the_o honour_n of_o it_o but_o act_v very_o unworthy_o of_o a_o true_o great_a man_n and_o theognostus_n appeal_v from_o the_o council_n of_o constantinople_n to_o the_o pope_n of_o rome_n thus_o betray_v the_o honour_n of_o his_o see_n and_o act_n quite_o contrary_a to_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o ii_o general_n council_n by_o which_o it_o be_v enact_v 2._o that_o the_o affair_n of_o every_o province_n shall_v be_v manage_v by_o a_o synod_n of_o that_o same_o province_n three_o in_o the_o three_o and_o last_o place_n it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o the_o reason_n why_o the_o pope_n of_o rome_n engage_v so_o zealous_o against_o photius_n and_o for_o the_o eject_v ignatius_n be_v chief_o because_o they_o think_v it_o concern_v the_o honour_n of_o their_o see_n the_o pope_n take_v upon_o he_o to_o be_v the_o chief_a judge_n in_o cause_n relate_v to_o bishop_n and_o to_o suffer_v the_o emperor_n to_o depose_v a_o patriarch_n be_v to_o give_v away_o forsooth_o his_o own_o supereminent_a prerogative_n that_o all_o the_o proceed_n of_o the_o pope_n in_o this_o matter_n be_v ground_v chief_o on_o their_o pride_n and_o ambition_n may_v be_v easy_o gather_v from_o their_o so_o frequent_o etc._n inculcate_v their_o prerogative_n of_o be_v the_o ultimate_a judge_n of_o all_o bishop_n in_o the_o epistle_n which_o they_o write_v concern_v this_o business_n from_o their_o so_o frequent_o inculcate_v that_o a_o bishop_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v depose_v by_o any_o authority_n whatever_o whether_o imperial_a or_o synodical_a without_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o see_v of_o s._n peter_n because_o say_v p._n nicholas_n in_o a_o epistle_n to_o the_o emperor_n
and_o banish_v by_o the_o heretical_a emperor_n constans_n though_o he_o never_o resign_v yet_o eugenius_n be_v choose_v his_o successor_n by_o the_o clergy_n of_o rome_n though_o at_o the_o same_o time_n they_o be_v zealous_a assertor_n of_o the_o orthodox_n faith_n and_o have_v likewise_o a_o great_a love_n for_o s._n martin_n eugenius_n be_v receive_v and_o own_a by_o all_o as_o a_o true_a pope_n and_o have_v be_v honour_v all_o along_o by_o the_o church_n as_o a_o saint_n s._n martin_n himself_o own_v he_o as_o a_o true_a pope_n and_o pray_v to_o god_n for_o he_o as_o such_o page_n 128._o chap._n xiii_o callinicus_n patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n be_v depose_v without_o any_o synod_n by_o the_o emperor_n justinianus_n rhinotmetus_n his_o successor_n cyrus_n be_v receive_v as_o a_o true_a patriarch_n §_o 1._o so_o likewise_o be_v nicetas_n who_o be_v put_v into_o the_o place_n of_o the_o patriarch_n constantine_n depose_v without_o any_o synod_n by_o the_o emperor_n constantinus_n copronymus_n §_o 2._o page_n 135._o chap._n fourteen_o a_o account_n of_o the_o schism_n between_o photlus_fw-la and_o ignatius_n patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n photius_n who_o be_v put_v into_o ignatius_n place_n when_o depose_v by_o the_o emperor_n no_o such_o person_n as_o his_o enemy_n report_v he_o by_o how_o great_a a_o party_n he_o be_v receive_v the_o reason_n why_o some_o refuse_v to_o acknowledge_v he_o be_v not_o so_o much_o because_o he_o be_v so_o constitute_v as_o because_o he_o be_v a_o neophytus_n and_o be_v beside_o ordain_v by_o a_o bishop_n excommunicate_v and_o in_o their_o judgement_n stand_v himself_o excommunicate_v at_o that_o time_n ignatius_n profess_v that_o if_o photius_n have_v be_v one_o of_o the_o church_n i._n e._n if_o he_o have_v not_o be_v a_o excommunicate_v person_n at_o the_o time_n of_o his_o consecration_n he_o will_v willing_o have_v yield_v to_o he_o ignatius_n value_v the_o council_n that_o condemn_v he_o no_o more_o than_o he_o do_v the_o lay_n power_n the_o vindicator_n in_o a_o error_n concern_v that_o matter_n his_o error_n concern_v the_o council_n call_v the_o first_o and_o second_o a_o new_a account_n of_o the_o reason_n of_o that_o title_n his_o error_n concern_v the_o greatness_n of_o the_o synod_n of_o rome_n call_v by_o p._n nicholas_n against_o photius_n photius_n after_o he_o be_v receive_v by_o the_o church_n and_o confirm_v by_o a_o general_a council_n be_v depose_v by_o the_o bare_a authority_n of_o the_o emperor_n leo_n yet_o his_o successor_n stephen_n be_v receive_v by_o the_o church_n page_n 139._o chap._n xv._n nicolaus_n mysticus_fw-la patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n not_o deprive_v by_o a_o synod_n as_o the_o vindicator_n contend_v but_o by_o the_o emperor_n leo_n the_o wife_n §_o 1._o joseph_n bishop_n of_o brixia_n in_o italy_n depose_v without_o any_o synod_n by_o king_n berengarius_fw-la yet_o his_o successor_n antony_n be_v own_a and_o receive_v by_o the_o church_n particular_o by_o the_o pope_n the_o synod_n of_o augspurg_n and_o ravenna_n and_o continue_v in_o the_o see_v many_o year_n §_o 2._o basilius_n camaterus_n and_o nicetas_n muntanes_n patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n depose_v without_o any_o synod_n by_o the_o emperor_n isaacius_n angelus_n yet_o no_o division_n in_o the_o church_n on_o their_o account_n §_o 3_o 4._o the_o patriarch_n of_o the_o present_a greek_a church_n very_o frequent_o deprive_v by_o the_o turk_n yet_o no_o division_n in_o the_o church_n as_o great_a reason_n to_o submit_v to_o the_o present_a possessor_n here_o as_o in_o the_o greek_a church_n the_o necessity_n the_o same_o page_n 170._o chap._n xvi_o the_o sentence_n of_o a_o uncanonical_a synod_n esteem_v by_o the_o ancient_n invalid_a s._n chrysostom_n patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n unjust_o and_o invalid_o depose_v by_o a_o synod_n he_o declare_v however_o at_o first_o against_o all_o separation_n from_o the_o church_n on_o his_o account_n he_o afterward_o yield_v to_o resentment_n and_o refuse_v to_o communicate_v with_o his_o successor_n arsacius_n and_o atticus_n because_o they_o have_v be_v his_o enemy_n and_o have_v a_o hand_n in_o his_o deprivation_n the_o joannite_v act_v by_o their_o passion_n not_o by_o principle_n they_o separate_z from_o the_o church_n not_o because_o there_o be_v another_o make_a patriarch_n in_o s._n chrysostom_n place_n but_o before_o that_o be_v do_v arsacius_n be_v make_v patriarch_n they_o refuse_v to_o communicate_v with_o he_o not_o because_o he_o be_v put_v into_o s._n chrysostom_n place_n but_o through_o hatred_n against_o st._n chrysostom_n deposer_n because_o they_o frequent_v his_o church_n pope_n innocent_a of_o rome_n not_o consistent_a with_o himself_o his_o practice_n contradict_v his_o word_n he_o do_v not_o think_v arsacius_n and_o atticus_n no_o bishop_n his_o zeal_n for_o the_o honour_n of_o his_o own_o see_v the_o chief_a cause_n of_o his_o oppose_v '_o they_o he_o at_o last_o receive_v atticus_n as_o a_o true_a patriarch_n the_o vindicator_n exception_n against_o the_o translation_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o baroccian_a treatise_n confute_v the_o eastern_a bishop_n refuse_v to_o separate_v from_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n though_o s._n chrysostom_n lay_v claim_v to_o his_o see_n and_o actual_o separate_v and_o though_o they_o esteem_v his_o deprivation_n invalid_a so_o do_v the_o monk_n of_o egypt_n the_o testimony_n of_o s._n nicon_n out_o of_o a_o ms._n s._n nicon_n himself_o though_o he_o esteem_v his_o deprivation_n extreme_o unjust_a yet_o approve_v of_o those_o that_o do_v not_o separate_v on_o his_o account_n s._n chrysostom_n take_v it_o for_o grant_v as_o a_o thing_n of_o course_n that_o all_o will_v immediate_o resolve_v to_o choose_v a_o new_a patriarch_n in_o his_o room_n the_o patriarch_n atticus_n high_o esteem_v by_o the_o whole_a african_a church_n the_o ecclesiastical_a historian_n socrates_n disapprove_v of_o s._n chrysostom_n deprivation_n yet_o speak_v of_o arsacius_n and_o atticus_n as_o of_o true_a patriarch_n theodoret_n extreme_o offend_v at_o the_o injustice_n of_o his_o deposer_n yet_o reckon_v both_o arsacius_n and_o atticus_n among_o the_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n they_o be_v both_o own_a in_o all_o the_o catalogue_n of_o the_o patriarch_n their_o ordination_n never_o question_v by_o any_o atticus_n praise_v by_o p._n celestine_n i._n and_o own_v to_o be_v a_o true_a successor_n of_o s._n chrysostom_n page_n 176._o chap._n xvii_o deprivation_n by_o heretical_a synod_n invalid_a s._n eustathius_n patriarch_n of_o antioch_n depose_v by_o a_o heretical_a synod_n he_o himself_o account_v his_o deprivation_n invalid_a the_o orthodox_n separate_v from_o the_o communion_n of_o his_o successor_n not_o because_o he_o be_v invalid_o deprive_v but_o because_o they_o account_v they_o heretic_n eustathius_n act_n as_o bishop_n of_o antioch_n though_o in_o banishment_n as_o long_o as_o his_o successor_n be_v heretic_n but_o as_o soon_o as_o meletius_n a_o orthodox_n person_n be_v ordain_v his_o successor_n he_o desist_v and_o concern_v himself_o no_o more_o as_o bishop_n of_o antioch_n that_o he_o live_v till_o meletius_n be_v make_v patriarch_n demonstrate_v against_o baronius_n valesius_fw-la etc._n etc._n why_o some_o of_o the_o orthodox_n refuse_v to_o submit_v to_o meletius_n the_o vindicator_n assertion_n that_o none_o account_v meletius_n a_o arian_n whilst_o he_o be_v bishop_n confute_v the_o schism_n between_o the_o meletian_o and_o the_o paulinist_n no_o example_n against_o we_o §_o 1_o 2._o the_o instance_n of_o maximus_n and_o cyril_n of_o jerusalem_n examine_v §_o 3._o euphemius_n patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n depose_v by_o a_o heretical_a synod_n yet_o macedonius_n a_o orthodox_n and_o a_o good_a man_n accepts_z of_o his_o see_v though_o he_o own_a he_o to_o be_v the_o rightful_a patriarch_n macedonius_n be_v receive_v by_o the_o catholic_n though_o they_o love_v euphemius_n and_o account_v he_o unjust_o deprive_v he_o be_v own_a by_o s._n elias_n bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n though_o elias_n at_o the_o same_o time_n declare_v euphemius_n deprivation_n unjust_a and_o refuse_v to_o subscribe_v to_o it_o §_o 4._o the_o schism_n of_o the_o novatian_o donatist_n and_o meletian_o of_o egypt_n no_o example_n against_o we_o §_o 5._o two_o fragment_n of_o photius_n out_o of_o a_o m_o s._n §_o 1_o 3._o page_n 186._o chap._n xviii_o the_o conclusion_n bishop_n depose_v by_o the_o civil_a authority_n oblige_v even_o in_o common_a charity_n to_o acquiesce_v but_o whether_o they_o acquiesce_v or_o not_o the_o church_n be_v to_o submit_v to_o the_o present_a possessor_n page_n 196._o the_o case_n of_o see_v vacant_a by_o a_o unjust_a or_o uncanonical_a deprivation_n state_v etc._n etc._n chap._n i._n the_o reasonableness_n of_o submit_v to_o the_o present_a possessor_n if_o otherwise_o unexceptionable_a though_o the_o predecessor_n be_v unjust_o or_o invalid_o depose_v by_o the_o secular_a power_n demonstrate_v objection_n answer_v no_o obligation_n
vel_fw-la tempus_fw-la accepturus_fw-la locum_fw-la satisfactionis_fw-la desinitio_fw-la thomae_fw-la episcopi_fw-la tyri_fw-la in_o concilio_n act_n 1._o p._n 993._o à _fw-la toto_fw-la concilio_n rata_fw-la p._n 994._o 994._o actio_fw-la secunda_fw-la fuit_fw-la nâ—v_fw-la 7._o ind._n 13._o ut_fw-la patet_fw-la ex_fw-la act_v act_v nicetas_n v._n ignatii_n ignatii_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 1225._o 1225._o among_o they_o be_v two_o volume_n contain_v the_o act_n of_o his_o two_o general_a council_n that_o against_o ignatius_n and_o that_o against_o pope_n nicholas_n which_o be_v burn_v with_o the_o rest_n together_o with_o two_o other_o copy_n of_o the_o same_o council_n which_o photius_n have_v send_v into_o the_o west_n and_o the_o emperor_n basilius_n have_v recall_v by_o send_v some_o that_o overtake_v the_o messenger_n messenger_n p._n 1228._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ep._n 3._o p._n 67._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ep._n 8._o ad_fw-la bardam_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n hâ—ec_fw-la epistola_fw-la say_v bishop_n montague_n in_o his_o note_n upon_o it_o uti_fw-la &_o praecedentes_fw-la ad_fw-la bardam_n scriptae_fw-la photium_fw-la impium_fw-la improbum_fw-la &_o hypocritam_fw-la non_fw-la repraesentant_fw-la quod_fw-la calumniatur_fw-la baronius_n sed_fw-la verè_fw-la pium_fw-la &_o divine_v providentiâ—e_o se_fw-la submittentem_fw-la submittentem_fw-la p._n john_n epist_n ad_fw-la basil._n imp._n ap_fw-mi conc._n juxta_fw-la graecos_n 8._o in_o pandect_a bevereg_n to_o 2._o p._n 276._o say_v he_o be_v force_v likewise_o when_o he_o be_v restore_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o the_o pope_n mention_n in_o a_o epistle_n of_o he_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ep._n 6._o 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ep._n 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n annal._n l._n 16._o c._n 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o joannes_n thracesius_fw-la scylitzes_n ap_fw-mi append._n actorum_fw-la graec._n concilii_fw-la viii_o c._n 12._o p._n 1432._o and_o out_o of_o he_o cedrenus_n say_v he_o expel_v photius_n by_o a_o synod_n by_o which_o they_o mean_v the_o viii_o gen._n council_n as_o the_o latin_n call_v it_o but_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o photius_n waâ—_n expel_v before_o that_o council_n by_o the_o emperor_n be_v bare_a authority_n who_o pretend_v that_o he_o do_v it_o in_o obedience_n to_o the_o decree_n of_o pope_n nicholas_n synod_n synod_n ad_fw-la a_o 867._o p._n 380._o 380._o p._n 179._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chronogr_n p._n 471._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr novis_fw-la imp._n p._n 544._o 544._o cit._n à _fw-la labbâ—eo_fw-la not_o in_o append._n actorum_fw-la graec._n concilii_fw-la viii_o p._n 1431._o 1431._o hist._n basilii_n macedonis_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d c._n 44._o 44._o ap._n acta_fw-la conc._n viii_o juxta_fw-la graecos_n pandect_a bevereg_n to_o 2._o p._n 277._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sic_fw-la leg_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d these_o word_n be_v not_o in_o the_o epistle_n publish_v conc._n labbaei_n tom_n 8._o p._n 1452._o which_o the_o popish_a editor_n call_v the_o genuine_a epistle_n look_v upon_o this_o as_o corrupt_v by_o photius_n but_o it_o be_v this_o be_v the_o genuine_a one_o and_o the_o other_o be_v corrupt_v corrupt_v ep._n 3._o p._n 66._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vita_fw-la ign._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d anonymus_fw-la de_fw-la photianorum_n perjuriis_fw-la ap_fw-mi append._n actorum_fw-la graec._n concilii_fw-la viii_o p._n 1413._o 1413._o ep._n ad_fw-la manuclem_fw-la patricium_n ap_fw-mi append._n actorum_fw-la graec._n conc._n viii_o p._n 1385._o 1385._o p._n 1388._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n how_o then_o can_v the_o other_o synod_n consist_v of_o all_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o district_n of_o constantinople_n constantinople_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 1392._o 1392._o 1._o he_o say_v that_o ignatius_n be_v carry_v prisoner_n to_o mitylene_n after_o he_o be_v depose_v by_o photius_n in_o a_o synod_n whereas_o it_o appear_v by_o nicetas_n in_o his_o life_n that_o he_o be_v at_o that_o time_n a_o prisoner_n in_o mitylene_n 2._o the_o three_o synod_n which_o as_o he_o say_v condemn_v photius_n he_o make_v to_o be_v call_v by_o pope_n nicholas_n before_o he_o send_v away_o his_o legate_n radoaldus_n and_o zacharias_n to_o constantinople_n but_o it_o be_v certain_a from_o pope_n nicholas_n first_o epistle_n to_o the_o emperor_n michael_n and_o from_o his_o first_o to_o photius_n that_o he_o be_v not_o at_o that_o time_n condemn_v in_o any_o synod_n call_v at_o rome_n the_o pope_n indeed_o refuse_v to_o own_v he_o as_o patriarch_n but_o he_o send_v his_o legate_n to_o constantinople_n to_o inquire_v into_o his_o cause_n intend_v to_o act_v according_a to_o the_o account_n they_o shall_v give_v he_o so_o the_o author_n de_fw-fr perjuriis_fw-la photianorum_n p._n 1415._o mention_n only_o two_o roman_n synod_n in_o which_o photius_n be_v condemn_v viz._n that_o call_v by_o pope_n nicholaes_n after_o the_o return_n of_o his_o legate_n from_o constantinople_n and_o that_o call_v by_o pope_n hadrian_n the_o emperor_n basilius_n legate_n to_o pope_n hadrian_n in_o their_o speech_n which_o they_o speak_v before_o the_o pope_n have_v call_v his_o synod_n record_v by_o joannes_n bibl._n in_o pontificalis_fw-la contenuat_fw-la v._o hadr._fw-la ii_o assert_v that_o before_o that_o he_o be_v bis_fw-la à _fw-la sede_n apostolicâ_fw-la judicatus_fw-la bisque_fw-la damnatus_fw-la but_o that_o speech_n seem_v to_o be_v make_v by_o the_o author_n himself_o who_o therefore_o make_v they_o speak_v so_o because_o when_o he_o write_v it_o be_v true_a that_o he_o have_v be_v twice_o condemn_v at_o rome_n unless_o we_o will_v suppose_v that_o pope_n nicholas_n second_o synod_n which_o he_o call_v to_o condemn_v radoaldus_n for_o consent_v to_o ignatius_n condemnation_n may_v be_v mean_v for_o one_o 3._o he_o say_v that_o the_o pope_n legate_n be_v at_o constantinople_n eight_o month_n before_o they_o can_v be_v persuade_v to_o join_v with_o photius_n which_o can_v not_o possible_o be_v for_o the_o legate_n do_v not_o leave_v rome_n before_o septemb_n 25._o 860._o and_o the_o council_n in_o which_o they_o condemn_v ignatius_n must_v needs_o be_v end_v in_o february_n follow_v as_o have_v be_v already_o prove_v prove_v praef._n conc._n viii_o his_o ergo_fw-la compertis_fw-la coeperunt_fw-la nonnulli_fw-la metropolitani_n antistites_fw-la ac_fw-la inferioris_fw-la sacerdotii_fw-la vel_fw-la laici_fw-la pontificis_fw-la svi_fw-la tormentis_fw-la compatientes_fw-la dejectionémque_fw-la dolentes_fw-la rectorem_fw-la sibi_fw-la proprium_fw-la reddi_fw-la magnopere_fw-la clamitarc_n clamitarc_n ep._n ad_fw-la steph._n p._n p._n quo_fw-la gesto_fw-la magis_fw-la ac_fw-la magis_fw-la pietas_fw-la fidelium_fw-la accenditur_fw-la &_o eo_fw-la constantiùs_fw-la ab_fw-la universis_fw-la ovibus_fw-la proprius_fw-la pastor_n exquiritur_fw-la quo_fw-la versutiùs_fw-la lupi_fw-la crudelitas_fw-la fuerit_fw-la fuerit_fw-la cujus_fw-la censure_n photio_n minimè_fw-la parent_n sacratus_fw-la fidelium_fw-la catalogus_fw-la magis_fw-la inâ—lammatur_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la ejus_fw-la se_fw-la communione_fw-la catervatim_fw-la sequestrate_n horrescens_fw-la quod_fw-la nec_fw-la à _fw-la tantâ_fw-la sede_fw-la perculsus_fw-la corrigi_fw-la consenserit_fw-la consenserit_fw-la ap._n theognosti_n libel_n pro_fw-la ignatio_n ad_fw-la nic._n p._n p._n comment_fw-fr in_o canon_n istius_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n ap._n nicetam_fw-la v._o ignatii_n p._n 1205._o 1205._o nicholaus_fw-la p._n ep._n ad_fw-la photium_fw-la ap_fw-mi conc._n viii_o act_n 4._o p._n 1033._o quod_fw-la verò_fw-la dicitis_fw-la neque_fw-la sardicense_n concilium_fw-la neque_fw-la decretalia_fw-la vos_fw-la habere_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la pontificum_fw-la vel_fw-la recipere_fw-la non_fw-la facilè_fw-la nobis_fw-la facultas_fw-la credendi_fw-la tribuitur_fw-la maximè_fw-la cum_fw-la sardidicense_n concilium_fw-la quod_fw-la penès_fw-la vos_fw-la in_o vestris_fw-la regionibus_fw-la actum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o omnis_fw-la recipit_fw-la quâ_fw-la ratione_fw-la convenerat_fw-la ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la sancta_fw-la constantinopolitana_n ecclesia_fw-la abjiceret_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la dignum_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la retineret_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n p._n 78._o 78._o zonara_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not._n in_o hoc_fw-la conc._n pandect_a tom_fw-mi 2._o p._n 170._o 170._o ap._n conc._n viii_o act_n 7._o p._n 1068._o 1068._o p._n 1069._o 1069._o pontificali_fw-la v._o nicholai_n i._n i._n v._o ign._n p._n 1225._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theognostus_n speak_v in_o the_o person_n of_o ignatius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d v._o ign._n p._n 1224._o 1224._o praef._n conc._n viii_o mille_fw-la circiter_fw-la antistisam_fw-la subscriptiones_fw-la subscriptiones_fw-la act._n 8._o p._n 1103._o 1103._o ibid._n act_n 1._o p._n 997._o act_n 4._o p._n 1035._o 1035._o ibid._n act_n 4._o p._n 1035._o act_n 5._o p._n 1042._o 1042._o act_n 8._o p._n 1102_o 1103._o act_n 9_o p._n 1121_o 1122._o 1122._o nicetas_n v._n ignatii_n metrophanes_n ep._n ad_fw-la manuelem_fw-la patricium_n
cyrillus_n scythopolitanus_n who_o 60._o tell_v we_o that_o near_o three_o year_n after_o he_o be_v banish_v a_o little_a before_o he_o fall_v sick_a and_o die_v s._n sabas_n and_o euthalius_n the_o governor_n of_o those_o monastery_n which_o he_o have_v build_v at_o jericho_n when_o he_o be_v archbishop_n and_o another_o abbot_n go_v to_o aila_n where_o he_o lay_v confine_v in_o banishment_n to_o give_v he_o a_o visit_n though_o s._n sabas_n and_o the_o rest_n have_v immediate_o acknowlege_v his_o successor_n as_o soon_o as_o he_o be_v depose_v though_o they_o still_o adhere_v to_o that_o successor_n as_o the_o true_a archbishop_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o though_o euthalius_n have_v be_v in_o a_o particular_a manner_n oblige_v to_o elias_n by_o be_v constitute_v by_o he_o the_o governor_n of_o his_o own_o monastery_n yet_o the_o good_a old_a man_n take_v no_o notice_n at_o all_o of_o it_o but_o as_o cyrillus_n say_v etc._n receive_v they_o with_o joy_n keep_v they_o several_a day_n with_o he_o and_o communicate_v daily_o with_o they_o chap._n viii_o s._n silverius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v violent_o depose_v by_o belisarius_n the_o emperor_n justinian_n general_n his_o successor_n vigilius_n though_o put_v into_o his_o place_n so_o deprive_v though_o constitute_v by_o the_o bare_a authority_n of_o belisarius_n against_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o clergy_n and_o though_o silverius_n never_o give_v up_o his_o right_n be_v own_a and_o receive_v by_o the_o 5_o general_n council_n and_o by_o all_o the_o church_n as_o a_o true_a pope_n he_o be_v general_o own_a whilst_o silverius_n himself_o be_v live_v baronius_n conjecture_n concern_v his_o be_v again_o ordain_v after_o silverius_n death_n confute_v though_o for_o some_o time_n he_o communicate_v with_o heretic_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o know_v to_o the_o orthodox_n who_o communicate_v with_o he_o in_o the_o year_n 538_o silverius_n pope_n of_o rome_n be_v depose_v by_o belisarius_n the_o emperor_n iustinian_n general_n then_o in_o italy_n be_v accuse_v of_o a_o design_n to_o betray_v the_o city_n of_o rome_n to_o the_o goth_n and_o vigilius_n be_v make_v pope_n in_o his_o stead_n there_o be_v a_o suspicion_n say_v 〈◊〉_d procopius_n caesariensis_n that_o silverius_n the_o bishop_n of_o the_o city_n intend_v to_o deliver_v up_o the_o city_n to_o the_o goth_n belisarius_n send_v he_o away_o immediate_o into_o greece_n and_o a_o little_a after_o make_v another_o bishop_n in_o his_o stead_n by_o name_n vigilius_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n the_o ordinavit_fw-la continuator_fw-la of_o marcellinus_n comes_n '_o s_o chronicle_n and_o paulus_n obiit_fw-la diaconus_fw-la lest_o any_o one_o shall_v suspect_v that_o though_o he_o be_v say_v to_o be_v depose_v by_o belisarius_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o bare_o by_o his_o authority_n but_o by_o a_o synod_n of_o bishop_n i_o shall_v here_o present_v the_o reader_n with_o that_o particular_a account_n of_o the_o whole_a proceed_v which_o we_o find_v in_o 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revenge_n against_o santabarenus_n but_o suspect_v that_o the_o patriarch_n photius_n who_o be_v his_o friend_n will_v take_v his_o part_n he_o etc._n invent_v accusation_n against_o the_o patriarch_n and_o thrust_v he_o out_o of_o the_o church_n and_o banish_v he_o to_o the_o monastery_n of_o the_o armeniaci_n 2._o by_o other_o historian_n he_o be_v not_o only_o say_v to_o be_v deprive_v by_o the_o emperor_n but_o there_o be_v likewise_o a_o particular_a relation_n give_v of_o the_o manner_n and_o in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o relation_n they_o all_o unanimous_o agree_v the_o anonymous_n continuator_fw-la of_o the_o emperor_n constantinus_n porphyrogennetus_n history_n give_v we_o this_o account_n of_o it_o the_o emperor_n etc._n say_v he_o send_v andrew_n the_o captain_n of_o his_o guard_n with_o joannes_n hagiopolites_n to_o the_o church_n of_o s._n sophia_n who_o there_o go_v up_o into_o the_o ambo._fw-la and_o in_o the_o hear_n of_o all_o read_v the_o accusation_n against_o the_o 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tell_v we_o that_o photius_n 〈◊〉_d die_v in_o banishment_n the_o emperor_n leo_n say_v georgius_n cedrenus_n be_v come_v to_o the_o throne_n immediate_o resolve_v to_o be_v revenge_v on_o santabarenus_n and_o first_o of_o all_o he_o set_v upon_o photius_n to_o depose_v he_o because_o he_o know_v that_o if_o he_o continue_v patriarch_n he_o will_v defend_v santabarenus_n and_o beside_o there_o be_v a_o report_n that_o photius_n have_v conspire_v with_o santabarenus_n to_o destroy_v he_o and_o to_o advance_v one_o of_o his_o own_o family_n to_o the_o imperial_a throne_n he_o according_o send_v andreas_n etc._n etc._n have_v tell_v we_o how_o he_o be_v depose_v and_o banish_v agree_v exact_o with_o the_o author_n already_o quote_v he_o add_v that_o stephen_n be_v 〈◊〉_d immediate_o constitute_v in_o his_o room_n 3._o it_o appear_v by_o the_o minute_n of_o the_o trial_n of_o photius_n and_o santabarenus_n which_o happen_v a_o little_a after_o photius_n be_v eject_v that_o photius_n have_v 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constantinople_n depose_v without_o any_o synod_n by_o the_o emperor_n isaacius_n angelus_n yet_o no_o division_n in_o the_o church_n on_o their_o account_n §_o 3_o 4._o the_o patriarch_n of_o the_o present_a greek_a church_n very_o frequent_o deprive_v by_o the_o turk_n yet_o no_o division_n in_o the_o church_n as_o great_a reason_n to_o submit_v to_o the_o present_a possessor_n here_o as_o in_o the_o greek_a church_n the_o necessity_n the_o same_o page_n 170._o chap._n xvi_o the_o sentence_n of_o a_o uncanonical_a synod_n esteem_v by_o the_o ancients_n invalid_a s._n chrysostom_n patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n unjust_o and_o invalid_o depose_v by_o a_o synod_n he_o declare_v however_o at_o first_o against_o all_o separation_n from_o the_o church_n on_o his_o account_n he_o afterward_o yield_v to_o resentment_n and_o refuse_v to_o communicate_v with_o his_o successor_n arsacius_n and_o atticus_n because_o they_o have_v be_v his_o enemy_n and_o have_v a_o hand_n in_o his_o deprivation_n the_o joannite_v act_v by_o their_o passion_n not_o by_o principle_n they_o separate_z from_o the_o church_n not_o because_o there_o be_v another_o make_a patriarch_n in_o s._n chrysostom_n place_n but_o before_o that_o be_v do_v arsacius_n be_v make_v patriarch_n they_o refuse_v to_o communicate_v with_o he_o not_o because_o he_o be_v put_v into_o s._n chrysostom_n place_n but_o through_o hatred_n against_o st._n chrysostom_n deposer_n because_o they_o frequent_v his_o church_n pope_n innocent_a of_o rome_n not_o consistent_a with_o himself_o his_o practice_n contradict_v his_o word_n he_o do_v not_o think_v arsacius_n and_o atticus_n no_o bishop_n his_o zeal_n for_o the_o honour_n of_o his_o own_o see_v the_o chief_a cause_n of_o his_o oppose_v '_o they_o he_o at_o last_o receive_v atticus_n as_o a_o true_a patriarch_n the_o vindicator_n exception_n against_o the_o translation_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o baroccian_a treatise_n confute_v the_o eastern_a bishop_n refuse_v to_o separate_v from_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n though_o s._n chrysostom_n lay_v claim_v to_o his_o see_n and_o actual_o separate_v and_o though_o they_o esteem_v his_o deprivation_n invalid_a so_o do_v the_o monk_n of_o egypt_n the_o testimony_n of_o s._n nicon_n out_o of_o a_o m.s._n s._n nicon_n himself_o though_o he_o esteem_v his_o deprivation_n extreme_o unjust_a yet_o approve_v of_o those_o that_o do_v not_o separate_v on_o his_o account_n s._n chrysostom_n take_v it_o for_o grant_v as_o a_o thing_n of_o course_n that_o all_o will_v immediate_o resolve_v to_o choose_v a_o new_a patriarch_n in_o his_o room_n the_o patriarch_n atticus_n high_o esteem_v by_o the_o whole_a african_a church_n the_o ecclesiastical_a historian_n socrates_n disapprove_v of_o s._n chrysostom_n deprivation_n yet_o speak_v of_o arsacius_n and_o atticus_n as_o of_o true_a patriarch_n theodoret_n extreme_o offend_v at_o the_o injustice_n of_o his_o deposer_n yet_o reckon_v both_o arsacius_n and_o atticus_n among_o the_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n they_o be_v both_o own_a in_o all_o the_o catalogue_n of_o the_o patriarch_n their_o ordination_n never_o question_v by_o any_o atticus_n praise_v by_o p._n celestine_n i._n and_o own_v to_o be_v a_o true_a successor_n of_o s._n chrysostom_n page_n 176._o chap._n xvii_o deprivation_n by_o heretical_a synod_n invalid_a s._n eustathius_n patriarch_n of_o antioch_n depose_v by_o a_o heretical_a synod_n he_o himself_o account_v his_o deprivation_n invalid_a the_o orthodox_n separate_v from_o the_o communion_n of_o his_o successor_n not_o because_o he_o be_v invalid_o deprive_v but_o because_o they_o account_v they_o heretic_n eustathius_n act_n as_o bishop_n of_o antioch_n though_o in_o banishment_n as_o long_o as_o his_o successor_n be_v heretic_n but_o as_o soon_o as_o meletius_n a_o orthodox_n person_n be_v ordain_v his_o successor_n he_o desist_v and_o concern_v himself_o no_o more_o as_o bishop_n of_o antioch_n that_o he_o live_v till_o meletius_n be_v make_v patriarch_n demonstrate_v against_o baronius_n valesius_fw-la etc._n etc._n why_o some_o of_o the_o orthodox_n refuse_v to_o submit_v to_o meletius_n the_o vindicator_n asseâ—rtion_n that_o none_o account_v meletius_n on_o arian_n whilst_o he_o be_v bishop_n confute_v the_o schism_n between_o the_o meletian_o and_o the_o paulinist_n no_o example_n against_o we_o §_o 1_o 2._o the_o instance_n of_o maximus_n and_o cyril_n of_o jerusalem_n examine_v §_o 3._o euphemius_n patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n depose_v by_o a_o heretical_a synod_n yet_o macedonius_n a_o orthodox_n and_o a_o good_a man_n accepts_z of_o his_o see_v though_o he_o own_a he_o to_o be_v the_o rightful_a patriarch_n macedonius_n be_v receive_v by_o the_o catholic_n though_o they_o love_v euphemius_n and_o account_v he_o unjust_o deprive_v he_o be_v own_a by_o s._n elias_n bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n though_o elias_n at_o the_o same_o time_n declare_v euphemius_n deprivation_n unjust_a and_o refuse_v to_o subscribe_v to_o it_o §_o 4._o the_o schism_n of_o the_o novatian_o donatist_n and_o meletian_o of_o egypt_n no_o example_n against_o we_o §_o 5._o two_o fragment_n of_o photius_n out_o of_o a_o m_o s._n §_o 1_o 3._o page_n 186._o chap._n xviii_o the_o conclusion_n bishop_n depose_v by_o the_o civil_a authority_n oblige_v even_o in_o common_a charity_n to_o acquiesce_v but_o whether_o they_o acquiesce_v or_o not_o the_o church_n be_v to_o submit_v to_o the_o present_a possessor_n page_n 196._o the_o case_n of_o see_v vacant_a by_o a_o unjust_a or_o uncanonical_a deprivation_n state_v etc._n etc._n chap._n i._n the_o reasonableness_n of_o submit_v to_o the_o present_a possessor_n if_o otherwise_o unexceptionable_a though_o the_o predecessor_n be_v unjust_o or_o invalid_o depose_v by_o the_o secular_a power_n demonstrate_v objection_n answer_v no_o obligation_n to_o the_o contrary_a by_o the_o oath_n of_o canonical_a 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till_o the_o six_o and_o twenty_o year_n of_o justinian_n and_o it_o appear_v from_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o pope_n legate_n in_o the_o three_o act_n of_o the_o six_o general_n council_n that_o the_o patriarch_n mennas_n die_v in_o the_o one_o and_o twenty_o year_n of_o justinian_n to_o this_o i_o answer_v that_o though_o it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o pope_n legate_n in_o the_o six_o general_n council_n affirm_v that_o menna_n the_o patriarch_n die_v on_o the_o one_o and_o twenty_o of_o justinian_n yet_o either_o they_o be_v extreme_o mistake_v or_o at_o least_o the_o read_n be_v erroneous_a and_o for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o ought_v to_o be_v read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o mennas_n live_v till_o after_o the_o one_o and_o twenty_o of_o justinian_n and_o till_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o five_o general_n council_n as_o the_o life_n of_o eutychius_n relate_v be_v undoubted_o certain_a from_o many_o other_o authority_n 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twenty_o year_n of_o justinian_n and_o the_o latter_a part_n fall_v in_o with_o his_o six_o and_o twenty_o year_n and_o to_o his_o six_o and_o twenty_o year_n theophanes_n place_v the_o five_o general_n council_n it_o appear_v from_o the_o date_v act_n of_o the_o council_n that_o it_o begin_v to_o sit_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o seven_o and_o twenty_o year_n of_o justinian_n the_o four_o day_n of_o may_n eight_o month_n after_o the_o end_n of_o that_o year_n or_o indiction_n on_o which_o menna_n die_v and_o it_o be_v to_o be_v suppose_v that_o the_o summons_n be_v send_v about_o a_o year_n or_o more_o before_o that_o time_n three_o it_o be_v positive_o assert_v by_o evagrius_n that_o menna_n be_v alive_a when_o first_o the_o council_n be_v call_v and_o he_o particular_o observe_v that_o he_o die_v a_o little_a after_o and_o be_v succeed_v by_o eutychius_n 38._o vigilius_n say_v he_o be_v bishop_n of_o rome_n mennas_n first_o and_o then_o eutychius_n be_v bishop_n of_o constantinople_n apollinarius_n be_v bishop_n of_o alexandria_n domninus_n of_o antioch_n and_o eustochius_n of_o jerusalem_n the_o five_o council_n be_v call_v by_o justinian_n evagrius_n in_o what_o follow_v give_v we_o a_o particular_a account_n how_o noluit_fw-la eutychius_n come_v to_o be_v make_v patriarch_n it_o appear_v from_o he_o that_o before_o the_o council_n fate_n there_o be_v several_a debate_n among_o those_o who_o be_v send_v to_o the_o council_n and_o that_o in_o the_o time_n of_o those_o debate_n menna_n be_v patriarch_n it_o appear_v likewise_o from_o that_o he_o that_o before_o mennas_n die_v there_o be_v send_v to_o constantinople_n from_o eustochius_n patriarch_n of_o jerusalem_n certain_a legate_n to_o concert_v the_o affair_n against_o the_o origenist_n and_o that_o those_o that_o be_v send_v by_o eustochius_n about_o that_o business_n be_v send_v to_o the_o general_n council_n be_v express_o assert_v by_o 90._o cyrillus_n scythopolitanus_n and_o here_o i_o observe_v that_o all_o those_o previous_a debate_n relate_v to_o the_o origenian_a heresy_n be_v wont_a to_o be_v reckon_v as_o part_v of_o the_o general_n council_n itself_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o theophanes_n place_n that_o council_n to_o the_o six_o and_o twenty_o and_o cedrenus_n and_o the_o chronicon_fw-la paschale_n to_o the_o five_o and_o twenty_o year_n of_o justinian_n four_o it_o be_v likewise_o assert_v by_o the_o patriarch_n 〈◊〉_d photius_n that_o menna_n and_o eutychius_n one_o after_o the_o other_o preside_v in_o the_o five_o general_n council_n together_o with_o vigilius_n of_o rome_n etc._n etc._n five_o that_o mennas_n fate_n in_o the_o chair_n of_o constantinople_n sixteen_o year_n be_v assert_v by_o 〈◊〉_d nicephorus_n callisti_fw-la and_o theophanes_n and_o zonaras_n nicephorus_n the_o patriarch_n add_v the_o odd_a month_n and_o allot_v he_o sixteen_o year_n and_o six_o month_n now_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o he_o be_v promote_v on_o the_o nine_o year_n of_o justinian_n in_o the_o latter_a part_n of_o the_o year_n which_o fall_v in_o with_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 536._o and_o so_o say_v nicephorus_n callisti_fw-la and_o hence_o it_o must_v follow_v that_o he_o die_v not_o on_o the_o one_o and_o twenty_o but_o on_o the_o five_o and_o twenty_o or_o six_o and_o twenty_o of_o justinian_n six_o that_o eutychius_n be_v patriarch_n not_o above_o twelve_o year_n and_o five_o month_n before_o he_o be_v depose_v be_v assert_v by_o 〈◊〉_d nicephorus_n callisti_fw-la theophanes_n for_o the_o roundness_n of_o the_o number_n say_v 13_o year_n the_o patriarch_n nicephorus_n allow_v he_o but_o twelve_o year_n and_o two_o month_n zonaras_n strike_v off_o the_o odd_a month_n and_o allow_v he_o no_o more_o than_o twelve_o year_n now_o it_o be_v very_o notorious_a that_o he_o be_v not_o depose_v before_o about_o the_o end_n of_o iustinian_n eight_o and_o thirty_o year_n nicephorus_n callisti_fw-la and_o cedrenus_n say_v he_o be_v depose_v on_o the_o 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concern_v the_o beginning_n of_o eutychius_n patriarchate_o be_v a_o epistle_n of_o pope_n vigilius_n to_o he_o in_o answer_n to_o one_o of_o he_o date_v council_n jan._n 6._o in_o the_o seven_o and_o twenty_o year_n of_o justinian_n a_o three_o objection_n allege_v by_o crakanthorp_n against_o the_o life_n of_o eutychius_n be_v that_o it_o be_v full_a of_o improbable_a fable_n concern_v miracle_n wrought_v by_o eutychius_n but_o this_o be_v no_o argument_n at_o all_o against_o the_o genuineness_n of_o it_o for_o story_n concern_v miracle_n be_v common_a to_o all_o the_o writer_n of_o life_n as_o well_o of_o that_o age_n as_o of_o the_o follow_a age_n though_o otherwise_o very_o good_a author_n as_o cyrillus_n scythopolitanus_n and_o other_o the_o profess_a historian_n themselves_o such_o as_o evagrius_n theodoret_n and_o the_o like_a be_v full_a of_o such_o relation_n it_o be_v the_o natural_a result_n of_o a_o superstitious_a piety_n i_o need_v not_o mention_v a_o four_o
argument_n propose_v by_o crakanthorp_n that_o he_o can_v not_o find_v the_o life_n of_o eutychius_n any_o where_o but_o in_o surius_n who_o he_o think_v ought_v not_o to_o be_v trust_v i_o only_o observe_v that_o as_o it_o be_v general_o receive_v as_o genuine_a by_o the_o 38._o learned_a so_o it_o carry_v with_o it_o as_o clear_v and_o manifest_a character_n of_o genuineness_n as_o any_o life_n extant_a concern_v the_o author_n of_o it_o i_o have_v this_o to_o add_v that_o he_o be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o eustratius_n who_o 171._o photius_n entitle_v presbyter_n of_o the_o great_a church_n of_o constantinople_n and_o who_o treatise_n concern_v the_o state_n of_o the_o dead_a he_o mention_n which_o treatise_n be_v now_o extant_a publish_v by_o consensione_n l._n allatius_n that_o he_o be_v the_o same_o i_o gather_v from_o hence_o that_o eustratius_n the_o presbyter_n who_o write_v of_o the_o state_n of_o the_o dead_a not_o only_o discover_v as_o the_o worthy_a and_o learned_a dr._n lit._n cave_n have_v observe_v that_o he_o live_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o patriarch_n eutychius_n but_o express_v likewise_o a_o singular_a affection_n and_o veneration_n for_o he_o 〈◊〉_d the_o geat_v eutychius_n archbishop_n of_o constantinople_n that_o holy_a and_o by_o i_o ever-to-be_a honour_a person_n chap._n xi_o s._n anastasius_n senior_n patriarch_n of_o antioch_n be_v depose_v without_o any_o synod_n by_o the_o emperor_n justin_n junior_a though_o he_o never_o resign_v yet_o his_o successor_n gregory_n be_v own_a by_o all_o the_o church_n he_o continue_v patriarch_n till_o his_o death_n for_o the_o space_n of_o 23_o year_n the_o old_a patriarch_n anastasius_n be_v all_o the_o while_n live_v four_o saint_n among_o those_o that_o live_v at_o that_o time_n and_o communicate_v free_o with_o he_o s._n symeon_n stylites_n junior_a pope_n gregory_n the_o great_a s._n eulogius_n patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n s._n john_n nesteutes_fw-gr patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n pope_n gregory_n communicate_v with_o he_o as_o patriarch_n of_o antioch_n though_o at_o the_o same_o time_n he_o declare_v anastasius_n deprivation_n to_o be_v invalid_a and_o look_n upon_o anastasius_n to_o be_v the_o rightful_a patriarch_n s._n anastasius_n though_o depose_v by_o the_o lay-power_n and_o though_o he_o have_v never_o give_v up_o his_o right_n yet_o never_o leave_v the_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n i_o have_v mention_v in_o the_o forego_n chapter_n that_o anastasius_n the_o patriarch_n of_o antioch_n be_v depose_v by_o the_o emperor_n justin_n the_o young_a it_o be_v do_v in_o the_o five_o year_n of_o iustin_n reign_n in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 570._o and_o that_o it_o be_v do_v bare_o by_o the_o emperor_n authority_n without_o any_o synod_n may_v easy_o be_v gather_v from_o the_o account_n which_o evagrius_n give_v of_o it_o 5._o justin_n say_v he_o turn_v anastasius_n out_o of_o the_o see_v of_o antioch_n object_v against_o he_o that_o he_o have_v profuse_o 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because_o he_o have_v speak_v sharp_o against_o john_n patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n who_o have_v ordain_v john_n patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n and_o likewise_o against_o john_n of_o alexandria_n himself_o agreeable_o to_o this_o 25._o johannes_n diaconus_fw-la tell_v we_o that_o he_o be_v depose_v potestatibus_fw-la and_o pope_n 25._o gregory_n the_o great_a intimate_v the_o same_o thing_n when_o he_o say_v he_o be_v make_v patriarch_n by_o god_n but_o depose_v voluntate_fw-la hominum_fw-la though_o such_o be_v his_o deprivation_n and_o though_o as_o will_n by_o and_o by_o appear_v he_o never_o give_v up_o his_o right_n and_o though_o he_o be_v a_o great_a and_o admire_a bishop_n of_o that_o age_n so_o high_o esteem_v and_o revere_v by_o all_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n as_o that_o when_o the_o emperor_n justinian_n have_v send_v about_o to_o all_o bishop_n and_o require_v they_o to_o subscribe_v to_o his_o new-fangled_a heresy_n they_o all_o unanimous_o reply_v that_o they_o 39_o will_v follow_v the_o example_n of_o anastasius_n of_o antioch_n though_o i_o say_v he_o be_v so_o great_a and_o admire_v a_o person_n yet_o 1._o i_o observe_v that_o there_o be_v not_o the_o least_o mention_n in_o any_o author_n of_o any_o disturbance_n in_o the_o church_n occasion_v by_o his_o deprivation_n 2._o it_o be_v certain_a that_o gregory_n abbot_n of_o mount_n sinai_n who_o succeed_v he_o continue_a patriarch_n of_o antioch_n no_o less_o than_o 23_o or_o 24_o year_n and_o that_o too_o though_o anastasius_n be_v all_o that_o while_n live_v and_o be_v never_o deprive_v but_o die_v possess_v of_o the_o see_n and_o after_o his_o death_n anastasius_n be_v again_o restore_v nicephorus_n the_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n assign_v he_o 24_o year_n 24._o evagrius_n 23._o 3._o it_o appear_v from_o evagrius_n that_o gregory_n who_o accept_v of_o his_o see_n be_v a_o person_n of_o extraordinary_a worth_n and_o from_o thence_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o great_a and_o the_o worthy_a man_n do_v not_o think_v it_o unlawful_a or_o a_o disparagement_n to_o accept_v of_o the_o see_v of_o a_o bishop_n depose_v by_o the_o lay-power_n 4._o it_o appear_v likewise_o from_o evagrius_n that_o he_o be_v not_o only_o receive_v as_o bishop_n of_o antioch_n but_o be_v high_o belove_v and_o honour_v let_v we_o hear_v what_o evagrius_n say_v after_o anastasius_n say_v he_o gregory_n be_v prefer_v to_o the_o episcopal_a throne_n etc._n who_o glory_n according_a to_o the_o poet_n be_v spread_v far_o and_o near_o he_o be_v for_o understanding_n and_o virtue_n and_o all_o accomplishment_n a_o very_a extraordinary_a person_n and_o in_o any_o thing_n he_o undertake_v of_o a_o unconquerable_a resolution_n fearless_a and_o undaunted_a and_o never_o yield_a in_o any_o ill_a or_o unreasonable_a thing_n to_o the_o supreme_a power_n so_o liberal_a and_o magnificent_a he_o be_v that_o as_o often_o as_o he_o come_v abroad_o a_o vast_a number_n of_o person_n beside_o his_o own_o proper_a attendant_n be_v wont_a to_o wait_v on_o he_o and_o as_o soon_o as_o any_o perceive_v he_o or_o hear_v that_o he_o be_v a_o come_n they_o immediate_o flock_v in_o to_o attend_v he_o and_o so_o high_o be_v he_o honour_v that_o the_o 〈◊〉_d honour_n which_o be_v usual_o pay_v to_o the_o emperor_n themselves_o be_v less_o than_o that_o which_o be_v pay_v to_o he_o evagrius_n add_v much_o more_o in_o his_o praise_n and_o tell_v we_o that_o he_o be_v admire_v not_o only_o by_o the_o christian_a but_o likewise_o by_o the_o persian_a emperor_n etc._n etc._n he_o 13._o tell_v we_o likewise_o how_o by_o his_o great_a authority_n he_o appease_v a_o whole_a army_n that_o mutinied_a against_o their_o commander_n in_o his_o speech_n to_o that_o army_n i_o be_o say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n a_o bishop_n and_o have_v the_o power_n of_o bind_v and_o lose_v both_o in_o heaven_n and_o in_o earth_n evagrius_n add_v that_o he_o appease_v god_n by_o prayer_n and_o supplication_n this_o action_n of_o the_o patriarch_n gregory_n be_v record_v likewise_o by_o another_o historian_n of_o that_o age_n 〈◊〉_d theophylactus_n simocatte_n philippicus_n say_v he_o be_v receive_v by_o the_o army_n gregory_z the_o then_z archbishop_n of_o antioch_n have_v reconcile_v it_o to_o he_o 5._o to_o this_o patriarch_n our_o historian_n evagrius_n be_v himself_o assessor_n or_o chancellor_n though_o it_o appear_v by_o that_o great_a character_n which_o he_o give_v the_o former_a patriarch_n anastasius_n that_o he_o high_o honour_v and_o esteem_v he_o yet_o he_o ready_o acknowlege_v the_o present_a possessor_n and_o act_n as_o 24._o assessor_n or_o chancellor_n under_o he_o as_o the_o true_a patriarch_n there_o be_v no_o one_o doubt_v of_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o it_o 6._o he_o be_v likewise_o acknowlege_v by_o s._n symeon_n stylites_n the_o latter_a of_o that_o name_n as_o appear_v from_o evagrius_n who_o speak_v of_o a_o 〈◊〉_d prophecy_n which_o
the_o emperor_n rage_v with_o a_o great_a fury_n against_o his_o namesake_n the_o patriarch_n and_o have_v find_v out_o certain_a monk_n clergyman_n and_o laic_n who_o be_v the_o patriarch_n intimate_a friend_n he_o get_v they_o to_o allege_v against_o he_o that_o they_o have_v hear_v he_o speak_v against_o he_o to_o podomagulus_fw-la or_o podopagurus_fw-la a_o great_a man_n who_o the_o emperor_n have_v just_a before_o put_v to_o death_n as_o accuse_v of_o conspire_v against_o he_o and_o send_v they_o to_o the_o patriarch_n palace_n there_o to_o witness_v it_o to_o his_o face_n and_o the_o patriarch_n deny_v it_o he_o make_v they_o swear_v by_o the_o holy_a cross_n that_o they_o have_v hear_v the_o patriarch_n speak_v thus_o and_o thus_o reproachful_o of_o he_o and_o send_v some_o to_o seal_v up_o the_o gate_n of_o his_o palace_n and_o take_v he_o and_o banish_v he_o to_o hieria_n and_o after_o that_o to_o the_o prince_n island_n theophanes_n etc._n add_v that_o on_o the_o sixteen_o 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against_o he_o 283._o we_o decree_v say_v the_o council_n that_o the_o synod_n call_v at_o rome_n under_o the_o most_o bless_a pope_n hadrian_n against_o the_o most_o holy_a patriarch_n photius_n and_o the_o synod_n gather_v at_o constantinople_n against_o the_o most_o holy_a patriarch_n photius_n be_v to_o all_o intent_n and_o purpose_n condemn_v and_o cast_v out_o of_o the_o church_n that_o it_o be_v never_o reckon_v as_o one_o of_o the_o holy_a council_n nor_o ever_o call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o a_o council_n god_n forbid_v it_o shall_v to_o this_o the_o whole_a council_n of_o no_o less_o than_o 373_o bishop_n and_o among_o they_o the_o legate_n of_o the_o pope_n and_o all_o the_o other_o patriarch_n subscribe_v and_o the_o emperor_n basilius_n who_o have_v some_o year_n before_o subscribe_v to_o the_o council_n that_o condemn_v and_o anathematise_v photius_n here_o subscribe_v with_o the_o prince_n his_o son_n to_o 287._o the_o renunciation_n of_o all_o thing_n that_o have_v 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the_o heretical_a usurper_n basiliscus_n but_o because_o he_o be_v a_o heretic_n and_o a_o parricide_n §_o 4._o jo._n talaias_n the_o orthodox_n patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n be_v depose_v by_o the_o bare_a authority_n of_o the_o emperor_n zeno_n though_o he_o still_o lay_v claim_n to_o the_o see_v yet_o petrus_n mongus_n his_o successor_n be_v acknowlege_v by_o all_o that_o account_v he_o orthodox_n by_o acacius_n and_o fravitas_fw-la patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n by_o martyrius_n patriarch_n of_o jerusalem_n by_o almost_o all_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o eastern_a church_n that_o they_o who_o refuse_v to_o communicate_v with_o mongus_n viz._n the_o western_a bishop_n the_o bishop_n of_o dardania_n etc._n etc._n do_v it_o only_o because_o they_o think_v he_o a_o heretic_n that_o euphemius_n patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n communicate_v with_o he_o till_o he_o find_v he_o to_o be_v a_o heretic_n than_o forsake_v his_o communion_n pope_n simplicius_n when_o he_o hear_v that_o talaias_n be_v to_o be_v depose_v be_v well_o enough_o satisfy_v till_o he_o understand_v that_o mongus_n who_o he_o account_v a_o heretic_n be_v design_v for_o his_o successor_n whether_o orthodox_n bishop_n unjust_o eject_v by_o the_o emperor_n be_v restore_v or_o new_a orthodox_n bishop_n be_v create_v he_o value_v not_o he_o only_o desire_v that_o they_o that_o be_v make_v bishop_n shall_v be_v orthodox_n pope_n felix_n iii_o not_o at_o all_o concern_v for_o talaias_n be_v deprive_v without_o a_o synod_n only_o dislike_v that_o one_o who_o he_o account_v a_o heretic_n be_v constitute_v in_o his_o place_n §_o 5._o calendion_n patriarch_n of_o antioch_n be_v depose_v by_o the_o emperor_n zeno_n without_o any_o synod_n the_o orthodox_n bishop_n viz._n pope_n felix_n iii_o quintianus_n asculanus_n justinus_n siculus_n acacius_n constantinopolitanus_n antheon_n arsinoite_n faustus_n apolloniates_n pamphilus_n abydensis_n asclepiades_fw-la of_o trallium_n etc._n etc._n refuse_v to_o communicate_v with_o his_o successor_n petrus_n gnapheus_n only_o because_o he_o be_v a_o heretic_n take_v no_o notice_n of_o his_o be_v constitute_v in_o the_o room_n of_o one_o unsynodical_o depose_v and_o be_v ready_a to_o communicate_v with_o he_o as_o a_o true_a patriarch_n of_o antioch_n if_o he_o will_v but_o forsake_v his_o heresy_n page_n 57_o chap._n vi_o macedonius_n patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n be_v violent_o depose_v by_o the_o heretical_a emperor_n anastasius_n his_o successor_n timotheus_n be_v acknowlege_v by_o all_o that_o account_v he_o orthodox_n though_o at_o the_o same_o time_n they_o profess_v that_o the_o deprivation_n of_o macedonius_n be_v unjust_a and_o can_v never_o be_v induce_v by_o any_o terror_n to_o subscribe_v to_o it_o viz._n by_o flavianus_n patriarch_n of_o antioch_n elias_n patriarch_n of_o jerusalem_n the_o abbot_n of_o the_o monastery_n of_o studium_fw-la the_o orthodox_n people_n of_o constantinople_n by_o the_o great_a abbot_n of_o palestine_n s._n sabas_n and_o s._n theodosius_n and_o by_o all_o palestine_n in_o general_a at_o that_o time_n exceed_o flourish_v for_o its_o zealous_a profession_n of_o the_o orthodox_n faith_n the_o calumny_n of_o the_o vindicator_n concern_v the_o apostasy_n of_o the_o patriarch_n flavianus_n and_o elias_n confute_v timotheus_n not_o know_v to_o they_o to_o be_v a_o heretic_n when_o they_o communicate_v with_o he_o they_o be_v honour_v by_o the_o church_n as_o saint_n page_n 70._o chap._n vii_o flavianus_n patriarch_n of_o antioch_n be_v depose_v by_o the_o emperor_n anastasius_n his_o successor_n severus_n be_v reject_v by_o the_o orthodox_n only_o because_o he_o be_v a_o heretic_n elias_n patriarch_n of_o jerusalem_n be_v violent_o depose_v by_o the_o say_a emperor_n his_o successor_n john_n be_v immediate_o acknowlege_v by_o all_o the_o people_n though_o at_o the_o same_o time_n they_o hate_v he_o by_o the_o whole_a church_n of_o palestine_n particular_o the_o two_o great_a abbot_n s._n sabas_n and_o s._n theodosius_n so_o famous_a for_o their_o vndauntedness_n and_o sanctity_n by_o johannes_n cappadox_n patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n and_o all_o the_o greek_a church_n by_o all_o the_o whole_a church_n ever_o since_o those_o tune_n the_o testimony_n of_o photius_n patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n out_o of_o a_o manuscript_n the_o old_a patriarch_n elias_n though_o so_o tyrannical_o deprive_v for_o adhere_v to_o the_o orthodox_n faith_n continue_v however_o to_o communicate_v with_o those_o who_o acknowlege_v his_o successor_n page_n 81._o chap._n viii_o s._n silverius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v violent_o depose_v by_o belisarius_n the_o emperor_n justinian_n general_n his_o successor_n vigilius_n though_o put_v into_o his_o place_n so_o deprive_v though_o constitute_v by_o the_o bare_a authority_n of_o belisarius_n against_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o clergy_n and_o though_o silverius_n never_o give_v up_o his_o right_n be_v own_a and_o receive_v by_o the_o 5_o general_n council_n and_o by_o all_o the_o church_n as_o a_o true_a pope_n he_o be_v general_o own_a whilst_o silverius_n himself_o be_v live_v baronius_n conjecture_n concern_v his_o be_v again_o ordain_v after_o silverius_n death_n confute_v though_o for_o some_o time_n he_o communicate_v with_o heretic_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o know_v to_o the_o orthodox_n who_o communicate_v with_o he_o page_n 90._o chap._n ix_o macarius_n patriarch_n of_o jerusalem_n be_v depose_v by_o the_o emperor_n justinian_n his_o successor_n eustochius_n be_v own_a as_o a_o true_a patriarch_n by_o the_o five_o general_n council_n and_o the_o whole_a catholic_n church_n after_o some_o time_n eustochius_n himself_o be_v depose_v by_o the_o emperor_n and_o macarius_n be_v restore_v be_v receive_v by_o the_o church_n according_a to_o our_o adversary_n principle_n either_o eustochius_n or_o macarius_n after_o his_o restauration_n be_v no_o true_a patriarch_n yet_o the_o church_n receive_v both_o page_n 97._o chap._n x._o eutychius_n patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n be_v violent_o depose_v by_o the_o emp._n justinian_n for_o refuse_v to_o subscribe_v to_o his_o heresy_n john_n surname_v scholasticus_n be_v make_v patriarch_n in_o his_o room_n after_o john_n be_v consecrate_v patriarch_n eutychius_n be_v condemn_v by_o a_o assembly_n that_o consist_v as_o well_o of_o lay_v lord_n as_o bishop_n not_o only_o of_o ecclesiastic_n as_o the_o vindicator_n contend_v he_o actual_o lay_v claim_v to_o the_o see_v despise_v the_o sentence_n of_o his_o judge_n as_o null_n and_o invalid_a because_o they_o proceed_v unjust_o and_o uncanonical_o against_o he_o and_o excommunicate_v they_o notwithstanding_o all_o this_o his_o successor_n because_o he_o prove_v orthodox_n be_v receive_v and_o own_a by_o all_o the_o church_n as_o a_o true_a patriarch_n he_o continue_v in_o the_o see_v near_o 13_o year_n near_o 12_o year_n under_o justin_n the_o young_a a_o orthodox_n emp._n he_o be_v own_a by_o the_o church_n of_o constantinople_n though_o at_o the_o same_o time_n eutychius_n be_v exceed_o belove_v john_n a_o orthodox_n patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n be_v consecrate_v by_o he_o for_o what_o reason_n anastasius_n patriarch_n of_o antioch_n reprove_v the_o patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n for_o be_v ordain_v by_o he_o anastasius_n do_v not_o refuse_v to_o communicate_v with_o he_o he_o be_v honour_v by_o the_o patriarch_n photius_n with_o the_o title_n of_o saint_n though_o eutychius_n look_v upon_o his_o deprivation_n as_o absolute_o invalid_a and_o though_o he_o never_o resign_v but_o account_v himself_o still_o the_o rightful_a patriarch_n yet_o he_o live_v quiet_o and_o never_o endeavour_v to_o make_v a_o division_n in_o the_o church_n dr._n crakanthorp_n opinion_n that_o eutychius_n be_v depose_v for_o be_v a_o heretic_n confute_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o life_n of_o eutychius_n often_o quote_v in_o this_o chapter_n vindicate_v against_o the_o same_o author_n page_n 101._o chap._n xi_o s._n anastasius_n senior_n patriarch_n of_o antioch_n be_v depose_v without_o any_o synod_n by_o the_o emperor_n justin_n junior_a though_o he_o never_o resign_v yet_o his_o successor_n gregory_n be_v own_a by_o all_o the_o church_n he_o continue_v patriarch_n till_o his_o death_n for_o the_o space_n of_o 23_o year_n the_o old_a patriarch_n anastasius_n be_v all_o the_o while_n live_v four_o saint_n among_o those_o that_o live_v at_o that_o time_n and_o communicate_v free_o with_o he_o s._n symeon_n stylites_n junior_a pope_n gregory_n the_o great_a s._n eulogius_n patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n s._n john_n nesteutes_fw-gr patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n pope_n gregory_n communicate_v with_o he_o as_o patriarch_n of_o antioch_n though_o at_o the_o same_o time_n he_o declare_v anastasius_n deprivation_n to_o be_v invalid_a and_o look_n upon_o anastasius_n to_o be_v the_o rightful_a patriarch_n s._n anastasius_n though_o depose_v by_o the_o lay-power_n and_o though_o he_o have_v never_o give_v up_o his_o right_n yet_o never_o leave_v the_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n page_n 121._o chap._n xii_o s._n martin_n pope_n of_o rome_n be_v depose_v without_o any_o synod_n
to_o the_o contrary_a by_o the_o oath_n of_o canonical_a obedience_n the_o authority_n of_o s._n cyprian_n unreasonable_o allege_v by_o our_o adversary_n the_o vindicator_n notion_n of_o heresy_n not_o at_o all_o to_o his_o purpose_n the_o doctrine_n maintain_v by_o the_o author_n of_o the_o baroccian_a treatise_n be_v this_o that_o suppose_v a_o bishop_n deprive_v without_o any_o synod_n by_o the_o civil_a power_n be_v unjust_o deprive_v yet_o neither_o he_o himself_o nor_o the_o people_n aught_o to_o separate_v from_o the_o communion_n of_o his_o successor_n provide_v that_o successor_n be_v not_o a_o heretic_n in_o answer_n to_o that_o treatise_n it_o be_v allege_v by_o some_o of_o our_o adversary_n that_o not_o only_a heresy_n but_o schism_n likewise_o and_o excommunication_n make_v a_o person_n uncapable_a of_o be_v receive_v as_o a_o bishop_n it_o be_v manifest_a say_v one_o of_o our_o preface_n answerer_n that_o the_o principle_n advance_v by_o the_o author_n of_o the_o 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