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A56397 Religion and loyalty, the second part, or, The history of the concurrence of the imperial and ecclesiastical jurisdiction in the government of the church from the beginning of the reign of Jovian to the end of the reign of Justinian / by Samuel Parker ... Parker, Samuel, 1640-1688. 1685 (1685) Wing P471; ESTC R16839 258,566 668

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1._o l._n 3._o c._n 22._o 22._o sozom._n l._n 6._o c._n 3._o 3._o greg._n naz._n in_o laud._n athanas_n athanas_n athanas_n de_fw-fr fide_fw-la ad_fw-la jovian_a jovian_a soc._n l._n 3._o c._n 25._o 25._o sozom._n l._n 6._o c._n 5._o 5._o lib._n 6._o c_o ●_o ●_o lib._n 26._o c._n 1._o 1._o de_fw-fr male_n et_fw-fr mathemat_n l._n 9_o v._n sozimus_fw-la lib._n 4._o 4._o ibid._n l._n l._n de_fw-fr medicis_n et_fw-fr professor_n l._n 5._o 5._o ibid._n l._n 6._o 6._o sozim_n l._n 6._o c._n ●_o l._n 20._o qutru_fw-la appellat_fw-la sint_fw-la suscip_n suscip_n soc._n l._n 4._o c._n 12._o saeculi_fw-la 40_o pars_fw-la prima_fw-la §_o 14._o 14._o theod._n l._n 4._o c._n 8._o 8._o epist._n 74._o 74._o soz._n l._n 6._o c._n 12._o 12._o hilarii_n frag_v l._n 1._o pag._n 40._o 40._o athanas_n ad_fw-la episc_n afric_n afric_n athanas_n ep_n ad_fw-la epictelum_fw-la epictelum_fw-la sozom._n l._n 6._o c._n 12._o 12._o theod._n l._n 4._o c._n 13_o 14._o 14._o epist._n 61._o 61._o sozom._n l._n 4._o c._n 27._o 27._o epist._n 10._o 10._o ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d socrat._v l._n 4._o c._n 13._o 13._o socrat._v l._n 4._o c._n 14._o sozom._n l._n 6._o c_o 13._o v._o baro●_n a_o 317._o n._n 29._o et_fw-la vales._n not_o in_o socrat_n socrat_n socrat._v l._n 4._o c._n 15._o sozom._n l._n 6._o c._n 13._o 13._o lib._n 4._o c._n 19_o 19_o basil_n epist._n 69._o 69._o epist._n 70._o 70._o v._o greg._n naz._n de_fw-fr laud._n basil._n basil._n theod._n l._n 5._o c._n 10._o de_fw-fr haeret._n l._n 33._o 33._o theod._n lib._n 4._o c._n 6._o 6._o cod._n theodos._n de_fw-fr episc_n &_o cler._n l._n 3._o 3._o can._n apost_n 80._o 80._o am._n marcel_n lib._n 30._o c._n 6_o 6_o epist._n 140._o 140._o soc._n l._n 3_o c._n 25._o 25._o orat._n 9_o 9_o lib._n 30._o 30._o ne_fw-fr baptisma_fw-la iteretur_fw-la l._n 1._o 1._o l._n 3._o 3._o l._n 75_o de_fw-la decurionibus_fw-la decurionibus_fw-la de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 4._o 4._o soc._n l._n 5._o c._n 2._o sozom_n l._n 7._o c._n 1._o 1._o theod._n l._n 5.12_o 5.12_o l._n 2._o 2._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 5._o 5._o de_fw-mi epist_n l._n 23._o 23._o de_fw-fr concord_n l._n 2._o c._n 1._o §_o 4._o 4._o novel_a 83._o 83._o am._n marcel_n l._n 31._o 31._o in_o cron._n cron._n l._n 7._o c._n 33._o 33._o lib._n 4.35_o c._n 37._o 37._o soc._n l._n ●_o c._n 2._o soz._n l._n 7._o c._n 1._o theod._n l._n 5._o c._n 2._o 2._o lib._n 3._o c._n 3._o et_fw-la c._n 23._o 23._o l._n 2._o 2._o soc._n l._n 5._o c._n 4._o 4._o account_v of_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n §_o 20._o 20._o soc._n l._n 5._o c._n 8._o soz._n l._n 7._o c._n 7._o 7._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 6._o 6._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 8._o 8._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 11.12_o 11.12_o ibid._n l._n 13._o 13._o ibid._n 14._o 14._o de_fw-fr his_fw-la qui_fw-la super_fw-la religione_fw-la contendunt_fw-la l._n 2._o 2._o v._o gothofredi_n notas_fw-la in_o legem_fw-la legem_fw-la orat._n 26._o 26._o de_fw-fr fide_fw-la cathol_n l._n 4._o 4._o ruffin_n l._n 2._o c._n 16._o 16._o lib._n 4._o epist._n 32._o 32._o ambros._n l._n 5._o epist._n 27._o in_o which_o letter_n he_o give_v a_o account_n of_o his_o embassy_n to_o the_o emperor_n emperor_n zosimus_n lib._n 4._o 4._o ambrose_n ep._n 26._o 26._o see_v his_o epistle_n in_o their_o proper_a place_n in_o labbé_fw-fr labbé_fw-fr de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 15._o 15._o sozom._n l._n 7._o c._n 14._o 14._o ambros._n ep._n 29._o 29._o soc._n l._n 5._o c._n 13._o 13._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 16._o 16._o l._n 17._o 17._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 19_o 19_o lib._n 7._o c._n 17._o 17._o soc._n l._n 5._o c._n 20_o 22_o 23._o sozom._n l._n 7._o c._n 17._o 17._o de_fw-fr episc_n l._n 2d_o 2d_o an._n 390._o n._n 70_o 71._o 71._o lib._n 2d_o c._n 3._o 3._o dé_v episc_n l._n 20_o 20_o epist_n 31._o 31._o marciani_n novella_n 5._o 5._o de_fw-fr testam_fw-la l._n 48._o 48._o de_fw-fr m●nachis_n l._n 1._o 1._o de_fw-fr d_o curionibus_fw-la l._n 63._o 63._o de_fw-fr episc_n l._n 3.6_o 9_o cod._n tit._n 45._o de_fw-fr bis_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la eccles_n conf●g_n l._n 1._o tacit._n annal_n lib._n 3._o 3._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 3._o 3._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 65._o 65._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 7.9.11.18.20_o 7.9.11.18.20_o de_fw-fr apoatis_n l._n 3._o 3._o de_fw-fr apostatis_fw-la l._n 1._o 1._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 2._o 2._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 3_o 4_o 5._o 5._o qui_fw-la sanctum_fw-la baptisma_fw-la profane_v profane_v de_fw-fr paganis_fw-la l._n 7._o 7._o de_fw-fr maleficis_fw-la l._n 7._o 7._o de_fw-fr pag._n l._n 8._o 8._o de_fw-fr pag._n l._n 9_o 9_o ibid._n l._n 10._o 10._o ibid._n l._n 11._o 11._o ibid._n l._n 12._o 12._o de_fw-fr judais_n l._n 8._o 8._o lib._n 5._o epist._n 29._o 29._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 6._o anno_fw-la 368._o anno_fw-la 369._o anno_fw-la 371._o n._n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o v._o labbé_fw-fr vol._n 2._o anno_fw-la 381._o p._n 1001._o lib._n 9_o tit._n 29._o c._n 1._o 1._o ne_fw-fr inter_fw-la bellicas_fw-la necessit●tes_fw-la obreptio_fw-la importuna_fw-la te●t●tur_fw-la te●t●tur_fw-la ad_fw-la annum_fw-la 385._o m._n 6._o 6._o soc._n l._n 3._o c._n 4._o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theod._n l._n 4._o c._n 22._o 22._o lib._n 4._o c._n 21_o 22._o 22._o sozom._n l._n 7._o c._n 5._o 5._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 6._o 6._o extrav_fw-mi de_fw-fr episcopali_fw-la judicio_fw-la l._n 3._o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n l._n 5._o c._n 23_o 23_o soz._n l._n 7._o c._n 15._o 15._o soz._n l._n 8._o c._n 3._o 3._o pallad_n dial_n dial_n de_fw-fr his_fw-la qui_fw-la super_fw-la religione_fw-la contendunt_fw-la l._n 6._o 6._o de_fw-fr haere●●bus_fw-la priscillianus_n instituit_fw-la maximè_fw-la gnosticorum_fw-la &_o manichaeorum_fw-la dogmata_fw-la permixta_fw-la sectantur_fw-la quamvis_fw-la et_fw-la ex_fw-la aliis_fw-la haeresibus_fw-la in_o eas_fw-la sordes_fw-la tanquam_fw-la in_o sentinam_fw-la quandam_fw-la horribili_fw-la confusione_n confluxerint_fw-la propter_fw-la occultandas_fw-la autem_fw-la contaminationes_fw-la et_fw-la