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monarchical_a that_o no_o law_n can_v be_v promulgate_v no_o unity_n preserve_v if_o of_o their_o governor_n the_o lesser_a part_n be_v not_o regulate_v by_o the_o great_a 4._o the_o council_n remain_v general_n notwithstanding_o the_o absence_n of_o some_o considerable_a church_n 1._o if_o they_o can_v convenient_o come_v 2._o if_o they_o refuse_v without_o just_a hindrance_n 3._o if_o they_o be_v former_o cut_v of_o by_o heresy_n or_o schism_n the_o catholic_n church_n be_v narrow_a than_o christianity_n and_o a_o council_n may_v be_v general_n though_o the_o church_n be_v reduce_v to_o one_o patriarchate_n 5._o all_o that_o be_v capable_a of_o a_o voice_n in_o any_o general_n council_n be_v summon_v to_o trent_n the_o eastern_a bishop_n in_o the_o turk_n dominion_n can_v not_o convenient_o come_v there_o be_v war_n betwixt_o christian_n &_o turk_n the_o division_n which_o occasion_v the_o assembly_n arise_v only_o in_o the_o west_n &_o therefore_o there_o be_v less_o need_n of_o their_o presence_n moreover_o six_o greek_a bishop_n sit_v in_o the_o council_n and_o ten_o year_n after_o the_o wittenberg_n divine_v send_v the_o augustan_n confession_n to_o hieremy_n patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n who_o answer_n to_o they_o differ_v very_o little_a from_o the_o decree_n of_o trent_n it_o be_v true_a cyril_n lucar_n 1629._o lucar_n 1629._o publish_v a_o calvinistical_a contession_n but_o his_o immediate_a successor_n cyril_n of_o iberia_n assemble_v at_o constantinople_n a_o synod_n of_o 23._o bishop_n beside_o the_o patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n &_o jerusalem_n and_o again_o his_o successor_n parthenius_n assemble_v another_o of_o 25._o bishop_n &_o among_o they_o the_o metropolitan_a of_o moscovy_n both_o these_o synod_n anathematise_v lucar_n with_o his_o adherent_n and_o also_o justify_v these_o tenet_n of_o the_o council_n the_o corporal_a presence_n of_o christ_n body_n &_o blood_n with_o the_o symbol_n invocation_n of_o saint_n veneration_n of_o sacred_a image_n prayer_n &_o alm_n for_o the_o faithful_a decease_v with_o repentance_n as_o betterable_a in_o their_o present_a condition_n by_o they_o free_a will_n seven_o sacrament_n church_n infallibility_n etc._n etc._n see_v leo_n allatius_n de_fw-fr perpetuo_fw-la consensu_fw-la etc._n etc._n l._n 3._o see_v monsieur_n arnauld_n answer_n to_o claude_n l._n 4_o ch_n 7._o 6._o the_o absence_n of_o the_o protestant_a clergy_n from_o the_o council_n do_v not_o hinder_v its_o be_v general_n 1._o they_o who_o be_v not_o bishop_n have_v no_o right_a to_o sit_v there_o 2._o when_o bishop_n contumacious_o absent_v themselves_o for_o fear_n of_o censure_n their_o presence_n be_v not_o requisite_a otherwise_o farewell_n the_o power_n of_o all_o general_n council_n 3._o there_o be_v no_o place_n due_a to_o they_o who_o doctrine_n have_v be_v anathematise_v in_o former_a general_n council_n veneration_n of_o image_n be_v declare_v lawful_a in_o the_o ii_o of_o