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assist_v from_o the_o sea_n apostolic_a macarius_n bishop_n of_o hist._n jerusalem_n eustachius_n bishop_n of_o antioch_n alexander_n bishop_n of_o alexandria_n and_o 16._o as_o for_o julius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n he_o assist_v not_o at_o it_o because_o of_o his_o age_n but_o in_o his_o steed_n there_o assist_v vito_n and_o vincentius_n priest_n of_o the_o same_o church_n and_o from_o thence_o calvin_n infer_v that_o the_o legate_n of_o julius_n be_v only_o then_o in_o the_o four_o place_n and_o consequent_o that_o julius_n do_v not_o preside_v there_o now_o can_v i_o note_v in_o pass_v by_o that_o the_o council_n of_o nicaea_n be_v not_o hold_v under_o julius_n as_o calvin_n think_v but_o under_o sybuester_v the_o predecessor_n of_o julius_n and_o that_o it_o be_v a_o depravation_n of_o sozomen_n copy_n that_o have_v deceive_v calvin_n and_o before_o he_o cassiodorus_n beda_n and_o many_o other_o for_o first_o chron._n eusebius_n chron._n saint_n jerom_n 27._o socrates_n 3._o theodoret_n nic._n gelasius_n of_o cyzica_n and_o the_o ancient_a latin_a subscription_n and_o after_o all_o those_o hincmarus_n archbishop_n of_o rheims_n testify_v the_o council_n of_o nicaea_n be_v hold_v in_o the_o time_n of_o sylvester_n and_o not_o of_o julius_n 20._o and_o second_o sozomene_n note_n that_o under_o the_o three_o consulship_n of_o crispus_n and_o constantine_n caesar_n which_o be_v he_o by_o who_o he_o have_v begin_v his_o history_n 2._o sylvester_n be_v bishop_n of_o rome_n now_o the_o three_o consulship_n of_o crispus_n and_o constantine_n end_v but_o four_o month_n before_o the_o overture_n of_o the_o council_n of_o nicaea_n which_o begin_v in_o the_o month_n of_o may_n under_o the_o consulship_n of_o paulinus_n &_o julianus_n by_o which_o mean_v julius_n can_v not_o have_v send_v his_o legate_n see_v 9_o between_o sylvester_n and_o julius_n sozomene_n report_v that_o there_o be_v a_o papacy_n interpose_v which_o be_v that_o of_o marcus_n which_o according_a to_o s._n jerom_n ibid._n 25._o 2._o 20._o chron._n last_v eight_o month_n and_o three_o the_o cause_n wherefore_o sozomene_n observe_v 7._o that_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n assist_v not_o at_o the_o council_n which_o be_v his_o extreme_a age_n or_o as_o theodoret_n say_v his_o profound_a age_n can_v not_o agree_v with_o the_o person_n of_o julius_n who_o live_v till_o thirty_o year_n after_o the_o council_n and_o four_a sozomene_n assign_v but_o twenty_o five_o year_n to_o julius_n 27._o papacy_n in_o which_o place_n we_o must_v read_v but_o fifteen_o with_o socrates_n and_o consequent_o he_o can_v not_o presuppose_v that_o julius_n have_v be_v pope_n in_o ibid._n the_o time_n of_o the_o council_n of_o nicaea_n see_v aswell_o he_o as_o socrates_n affirm_v ibid._n that_o julius_n die_v after_o the_o death_n of_o magnentius_n gallus_n and_o silvanus_n ibid._n ibid._n that_o be_v to_o say_v thirty_o year_n after_o the_o council_n for_o magnentius_n be_v slay_v according_a to_o 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to_o cause_v the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o western_a church_n to_o be_v carry_v to_o the_o general_a counsel_n celebrate_v in_o the_o east_n send_v a_o legation_n compound_v of_o two_o kind_n of_o legate_n the_o one_o internal_a and_o take_v from_o the_o body_n of_o the_o particular_a roman_a church_n who_o we_o with_o 〈◊〉_d the_o council_n of_o sardica_n call_v legate_n take_v out_o of_o the_o pope_n own_o side_n and_o the_o other_o external_a and_o take_v out_o of_o the_o order_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o this_o legation_n be_v sometime_o make_v by_o two_o distinct_a commission_n as_o in_o the_o six_o general_a council_n the_o legate_n from_o the_o pope_n particular_a person_n and_o those_o from_o the_o council_n of_o rome_n be_v depute_v feveral_o and_o sometime_o by_o a_o joint_a deputation_n as_o in_o the_o council_n of_o ephesus_n and_o chalcedon_n now_o be_v those_o legate_n that_o we_o call_v internal_a that_o be_v to_o say_v take_v out_o of_o the_o particular_a clergy_n of_o the_o 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