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serventur_fw-la wherein_o the_o council_n show_v themselves_o very_o zealous_a for_o preserve_v all_o ancient_a custom_n and_o privilege_n so_o st._n ignatius_n the_o martyr_n live_v present_o after_o the_o apostle_n time_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n style_v himself_o the_o pastor_n of_o the_o church_n in_o syria_n because_o that_o whole_a region_n belong_v also_o in_o those_o time_n to_o the_o metropolis_n of_o antioch_n as_o dr._n hammond_n observe_v out_o of_o he_o sch._n p._n 50._o and_o this_o superiority_n over_o the_o rest_n these_o three_o metropolitan_o have_v as_o be_v ancient_o conjecture_v from_o st._n peter_n who_o be_v first_o or_o primate_n of_o the_o apostle_n his_o be_v bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o former_o of_o antioch_n and_o his_o have_v also_o by_o his_o disciple_n mark_n send_v thither_o a_o more_o particular_a relation_n to_o the_o church_n of_o alexandria_n these_o therefore_o be_v call_v apostolicae_fw-la sedes_fw-la which_o title_n be_v also_o sometime_o ancient_o communicate_v to_o some_o other_o church_n beside_o these_o where_o any_o of_o the_o apostle_n have_v for_o any_o long_a time_n make_v their_o residence_n as_o to_o ephesus_n to_o jerusalem_n etc._n etc._n but_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d the_o roman_a see_v the_o last_o and_o most_o eminent_a seat_n of_o the_o two_o great_a apostle_n 27._o vid._n bell._n de_fw-fr roman_n pont._n l._n 3._o c._n 2._o l._n 2._o c._n 27._o st._n peter_n and_o st._n paul_n not_o dispute_v here_o what_o subordination_n there_o be_v between_o these_o two_o who_o government_n the_o divine_a wisdom_n think_v meet_v to_o conclude_v in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o succession_n be_v so_o style_v which_o place_n from_o this_o rather_o than_o from_o the_o secular_a eminency_n and_o power_n of_o that_o city_n or_o from_o any_o other_o cause_n whatever_o if_o we_o may_v judge_n by_o the_o suffrage_n of_o antiquity_n have_v the_o honour_n and_o primacy_n above_o all_o other_o church_n the_o secular_a eminency_n of_o that_o city_n be_v the_o reason_n indeed_o mention_v by_o the_o bishop_n in_o conc._n chalc._n act._n 16._o propter_fw-la imperium_fw-la civitatis_fw-la illius_fw-la because_o they_o endeavour_v the_o advancement_n of_o the_o constantinopolitan_a bishop_n the_o patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n dioscorus_n be_v condemn_v by_o that_o council_n as_o a_o defender_n of_o eutyches_n to_o the_o same_o privilege_n with_o the_o roman_a in_o the_o second_o place_n upon_o the_o like_a ground_n but_o a_o reason_n disclaim_v by_o leo_n the_o then_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o by_o his_o legate_n and_o a_o reason_n also_o omit_v and_o leave_v out_o by_o themselves_o when_o they_o write_v to_o leo_n for_o his_o confirmation_n of_o their_o canon_n who_o there_o give_v another_o reason_n of_o his_o primacy_n viz._n his_o successorship_n in_o st._n peter_n chair_n as_o appear_v below_o §_o 25._o n._n 2._o see_v also_o syricius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n a.d._n 389._o his_o epistle_n ad_fw-la episcopum_fw-la tarraconensem_fw-la a_o city_n in_o spain_n nobis_fw-la major_n cunctis_fw-la christianae_n religionis_fw-la zelus_fw-la incumbit_fw-la portamus_fw-la onera_fw-la omnium_fw-la qui_fw-la gravantur_fw-la quinimo_fw-la haec_fw-la portat_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la beatus_fw-la apostolus_fw-la petrus_n qui_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la ut_fw-la confidimus_fw-la administrationis_fw-la suae_fw-la protegit_fw-la &_o tuetur_fw-la haeredes_fw-la see_v leo_n serm_fw-la 1._o de_fw-la natali_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la thus_o speak_v to_o rome_n per_fw-la sacram_fw-la beati_fw-la petri_n sedem_fw-la caput_fw-la orbis_n effecta_fw-la latius_fw-la praesides_fw-la religione_fw-la divina_fw-la quam_fw-la dominatione_fw-la terrena_fw-la and_o his_o epist_n 58._o to_o anatolius_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n and_o ep._n 66._o to_o the_o bishop_n of_o chalced._n conc._n in_o answer_n to_o the_o letter_n send_v from_o they_o where_o he_o have_v these_o word_n nihil_fw-la alexandrinae_n sedi_fw-la ejus_fw-la pereat_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la quam_fw-la per_fw-la sanctum_fw-la marcum_fw-la evangelistam_fw-la b._n petri_n discipulum_fw-la meruit_fw-la antiochena_fw-la quoque_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la primum_fw-la praedicante_fw-la apostolo_n petro_n christianum_fw-la nomen_fw-la exortum_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la paternae_fw-la i.e._n patrum_fw-la concilii_fw-la niceni_n constitutionis_fw-la ordine_fw-la perseveret_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o ep._n ad_fw-la marcinamum_fw-la augustum_fw-la he_o say_v habeat_fw-la constantinopolitana_n civitas_fw-la gloriam_fw-la svam_fw-la alia_fw-la tamen_fw-la ratio_fw-la est_fw-la rerum_fw-la saecularium_fw-la alia_fw-la divinarum_fw-la c._n and_o in_o conc_fw-fr chalced._n 16._o sess_v see_v the_o answer_n of_o the_o roman_a legate_n contradictio_fw-la nostra_fw-la his_fw-la gestis_fw-la inhaereat_fw-la ut_fw-la noverimus_fw-la quid_fw-la apostolico_fw-la viro_fw-la vniversalis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la papae_fw-la defer_v valeamus_fw-la and_o see_v the_o confession_n of_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n itself_o in_o act._n 2._o petrus_n per_fw-la leonem_fw-la locutus_fw-la est_fw-la and_o in_o their_o epistle_n to_o leo_n set_v down_o below_o §_o 25._o n._n 2._o which_o clear_o show_v they_o not_o to_o have_v hold_v the_o primacy_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n to_o have_v spring_v only_o from_o the_o secular_a greatness_n of_o the_o city_n but_o also_o from_o the_o succession_n of_o s._n peter_n i_o have_v stay_v the_o long_a upon_o this_o because_o of_o that_o passage_n in_o dr._n hammond_n schism_n 5._o c._n 4._o s._n see_v the_o word_n of_o anacletus_fw-la ep._n 3._o if_o those_o epistle_n he_o his_v in_o dr._n field_n 5._o l._n 31._o c._n p._n 515._o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n as_o leo_n see_v cyprian_n ep._n 55._o ad_fw-la cornelium_n bishop_n of_o rome_n de_fw-fr fortunato_n &_o faelicissimo_fw-la haereticis_fw-la insuper_fw-la navigare_fw-la audent_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la petri_n cathedram_fw-la atque_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la principalem_fw-la and_o ep._n 52._o antoniano_n cum_fw-la fabiani_n locus_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la locus_fw-la petri_n vacaret_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la cornelius_n episcopus_fw-la i._n e._n of_o rome_n after_o fabianus_n irenaeus_n who_o live_v in_o the_o 2d_o age_n 3_o l._n 3._o c._n maximae_fw-la &_o antiquissime_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la cognitae_fw-la a_o gloriosissimis_fw-la duobus_fw-la apostolis_n petro_n &_o paulo_n fundatae_fw-la &_o constitutae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la eam_fw-la quam_fw-la habet_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n traditionem_fw-la &_o annunciatam_fw-la hominibus_fw-la fidem_fw-la per_fw-la successiones_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la pervenientem_fw-la indicantes_fw-la confundimus_fw-la omnes_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la per_fw-la svi_fw-la placentiam_fw-la &c_n &c_n praeterquam_fw-la oportet_fw-la colligunt_fw-la hosius_n in_o the_o council_n of_o sardica_n can_v 3._o concern_v appeals_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n propose_v thus_o si_fw-la vobis_fw-la placet_fw-la s._n petri_n apostoli_fw-la memoriam_fw-la honoremus_fw-la ut_fw-la scribatur_fw-la julio_n romano_n episcopo_fw-la etc._n etc._n hieron_n ep._n to_o damasus_n concern_v the_o word_n hypostasis_fw-la whether_o he_o may_v admit_v it_o ideo_fw-la mihi_fw-la cathedram_fw-la petri_n &_o fidem_fw-la apostolico_fw-la ore_fw-la laudatam_fw-la censui_fw-la consulendam_fw-la apud_fw-la vos_fw-la solos_fw-la incorrupta_fw-la patrum_fw-la servatur_fw-la authoritas_fw-la alius_fw-la haereditas_fw-la ego_fw-la nullum_fw-la primum_fw-la nisi_fw-la christum_fw-la sequens_fw-la beatitudinis_fw-la tuus_fw-la i._n e._n cathedrae_fw-la petri_n communione_fw-la consocior_fw-la super_fw-la illam_fw-la petram_fw-la adificatam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la scio_fw-la and_o in_o another_o ep._n ad_fw-la eundem_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la cathedrae_fw-la petri_n jungitur_fw-la meus_fw-la est_fw-la greg._n l._n 4._o ep._n 36._o quod_fw-la mox_fw-la idem_fw-la decessor_fw-la meus_fw-la ut_fw-la agnovit_fw-la directis_fw-la literis_fw-la ex_fw-la authoritate_fw-la s._n petri_n apostoli_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la synodi_fw-la acta_fw-la cassavit_fw-la and_o l._n 6._o ep._n 37._o eulogio_fw-la episcopo_fw-la alex._n quis_fw-la nesciat_fw-la sanctam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la in_o apostolorum_fw-la principis_fw-la soliditate_fw-la firmatam_fw-la etc._n etc._n cum_fw-la multi_fw-la sint_fw-la apostoli_fw-la pro_fw-la ipso_fw-la tamen_fw-la principatu_fw-la sola_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la principis_fw-la sedes_fw-la in_o authoritate_fw-la convaluit_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o tribus_fw-la locis_fw-la unius_fw-la est_fw-la ipse_fw-la enim_fw-la sublimavit_fw-la sedem_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la etiam_fw-la quiescere_fw-la &_o praesentem_fw-la vitam_fw-la finire_fw-la dignatus_fw-la
531._o he_o assent_v to_o the_o say_n of_o gelasius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n urge_v by_o bellarmin_n that_o no_o other_o particular_a church_n or_o see_v may_v judge_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n see_v every_o other_o see_v be_v inferior_a to_o it_o thus_o he._n who_o concession_n if_o it_o may_v be_v think_v that_o they_o be_v too_o free_a and_o too_o indulgent_a to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o therefore_o that_o the_o testimony_n of_o this_o single_a person_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v so_o much_o press_v as_o i_o have_v and_o shall_v press_v they_o in_o this_o discourse_n i_o first_o advertise_v you_o that_o they_o be_v such_o as_o seem_v force_v from_o he_o mostwhat_a in_o his_o answer_n to_o the_o authority_n out_o of_o the_o primitive_a time_n collect_v by_o bellarmin_n and_o then_o i_o desire_v that_o any_o peruse_v the_o same_o authority_n will_v try_v if_o himself_o can_v shape_v any_o less-yeilding_a answer_n that_o may_v be_v satisfactory_a except_o this_o the_o utter_a reject_v and_o renounce_v all_o such_o authority_n which_o prudent_a man_n see_v will_v give_v too_o much_o advantage_n to_o the_o roman_a cause_n and_o i_o be_o content_a that_o dr._n field_n concession_n and_o whatever_o be_v build_v thereon_o in_o this_o discourse_n be_v cancel_v and_o nullify_v but_o in_o some_o manner_n to_o second_o dr._n field_n judgement_n and_o relation_n of_o this_o matter_n i_o will_v add_v to_o it_o several_a concession_n of_o the_o archbishop_n of_o spalleto_n a_o copious_a writer_n also_o on_o this_o subject_n who_o of_o the_o ancient_a privilege_n of_o patriarch_n and_o among_o they_o especial_o of_o the_o roman_a speak_v thus_o 3._o l._n 10._o c._n 26._o n._n sicut_fw-la metropolitanus_n episcopus_fw-la suffraganeos_fw-la suos_fw-la errantes_fw-la corripere_fw-la &_o corrigere_fw-la debet_fw-la &_o emendare_fw-la ita_fw-la si_fw-la metropolitanus_n erret_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o moribus_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o judiciis_fw-la &_o act_n suis_fw-la ne_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la synodus_fw-la semper_fw-la cum_fw-la incommodo_fw-la conveniat_fw-la a_o patriarchis_fw-la voluit_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la &_o lex_fw-la metropolitanos_fw-la emendari_fw-la nisi_fw-la tam_fw-la gravis_fw-la sit_fw-la causa_fw-la &_o publica_fw-la praesertim_fw-la fidei_fw-la ut_fw-la totius_fw-la regionis_fw-la synodus_fw-la sive_fw-la &_o oecumenica_fw-la debeat_fw-la convenire_fw-la of_o which_o cause_n sure_o the_o patriarch_n be_v to_o judge_v since_o he_o only_o not_o they_o have_v the_o authority_n of_o convocate_a such_o council_n ita_fw-la in_o council_n chalced._n cap._n 9_o statutum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la adversus_fw-la provinicae_fw-la metropolitanum_n episcopus_fw-la vel_fw-la clericus_fw-la habeat_fw-la querelam_fw-la petat_fw-la primà tem_fw-la dioeceseos_fw-la aut_fw-la sedem_fw-la regiae_n vrbis_fw-la constantinopolitanae_n &_o apud_fw-la ipsam_fw-la judicetur_fw-la et_fw-la in_o octava_fw-la synodo_fw-la generali_fw-la canon_n expressus_fw-la ponitur_fw-la de_fw-la potestate_fw-la patriarcharum_fw-la &_o metropolitanorum_n sub_fw-la he_o verbis_fw-la haec_fw-la sancta_fw-la &_o magna_fw-la synodus_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o seniori_fw-la &_o nova_fw-la roma_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o sede_fw-la alexandria_n &c_n &c_n priscam_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la decernit_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la conservari_fw-la it_o a_o ut_fw-la eorum_fw-la praesules_fw-la the_o patriarch_n universorum_fw-la metropolitanorum_n qui_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la promoventur_fw-la sive_fw-la per_fw-la manus_fw-la impositionem_fw-la sive_fw-la per_fw-la pallii_fw-la dationem_fw-la episcopalis_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la firmitatem_fw-la accipiant_fw-la habeant_fw-la potestatem_fw-la viz._n ad_fw-la convocandum_fw-la eos_fw-la urgente_fw-la necessitate_v ad_fw-la synodalem_fw-la conventum_fw-la vel_fw-la etiam_fw-la ad_fw-la coercendum_fw-la illos_fw-la &_o corrigendum_fw-la cum_fw-la fama_fw-la eos_fw-la super_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la delictis_fw-la forsan_fw-la accusavenit_fw-la so_o 4._o l._n 4._o c._n 5._o n._n of_o the_o constantinopolitan_a patriarch_n he_o say_v jam_fw-la introductam_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la ut_fw-la causae_fw-la ecclesiasticae_fw-la totius_fw-la orientis_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o propriis_fw-la provinciis_fw-la terminari_fw-la vix_fw-la possent_fw-la ad_fw-la sedem_fw-la constantinopolitanam_fw-la deferrentur_fw-la concilium_fw-la hoc_fw-la chalcedonense_fw-la bis_fw-la confirmavit_fw-la and_o 9_o c._n 1._o n._n of_o the_o roman_a patriarch_n thus_o quia_fw-la patriarchae_fw-la ut_fw-la disserui_fw-la 3._o l._n 10._o c._n alia_fw-la privilegia_fw-la habent_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la superant_fw-la metropolitanos_fw-la habebit_fw-la etiam_fw-la romanus_n pontifex_fw-la omne_fw-la patriarchalia_n privilegia_fw-la palliâm_fw-la sibi_fw-la subjectis_fw-la metropolitanis_n illud_fw-la petentibus_fw-la concedere_fw-la &c_n &c_n eosdem_fw-la a_o lege_fw-la divina_fw-la vel_fw-la sacris_fw-la canonibus_fw-la deviantes_fw-la corripere_fw-la &_o in_o officio_fw-la continere_fw-la controversias_fw-la inter_fw-la eosdem_fw-la exortas_fw-la componere_fw-la causasque_fw-la eorundem_fw-la interdum_fw-la i._n e._n in_o causis_fw-la gravioribus_fw-la audire_fw-la &_o decidere_fw-la totius_fw-la patriarchatus_fw-la concilia_fw-la convocare_fw-la romanum_fw-la tamen_fw-la patriarcham_fw-la adhuc_fw-la in_o quibusdam_fw-la peculiari_fw-la quadam_fw-la ratione_fw-la supra_fw-la omnes_fw-la etiam_fw-la patriarchas_fw-la excellere_fw-la jam_fw-la ostendo_fw-la he_o go_v on_o there_o 14._o n._n exit_fw-la loco_fw-la svi_fw-la primi_fw-la patriarchatus_fw-la sacrorum_fw-la canonum_fw-la primus_fw-la habebatur_fw-la &_o praecipuus_fw-la observator_fw-la custos_fw-la ac_fw-la vindex_fw-la quos_fw-la si_fw-la alicubi_fw-la violari_fw-la cognosceret_fw-la acer_fw-la monitor_fw-la insurgebat_fw-la he_o seem_v loath_a to_o say_v judex_fw-la though_o he_o have_v say_v it_o before_o 15._o n._n secundum_fw-la privilegium_fw-la episcopi_fw-la romani_fw-la fuit_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsum_fw-la quicunque_fw-la episcopi_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la provinciae_fw-la &_o regionis_fw-la not_o only_o of_o his_o patriarchy_n qui_fw-fr se_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopis_fw-la propriae_fw-la provinciae_fw-la gravari_fw-la sentirent_fw-la in_fw-la judiciis_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ad_fw-la sacram_fw-la anchoram_fw-la confugerent_fw-la apud_fw-la ipsum_fw-la innocentiam_fw-la svam_fw-la probaturi_fw-la he_o seem_v loath_a to_o say_v that_o they_o repair_v to_o he_o to_o have_v their_o cause_n hear_v and_o judge_v by_o he_o and_o to_o have_v restitution_n to_o their_o place_n from_o he_o though_o nothing_o be_v more_o clear_a than_o this_o in_o athanasius_n his_o and_o many_o other_o case_n instanced-in_a below_o but_o present_o he_o confess_v romani_fw-la pontifices_fw-la de_fw-la facto_fw-la eos_fw-la sedibus_fw-la suis_fw-la restituebant_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la objectis_fw-la criminibus_fw-la tanquam_fw-la si_fw-la essent_fw-la supremi_fw-la judices_fw-la absolvebant_fw-la and_o this_o so_o ancient_o as_o cyprian_n time_n and_o before_o the_o first_o general_n council_n of_o nice_a 16._o n._n romanus_n pontifex_fw-la propter_fw-la summam_fw-la ipsius_fw-la existimationem_fw-la commune_v quasi_fw-la vinculum_fw-la &_o nodus_fw-la erat_fw-la praecipuus_fw-la catholicae_fw-la communionis_fw-la in_o tota_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la catholicae_fw-la communionis_fw-la dux_fw-la &_o arbyter_n ut_fw-la cvi_fw-la ipse_fw-la svam_fw-la communionem_fw-la vel_fw-la daret_fw-la vel_fw-la adimeret_fw-la caeterae_fw-la quoque_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la omnes_fw-la ordinary_a darent_fw-la pariter_fw-la vel_fw-la adimerent_fw-la so_o elsewhere_o he_o say_v 8._o c._n 2._o n._n communio_fw-la cum_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la romana_fw-la maximi_fw-la semper_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la totius_fw-la imperii_fw-la romani_fw-la universali_fw-la propter_fw-la summam_fw-la 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