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disposition_n which_o secret_o may_v still_o continue_v some_o of_o those_o to_o the_o body_n who_o her_o censure_n remove_v from_o it_o such_o be_v the_o invincible_o ignorant_a or_o those_o that_o without_o malice_n be_v involve_v in_o such_o schism_n especial_o where_o the_o fundamental_a faith_n be_v not_o diminish_v by_o any_o heresy_n add_v to_o schism_n but_o though_o this_o plea_n of_o ignorance_n invincible_a do_v seem_v good_a and_o credible_a for_o many_o in_o the_o present_a greek_a church_n if_o these_o church_n may_v be_v conclude_v schismatical_a keep_v in_o so_o much_o slavery_n illiterature_n and_o darkness_n yet_o it_o be_v to_o be_v fear_v it_o will_v fail_v many_o in_o the_o reform_a church_n where_o too_o much_o presumption_n of_o knowledge_n seem_v to_o be_v the_o chief_a thing_n that_o have_v destroy_v their_o obedience_n and_o conformity_n to_o the_o whole_a finis_fw-la the_o three_o treatise_n of_o the_o first_o part_n of_o ancient_a church-government_n reflect_v on_o the_o late_a writing_n of_o several_a learned_a protestant_n bishop_n bramhall_n dr._n field_n dr._n fern_n dr._n hammond_n and_o other_o on_o this_o subject_n oxford_z print_v in_o the_o year_n m.dc.lxxxviii_o content_n svbordination_n of_o glergy_n §_o 1._o three_o patriarch_n only_o at_o the_o first_o §_o 2._o the_o first_o of_o these_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n §_o 3._o the_o extent_n of_o his_o patriarchate_n the_o second_o the_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n §_o 4._o the_o 3d._n the_o bishop_n of_o antioch_n §_o 5._o from_o whence_o their_o superiority_n over_o other_o bishop_n §_o 6._o the_o see_v of_o constantinople_n advance_v to_o a_o patriarchate_o in_o the_o next_o place_n to_o rome_n §_o 7._o the_o great_a extent_n of_o this_o patriarchate_o in_o latter_a time_n the_o see_v of_o jerusalem_n raise_v to_o a_o patriarchate_o in_o the_o 5_o place_n §_o 8._o the_o authority_n of_o patriarch_n and_o other_o ecclesiastical_a governor_n for_o the_o ordination_n or_o 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joint_o only_o with_o a_o patriarchal_a council_n which_o be_v by_o some_o pretend_a §_o 37._o that_o it_o be_v schism_n to_o deny_v obedience_n to_o any_o ecclesiastical_a power_n establish_v by_o the_o ecclesiastical_a canon_n and_o that_o no_o such_o power_n can_v be_v lawful_o dissolve_v by_o any_o power_n secular_a §_o 38._o the_o concession_n of_o bishop_n bramhal_o and_o dr._n hammond_n in_o this_o matter_n §_o 39_o several_a pretence_n to_o weaken_v such_o canon_n to_o i_o seem_v invalid_a §_o 41._o that_o obedience_n due_a may_v not_o be_v withdraw_v upon_o governor_n undue_a claim_n §_o 47._o that_o ecclesiastical_a council_n may_v change_v their_o former_a ecclesiastical_a law_n though_o lay-magistrate_n may_v not_o change_v they_o §_o 48._o that_o prelate_n and_o other_o stand_v oblige_v to_o those_o church-canon_n which_o in_o a_o superior_a council_n be_v make_v with_o the_o consent_n of_o their_o predecessor_n till_o such_o council_n shall_v reverse_v they_o §_o 49._o reflection_n upon_o what_o have_v he_o say_v that_o the_o
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bishopric_n one_o may_v be_v make_v by_o the_o king_n governor_n of_o a_o whole_a province_n in_o respect_n of_o some_o command_n which_o he_o have_v over_o it_o all_o and_o may_v be_v make_v by_o the_o same_o king_n or_o by_o any_o other_o to_o who_o the_o king_n have_v give_v the_o bestow_n of_o such_o a_o dignity_n governor_n also_o only_o of_o one_o city_n in_o that_o province_n in_o respect_n of_o some_o other_o office_n divers_a from_o the_o former_a which_o he_o may_v exercise_v over_o that_o town_n and_o not_o likewise_o over_o the_o province_n thus_o much_o to_o bishop_n bramhal_o only_o i_o must_v tell_v you_o that_o he_o may_v put_v his_o proposition_n in_o such_o a_o sense_n as_o they_o shall_v pointblank_o contradict_v but_o then_o he_o will_v not_o be_v able_a to_o show_v that_o in_o such_o a_o sense_n the_o roman_a church_n affirm_v they_o 2._o to_o dr._n hammond_n i_o answer_v that_o no_o man_n can_v acquire_v the_o possession_n of_o a_o thing_n anew_o which_o he_o 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the_o other_o so_o one_o may_v receive_v a_o possession_n from_o a_o prince_n by_o free_a donation_n and_o afterward_o fear_v some_o cavil_n at_o this_o title_n may_v acquire_v another_o right_n to_o the_o same_o thing_n by_o purchase_n either_o from_o the_o same_o prince_n or_o from_o any_o other_o person_n of_o his_o subject_n who_o pretend_v to_o have_v the_o just_a disposal_n thereof_o and_o this_o person_n may_v afterward_o plead_v as_o he_o see_v cause_n either_o of_o these_o title_n the_o donation_n from_o the_o prince_n or_o purchase_v from_o the_o subject_a which_o subject_n whether_o he_o have_v a_o right_a power_n to_o dispose_v of_o such_o a_o thing_n or_o no_o yet_o the_o purchaser_n plea_n be_v good_a against_o he_o and_o against_o all_o those_o who_o be_v bind_v by_o his_o act_n so_o that_o they_o can_v resume_v such_o possession_n from_o he_o so_o to_o come_v near_o our_o business_n suppose_v a_o donation_n by_o our_o saviour_n of_o such_o a_o supremacy_n for_o ever_o over_o the_o whole_a church_n and_o so_o over_o britain_n to_o s._n peter_n successor_n and_o suppose_v a_o donation_n quo_fw-la jure_fw-la i_o need_v no_o here_o inquire_v by_o the_o church_n of_o the_o same_o supremacy_n to_o the_o patriarch_n of_o the_o west_n over_o all_o the_o west_n and_o so_o over_o britain_n and_o suppose_v 3_o a_o donation_n or_o consent_n by_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o great_a britain_n of_o the_o same_o supremacy_n over_o they_o to_o the_o first_o author_n of_o their_o conversion_n i_o say_v here_o the_o same_o person_n be_v s._n peter_n successor_n and_o patriarch_n of_o the_o west_n and_o converter_n of_o england_n may_v challenge_v such_o supremacy_n over_o it_o by_o which_o of_o these_o title_n he_o please_v they_o be_v oblige_v to_o all_o to_o our_o saviour_n act_n of_o who_o they_o be_v subject_n to_o the_o act_n of_o the_o church_n whereof_o
l._n 37._o c._n p._n 551._o without_o the_o patriarch_n assent_n none_o of_o the_o metropolitan_o subject_n unto_o they_o may_v be_v ordain_v and_o what_o the_o bring_v say_v he_o prove_v nothing_o that_o we_o ever_o doubt_v of_o for_o we_o know_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n have_v the_o right_a of_o confirm_v the_o metropolitan_o within_o the_o precinct_n of_o his_o own_o patriarchship_n as_o likewise_o every_o other_o patriarch_n have_v and_o that_o therefore_o he_o may_v send_v the_o pall_n to_o sundry_a part_n of_o greece_n france_n and_o spain_n as_o bellarmin_n allege_v be_v all_o within_o the_o compass_n of_o his_o patriarchship_n see_v bishop_n bramhal_o vindic_n 9_o c._n p._n 257._o etc._n etc._n what_o power_n the_o metropolitan_a have_v over_o the_o bishop_n of_o his_o own_o province_n the_o same_o have_v a_o patriarch_n over_o the_o metropolitan_o and_o bishop_n of_o sundry_a province_n within_o his_o own_o patriarchate_o and_o afterward_o wherein_o then_o consist_v patriarchal_a authority_n in_o ordain_v their_o metropolitan_o for_o with_o inferior_a bishop_n they_o may_v not_o meddle_v or_o confirm_v they_o in_o impose_v of_o hand_n or_o give_v the_o pall_n in_o convocate_a patriarchal_a synod_n and_o preside_v in_o they_o &c_n &c_n when_o metropolitical_a synod_n do_v not_o suffice_v to_o determine_v some_o emergent_a difference_n or_o difficulty_n thus_o he_o neither_o may_v any_o metropolitan_a upon_o any_o cause_n separate_v himself_o from_o the_o communion_n of_o his_o patriarch_n before_o the_o examination_n and_o sentence_n of_o a_o council_n first_o pass_v in_o his_o behalf_n see_v 8._o general_n council_n 10._o c._n who_o word_n be_v nullus_fw-la clericus_fw-la ante_fw-la diligentem_fw-la examinationem_fw-la &_o synodicam_fw-la sententiam_fw-la a_o communione_fw-la proprii_fw-la patriarchae_fw-la se_fw-la separet_fw-la licet_fw-la criminalem_fw-la quamlibet_fw-la causam_fw-la ejus_fw-la se_fw-la nosse_fw-la praetendat_fw-la nec_fw-la recuset_fw-la nomen_fw-la ipsius_fw-la refer_v inter_fw-la divina_fw-la mysteria_fw-la idem_fw-la statuimus_fw-la de_fw-la episcopis_fw-la erga_fw-la proprios_fw-la metropolita_n similiter_fw-la &_o de_fw-la metropolitis_fw-la circa_fw-la patriarcham_fw-la suum_fw-la qui_fw-la vero_fw-la contra_fw-la fecerit_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la sacerdotali_fw-la operatione_n &_o honore_fw-la decidat_fw-la ante_fw-la synodicam_fw-la sententiam_fw-la i._n e._n of_o a_o council_n superior_a to_o the_o metropolitan_a for_o the_o low_a can_v judge_v the_o high_a no_o not_o tho_o assemble_v together_o in_o a_o council_n see_v dr._n field_n l._n 5._o c._n 39_o p._n 567._o as_o a_o episcopal_a synod_n can_v judge_v the_o metropolitan_a and_o the_o firmly_a to_o bind_v and_o confine_v the_o inferior_a to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o superior_a order_n of_o the_o clergy_n the_o church_n make_v frequent_a canon_n against_o their_o start_n aside_o by_o appeal_n to_o the_o judgement_n of_o secular_o whether_o of_o other_o or_o also_o of_o the_o emperor_n himself_o see_v council_n antiochen_n 11._o c._n 12._o c._n council_n sardica_n 8._o c._n council_n chalced._n 9_o c._n si_fw-mi clericus_fw-la adversus_fw-la clericum_fw-la habeat_fw-la negotium_fw-la non_fw-la relinquat_fw-la suum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la saecularia_fw-la judicia_fw-la non_fw-la concurrat_fw-la etc._n etc._n conc._n melevitanum_n 19_o c._n placuit_fw-la ut_fw-la quicunque_fw-la ab_fw-la imperatore_n cognitionem_fw-la judiciorum_fw-la publicorum_fw-la i.e._n ecclesiasticorum_fw-la petierit_n honore_fw-la proprio_fw-la privetur_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o see_v conc._n generale_fw-mi 8._o c._n 17._o &_o 21._o this_o for_o patriarch_n superiority_n over_o and_o their_o cotfirmation_n of_o metropolitans_n next_o among_o the_o patriarch_n themselves_o §_o 10_o it_o seem_v the_o low_a receive_v no_o ordination_n from_o the_o high_a but_o yet_o some_o confirmation_n or_o approbation_n they_o seem_v ordinary_o to_o have_v have_v from_o their_o superior_n or_o at_o least_o from_o the_o roman_a patriarch_n by_o those_o word_n of_o leo_n ep._n 54._o ad_fw-la martianum_fw-la the_o then_o emperor_n concern_v anatolius_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n satis_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la praedicto_fw-la vestrae_fw-la pietatis_fw-la auxilio_fw-la &_o mei_fw-la favoris_fw-la assensu_fw-la episcopatum_fw-la tantae_fw-la vrbis_fw-la obtinuit_fw-la and_o custodire_fw-la debuit_fw-la ut_fw-la quod_fw-la nostro_fw-la beneficio_fw-la noscitur_fw-la consecutus_fw-la nullius_fw-la pravitatis_fw-la cupiditate_fw-la turbaret_fw-la nos_fw-la enim_fw-la vestrae_fw-la fidei_fw-la &_o interventionis_fw-la habentes_fw-la intuitum_fw-la cum_fw-la secundum_fw-la suae_fw-la consecrationis_fw-la authores_fw-la ejus_fw-la initia_fw-la titubarent_fw-la benigniores_fw-la circa_fw-la ipsum_fw-la quam_fw-la justiores_fw-la esse_fw-la voluimus_fw-la quo_fw-la perturbationes_fw-la omnes_fw-la quae_fw-la operante_fw-la diabolo_fw-it fuerunt_fw-la excitatae_fw-la adhibitis_fw-la remediis_fw-la leniremus_fw-la thus_o discourse_v the_o pope_n to_o the_o emperor_n conscious_a of_o all_o those_o proceed_n concern_v his_o establish_n of_o the_o constantinopolitan_a patriarch_n and_o by_o the_o suit_n make_v to_o the_o pope_n concern_v the_o settlement_n of_o flavianus_n in_o the_o patriarchy_n of_o antioch_n of_o which_o see_v theodoret_n hist_o eccles_n 5._o l._n 23._o c._n likewise_o concern_v the_o confirm_v of_o superior_a patriarch_n by_o the_o inferior_a that_o be_v true_a which_o dr._n field_n 5._o l._n 37._o c._n p._n 551._o say_v in_o answer_n to_o such_o place_n urge_v by_o bellarmin_n that_o the_o manner_n be_v that_o the_o patriarch_n shall_v upon_o notice_n give_v of_o their_o due_a ordination_n and_o synodal_n letter_n contain_v a_o profession_n of_o their_o faith_n mutual_o give_v assent_v one_o to_o another_o therefore_o cyprian_n antoniano_n ep._n 52._o speak_v thus_o concern_v the_o legitimate_a election_n of_o cornelius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n who_o novatianus_n endeavour_v to_o supplant_v factus_fw-la est_fw-la cornelius_n episcopus_fw-la cum_fw-la fabiani_n locus_fw-la vacaret_fw-la quo_fw-la loco_fw-la occupato_fw-la de_fw-fr dei_fw-la voluntate_fw-la atque_fw-la omnium_fw-la nostrûm_fw-la consensione_n firmato_fw-la quisquis_fw-la jam_fw-la episcopus_fw-la romae_fw-la fieri_fw-la voluerit_fw-la foris_fw-la fiat_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o that_o which_o dr._n field_n add_v there_o viz._n that_o the_o confirm_v of_o the_o great_a bishop_n of_o the_o world_n pertain_v not_o otherwise_o to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n than_o the_o right_n of_o confirm_v he_o pertain_v unto_o they_o can_v just_o be_v defend_v even_o from_o his_o own_o concession_n elsewhere_o 5._o l._n 34._o c._n p._n 528._o etc._n etc._n of_o which_o see_v more_o below_o §_o 24._o for_o no_o other_o bishop_n can_v be_v a_o lawful_a patriarch_n without_o the_o approbation_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n the_o prime_a patriarch_n who_o withdraw_v his_o communion_n from_o any_o be_v withdraw_v the_o communion_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n which_o have_v always_o continue_v unite_v to_o this_o apostolic_a chair_n and_o yet_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v lawful_o such_o without_o the_o approbation_n of_o every_o other_o patriarch_n so_o long_o as_o his_o election_n be_v not_o disallow_v by_o the_o conjunct_a hierarchy_n or_o the_o whole_a representative_a of_o the_o church_n gather_v togegether_o in_o a_o council_n as_o it_o happen_v in_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n he_o may_v have_v a_o authority_n over_o other_o bishop_n or_o patriarch_n single_a which_o none_o of_o they_o single_o have_v over_o he_o and_o yet_o all_o of_o they_o conjoin_v may_v have_v the_o same_o authority_n over_o he_o as_o he_o have_v over_o any_o of_o they_o single_a one_o singulis_fw-la major_n may_v be_v minor_fw-la universis_fw-la of_o which_o see_v more_o below_o §_o 22._o n._n 2._o and_o in_o 2._o part._n §_o 20._o 2._o §_o 11._o n._n 2._o likewise_o appeals_n be_v permit_v from_o inferior_a ecclesiastical_a to_o superior_a judge_n and_o court_n but_o not_o of_o all_o cause_n and_o person_n whatever_o to_o the_o supreme_a court_n lest_o so_o shall_v be_v no_o end_n of_o contention_n so_o the_o inferior_a clergy_n in_o their_o difference_n may_v appeal_v from_o their_o bishop_n to_o their_o metropolitan_a and_o his_o council_n provincial_a or_o national_a who_o be_v final_o to_o determine_v such_o controversy_n and_o such_o person_n to_o acquiesce_v in_o they_o again_o bishop_n may_v appeal_v from_o their_o metropolitan_a or_o from_o any_o inferior_a court_n to_o their_o patriarch_n and_o his_o council_n who_o final_a decision_n in_o ordinary_a contest_v they_o be_v to_o rest_v in_o and_o who_o from_o the_o remote_a of_o his_o province_n upon_o appeal_n may_v either_o bring_v the_o cause_n to_o be_v hear_v by_o himself_o if_o the_o moment_n of_o the_o business_n so_o require_v or_o send_v e_z latere_fw-la svo_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la to_o use_v the_o expression_n of_o the_o seven_o can_n of_o sardic_n conc._n or_o depute_v some_o other_o bishop_n of_o that_o or_o some_o other_o neighbour_a province_n to_o hear_v the_o matter_n where_o it_o be_v act_v or_o last_o command_v the_o appellant_n to_o acquiesce_v in_o the_o former_a sentence_n give_v see_v for_o both_o these_o the_o appeal_v of_o inferior_a clergy_n and_o also_o of_o bishop_n conc._n chalced._n can_v 9_o compare_v
with_o conc._n nic._n 6_o can_n and_o conc._n const_n 1._o can_v 5._o si_fw-mi clericus_fw-la adversus_fw-la clericum_fw-la habet_fw-la negotium_fw-la agitetur_fw-la apud_fw-la proprium_fw-la episcopum_fw-la si_fw-la clericus_fw-la adversus_fw-la suum_fw-la vel_fw-la alium_fw-la episcopum_fw-la habeat_fw-la causam_fw-la apud_fw-la audientiam_fw-la synodi_fw-la provinciae_fw-la conqueratur_fw-la si_fw-mi vero_fw-la contra_fw-la ipsius_fw-la provinciae_fw-la metropolitanum_n episcopum_fw-la episcopus_fw-la sive_fw-la clericus_fw-la habeat_fw-la controversiam_fw-la pergant_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsius_fw-la diocesis_fw-la a_o word_n in_o those_o time_n of_o large_a extent_n than_o that_o of_o province_n one_o diocese_n contain_v in_o it_o many_o province_n primate_fw-la aut_fw-la certe_fw-la ad_fw-la constantinopolitanae_n regiae_fw-la civitatis_fw-la sedem_fw-la ad_fw-la constant_n sedem_fw-la because_o by_o the_o eastern_a bishop_n both_o in_o this_o and_o in_o the_o second_o general_n council_n the_o second_o dignity_n among_o the_o patriarch_n or_o primate_fw-la after_o rome_n be_v confer_v on_o he_o and_o therefore_o by_o this_o canon_n we_o may_v gather_v that_o the_o same_o repair_n as_o be_v in_o such_o cause_n permit_v to_o be_v make_v in_o the_o east_n to_o the_o constantinopolitan_a may_v as_o canonical_o be_v make_v in_o the_o west_n to_o the_o roman_a patriarch_n for_o whatever_o privilege_n the_o constantinopolitan_a bishop_n have_v the_o roman_a have_v in_o the_o first_o place_n see_v conc_fw-fr sard._n can_v 3_o 4_o 7_o 17._o can._n 3._o propose_v by_o hosius_n president_n former_o in_o the_o nicene_n council_n simo_n in_o aliqua_fw-la provincia_n aliquis_fw-la episcopus_fw-la contra_fw-la fratrem_fw-la suum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la litem_fw-la habuerit_fw-la unus_fw-la de_fw-la duobus_fw-la ex_fw-la alia_fw-la provincia_n advocet_fw-la episcopum_fw-la cognitorem_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la aliquis_fw-la episcopus_fw-la judicatus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la in_o aliqua_fw-la alia_fw-la causa_fw-la &_o putat_fw-la se_fw-la bonam_fw-la causam_fw-la habere_fw-la ut_fw-la iterum_fw-la concilium_fw-la renovetur_fw-la 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 ab_fw-la his_fw-la qui_fw-la causam_fw-la examinarunt_fw-la julio_n romano_n episcopo_fw-la &_o si_fw-la judicaverit_fw-la renovandum_fw-la esse_fw-la judicium_fw-la renovetur_fw-la &_o det_fw-la judices_fw-la si_fw-mi autem_fw-la probaverit_fw-la talem_fw-la causam_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la refricentur_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la acta_fw-la sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la decreverit_fw-la confirmata_fw-la erunt_fw-la si_fw-la hoc_fw-la omnibus_fw-la placet_fw-la synodus_fw-la respondit_fw-la placet_fw-la can._n 4._o cum_fw-la aliquis_fw-la episcopus_fw-la depositus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la eorum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la judicio_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o vicinis_fw-la locis_fw-la commorantur_fw-la &_o proclamaverit_fw-la agendum_fw-la sibi_fw-la negotium_fw-la in_o urbe_fw-la roma_fw-it alter_fw-la episcopus_fw-la in_o ejus_fw-la cathedra_fw-la post_fw-la appellationem_fw-la i._n e._n to_o rome_n ejus_fw-la qui_fw-la videtur_fw-la esse_fw-la depositus_fw-la omnino_fw-la non_fw-la ordinetur_fw-la nisi_fw-la causa_fw-la fuerit_fw-la in_o judicio_fw-la episcopi_fw-la romani_fw-la determinata_fw-la can._n 7._o si_fw-mi episcopus_fw-la accusatus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la congregati_fw-la episcopi_fw-la regionis_fw-la ipsius_fw-la judicaverint_fw-la &_o de_fw-la gradu_fw-la svo_fw-la eum_fw-la dejecerint_fw-la si_fw-la appellaverit_fw-la qui_fw-la dejectus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o confugerit_fw-la ad_fw-la episcopum_fw-la romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o voluerit_fw-la se_fw-la audiri_fw-la which_o be_v the_o course_n which_o athanasius_n bishop_n of_o alexandria_n and_o paulus_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n have_v take_v just_a before_o this_o council_n though_o the_o no_o bishop_n of_o the_o western_a patriarchy_n who_o also_o be_v member_n of_o this_o council_n si_fw-mi justum_fw-la putaverit_fw-la i.e._n romanus_n episcopus_fw-la ut_fw-la renovetur_fw-la judicium_fw-la vel_fw-la discussionis_fw-la examen_fw-la scribere_fw-la dignetur_fw-la his_fw-la episcopis_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o finitima_fw-la &_o propanqua_fw-la provincia_n sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la ipsi_fw-la diligenter_n requirant_fw-la &_o juxta_fw-la fidem_fw-la veritatis_fw-la definiant_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la be_v qui_fw-la rogat_fw-la causam_fw-la svam_fw-la iterum_fw-la audiri_fw-la deprecatione_fw-la sva_fw-la moverit_fw-la episcopum_fw-la romanum_fw-la ut_fw-la e_fw-la latere_fw-la svo_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la mittat_fw-la fit_a in_o potestaâ—e_fw-la episcopi_fw-la i.e._n romani_n quid_fw-la velit_fw-la &_o quid_fw-la aestimet_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la decreverit_fw-la mittendos_fw-la esse_fw-la qui_fw-la praesentes_fw-la cum_fw-la episcopis_fw-la judicent_fw-la habentes_fw-la ejus_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la a_o quo_fw-la destinati_fw-la 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roganti_fw-la etc._n etc._n thus_o probable_o with_o some_o eye_n to_o the_o justification_n of_o julius_n his_o proceed_n concern_v athanasius_n 2._o §_o 11._o n._n 2._o which_o be_v reproach_v by_o the_o oriental_a arian_n party_n this_o great_a council_n assemble_v about_o twenty_o year_n after_o the_o nicene_n and_o establish_v the_o decree_n thereof_o have_v the_o same_o precedent_n or_o chief_a prolocutor_n in_o it_o with_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a hosius_n bishop_n of_o corduba_n and_o several_a other_o bishop_n of_o the_o nicene_n council_n and_o man_n eminent_a in_o sanctity_n to_o omit_v athanasius_n maximus_n bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n paphnutius_fw-la serapion_n spiridion_n and_o other_o call_v ecumenical_a by_o socrates_n l._n 2._o c._n 17._o both_o the_o emperor_n concur_v in_o the_o call_n thereof_o and_o it_o be_v subscribe_v though_o not_o by_o the_o arrian_n party_n a_o few_o in_o comparison_n bear_v the_o proportion_n of_o 76_o to_o about_o 300_o who_o see_v they_o 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say_v st._n austin_n aliud_fw-la arelatense_n judicium_fw-la aliorum_fw-la scil_n episcoporum_fw-la this_o be_v the_o council_n of_o arles_n assemble_v in_o constantine_n time_n of_o which_o see_v more_o below_o §_o 23._o n._n 7._o consist_v of_o two_o hundred_o bishop_n as_o baronius_n conjecture_n out_o of_o st._n austin_n which_o council_n include_v with_o more_o add_v to_o they_o caecilian_n former_a judge_n none_o quia_fw-la jam_fw-la necesse_fw-la erat_fw-la sed_fw-la eorum_fw-la perversitatibus_fw-la cedens_fw-la &_o omni_fw-la modo_fw-la cupiens_fw-la tantam_fw-la impudentiam_fw-la cohibere_fw-la afterward_o they_o importunate_o appeal_n also_o from_o this_o council_n to_o the_o emperor_n be_v own_o judgement_n he_o very_a earnest_n by_o any_o mean_n to_o quell_v this_o grow_a division_n in_o the_o african_a church_n cessit_fw-la eye_n say_v st._n austin_n ut_fw-la de_fw-la illa_fw-la causa_fw-la post_fw-la episcopos_fw-la judicaret_fw-la a_o sanctis_fw-la antistitibus_fw-la 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field_n see_v in_o he_o p._n 530._o 2._o that_o the_o 9th_o canon_n of_o chalcedon_n a_o council_n follow_v this_o in_o order_v the_o appeal_n ad_fw-la constantinopolitanae_n regiae_fw-la civitatis_fw-la sedem_fw-la ut_fw-la eorum_fw-la ibi_fw-la negotium_fw-la terminetur_fw-la contain_v something_o contrary_a to_o they_o the_o first_o appear_v not_o true_a by_o can_n 4._o sard._n &_o proclamaverit_fw-la i._n e._n episcopus_fw-la depositus_fw-la agendum_fw-la sibi_fw-la negotium_fw-la in_o urbe_fw-la roma_fw-la &_o nisi_fw-la causa_fw-la fuerit_fw-la in_o judicio_fw-la episcopi_fw-la romani_fw-la determinata_fw-la by_o the_o privilege_n grant_v to_o the_o constantinopolitan_a and_o inferior_a patriarch_n to_o the_o roman_a con._n chal._n c._n 9_o ut_fw-la eorum_fw-la ibi_fw-la negotium_fw-la terminetur_fw-la by_o the_o ordinary_a practice_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n in_o those_o early_a time_n thence_o therefore_o be_v the_o african_a expostulation_n with_o he_o quomodo_fw-la 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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 palliâ—m_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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pontifice_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v below_o 21._o §_o and_o how_o else_o will_v he_o void_a the_o heretical_a act_n of_o the_o 2d_o ephesine_fw-la council_n last_o 12._o c._n 5._o n._n thus_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o legate_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n medio_fw-la tempore_fw-la in_o which_o time_n he_o reckon_v leo_n magnus_n to_o be_v and_o might-tru_o have_v go_v high_a have_v he_o please_v but_o leo_n be_v before_o the_o four_o general_n council_n romani_n pontifices_fw-la coeperunt_fw-la aut_fw-la extraordinarios_fw-la legatos_fw-la a_o latere_fw-la svo_fw-la in_o alienas_fw-la provincias_fw-la mittere_fw-la aut_fw-la ordinarios_fw-la in_o ipsis_fw-la provinciis_fw-la habere_fw-la alicui_fw-la ex_fw-la illius_fw-la provinciae_fw-la episcopis_fw-la svas_fw-la vice_n committentes_fw-la &_o utrosque_fw-la cum_fw-la potestate_fw-la jndiciaria_fw-la &_o non_fw-la sine_fw-la jurisdictione_n eorum_fw-la totum_fw-la munus_fw-la ho_o medio_fw-la tempore_fw-la fuit_fw-la rebus_fw-la fidei_fw-la in_o illa_fw-la provincia_n superintendere_fw-la &_o observare_fw-la ne_fw-la quid_fw-la ipsa_fw-la fides_fw-la detrimenti_fw-la patiatur_fw-la canonum_fw-la observationi_fw-la invigilare_fw-la &_o corrigenda_fw-la corrigere_fw-la
&_o reformare_fw-la &_o judicia_fw-la quae_fw-la putabantur_fw-la romam_fw-la esse_fw-la deferenda_fw-la leviora_fw-la absolvere_fw-la graviora_fw-la domino_fw-la papae_fw-la refer_v thus_o he._n and_o indeed_o 2._o §_o 20._o n_o 2._o frequent_a example_n there_o be_v of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n use_v a_o judicial_a authority_n in_o some_o matter_n over_o the_o chief_a member_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n frequent_a example_n of_o wrong_a both_o bishop_n and_o patriarch_n appeal_n and_o repair_n unto_o he_o for_o redress_n even_o in_o early_a time_n when_o his_o power_n be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v so_o great_a which_o redress_n he_o afford_v they_o by_o summon_v their_o adversary_n also_o though_o under_o another_o patriarchat_n to_o appear_v before_o he_o by_o examine_v their_o cause_n and_o declare_v they_o innocent_a by_o and_o with_o his_o own_o patriarchal_a council_n or_o with_o so_o many_o bishop_n as_o can_v well_o be_v convene_v if_o the_o cause_n be_v of_o moment_n 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further_o tediousness_n to_o omit_v many_o circumstance_n §_o 21_o see_v the_o testimony_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a historian_n the_o seven_o chapter_n of_o the_o three_o book_n of_o sozomen_n 36._o this_o power_n exemplify_v in_o the_o primitive_a time_n to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o 6_o age_n the_o day_n of_o gregory_n the_o great_a extend_v to_o §_o 36._o who_o live_v in_o the_o five_o age_n contemporary_a to_o st._n leo_n where_o concern_v paulus_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n and_o athanasius_n patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n their_o repair_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n julius_n he_o say_v come_v propter_fw-la sedis_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la cura_fw-la omnium_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsâ—m_fw-la spectaret_fw-la singulis_fw-la svam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la restituit_fw-la scripsitque_fw-la ad_fw-la episcopos_fw-la orientis_fw-la eosque_fw-la incusavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n deditque_fw-la mandatum_fw-la ut_fw-la quidam_fw-la illorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la nomine_fw-la ad_fw-la diem_fw-la constitâ—tum_fw-la accederent_fw-la quinetiam_fw-la minatus_fw-la est_fw-la se_fw-la de_fw-fr reliquo_fw-la non_fw-la passurum_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o 11_o chapter_n of_o the_o second_o book_n of_o socrates_n where_o he_o say_v julius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n send_v letter_n to_o the_o oriental_a bishop_n etc._n etc._n quoniam_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la romana_fw-la privilegium_fw-la praeter_fw-la caeteras_fw-la obtinebat_fw-la and_o that_o paulus_n and_o athanasius_n ad_fw-la svas_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la ecclesians_n redibant_fw-la literis_fw-la julâ—â—_n confisi_fw-la concern_v which_o privilege_n we_o have_v less_o reason_n to_o rely_v on_o the_o judgement_n of_o those_o arrian_n bishop_n oppose_v and_o scoff_v at_o they_o than_o on_o the_o orthodox_n paulus_n and_o athanasius_n acknowledge_v and_o seek_v relief_n from_o they_o see_v the_o second_o apology_n of_o athanasius_n against_o the_o arrian_n wherein_o he_o say_v judicatum_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la semel_fw-la secundum_fw-la nos_fw-la sed_fw-la saepius_fw-la ac_fw-la saepius_fw-la primum_fw-la quidem_fw-la in_o nostra_fw-la provincia_n etc._n etc._n secundo_fw-la romae_fw-la nobis_fw-la caeterisque_fw-la adversariis_fw-la eusebii_n ad_fw-la ejus_fw-la criminosas_fw-la literas_fw-la in_o judicio_fw-la comparentibus_fw-la fuere_fw-la autem_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la consensu_fw-la plures_fw-la quam_fw-la 50_o episcopi_fw-la the_o pope_n with_o 50_o of_o his_o western_a bishop_n hear_v his_o cause_n the_o epistle_n of_o julius_n to_o the_o oriental_a bishop_n assemble_v at_o antioch_n write_v before_o the_o council_n of_o sardica_n and_o so_o before_o the_o seven_o canon_n thereof_o be_v compose_v and_o publish_v by_o athanasius_n in_o that_o his_o second_o apology_n wherein_o be_v such_o passage_n as_o these_o unto_o they_o quum_fw-la iidem_fw-la illi_fw-la those_o scent_n from_o the_o eastern_a bishosp_n authores_fw-la mihi_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la ut_fw-la vos_fw-la convocarem_fw-la certe_fw-la id_fw-la a_o vobis_fw-la aegre_fw-la ferri_fw-la non_fw-la debuit_fw-la sed_fw-la potius_fw-la alacriter_fw-la ad_fw-la citationem_fw-la occurrere_fw-la curio_n igitur_fw-la &_o in_fw-la primis_fw-la de_fw-fr alexandrina_n civitate_fw-la nihil_fw-la nobis_fw-la scribere_fw-la voluistis_fw-la an_fw-mi ignari_fw-la estis_fw-la hanc_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la primum_fw-la nobis_fw-la scribatur_fw-la ut_fw-la hinc_fw-la quod_fw-la justum_fw-la est_fw-la definiri_fw-la possit_fw-la qua_fw-la propter_fw-la si_fw-la istic_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la suspicio_fw-la in_o episcopum_fw-la concepta_fw-la fuerat_fw-la id_fw-la huc_fw-la ad_fw-la nostram_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la referri_fw-la oportuit_fw-la quae_fw-la accepimus_fw-la a_o beato_n petro_n apostolo_n ea_fw-la vobis_fw-la significo_fw-la and_o the_o same_o thing_n which_o julius_n mention_n here_o a_o ignari_fw-la estis_fw-la hanc_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la esse_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o before_o it_o oportuit_fw-la secundum_fw-la canonem_fw-la &_o non_fw-la isto_fw-la modo_fw-la judicium_fw-la fieri_fw-la etc._n etc._n be_v also_o find_v urge_v by_o innocentius_n among_o s._n augustine_n epistle_n ep._n 91._o quod_fw-la illi_fw-la i._n e._n patres_fw-la non_fw-it humana_fw-la sed_fw-la divina_fw-la decrevere_fw-la sententia_fw-la ut_fw-la quicquid_fw-la de_fw-la disjunctis_fw-la remotisque_fw-la provinciis_fw-la ageretur_fw-la non_fw-la prius_fw-la ducerent_fw-la finiendum_fw-la nisi_fw-la ad_fw-la huius_fw-la sedis_fw-la notitiam_fw-la perveniret_fw-la
epistle_n of_o zosimus_n a_o bishop_n of_o rome_n in_o st._n augustine_n time_n ad_fw-la episc_n salonit_fw-la where_o prohibit_v the_o admit_v of_o monk_n and_o also_o laic_n immediate_o to_o be_v bishop_n without_o their_o pass_v through_o and_o continuance_n for_o some_o time_n in_o inferior_a ecclesiastical_a function_n he_o say_v hoc_fw-la autem_fw-la speeialiter_fw-la &_o sub_fw-la praedecessoribus_fw-la nostris_fw-la &_o nuper_fw-la a_o nobis_fw-la interdictum_fw-la constat_fw-la literis_fw-la ad_fw-la gallias_n hispaniasque_fw-la transmissis_fw-la ad_fw-la te_fw-la potissimum_fw-la scripta_fw-la direximus_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o omnium_fw-la fratrum_fw-la &_o coepiscoporum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la facies_fw-la ire_n notitiam_fw-la sciet_fw-la quisquis_fw-la hoc_fw-la postposita_fw-la patrum_fw-la &_o apostolicae_fw-la sedis_fw-la authoritate_fw-la neglexerit_fw-la a_o nobis_fw-la districtius_fw-la vindicandum_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v the_o epistle_n of_o the_o african_a bishop_n 4._o §_o 23._o n._n 4._o in_o the_o 5_o carthaginian_a and_o in_o the_o milevitan_n council_n hold_v there_o against_o pâ—lagianism_n among_o who_o be_v s._n austin_n send_v to_o pope_n innocent_a i_o and_o his_o answer_n to_o they_o be_v among_o s._n augustine_n epistle_n the_o 90_o 91_o 92_o 93._o where_o the_o 92._o the_o african_a bishop_n begin_v thus_o quia_fw-la te_fw-la dominus_fw-la gratiae_fw-la suae_fw-la praecipuae_fw-la munere_fw-la in_o sede_n apostolica_fw-la collocavit_fw-la talemque_fw-la in_o nostris_fw-la temporibus_fw-la praestitit_fw-la ut_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o see_v the_o close_a thereof_o and_o in_o epistle_n 90._o hoc_fw-la itaque_fw-la gestum_fw-la domine_fw-la frater_fw-la sancte_fw-la charitati_fw-la tuus_fw-la intimandum_fw-la duximus_fw-la ut_fw-la statutis_fw-la nostroe_v mediocritatis_fw-la etiam_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la sedis_fw-la adhibeatur_fw-la authoritas_fw-la and_o s._n austin_n retract_v 2._o l._n 49._o c._n speak_v of_o the_o same_o business_n in_o this_o language_n postea_fw-la quam_fw-la pelagiana_n haeresis_fw-la cum_fw-la suis_fw-la authoribus_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la romanoe_n prius_fw-la innocentio_n deinde_fw-la zosimo_n cooperantibus_fw-la conciliorum_fw-la africanorum_n literis_fw-la convicta_fw-la atque_fw-la damnata_fw-la est_fw-la scripsi_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o possidonius_fw-la s._n augustine_n collegiate_n in_o vita_fw-la august_n 18._o c._n thus_o et_fw-la cum_fw-la iidem_fw-la pelagiani_n perversi_fw-la sedi_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la per_fw-la svam_fw-la ambitionem_fw-la eandem_fw-la perfidiam_fw-la persuadere_fw-la conabantur_fw-la instantissime_fw-la etiam_fw-la conciliis_fw-la africanis_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la gestum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la so_o papae_fw-la vrbis_fw-la romae_fw-la &_o prius_fw-la venerabili_fw-la innocentio_n &_o postea_fw-la sancto_fw-la zosimo_n ejus_fw-la successori_fw-la persuaderetur_fw-la quod_fw-la illa_fw-la secta_fw-la catholica_fw-la fide_fw-la &_o abominanda_fw-la &_o damnanda_fw-la fuisset_fw-la at_o illi_fw-la tantae_fw-la sedis_fw-la antistites_fw-la suis_fw-la diversis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la eosdem_fw-la notantes_fw-la atque_fw-la a_o membris_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la i._n e._n catholicae_fw-la praecidentes_fw-la datis_fw-la literis_fw-la ad_fw-la africanas_fw-la orientis_fw-la &_o occidentis_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la eos_fw-la anathematizandos_fw-mi &_o devitandos_fw-mi ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la catholicis_fw-la censuerunt_fw-la et_fw-la hoc_fw-la tale_n de_fw-la illis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la dei_fw-la catholicae_fw-la probatum_fw-la judiâ—ium_fw-la where_o he_o seem_v to_o call_v the_o pope_n judgement_n the_o catholical_a etiam_fw-la pâ—issimus_fw-la imperator_fw-la honorius_n audience_n &_o sequens_fw-la suis_fw-la eos_fw-la legibus_fw-la damnatos_fw-la &_o inter_fw-la haereticos_fw-la habere_fw-la debere_fw-la constituit_fw-la and_o see_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n answer_n wherein_o he_o vindicate_v the_o universal_a authority_n of_o that_o see_v something_o of_o which_o be_v quote_v before_o §_o 21._o after_o which_o judgement_n in_o africa_n both_o pelagius_n and_o caelestius_n his_o chief_a disciple_n make_v their_o appeal_n to_o rome_n to_o zosimus_n the_o successor_n of_o this_o innocentius_n under_o such_o form_n as_o these_o si_fw-mi forte_fw-fr quispiam_fw-la ignorantiae_fw-la error_n obrepserit_fw-la vestra_fw-la sententia_fw-la corrigatur_fw-la and_o emendari_fw-la cupimus_fw-la a_o te_fw-la qui_fw-fr petri_n &_o fidem_fw-la &_o sedem_fw-la tenes_fw-fr and_o be_v upon_o a_o false_a relation_n of_o their_o tenant_n favour_v there_o to_o the_o great_a offence_n of_o the_o african_a bishop_n but_o afterward_o also_o condemn_v by_o that_o see_v and_o their_o condemnation_n publish_v from_o thence_o to_o all_o church_n see_v for_o what_o be_v say_v the_o authority_n in_o s._n austin_n and_o other_o quote_v by_o baronius_n a.d._n 418._o see_v s._n austin_n contra_fw-la julianum_fw-la 1._o l._n 2._o c._n where_o urge_v against_o julian_n the_o testimony_n of_o the_o occidental_a father_n for_o original_a sin_n he_o say_v thus_o a_o ideo_fw-la contemnendos_fw-la putas_fw-la quia_fw-la occidentalis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sunt_fw-la omnes_fw-la puto_fw-la tibi_fw-la eam_fw-la partem_fw-la orbis_fw-la sufficere_fw-la debere_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la primum_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la voluit_fw-la dominus_fw-la gloriosissimo_fw-la martyrio_fw-la coronare_fw-la cui_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la praesidentem_fw-la beatum_fw-la innocentium_n si_fw-la audire_fw-la voluisses_fw-la jam_fw-la tunc_fw-la periculosam_fw-la juventutem_fw-la tuam_fw-la pelagianis_fw-la laqueis_fw-la exuiss_n quid_fw-la enim_fw-la potuit_fw-la vir_fw-la ille_fw-la sanctus_n africanis_fw-la respondere_fw-la conciliis_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la antiquitus_fw-la apostolica_fw-la sedes_fw-la &_o romana_fw-la cum_fw-la caeteris_fw-la tenet_fw-la perseveranter_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ergo_fw-la cur_n provoces_fw-la ad_fw-la orientis_fw-la antistites_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v s._n augustine_n epistle_n 261._o write_v to_o celestine_n bishop_n of_o rome_n in_o his_o old_a age_n as_o appear_v in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o epistle_n si_fw-la meam_fw-la senectutem_fw-la fueris_fw-la consolatus_fw-la and_o probable_o after_o the_o contest_v of_o the_o african_a council_n about_o appeals_n that_o council_n be_v hold_v 419._o and_o celestine_n make_v bishop_n of_o rome_n 423._o who_o outlive_v s._n austin_n who_o die_v 430._o ludou._n de_fw-fr angelis_n lib._n 4._o c._n 6._o it_o be_v write_v concern_v one_o antonius_n for_o who_o s._n austin_n have_v procure_v the_o bishopric_n of_o fussala_n a_o place_n former_o in_o his_o own_o diocese_n but_o be_v very_o remote_a from_o hippo_n he_o obtain_v that_o a_o new_a bishopric_n may_v be_v erect_v there_o which_o antonius_n for_o some_o miscarriage_n be_v by_o the_o neighbour_a bishop_n of_o numidia_n remove_v from_o that_o bishopric_n yet_o not_o utter_o degrade_v have_v appeal_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o have_v much_o threaten_v by_o this_o bishop_n power_n to_o procure_v a_o restorement_n to_o his_o place_n in_o this_o epistle_n thus_o s._n austin_n beseech_v the_o pope_n collabora_fw-la obsecro_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la &_o jube_fw-la tibi_fw-la quae_fw-la decreta_fw-la sunt_fw-la omne_fw-la recitari_fw-la existat_fw-la exemplo_fw-la ipsa_fw-la apostolica_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la judicante_fw-la vel_fw-la aliorum_fw-la judicia_fw-la firmante_fw-la quosdam_fw-la pro_fw-la culpis_fw-la nec_fw-la episcopali_fw-la spoliatos_fw-la honore_fw-la neque_fw-la relictos_fw-la omnimodo_fw-la impunitos_fw-la quia_fw-la ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n subveni_fw-la hominibus_fw-la opem_fw-la tuam_fw-la in_o christi_fw-la mesericordia_fw-la poscentibus_fw-la non_fw-la sinas_fw-la ista_fw-la fieri_fw-la i.e._n antonius_n to_o be_v restore_v by_o force_n obsecro_fw-la te_fw-la per_fw-la christi_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la per_fw-la apostoli_fw-la petri_n memoriam_fw-la qui_fw-la christianorum_fw-la praepositos_fw-la populorum_fw-la monuit_fw-la ne_o violent_a dominentur_fw-la inter_fw-la fratres_n etc._n etc._n this_o he_o say_v against_o the_o executores_fw-la clericos_fw-la of_o the_o roman_a see_v many_o time_n use_v unjust_a violence_n but_o we_o see_v he_o decline_v not_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n judgement_n but_o hope_n to_o have_v it_o favourable_a to_o his_o cause_n see_v likewise_o his_o epistle_n 157._o to_o optatus_n wherein_o he_o mention_n a_o legation_n impose_v upon_o he_o and_o some_o other_o bishop_n for_o some_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n to_o caesarea_n in_o mauritania_n quo_fw-la nos_fw-la say_v he_o injuncta_fw-la nobis_fw-la a_o venerabili_fw-la papa_n zosimo_n apostolicae_fw-la sedis_fw-la episcopo_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la necessitas_fw-la traxerat_fw-la of_o which_o also_o thus_o possidonius_fw-la vit._n aug._n 14._o c._n in_o coesarinsem_fw-la mauritaniae_fw-la civitatem_fw-la venire_fw-la venerabilis_fw-la mentoriae_fw-la augustinum_n cum_fw-la aliis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la sedis_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la literae_fw-la compulerunt_fw-la ad_fw-la terminandas_fw-la viz._n aliquas_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la necessitate_v &c_n &c_n which_o show_v what_o authority_n the_o roman_a bishop_n use_v over_o the_o african_a in_o this_o father_n time_n where_o s._n austin_n do_v many_o good_a office_n for_o that_o province_n and_o have_v successful_a dispute_n with_o emeritus_n the_o bishop_n of_o that_o city_n see_v possid_n vit_fw-mi aug._n 14._o c._n aug._n the_o gest_n cum_fw-la emerit_fw-la see_v the_o epistle_n of_o cyril_n bishop_n of_o alexandria_n 5._o §_o 23._o n._n 5._o to_o celestin_n bishop_n of_o rome_n wherein_o he_o say_v concern_v nestorius_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n before_o condemn_v by_o any_o general_a council_n at_o quamvis_fw-la res_fw-la ita_fw-la habeat_fw-la non_fw-la prius_fw-la tamen_fw-la illius_fw-la communionem_fw-la confidenter_fw-la disserere_fw-la ausi_fw-la fuimus_fw-la quam_fw-la haec_fw-la ipsa_fw-la pietati_fw-la tuus_fw-la indicaremus_fw-la
the_o eastern_a bishop_n at_o antioch_n judge_v or_o excommunicate_v julius_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n who_o communicate_v with_o athanasius_n they_o may_v just_o have_v incur_v the_o like_a censure_n neither_o can_v they_o just_o say_v so_o as_o they_o do_v in_o their_o epistle_n to_o he_o inter_fw-la decreta_fw-la julii_n if_o it_o be_v not_o forge_v contraria_fw-la celebrabimus_fw-la &_o vobiscum_fw-la deinceps_fw-la nec_fw-la congregari_fw-la nec_fw-la vobis_fw-la obedire_fw-la volumus_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la nos_fw-la quicquid_fw-la melius_fw-la elegerimus_fw-la agere_fw-la conabimur_fw-la nor_o urge_v the_o 5._o can._n of_o nice_a against_o he_o suppose_v his_o a_o superior_a court._n he_o proceed_v 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 but_o that_o the_o see_v of_o rome_n i._n e._n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o west_n may_v judge_v and_o examine_v the_o difference_n &c_n &c_n but_o neither_o so_o peremptory_o nor_o final_o but_o that_o such_o judgement_n may_v be_v review_v and_o re-examined_a and_o reverse_v in_o a_o general_n council_n let_v this_o be_v agreed-to_a but_o i_o ask_v be_v it_o no_o power_n that_o this_o see_v have_v over_o the_o rest_n because_o this_o power_n be_v subordinate_v to_o a_o general_n council_n but_o if_o it_o be_v grant_v to_o have_v the_o supreme_a power_n next_o to_o that_o of_o a_o general_n council_n then_o when_o no_o general_n council_n be_v in_o be_v be_v it_o not_o actual_o pro_fw-la tempore_fw-la the_o supreme_a and_o do_v not_o its_o determination_n stand_v good_a and_o oblige_v till_o a_o general_n council_n be_v assemble_v else_o what_o will_v this_o mean_v which_o the_o dr._n say_v the_o first_o see_v must_v judge_v and_o examine_v the_o difference_n of_o all_o other_o but_o none_o it_o if_o it_o judge_v and_o examine_v none_o be_v bind_v to_o submit_v or_o obey_v and_o from_o 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54._o n._n 2._o mention_v before_o §_o 52._o and_o such_o that_o afterward_o of_o s._n germanus_n a_o french_a bishop_n famous_a for_o learning_n and_o sanctity_n about_o a._n d._n 430._o who_o as_o prosper_n a_o french_a bishop_n who_o live_v also_o in_o those_o time_n relate_v pope_n celestin_n hear_v that_o pelagianism_n have_v get_v some_o foot_n in_o this_o island_n send_v hither_o for_o the_o suppression_n thereof_o prosper_n word_n be_v in_o chronico_fw-la pelagianus_n severiani_n pelagiani_n episcopi_fw-la filius_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la britanniae_fw-la dogmatis_fw-la svi_fw-la insimulatione_fw-la corrupit_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la actionem_fw-la palladii_fw-la diaconi_fw-la papa_n caelestinus_n germanum_fw-la altisiodorensem_fw-la episcopum_fw-la vice_fw-la sva_fw-la mittit_fw-la ut_fw-la deturbatis_fw-la haereticis_fw-la britannos_fw-la ad_fw-la catholicam_fw-la fidem_fw-la dirigat_fw-la vice_n sva_fw-la as_o his_o legate_n as_o if_o the_o care_n of_o such_o reformation_n do_v 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synod_n have_v a_o subjection_n to_o the_o western_a patriarch_n and_o may_v receive_v direction_n from_o he_o the_o same_o prosper_n say_v that_o the_o forementioned_a palladius_n be_v by_o the_o same_o authority_n and_o care_n of_o the_o same_o pope_n celestine_n ordain_v bishop_n and_o send_v into_o the_o more_o northern_a part_n of_o this_o island_n to_o the_o scot_n ad_fw-la scotos_o in_o christum_fw-la credentes_fw-la ordinatur_fw-la a_o papa_n celestino_n palladius_n &_o primus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la mittitur_fw-la see_v the_o same_o in_o bede_n 1._o l._n 13._o c._n beside_o these_o germanus_n and_o palladius_n bede_n and_o other_o make_v mention_n of_o ninyus_n a_o britain_n who_o finish_v his_o study_n at_o rome_n and_o be_v make_v bishop_n and_o send_v from_o thence_o not_o long_o after_o the_o other_o for_o the_o conversion_n of_o the_o pict_n a_o nation_n lie_v between_o the_o scot_n and_o britan_n episcopus_fw-la reverendissimus_fw-la &_o sanctissimus_fw-la vir_fw-la 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