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say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d come_v out_o of_o she_o my_o people_n apoc._n 18.4_o thesis_n vii_o no_o unjust_a excommunication_n out_o of_o a_o true_a church_n can_v prejudice_n the_o salvation_n of_o the_o excommunicate_a sect_n 8._o your_o romance_n gloss_n authorize_v by_o pope_n etc._n gregory_n the_o xiii_o will_v speak_v as_o much_o as_o need_v be_v say_v to_o wit_n coelis_fw-la the_o key_n of_o the_o church_n err_v in_o her_o bind_n and_o lose_v the_o party_n so_o bind_v be_v not_o then_o bind_v with_o god_n for_o it_o happen_v many_o time_n that_o he_o who_o be_v excommunicate_v out_o of_o the_o church_n militant_a be_v notwithstandeng_v in_o the_o church_n triumphant_a so_o your_o own_o gloss_n according_a as_o it_o have_v be_v observe_v by_o you_o in_o the_o blindman_n cure_v by_o christ_n and_o profess_v the_o power_n of_o christ_n who_o therefore_o the_o church_n of_o the_o jew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cast_v out_o of_o their_o synagogue_n joh._n 9.34_o that_o be_v say_v your_o cardinal_n they_o excommunicate_v and_o separate_v he_o from_o the_o communion_n of_o they_o who_o at_o that_o time_n be_v account_v faithful_a but_o yet_o happy_a be_v that_o blindman_n who_o be_v excommunicate_v for_o the_o name_n of_o christ._n so_o he_o 9_o and_o so_o may_v we_o say_v of_o luther_n who_o be_v as_o one_o bear_v blind_a whilst_o he_o continue_v in_o your_o church_n according_a to_o your_o assumption_n true_a until_o that_o christ_n open_v his_o eye_n and_o he_o for_o acknowledge_v the_o divine_a light_n be_v excommunicate_a by_o your_o high_a priest_n yet_o happy_a man_n he_o who_o be_v take_v into_o the_o protection_n of_o christ_n who_o he_o profess_v and_o worship_v something_o more_o of_o excommunication_n you_o may_v read_v in_o the_o xv._n section_n follow_v the_o second_o part_n be_v concern_v departure_n from_o rome_n more_o particular_o compare_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n with_o other_o church_n we_o be_v approach_v to_o the_o wall_n of_o 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the_o roman_n but_o be_v it_o ecclesiastical_a power_n yet_o be_v not_o the_o necessity_n of_o recourse_n unto_o it_o absolute_a and_o perpetual_a but_o occasional_a for_o that_o time_n for_o iraenaeus_fw-la show_v that_o he_o may_v have_v prove_v his_o tradition_n from_o other_o church_n longum_n esset_fw-la omnes_fw-la enumerare_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o for_o brevity_n sake_n he_o instance_a only_a in_o rome_n and_o the_o rather_o for_o the_o powerful_a principality_n of_o that_o sea_n in_o the_o preservation_n of_o original_a truth_n and_o remember_v this_o irenaeus_n be_v he_o that_o consent_v with_o the_o asian_a bishopâ—_n that_o be_v excommunicate_v by_o pope_n victor_n see_v abouâ—_n cap._n 9_o §._o 2._o 2._o epiphanius_n haeres_fw-la 68_o vrsatius_n &_o valens_n episcopi_fw-la ad_fw-la papam_fw-la â—ulium_fw-la prosecti_fw-la pro_fw-la reddendâ_fw-la ratione_fw-la de_fw-la svo_fw-la delicto_fw-la ergò_fw-la papa_n romanus_n episcoporum_fw-la judex_fw-la the_o same_o party_n that_o have_v columniate_v athanasius_n and_o thereby_o as_o much_o as_o lay_v in_o they_o discredit_v the_o pope_n who_o have_v justify_v he_o ask_v pardon_n for_o their_o offence_n both_o of_o athanasius_n and_o of_o pope_n julius_n julius_n athanasius_n apolog._n 2._o episcopos_fw-la eosdem_fw-la à _fw-la papa_n julio_n delicti_fw-la veniam_fw-la petijsse_fw-la et_fw-la epistolâ_fw-la ad_fw-la felicem_fw-la papam_fw-la episcâ—pos_fw-la romanos_fw-la in_o summitatis_fw-la arce_fw-la constitutos_fw-la omnium_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la curam_fw-la habere_fw-la of_o cuâ—am_fw-la habere_fw-la see_v above_o cap._n 8._o §._o 5._o 5._o dionysius_n alexdrinus_n be_v apud_fw-la romanum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la accusatus_fw-la ergo_fw-la papa_n communis_fw-la omnium_fw-la in_o lex_fw-la it_o be_v no_o extraordinary_a thing_n for_o one_o patriarch_n to_o be_v accuse_v before_o his_o fellow-patriarch_n yet_o not_o judicial_o but_o by_o confederation_n that_o the_o guilty_a person_n be_v deprive_v of_o his_o communion_n with_o who_o the_o cause_n be_v plead_v plead_v basilius_n epist._n 52._o ad_fw-la athanasium_fw-la tribuit_fw-la romano_n episcopo_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la visitandi_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la orientis_fw-la see_v above_o capit._n 12._o §._o 4._o &_o after_o at_o §._o 7._o 7._o gregorius_n nazianzenus_n in_o carmine_fw-la dicit_fw-la romanam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la semper_fw-la conseâ—uasse_fw-la veram_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la sententiâ—m_fw-la ut_fw-la decet_fw-la urbem_fw-la quae_fw-la toti_fw-la orbi_fw-la praesidet_fw-la he_o say_v not_o ecclesia_fw-la praesidet_fw-la but_o vâ—bs_n mean_v the_o temporal_a state_n of_o rome_n ob_fw-la sol._n although_o the_o emperor_n reside_v at_o constantinople_n yet_o be_v he_o style_v of_o rome_n the_o roman_a emperor_n for_o rome_n be_v after_o this_o time_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i.e._n omnium_fw-la civitatum_fw-la facilè_fw-la princeps_fw-la socrates_n lib._n 2._o cap_n 11._o theod._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 8._o 8._o zomen_n lib_n 3._o cap._n 9_o propter_fw-la sedis_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la cura_fw-la omnium_fw-la ad_fw-la julium_n spectabat_fw-la singulis_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la svam_fw-la restituit_fw-la nempe_fw-la athanasium_fw-la alexandrino_n &_o paulo_n constantinopolitano_n he_o do_v so_o pro_fw-la posse_fw-la svo_fw-la but_o be_v resist_v by_o the_o eastern_a bishop_n and_o revile_v ibid_fw-la where_o zozomen_n be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v to_o speak_v these_o word_n from_o his_o own_o judgement_n but_o from_o the_o opinion_n that_o pope_n julius_n have_v of_o himself_o for_o it_o follow_v in_o zozomen_n that_o those_o east-bishopâ—_a expostulate_v the_o cause_n with_o pope_n julius_n do_v protest_v against_o he_o say_v that_o he_o have_v no_o more_o to_o do_v with_o restore_a athanasius_n excommunicate_v by_o they_o than_o they_o have_v to_o restore_v novatus_fw-la excommunicate_v by_o himself_o and_o the_o help_n that_o athanasius_n have_v be_v not_o in_o the_o pope_n absolute_o but_o in_o the_o synod_n synod_n chrysost._n epist._n 1._o ad_fw-la innocentium_n papam_fw-la obsecro_fw-la ut_fw-la scribas_fw-la ut_fw-la illi_fw-la qui_fw-la iniquè_fw-fr egerunt_fw-la poenae_fw-la ecclesiasticâ—rum_fw-la legum_fw-la subiaceant_fw-la ergò_fw-la papa_n summus_fw-la pontifex_fw-la etiam_fw-la graecorum_n 2._o agnoscit_fw-la papae_fw-la paternam_fw-la benevolentiam_fw-la ergò_fw-la patrem_fw-la 3._o orat_fw-la papam_fw-la nè_fw-la mimicos_fw-la ejus_fw-la eijciat_fw-la when_o the_o general_n canon_n of_o election_n of_o a_o patriarch_n be_v break_v well_o may_v chrysostome_n seek_v help_n of_o a_o co-patriarch_n innocentius_n to_o defend_v the_o canon_n so_o far_o as_o his_o authority_n will_v reach_v and_o to_o punish_v â—hem_fw-mi by_o excommunication_n which_o be_v but_o only_o a_o separation_n from_o communion_n with_o his_o own_o church_n and_o innocentius_n himself_o confess_v epist._n ad_fw-la chrysost._n that_o he_o will_v not_o restore_v chrysostome_n without_o a_o synod_n see_v binius_fw-la tom._n 1._o and_o when_o he_o have_v do_v his_o best_a his_o authority_n be_v reject_v with_o scorn_n yet_o can_v chrysostome_n do_v no_o less_o than_o thankful_o acknowledge_v his_o fatherly_a care_n be_v now_o no_o bishop_n but_o depose_v depose_v cyrillus_n alexandrinus_n epist._n 10._o ad_fw-la nest._n &_o epist._n 11._o ad_fw-la clerum_fw-la et_fw-la populum_fw-la constantinop_n nestorium_fw-la dicit_fw-la excommunicandum_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la nisi_fw-la intra_fw-la terminos_fw-la à _fw-la papa_n praescriptos_fw-la se_fw-la revocet_fw-la et_fw-la ad_fw-la coelestinum_n num_fw-la velit_fw-la cum_fw-la nestorio_n ad_fw-la tempus_fw-la aliquod_fw-la communicari_fw-la petit_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la ergò_fw-la be_v administer_v papa_n iudex_fw-la rursus_fw-la in_o libro_fw-la de_fw-la thesauro_fw-la debemus_fw-la capiti_fw-la nostro_fw-la romano_n pontifici_fw-la adhaerere_fw-la see_v after_o §._o 7._o 7._o theodoretus_n episcopus_fw-la asianus_n ad_fw-la leonem_fw-la obsecro_fw-la ut_fw-la mihi_fw-la opem_fw-la feras_fw-la iudicium_fw-la tuum_fw-la appellanti_fw-la mean_v a_o subsidiarie_n judgement_n not_o absolute_a binius_fw-la tom._n 2._o annot_n in_o conc._n chalced._n sess._n 8._o pag._n 184._o theodoretus_n cypri_n episcopus_fw-la depositus_fw-la &_o tanquam_fw-la qui_fw-la nestorianus_n esset_fw-la exulate_a coactus_fw-la ad_fw-la romanum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la aliosque_fw-la orientis_fw-la epiâ—copos_n hac_fw-la de_fw-la re_fw-la diu_fw-la multumque_fw-la conquestus_fw-la se_fw-la veer_fw-la catholicum_fw-la esse_fw-la probans_fw-la literis_fw-la significavit_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la consessu_fw-la insâ—iterunt_fw-la ut_fw-la anathema_n nestorio_n dicerent_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o pristivam_fw-la fidem_fw-la est_fw-la restitutus_fw-la namely_o by_o the_o synod_n of_o the_o bishop_n in_o the_o east_n east_n acacius_n in_o epist._n ad_fw-la smplicium_fw-la solicitudinem_fw-la omnium_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la secundùm_fw-la apostolum_n circumferentes_a nos_fw-la indesinenter_fw-la hortamini_fw-la acacius_n mean_v not_o to_o make_v the_o pope_n a_o monarch_n by_o this_o because_o he_o allude_v to_o that_o say_n of_o the_o apostle_n not_o of_o peter_n but_o of_o paul_n that_o say_v i_o have_v the_o care_n of_o all_o church_n and_o chrysostome_n himself_o curam_fw-la vniversae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la gerimus_fw-la hom._n 18._o in_o 2._o cor._n 11._o 11._o liberatus_n de_fw-fr episopo_n patarensi_fw-la in_fw-la breviario_fw-la cap._n 22._o pontifex_fw-la romanus_n praeest_fw-la ecclesiijs_fw-la totius_fw-la mundi_fw-la de_fw-fr quo_fw-la bellar._n lib._n 4._o de_fw-fr rom._n pont._n cap._n 10._o §._o posset_n posset_n dici_fw-la epistolam_fw-la illam_fw-la vigilij_fw-la cvius_fw-la meminit_fw-la liberatus_n confictam_fw-la fuisse_fw-la ab_fw-la haereticis_fw-la liberatum_fw-la autem_fw-la credidisse_fw-la falso_fw-la rumori_fw-la quem_fw-la haeretici_fw-la sparserant_fw-la and_o will_v he_o not_o be_v as_o well_o deceive_v in_o this_o 2._o this_o greek_a author_n must_v be_v take_v in_o the_o greek_a sense_n of_o primacy_n or_o order_n 3._o justinian_n promise_v to_o restore_v syluerius_n upon_o condition_n that_o he_o will_v clear_v himself_o otherwise_o to_o be_v confine_v to_o one_o city_n patarensis_fw-la that_o labour_a the_o release_n of_o syluerius_n do_v not_o oppose_v against_o this_o condition_n baronius_n anno_fw-la 538_o num_fw-la 13._o 13._o justinianus_n epistolâ_fw-la ad_fw-la johannem_fw-la 2_o quae_fw-la habetur_fw-la in_fw-la codice_fw-la in_fw-la primo_fw-la titulo_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la caput_fw-la omnium_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la if_o we_o shall_v grant_v you_o that_o that_o rescript_n be_v not_o counterfeit_n yet_o he_o mean_v no_o more_o but_o primus_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la as_o for_o the_o word_n caput_fw-la you_o have_v hear_v how_o common_a â—â—_o have_v be_v without_o any_o sense_n of_o monarchy_n monarchy_n see_v above_o cap._n 9_o 9_o see_v after_o at_o q._n q._n see_v above_o cap._n 12._o §._o 4._o 4._o see_v above_o at_o t._n t._n baronius_n anno_fw-la 412._o â—um_fw-la 43._o 43._o ibidem_fw-la num_fw-la 44._o &_o 46._o 46._o jbidem_fw-la num_fw-la 47._o theophilus_n iâ—_n sanctis_fw-la sanctis_fw-la jbidem_fw-la num_fw-la 47_o populi_n concordiae_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la necessitate_v prement_fw-la ne_fw-la religionis_fw-la res_fw-la ex_fw-la populi_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la penderet_fw-la baronius_n in_o the_o margin_n note_v cogitur_fw-la atticus_n restituere_fw-la nomen_fw-la johannis_n and_o anno_fw-la 425_o num_fw-la 19_o ostendimus_fw-la atticum_fw-la coactum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la ab_fw-la innocentio_n romanâ—_n pontifice_fw-la restituere_fw-la nomen_fw-la johannis_n and_o yet_o never_o produce_v any_o place_n to_o prove_v it_o but_o this_o forename_a in_o num_fw-la 49._o which_o speak_v only_o