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concern_v the_o call_v of_o general_a council_n its_o belong_v of_o right_a to_o the_o church_n and_o in_o it_o to_o the_o supreme_a prelate_n §_o 49_o 3_o it_o be_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o the_o emperor_n have_v and_o since_o the_o dissolution_n of_o the_o empire_n other_o prince_n join_v 3._o 3._o still_o have_v a_o lawful_a power_n of_o convocate_a a_o general_n assembly_n of_o the_o same_o prelate_n as_o be_v their_o subject_n of_o call_v these_o both_o in_o assistance_n to_o the_o church_n in_o her_o necessity_n and_o also_o in_o order_n to_o their_o own_o civil_a affair_n when_o any_o way_n disturb_v by_o contention_n in_o the_o church_n provide_v this_o be_v with_o the_o prime_a patriarch_n consent_n consent_n either_o before_o or_o at_o least_o after_o the_o indiction_n of_o they_o of_o which_o thus_o bellarmine_n 12._o bellarmine_n de_fw-fr council_n l._n 1._o c._n 12._o catholici_fw-la munus_fw-la convocandi_fw-la concilia_fw-la generalia_fw-la ad_fw-la romanum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la propriè_fw-la pertinere_fw-la volunt_fw-la fic_z tainen_n ut_fw-la possit_fw-la etiam_fw-la alius_fw-la pontifice_fw-la consentiente_fw-la conciliâm_fw-la indicere_fw-la quinetiam_fw-la satis_fw-la sit_fw-la si_fw-la indictionem_fw-la factam_fw-la ipse_fw-la postea_fw-la ratam_fw-la habeat_fw-la &_o confirmet_fw-la at_o si_fw-la nec_fw-la ipse_fw-la indicat_fw-la concilium_fw-la nec_fw-la aliquis_fw-la alius_fw-la de_fw-la ejus_fw-la mandato_fw-la vel_fw-la consensu_fw-la nec_fw-la ipse_fw-la saltem_fw-la approbat_fw-la indicationem_fw-la illud_fw-la non_fw-la concilium_fw-la sed_fw-la conciliabulum_fw-la fore_fw-la §_o 52_o and_o this_o thing_n be_v make_v good_a by_o the_o ancient_a practice_n where_o as_o the_o emperor_n be_v by_o their_o secular_a power_n much_o more_o effectual_a promoter_n thereof_o be_v prevail_v with_o to_o call_v the_o first_o general_n council_n so_o this_o be_v not_o do_v but_o either_o from_o the_o first_o motion_n or_o with_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n the_o supreme_a head_n of_o the_o church_n as_o appear_v concern_v all_o the_o first_o 6._o general_a council_n in_o the_o acclamatory_n speech_n of_o the_o 6_o the_o council_n at_o the_o conclusion_n thereof_o to_o the_o emperor_n arius_n divisor_n etc._n etc._n they_o name_v 1_o sylvester_n 2_o damasus_n 3_o caelestinus_n 4_o leo_n 5_o vigilius_n 6_o agatho_n bishop_n of_o rome_n join_v with_o the_o emperor_n in_o the_o promote_a all_o these_o council_n and_o to_o come_v to_o some_o particular_n concern_v the_o second_o general_n council_n of_o constantinople_n thus_o say_v that_o council_n in_o their_o letter_n to_o damasus_n and_o to_o the_o council_n assemble_v with_o he_o at_o rome_n concurreramus_fw-la constantinopolim_n ad_fw-la vestrae_fw-la reverentiae_fw-la i._n e._n of_o damasus_n single_o this_o council_n not_o then_o sit_v when_o the_o oriental_n meet_v first_o in_o council_n though_o it_o do_v when_o they_o write_v literas_fw-la missas_fw-la theodosio_n summâ_fw-la pielate_fw-la imperatori_fw-la concern_v the_o 3_o d._n council_n thus_o prosper_v in_o chronico_fw-la synodum_fw-la ephesinam_fw-la factam_fw-la esse_fw-la cyrilli_n industriâ_fw-la &_o coelestini_n authoritate_fw-la concern_v the_o 4_o the_o thus_o the_o emperor_n to_o leo_n in_o the_o epistle_n pertain_v to_o that_o council_n superest_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la placuerit_fw-la tuus_fw-la beatitudini_fw-la in_fw-la have_v part_n advenire_fw-la etc._n etc._n synodum_fw-la celebrare_fw-la hoc_fw-la facere_fw-la religionis_fw-la affectu_fw-la dignetur_fw-la nostris_fw-la utique_fw-la desideriis_fw-la vestra_fw-la sanctitas_fw-la satisfaciet_fw-la &_o sacrae_fw-la religioni_fw-la quae_fw-la utilia_fw-la sunt_fw-la decernet_fw-la si_fw-mi verâ_n hoc_fw-la onerosum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la tu_fw-la ad_fw-la have_v part_n advenias_n hoc_fw-la ipsum_fw-la nobis_fw-la prâpriis_fw-la literis_fw-la tua_fw-la sanctitas_fw-la manifestet_fw-la quatenus_fw-la in_o omnem_fw-la orientem_fw-la &_o in_o ipsam_fw-la thraciam_fw-la &_o illyricum_n sacrae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la literae_fw-la dirigantur_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la quendam_fw-la definitum_fw-la locum_fw-la ubi_fw-la nobis_fw-la placuerit_fw-la omues_fw-la sanctissimi_fw-la episcopi_fw-la debeant_fw-la convenire_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la christianorum_fw-la religioni_fw-la atque_fw-la catholicae_fw-la fidei_fw-la prosint_fw-la sicut_fw-la sanctitas_fw-la tua_fw-la secundum_fw-la eccesiastica_n regulas_fw-la definiverit_fw-la suâ_fw-la dispositione_n declarent_fw-la to_o which_o add_v *_o that_o of_o pulcherta_n the_o emperor_n sister_n to_o the_o same_o pope_n propterea_fw-la tua_fw-la reverentia_fw-la quocunque_fw-la modo_fw-la prospexerit_fw-la significare_fw-la dignetur_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la etiam_fw-la totius_fw-la orientis_fw-la episcopi_fw-la thraciae_fw-la atque_fw-la illyrici_fw-la sicut_fw-la etian_n nostro_fw-la domin_n piâssimo_fw-la imperatori_fw-la placuit_fw-la in_fw-la unani_fw-la 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summovit_fw-la &_o authoritate_fw-la ut_fw-la synodus_fw-la chalcedonensis_n fieret_fw-la sola_fw-la decrevit_fw-la last_o if_o the_o ancient_a canon_n that_o in_o such_o council_n sine_fw-la romano_n pontifice_fw-la nihil_fw-la finiendum_fw-la stand_v good_a the_o call_v such_o council_n by_o emperor_n without_o the_o mandate_n or_o confent_v also_o of_o this_o bishop_n will_v be_v to_o no_o purpose_n because_o nothing_o can_v be_v establish_v therein_o without_o his_o concurrence_n thus_o much_o of_o the_o power_n of_o call_v general_a council_n chap._n iu._n i._o head_n of_o the_o generality_n and_o just_a authority_n of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 1._o that_o the_o western_a church_n and_o particular_o that_o of_o england_n be_v not_o free_v from_o subjection_n to_o this_o council_n though_o it_o be_v not_o general_n if_o patriarchal_a §_o 53._o 2._o or_o if_o only_o so_o general_n as_o those_o time_n be_v capable_a of_o §_o 65._o 3._o that_o it_o be_v not_o hinder_v from_o be_v 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