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no_o soon_o do_v the_o affair_n the_o euseb_n vit_n const_n lib._n iii_o c._n 6_o 7_o 10_o 12_o 13_o 17._o contanstine_n call_v the_o first_o general_a council_n by_o his_o imperial_a authority_n appoint_v the_o city_n nice_n in_o bythinia_n for_o the_o place_n of_o their_o meeting_n and_o on_o the_o day_n set_v for_o open_v the_o synod_n he_o come_v and_o sit_v among_o they_o and_o reason_v with_o they_o and_o compose_v their_o difference_n ibid._n lib._n iu._n c._n 42_o 43._o he_o summon_v another_o council_n to_o meet_v at_o tyre_n a._n d._n 335_o and_o threaten_v those_o who_o disobey_v his_o summons_n with_o banishment_n or_o ejectment_n out_o of_o his_o see_n afterward_o he_o adjourn_v it_o to_o jerusalem_n to_o this_o council_n athanasius_n come_v in_o pure_a obedience_n to_o the_o emperor_n and_o appeal_v from_o it_o to_o his_o authority_n ib._n lib._n i._o c._n 44._o eusebius_n commend_v constantine_n for_o his_o piety_n and_o religious_a care_n in_o all_o this_o dr._n cave_n hist_o lit._n vol._n 2._o p._n 152._o in_o the_o assembly_n at_o carthage_n a._n d._n 411._o marcellinus_n the_o emperor_n commissioner_n direct_v the_o manner_n of_o their_o proceed_v appoint_v seven_o bishop_n only_o of_o a_o side_n to_o enter_v into_o debate_n and_o in_o the_o end_n give_v sentence_n in_o favour_n of_o the_o orthodox_n and_o when_o upon_o marcellinus_n his_o death_n the_o donatist_n will_v have_v have_v all_o that_o have_v be_v do_v rescind_v honorius_n confirm_v their_o decree_n and_o make_v they_o valid_a ib._n p._n 158_o etc._n etc._n upon_o the_o feud_n and_o contrary_a decree_n in_o the_o council_n of_o ephesus_n a._n d._n 431._o between_o john_n patriarch_n of_o antioch_n and_o cyril_n of_o alexandria_n against_o nestorius_n theodosius_n the_o emperor_n command_v all_o that_o have_v be_v do_v on_o both_o side_n to_o be_v rescind_v and_o upon_o a_o full_a and_o true_a information_n of_o what_o have_v pass_v he_o confirm_v the_o decree_n make_v against_o nestorius_n as_o to_o imperial_a law_n in_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n i_o will_v mention_v a_o few_o only_a out_o of_o the_o code_n and_o novel_n of_o justinian_n god_n lib._n i._o tit._n three_o cap._n 8._o if_o a_o clergyman_n give_v false_a witness_n in_o a_o pecuniary_a case_n he_o be_v to_o be_v suspend_v from_o his_o office_n for_o three_o year_n if_o in_o a_o criminal_a cause_n to_o be_v degrade_v from_o the_o priestly_a office_n clericatûs_fw-la honore_fw-la nudatus_fw-la etc._n etc._n ib._n novel_a coll._n ix_o tit._n vi_fw-la 123._o cap._n x._o a_o clergyman_n play_v at_o table_n or_o stand_v by_o to_o lay_v wager_n or_o look_v on_o be_v to_o be_v suspend_v for_o three_o year_n jubemus_fw-la tribus_fw-la annis_fw-la a_o venerabili_fw-la ministerio_fw-la prohiberi_fw-la ib._n c._n 17._o he_o that_o shall_v give_v or_o take_v money_n to_o procure_v the_o election_n or_o ordination_n of_o a_o minister_n be_v to_o be_v degrade_v a_o gradu_fw-la sacerdotij_fw-la retrahatur_fw-la ib._n c._n 31._o a_o bishop_n not_o consecrate_a according_a to_o some_o particular_a imperial_a constitution_n be_v to_o be_v depose_v jubemus_fw-la hunc_fw-la omnibus_fw-la modis_fw-la epicsopatu_fw-la depelli_fw-la novel_a ix_o tit._n vi_fw-la 123_o 1._o a_o presbyter_n ordain_v before_o examination_n if_o he_o have_v be_v accuse_v as_o unfit_a be_v to_o be_v depose_v a_o sacerdotio_fw-la repellatur_fw-la c._n 2._o a_o bishop_n desert_v his_o see_n and_o not_o return_v in_o a_o set_a time_n be_v to_o be_v deprive_v ab_fw-la episcopatu_fw-la expelli_fw-la ib._n c._n 9_o if_o a_o bishop_n or_o presbyter_n excommunicate_v any_o without_o hear_v his_o cause_n the_o person_n unjust_o excommunicate_v shall_v be_v absolve_v by_o another_o presbyter_n and_o he_o that_o unjust_o excommunicate_v he_o shall_v himself_o be_v excommunicate_v ib._n c._n 11._o if_o a_o bishop_n that_o be_v deprive_v or_o depose_v sacerdotio_fw-la pulsus_fw-la presume_v to_o return_v to_o the_o city_n he_o have_v belong_v to_o he_o be_v to_o be_v confine_v in_o a_o monastery_n ib._n a_o bishop_n permit_v a_o deacon_n to_o marry_v after_o he_o be_v ordain_v be_v to_o be_v deprive_v expellatur_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopatu_fw-la and_o a_o presbyter_n so_o marry_v be_v to_o be_v degrade_v expellatur_fw-la a_fw-la clero_fw-la ib._n c._n 14._o many_o more_o law_n of_o this_o kind_a equivalent_a to_o our_o act_n of_o parliament_n may_v be_v mention_v and_o they_o all_o demonstrate_v that_o the_o christian_n of_o those_o age_n know_v no_o such_o principle_n as_o the_o independent_a power_n of_o the_o church_n in_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n christian_a emperor_n concern_v themselves_o in_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o government_n of_o it_o but_o the_o bishop_n admit_v they_o to_o summon_v council_n by_o their_o imperial_a authority_n to_o appoint_v the_o time_n and_o place_n of_o their_o meeting_n to_o direct_v the_o matter_n to_o be_v treat_v on_o and_o the_o manner_n of_o their_o 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