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be_v force_v to_o relax_v his_o rigour_n and_o to_o register_n the_o name_n of_o s._n chrysostom_n in_o the_o diptyck_n of_o the_o church_n endeavour_v by_o this_o mean_n to_o bring_v over_o the_o joannite_n as_o they_o be_v call_v who_o assert_v his_o cause_n and_o when_o s._n chrysostom_n have_v be_v so_o long_a time_n dead_a and_o this_o right_n have_v be_v do_v to_o his_o memory_n it_o be_v no_o wonder_n that_o atticus_n and_o sisinnius_n shall_v have_v the_o title_n of_o patriarch_n give_v they_o and_o that_o the_o council_n of_o ephesus_n shall_v take_v no_o notice_n of_o the_o injustice_n that_o s._n chrysostom_n have_v have_v do_v he_o when_o both_o he_o and_o those_o that_o have_v do_v it_o be_v dead_a and_o their_o name_n be_v read_v together_o in_o the_o diptyck_n when_o the_o joannite_n have_v have_v this_o satisfaction_n give_v they_o and_o there_o be_v no_o man_n now_o alive_a who_o can_v pretend_v any_o injury_n do_v he_o by_o the_o promotion_n of_o the_o present_a patriarch_n it_o can_v not_o become_v the_o wisdom_n and_o the_o charity_n of_o a_o general_n council_n to_o revive_v the_o memory_n of_o a_o thing_n which_o after_o so_o long_a a_o time_n can_v admit_v of_o no_o remedy_n but_o what_o may_v be_v of_o worse_a consequence_n and_o may_v increase_v and_o prolong_v the_o division_n which_o now_o be_v much_o abate_v and_o soon_o after_o cease_v the_o western_a church_n have_v long_o before_o 34._o theod._n l._n 5._o c._n 34._o the_o council_n of_o ephesus_n renew_v communion_n with_o the_o eastern_a when_o once_o s._n chrysostom_n name_n be_v write_v among_o the_o name_n of_o the_o other_o patriarch_n decease_v for_o they_o never_o take_v any_o notice_n of_o arsacius_n at_o all_o and_o reject_v all_o the_o message_n that_o atticus_n send_v to_o get_v himself_o acknowledge_v by_o they_o till_o he_o have_v make_v this_o amends_o to_o the_o memory_n of_o s._n chrysostom_n but_o as_o theodorite_n observe_v these_o bishop_n who_o be_v thus_o injurious_a to_o s._n chrysostom_n be_v otherwise_o excellent_a man_n and_o there_o be_v nothing_o else_o to_o be_v find_v in_o they_o which_o may_v deserve_v the_o church_n censure_n and_o therefore_o after_o the_o church_n have_v be_v satisfy_v as_o to_o this_o matter_n they_o be_v mention_v with_o those_o title_n that_o be_v due_a to_o their_o station_n and_o to_o their_o virtue_n for_o the_o title_n which_o celestine_n give_v to_o atticus_n 361._o conc._n ephes_n part_n 1._o col_fw-fr 353._o 361._o and_o sisinnius_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o nestorius_n be_v only_o such_o as_o suppose_v their_o name_n to_o be_v write_v in_o the_o diptyck_n among_o the_o other_o patriarch_n and_o that_o they_o be_v assertor_n of_o the_o catholic_n faith_n he_o suppose_v atticus_n at_o last_o to_o have_v be_v the_o rightful_a patriarch_n and_o consequent_o sisinnius_n who_o succeed_v he_o by_o a_o canonical_a election_n to_o have_v be_v so_o too_o and_o he_o high_o commend_v both_o of_o they_o for_o their_o zeal_n in_o maintain_v the_o true_a faith_n which_o nestorius_n the_o next_o in_o succession_n have_v so_o shameful_o betray_v atticus_n after_o the_o death_n of_o s._n chrysostom_n and_o sisinnius_n who_o succeed_v he_o be_v in_o their_o time_n the_o only_a patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n and_o though_o arsacius_n and_o atticus_n have_v not_o come_v in_o regular_o yet_o it_o be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o church_n upon_o due_a satisfaction_n make_v for_o the_o sake_n of_o peace_n and_o order_n to_o pass_v by_o such_o a_o defect_n and_o dispense_v with_o it_o and_o when_o atticus_n have_v register_v s._n chrysostom_n name_n in_o the_o diptyck_n as_o rightful_a patriarch_n this_o be_v in_o effect_n to_o acknowledge_v himself_o to_o have_v be_v a_o usurper_n during_o his_o life_n which_o be_v accept_v of_o by_o the_o church_n as_o a_o sufficient_a declaration_n of_o his_o repentance_n and_o as_o it_o have_v be_v already_o show_v heretic_n themselves_o upon_o their_o repentance_n be_v to_o be_v receive_v not_o only_o to_o lay_v communion_n but_o according_a to_o their_o order_n and_o degree_n in_o the_o church_n if_o our_o author_n can_v have_v show_v that_o celestine_n have_v say_v as_o much_o of_o arsacius_n as_o he_o have_v do_v of_o atticus_n and_o sisinnius_n that_o have_v be_v to_o his_o purpose_n because_o s._n chrysostom_n survive_v arsacius_n but_o it_o be_v acknowledge_v that_o after_o the_o death_n of_o s._n chrysostom_n atticus_n be_v at_o last_o rightful_a patriarch_n and_o own_a by_o the_o western_a church_n for_o such_o what_o be_v add_v of_o maximian_n and_o proclus_n that_o they_o be_v acknowledge_v as_o rightful_a patriarch_n by_o the_o church_n need_v no_o other_o answer_n than_o what_o have_v be_v already_o give_v for_o if_o atticus_n be_v rightful_a the_o rest_n who_o succeed_v he_o be_v such_o too_o if_o no_o other_o exception_n lie_v against_o they_o than_o that_o concern_v what_o have_v be_v do_v to_o s._n chrysostom_n but_o beside_o maximian_n be_v 100l_n conc._n ephâ—s_o part_n 3._o col_fw-fr 100l_n make_v patriarch_n in_o the_o room_n of_o nestorius_n in_o the_o general_n council_n of_o ephesus_n and_o this_o sure_o be_v enough_o to_o purge_v all_o defect_n in_o the_o succession_n of_o the_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n for_o where_o a_o general_a council_n do_v not_o only_o approve_v of_o but_o appoint_v the_o successor_n of_o a_o bishop_n depose_v for_o heresy_n it_o can_v no_o long_o be_v pretend_v that_o there_o remain_v any_o defect_n upon_o the_o account_n of_o injustice_n do_v to_o a_o patriarch_n who_o have_v be_v so_o long_o dead_a for_o if_o the_o succession_n have_v be_v interrupt_v till_o now_o from_o the_o time_n that_o s._n chrysostom_n be_v depose_v yet_o this_o will_v put_v it_o in_o its_o due_a course_n again_o proclus_n who_o be_v next_o mention_v and_o be_v next_o in_o succession_n to_o maximian_n have_v be_v breed_v up_o under_o s._n chrysostom_n and_o can_v little_o suspect_v that_o he_o shall_v ever_o have_v be_v reckon_v among_o his_o uncanonical_a successor_n for_o as_o atticus_n have_v insert_v his_o name_n among_o the_o other_o patriarch_n so_o proclus_n be_v zealous_a to_o make_v he_o 45._o socr._n l._n 7._o c._n 45._o all_o the_o further_a reparation_n that_o can_v be_v make_v by_o cause_v his_o body_n to_o be_v remove_v to_o constantinople_n and_o there_o inter_v with_o all_o the_o honour_n of_o a_o funeral_n solemnity_n if_o severianus_n bishop_n of_o gabala_n 4._o pag._n 4._o and_o acacius_n bishop_n of_o berrhea_n be_v afterward_o discover_v to_o pope_n innocent_a be_v neither_o depose_v nor_o reprehend_v by_o he_o the_o reason_n must_v be_v that_o that_o pope_n do_v not_o assume_v to_o himself_o so_o much_o as_o his_o successor_n have_v do_v but_o say_v he_o will_v procure_v a_o general_n council_n to_o be_v call_v to_o redress_v the_o grievance_n of_o the_o greck_n church_n upon_o this_o account_n and_o at_o the_o same_o time_n deny_v all_o authority_n in_o arsacius_n as_o be_v a_o intruder_n nay_o in_o a_o 26._o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d innocentii_n epist_n apud_fw-la sozom._n lib._n 8._o c_o 26._o epistle_n write_v to_o the_o emperor_n arcadius_n he_o depose_v arsacius_n after_o his_o death_n or_o declare_v he_o never_o to_o have_v be_v patriarch_n and_o command_v his_o name_n to_o be_v raze_v out_o of_o the_o diptyck_n and_o in_o the_o same_o epistle_n excommunicate_v arcadius_n himself_o and_o the_o empress_n eudoxia_n and_o both_o depose_v and_o anathematise_v and_o excommunicate_v theophilus_n of_o alexandria_n i_o will_v not_o suppose_v that_o this_o epistle_n 1310._o biondell_n pseudo_fw-la isid_n p._n 562_o georg._n alex._n vit_fw-mi chrys_n c._n 68_o mich._n glyc_a an._n part_n 4_o p._n 259._o niceph._n l._n 13._o c._n 34._o cedren_n p._n 332._o conc._n tom._n 2._o col._n 1310._o to_o arcadius_n deserve_v much_o credit_n for_o it_o be_v reject_v by_o blondel_n because_o georgius_n alexandrinus_n be_v the_o first_o that_o produce_v it_o from_o who_o glycas_n and_o nicephorus_n have_v it_o and_o before_o they_o both_o cedrenus_n make_v mention_v of_o it_o and_o whereas_o pope_n innocent_a in_o this_o epistle_n wherein_o s_n chrysostom_n be_v mention_v as_o already_o dead_a threaten_v eudoxia_n the_o empress_n with_o punishment_n in_o this_o world_n as_o well_o as_o in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v it_o be_v note_v in_o the_o margin_n over_o against_o this_o epistle_n in_o labbe_n edition_n of_o the_o council_n that_o eudoxia_n die_v before_o s._n chrysostom_n which_o be_v a_o plain_a intimation_n that_o the_o epistle_n be_v spurious_a but_o i_o produce_v this_o epistle_n to_o observe_v that_o if_o it_o can_v pass_v for_o authentic_a in_o the_o several_a age_n in_o which_o these_o author_n live_v it_o be_v in_o vain_a to_o endeavour_v to_o make_v it_o be_v believe_v that_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o greek_a church_n
be_v all_o along_o such_o as_o our_o author_n pretend_v for_o when_o man_n will_v impose_v any_o spurious_a writing_n upon_o the_o world_n they_o can_v hope_v to_o make_v it_o be_v receive_v for_o genuine_a but_o by_o give_v it_o as_o near_o a_o resemblance_n to_o truth_n as_o they_o can_v devise_v and_o that_o common_o they_o do_v by_o copy_v out_o some_o of_o the_o custom_n of_o their_o own_o time_n for_o what_o man_n see_v do_v in_o one_o age_n they_o be_v the_o more_o easy_o induce_v to_o think_v be_v do_v before_o but_o it_o be_v too_o impudent_a a_o forgery_n to_o invent_v a_o writing_n which_o contain_v thing_n plain_o contrary_a to_o the_o practice_n both_o of_o their_o own_o and_o all_o forego_n age_n a_o mâ—n_z can_z never_o expect_v to_o be_v believe_v in_o such_o a_o story_n or_o that_o any_o will_v venture_v to_o repeat_v it_o after_o he_o so_o that_o we_o must_v conclude_v that_o this_o epistle_n be_v agreeable_a to_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n in_o georgius_n alexandrinus_n time_n who_o live_v in_o the_o seven_o century_n and_o that_o glycas_n in_o the_o twelve_o and_o nicephorus_n in_o the_o fourteen_o see_v nothing_o absurd_a in_o it_o but_o as_o blondel_n have_v observe_v that_o part_n of_o it_o which_o concern_v the_o excommunication_n of_o arcadius_n and_o eudoxia_n be_v not_o mention_v by_o cedrenus_n which_o make_v he_o suspect_v it_o be_v foist_v in_o after_o his_o time_n for_o all_o forgery_n as_o they_o be_v design_v common_o to_o serve_v some_o turn_n or_o other_o so_o they_o seldom_o fail_v to_o be_v suit_v to_o the_o abuse_n of_o the_o time_n in_o which_o they_o be_v make_v but_o it_o be_v confess_v that_o not_o only_a pope_n innocent_a but_o the_o whole_a western_a church_n do_v refuse_v communion_n with_o the_o depose_v bishop_n and_o it_o be_v further_a observable_a that_o when_o after_o the_o death_n of_o flavianus_n bishop_n of_o antiâ—ch_n who_o have_v not_o consent_v to_o the_o depose_v of_o s._n chrysostom_n porphyrius_n suceee_v 29._o sozom._n l._n 8._o c._n 29._o he_o who_o agree_v to_o it_o many_o of_o syria_n break_v off_o communion_n with_o that_o church_n our_o author_n next_o observe_v that_o 6._o p._n 5_o 6._o whereas_o dioscorus_n in_o the_o second_o council_n of_o ephâ—sus_n absolve_v euâ—yches_n and_o depose_v flavianus_n and_o then_o murder_v he_o and_o consecrate_a anatolius_n in_o his_o room_n none_o of_o those_o bishop_n who_o concur_v and_o act_v with_o dioscorus_n in_o the_o unjust_a ejectment_n of_o flavianus_n and_o the_o unlawful_a ordination_n of_o anatolius_n in_o his_o place_n be_v reject_v in_o the_o four_o general_n council_n of_o chalcedon_n only_a eutyches_n and_o dioscorus_n that_o persist_v in_o their_o heresy_n for_o that_o holy_a synod_n concern_v not_o itself_o about_o the_o ordination_n of_o uncanonical_a and_o illegal_a patriarch_n but_o only_o require_v of_o every_o one_o the_o profession_n of_o the_o orthodox_n faith_n by_o this_o representation_n of_o the_o case_n he_o will_v have_v it_o believe_v that_o no_o objection_n be_v make_v against_o the_o bishop_n who_o concur_v with_o dioscorus_n in_o the_o second_o council_n of_o ephesus_n for_o have_v concur_v with_o he_o but_o that_o the_o profession_n of_o the_o orthodox_n faith_n be_v only_o require_v of_o they_o and_o so_o they_o be_v forthwith_o receive_v by_o the_o council_n which_o be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v true_a that_o though_o they_o have_v own_v their_o fault_n in_o depose_v flavianus_n patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n and_o eusebius_n bishop_n of_o dorylaeum_n and_o be_v as_o forward_o as_o any_o to_o make_v profession_n of_o the_o true_a faith_n yet_o it_o be_v move_v in_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n by_o the_o judge_n or_o officer_n send_v by_o the_o emperor_n to_o inspect_v and_o regulate_v the_o proceed_n there_o that_o juvenalis_n bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n thalassius_n bishop_n of_o caesarea_n in_o cappadocia_n eusebius_n bishop_n of_o ancyra_n eustathius_n bishop_n of_o berytus_n and_o basil_n bishop_n of_o seleucia_n in_o isauria_n 313._o isauria_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d conc._n chalced._n act._n 1._o col_fw-fr 323._o euagr._fw-la lib._n 2._o c._n 18._o p._n 313._o shall_v be_v put_v under_o the_o same_o censure_n with_o dioscorus_n patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n and_o shall_v according_a to_o the_o canon_n be_v deprive_v of_o their_o be_fw-mi which_o be_v assent_v to_o by_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o east_n who_o say_v it_o be_v a_o just_a ib._n just_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ib._n conc._n châ—â—c_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euagr._fw-la ib._n sentence_n they_o agree_v that_o it_o be_v just_a to_o reject_v those_o bishop_n who_o name_n i_o have_v now_o recite_v and_o who_o be_v the_o same_o that_o onâ—_n author_n by_o name_n set_v down_o as_o not_o reject_v in_o the_o four_o general_n council_n only_o he_o have_v leave_v out_o eusebius_n bishop_n of_o ancyra_n and_o insert_v photius_n bishop_n of_o isauria_n in_o epirus_n or_o as_o the_o publisher_n have_v correct_v it_o photius_n bishop_n of_o tyre_n if_o he_o mean_v they_o be_v not_o final_o reject_v he_o say_v true_a but_o then_o he_o ought_v not_o to_o have_v conceal_v that_o they_o be_v not_o receive_v in_o the_o first_o action_n of_o that_o council_n nor_o upon_o what_o ground_n they_o be_v at_o last_o admit_v but_o these_o be_v such_o as_o will_v not_o be_v at_o all_o serviceable_a to_o his_o cause_n they_o take_v their_o place_n indeed_o among_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o bishop_n at_o the_o open_n of_o the_o council_n but_o so_o do_v dioscorus_n himself_o too_o though_o it_o be_v object_v against_o by_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n legate_n who_o be_v overrule_v it_o be_v think_v reasonable_a that_o they_o shall_v retain_v their_o place_n till_o their_o cause_n be_v hear_v for_o to_o displace_v they_o before_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v a_o prejudging_a they_o but_o upon_o examination_n it_o appear_v that_o the_o case_n of_o these_o bishop_n can_v deserve_v nothing_o but_o commiseration_n from_o the_o council_n some_o of_o they_o s._n basil_n of_o seleucia_n by_o name_n have_v 229._o conc._n chald._a coâ—_n 137._o 229._o make_v profession_n of_o the_o true_a faith_n in_o the_o synod_n of_o ephesus_n itself_o wherein_o dioscorus_n preside_v and_o at_o last_o what_o they_o do_v in_o concurrence_n with_o he_o be_v by_o compulsion_n for_o they_o be_v surround_v with_o arm_a soldier_n who_o offer_v violence_n to_o they_o and_o force_v they_o to_o subscribe_v a_o blank_a paper_n which_o be_v afterward_o fill_v up_o 251._o up_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euagr._fw-la ib._n p._n 311._o conc._n chald._a act._n 1._o col_fw-fr 129._o 251._o as_o they_o plead_v for_o themselves_o and_o as_o eusebius_n bishop_n of_o 382._o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dioâ—_n euagr._fw-la p_o 314_o con._n shall_fw-mi act._n 3._o col._n 382._o dorylaeum_n likewise_o testify_v so_o that_o when_o this_o affair_n come_v again_o under_o debate_n the_o council_n be_v very_o compassionate_a to_o these_o offend_a bishop_n in_o consideration_n of_o the_o hard_a circumstance_n in_o which_o the_o offence_n 324._o offence_n câ—nc_fw-la chance_v act._n â—_o col._n 509._o eâ—â—â—_n ib._n p._n 324._o be_v commit_v and_o therefore_o they_o desire_v that_o they_o may_v be_v suffer_v to_o receive_v tâ—e_v five_o bishopâ—_n as_o member_n of_o the_o council_n and_o the_o emperor_n be_v first_o acquaint_v with_o their_o request_n by_o his_o permission_n they_o be_v restore_v what_o then_o can_v we_o conclude_v from_o hence_o more_o than_o that_o the_o authority_n of_o a_o general_n council_n may_v be_v sufficient_a upon_o so_o reasonable_a motive_n to_o restore_v bishop_n who_o by_o the_o canon_n have_v forfeit_v their_o see_z but_o it_o be_v a_o very_a wrong_a account_n of_o this_o matter_n to_o say_v bare_o that_o none_o of_o those_o bishop_n be_v reâ—ected_v in_o the_o four_o general_n council_n of_o chalcedon_n for_o they_o be_v reject_v at_o first_o or_o else_o there_o will_v have_v be_v no_o debate_n concern_v their_o case_n when_o once_o they_o will_v subscribe_v the_o orthodox_n faith_n but_o though_o they_o proffer_v to_o do_v this_o they_o have_v like_a to_o have_v lie_v under_o the_o same_o condemnation_n with_o dioscorus_n so_o far_o as_o it_o concern_v his_o be_v depose_v from_o his_o see_n and_o it_o be_v upon_o consideration_n peculiar_a to_o their_o case_n and_o which_o in_o all_o equity_n ought_v to_o be_v admit_v of_o in_o abatement_n to_o the_o rigour_n of_o the_o letter_n of_o the_o canon_n that_o they_o be_v at_o last_o accept_v for_o if_o there_o have_v be_v no_o more_o in_o their_o case_n than_o what_o our_o author_n have_v think_v fit_a to_o take_v notice_n of_o they_o have_v as_o it_o appear_v be_v absolute_o reject_v but_o he_o say_v that_o anatolius_n be_v uncanonical_o advance_v to_o the_o see_v of_o constantinople_n and_o