i_o answer_v in_o the_o analogy_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n whence_o this_o principle_n be_v teach_v we_o that_o as_o the_o divine_a majesty_n itself_o be_v most_o sacred_a and_o incommunicable_a the_o reason_n why_o the_o worship_n and_o service_n give_v unto_o he_o must_v be_v communicate_v with_o no_o other_o so_o be_v it_o likewise_o a_o part_n of_o that_o honour_n we_o owe_v unto_o his_o most_o sacred_a singular_a and_o incommunicable_a eminency_n that_o the_o thing_n wherewith_o he_o be_v serve_v shall_v not_o be_v promiscuous_a and_o common_a but_o appropriate_a and_o set_v apart_o to_o that_o end_n and_o purpose_n and_o thus_o i_o conclude_v the_o first_o seculum_fw-la in_o the_o second_o centurie_n 200._o now_o for_o the_o second_o &_o that_o too_o for_o the_o beginning_n thereof_o we_o have_v a_o witness_n not_o to_o be_v reject_v the_o holy_a martyr_n ignatius_n who_o suffer_v an._n 107._o &_o write_v the_o most_o of_o his_o epistle_n in_o his_o bond_n he_o in_o his_o confess_a epistle_n add_v magnesios_n speak_v thus_o omnes_fw-la ad_fw-la orandum_fw-la in_o idem_fw-la loci_fw-la convenite_fw-la una_fw-la sit_fw-la communis_fw-la precatio_fw-la una_fw-la mens_fw-la una_fw-la spes_fw-la in_o charitate_fw-la &_o fide_fw-la inculpata_fw-la in_o jesum_fw-la christum_n quo_fw-la nihil_fw-la praestantius_fw-la est_fw-la omnes_fw-la velut_fw-la vnus_n ad_fw-la templum_fw-la dei_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d concurrite_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la ad_fw-la vnum_fw-la altar_n ad_fw-la vnum_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la ingeniti_fw-la dei_fw-la loe_o here_o a_o temple_n with_o a_o altar_n in_o it_o whither_o the_o magnesian_o be_v exhort_v to_o gather_v themselves_o together_o to_o pray_v to_o come_v together_o in_o one_o place_n that_o so_o they_o may_v all_o join_v together_o in_o one_o common_a prayer_n spirit_v with_o one_o intention_n with_o one_o &_o the_o same_o hope_n in_o the_o charity_n &_o faith_n they_o have_v to_o christ_n 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unus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la cum_fw-la presbyterio_n &_o diaconis_fw-la conservis_fw-la meis_fw-la this_o custom_n of_o one_o altar_n be_v still_o retain_v by_o the_o greek_a church_n the_o contrary_a use_n be_v a_o transgression_n of_o the_o latin_n not_o only_o symbolical_o imply_v but_o real_o introduce_v as_o they_o handle_v it_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o multiply_v of_o god_n and_o mediator_n instead_o of_o that_o one_o god_n and_o one_o mediator_n between_o god_n and_o man_n the_o man_n christ_n jesus_n nay_o more_o than_o this_o it_o shall_v seem_v that_o in_o those_o first_o time_n before_o diocese_n be_v divide_v into_o those_o lesser_a &_o subordinate_a church_n we_o now_o call_v parish_n &_o presbyter_n assign_v to_o they_o they_o have_v not_o only_o one_o altar_n in_o one_o chur_n or_o dominicum_fw-la but_o one_o altar_n to_o a_o church_n take_v chu_n for_o the_o company_n or_o corporation_n of_o the_o faithful_a unite_v under_o one_o bishop_n or_o pastor_n and_o 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altar_n be_v make_v correlative_n see_v s._n cyprian_n ep_n 40_o 72_o 73._o &_o de_fw-la unitate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la and_o thus_o perhaps_o be_v ignatius_n also_o to_o be_v understand_v in_o that_o forequote_v passage_n of_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vnun_n altar_n omni_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o unus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la cum_fw-la presbyterio_n &_o diaconis_fw-la howsoever_o i_o here_o determine_v nothing_o but_o refer_v it_o to_o the_o judgement_n of_o those_o who_o be_v better_o skill_v in_o antiquity_n only_o add_v this_o that_o if_o it_o be_v so_o yet_o now_o that_o parish_n be_v divide_v into_o several_a presbytery_n as_o their_o proper_a cure_n every_o one_o of_o they_o be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o little_a diocese_n the_o reason_n and_o signification_n of_o unity_n be_v the_o same_o to_o have_v but_o one_o altar_n in_o a_o parish_n church_n to_o this_o testimony_n of_o ignatius_n of_o the_o use_n in_o his_o time_n i_o will_v add_v another_o of_o he_o in_o his_o epistle_n ad_fw-la antiochenos_n where_o in_o his_o salute_n he_o speak_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o salute_v the_o keeper_n of_o the_o holy_a door_n the_o deaconiss_n w_z ch_n be_v in_o christ_n that_o be_v the_o door_n the_o woman_n enter_v in_o at_o for_o so_o we_o may_v learn_v from_o the_o compiler_n of_o the_o apostolical_a constitution_n li._n 2._o c_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d al._n 61._o describe_v a_o ch_z assembly_n stint_v ostiarii_fw-la say_v he_o ad_fw-la introitus_fw-la virorum_fw-la illos_fw-la custodientes_fw-la diaconissae_n ad_fw-la introitus_fw-la foeminarum_fw-la but_o if_o they_o have_v in_o ignatius_n his_o time_n holy_a door_n or_o as_o some_o render_v it_o sacra_fw-la vestibula_fw-la who_o can_v believe_v also_o but_o they_o have_v holy_a house_n this_o epistle_n indeed_o be_v none_o of_o the_o confess_v one_o the_o title_n be_v accept_v against_o as_o that_o ignatius_n write_v no_o epistle_n ad_fw-la antiochenos_n because_o eusebius_n and_o after_o he_o s._n hierom_n when_o they_o rehearse_v his_o epistle_n make_v no_o mention_n of_o any_o such_o yet_o be_v the_o antiochian_o his_v flock_n his_o pastoral_a charge_n who_o will_v not_o then_o think_v it_o unlikely_a that_o among_o so_o many_o epistle_n write_v to_o other_o church_n in_o his_o go_v that_o long_a journey_n from_o antioch_n to_o rome_n to_o receive_v the_o crown_n of_o martyrdom_n yea_o to_z smyrna_n through_o which_o he_o have_v pass_v he_o shall_v not_o remember_v with_o one_o farewell_o epistle_n that_o church_n whereof_o he_o be_v bishop_n &_o pastor_n as_o well_o as_o the_o rest_n thus_o much_o i_o dare_v say_v that_o this_o be_v as_o strong_a a_o argument_n every_o whit_n to_o persuade_v that_o he_o write_v such_o a_o epistle_n especial_o there_o be_v one_o extant_a under_o that_o title_n as_o eusebius_n his_o silence_n for_o s._n hierom_n do_v but_o follow_v his_o step_n be_v that_o he_o do_v not_o for_o why_o shall_v it_o be_v think_v more_o necessary_a that_o eusebius_n shall_v have_v meet_v with_o all_o the_o epistle_n of_o ignatius_n in_o the_o library_n of_o aelia_n or_o jerusalem_n whence_o he_o graec._n profess_v to_o have_v collect_v the_o whole_a matter_n of_o his_o history_n than_o he_o do_v with_o all_o the_o work_n and_o commentary_n of_o some_o other_o ecclesiastical_a man_n who_o he_o mention_v many_o of_o who_o write_n beside_o those_o he_o rehearse_v he_o confess_v not_o to_o have_v come_v to_o his_o hand_n or_o knowledge_n either_o what_o or_o how_o many_o they_o be_v see_v he_o hist._n li._n 5._o c._n 27._o 26._o &_o li._n 6_o c._n 12._o 10._o this_o will_v be_v yet_o more_o considerable_a if_o we_o remember_v that_o some_o book_n even_o of_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o n._n test._n be_v not_o know_v to_o some_o church_n at_o the_o same_o time_n with_o the_o rest_n and_o therefore_o a_o while_n doubt_v of_o after_o they_o have_v notice_n of_o they_o beside_o it_o be_v to_o be_v note_v that_o eusebius_n in_o express_a term_n
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there_o be_v not_o so_o many_o or_o no_o such_o 26._o church-office_n in_o ignatius_n his_o time_n as_o be_v there_o mention_v but_o what_o be_v this_o else_o but_o to_o beg_v the_o question_n till_o therefore_o some_o body_n shall_v not_o only_o affirm_v but_o prove_v there_o be_v no_o such_o no_o not_o in_o the_o church_n of_o antioch_n 24._o whence_o divers_a ecclesiastical_a custom_n have_v their_o first_o beginning_n which_o be_v afterward_o imitate_v by_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o church_n i_o can_v see_v no_o just_a cause_n hitherto_o why_o i_o shall_v not_o believe_v this_o passage_n as_o well_o as_o the_o rest_n &_o so_o the_o whole_a epistle_n to_o have_v have_v ignatius_n for_o its_o author_n and_o so_o i_o leave_v it_o for_o the_o middle_n of_o this_o seculun_n or_o thereabouts_o there_o be_v viennensi_fw-la extant_a two_o short_a epistle_n of_o pius_n the_o 1._o bishop_n of_o rome_n to_o one_o justus_n viennensis_n none_o of_o the_o decretal_n for_o they_o be_v indeed_o counterfeit_a but_o other_o diverse_a from_o they_o which_o no_o man_n have_v yet_o that_o i_o know_v of_o prove_v to_o be_v suppositious_a in_o the_o first_o whereof_o there_o be_v mention_v make_v of_o one_o euprepia_n a_o pious_a and_o devout_a matron_n who_o consign_v the_o title_n of_o her_o house_n unto_o the_o church_n for_o the_o use_n of_o sacred_a assembly_n antequam_fw-la roma_fw-la exiiss_n say_v he_o soror_fw-la nostra_fw-la euprepia_n sicut_fw-la benè_fw-la recordaris_fw-la titulum_fw-la domus_fw-la suae_fw-la pauperibus_fw-la assignavit_fw-la ubi_fw-la nunc_fw-la cum_fw-la pauperibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la commorantes_fw-la elsewhere_o missas_fw-la agimus_fw-la he_o seem_v by_o pauperes_fw-la to_o note_v the_o clergy_n which_o in_o his_o other_o epistle_n he_o call_v senatus_n pauperum_fw-la salutat_fw-la te_fw-la senatus_n pauperum_fw-la otherwise_o the_o whole_a christian_a flock_n may_v be_v so_o call_v according_a to_o that_o in_o the_o gospel_n pauperes_fw-la euangelizantur_fw-la mat._n 11._o 5._o luc._n 7._o 22._o and_o that_o of_o esa._n cap._n 61._o apply_v by_o our_o saviour_n luc._n 4._o the_o lord_n have_v anoint_v i_o to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n to_o the_o poor_a &_o according_a to_o that_o in_o the_o parable_n luc._n 14._o 21._o introduc_fw-la pauperes_fw-la bring_v in_o hither_o the_o poor_a perhaps_o in_o those_o perilous_a time_n they_o be_v wont_a to_o make_v their_o donation_n of_o this_o kind_n under_o such_o covert_a name_n in_o his_o 2._o epistle_n to_o the_o same_o justus_n he_o mention_n certain_a martyr_n who_o have_v then_o new_o as_o he_o there_o speak_v triumph_v over_o the_o world_n among_o which_o he_o mention_n one_o pastor_n by_o office_n a_o presbyter_n who_o before_o his_o death_n have_v erect_v or_o create_v a_o titulus_fw-la that_o be_v a_o church_n as_o that_o name_n be_v vulgar_o know_v to_o signify_v presbyter_n pastor_n say_v he_o titulum_fw-la condidit_fw-la &_o digne_fw-fr in_o domino_fw-la obiit_fw-la why_o the_o roman_a chu_n call_v such_o place_n by_o the_o name_n of_o tituli_fw-la whether_o because_o by_o their_o dedication_n the_o name_n of_o christ_n our_o lord_n be_v as_o it_o be_v inscribe_v upon_o they_o as_o the_o manner_n than_o be_v to_o set_v the_o name_n or_o title_n of_o the_o owner_n upon_o their_o house_n and_o possession_n and_o so_o it_o will_v concur_v in_o notion_n with_o those_o other_o name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o basilica_n the_o lord_n and_o the_o king_n or_o whether_o because_o they_o give_v a_o title_n of_o cure_n or_o denomination_n to_o the_o presbyter_n to_o who_o they_o be_v commit_v for_o the_o chief_a or_o episcopal_a church_n i_o doubt_v whether_o it_o be_v so_o call_v or_o not_o let_v other_o determine_v i_o shall_v not_o do_v amiss_o i_o think_v if_o i_o add_v to_o this_o testimony_n a_o passage_n of_o theophilus_n antiochenus_fw-la who_o live_v at_o the_o same_o time_n which_o though_o i_o grant_v to_o be_v indifferent_a to_o be_v otherwise_o understand_v yet_o seem_v very_o prone_a to_o be_v construe_v for_o our_o purpose_n it_o be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o his_o second_o book_n ad_fw-la autolycum_n where_o have_v compare_v the_o world_n to_o the_o sea_n he_o follow_v the_o allegory_n thus_o quemadmodum_fw-la say_v he_o in_o mari_n insulae_fw-la quaedam_fw-la prominent_a habitabiles_fw-la frugiferae_fw-la &_o quibus_fw-la est_fw-la aqua_fw-la salubris_fw-la necnon_fw-la navalia_fw-la &_o portus_fw-la commodi_fw-la quò_fw-la se_fw-la naufragi_fw-la reciperent_fw-la sic_fw-la deus_fw-la dedit_fw-la mundo_fw-la qui_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la tempestatibus_fw-la &_o naufragiis_fw-la jactatur_fw-la synagogas_fw-la quas_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la sanct_a as_o nominamus_fw-la gr_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o quibus_fw-la veritatis_fw-la doctrina_fw-la fervet_fw-la ad_fw-la quas_fw-la confugiunt_fw-la veritatis_fw-la studiosi_fw-la quot_fw-la quot_fw-la salvari_fw-la deique_fw-la judicium_fw-la &_o iram_fw-la 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as_o tertullian_n domus_fw-la sit_fw-la oblonga_fw-la ad_fw-la orientem_fw-la conversa_fw-la say_v he_o beside_o it_o appear_v out_o of_o 16._o tertullian_n himself_o that_o christian_n then_o worship_v towards_o the_o east_n and_o therefore_o more_o than_o probable_a their_o house_n be_v site_v and_o accommodate_v according_o thus_o i_o have_v do_v my_o best_a to_o clear_v this_o passage_n because_o the_o author_n be_v crabbed_a and_o obscure_a there_o be_v two_o or_o three_o 13._o more_o place_n in_o the_o same_o father_n where_o the_o christian_a oratory_n be_v mention_v by_o the_o name_n of_o ecclesia_fw-la but_o because_o the_o ambiguous_a and_o indifferent_a signification_n of_o this_o word_n either_o for_o a_o place_n or_o a_o assembly_n make_v they_o not_o convictive_a unless_o some_o circumstance_n be_v annex_v which_o determine_v it_o i_o will_v only_o produce_v that_o de_fw-fr corona_fw-la militis_fw-la chap._n 3._o where_o concern_v the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n he_o speak_v thus_o aquam_fw-la adituri_fw-la ibidem_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o aliquanto_fw-la prius_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la sub_fw-la antistitis_fw-la manu_fw-la contestamur_fw-la nos_fw-la renunciare_fw-la diabolo_fw-it &_o pompa_fw-la &_o angelis_n ejus_fw-la dehinc_fw-la ter_z mergitamur_fw-la i_o say_v ecclesia_fw-la here_o signify_v the_o place_n for_o the_o clear_n whereof_o know_v that_o the_o baptistery_n or_o place_n of_o water_n for_o baptism_n in_o those_o elder_a time_n be_v not_o as_o now_o our_o font_n be_v within_o the_o church_n but_o without_o and_o often_o in_o place_n very_o remote_a from_o it_o when_o therefore_o tertullian_n here_o say_v that_o those_o who_o be_v to_o be_v baptize_v first_o make_v their_o abrenunciation_n in_o the_o church_n sub_fw-la manu_fw-la antistitis_fw-la that_o be_v as_o i_o suppose_v the_o bishop_n or_o priest_n lay_v hand_n upon_o they_o either_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n or_o assoon_o as_o they_o have_v do_v and_o afterward_o again_o at_o the_o water_n he_o must_v needs_o by_o ecclesia_fw-la mean_v the_o place_n otherwise_o if_o it_o be_v take_v for_o the_o assembly_n of_o the_o faithful_a the_o church_n in_o that_o sense_n be_v present_a also_o at_o the_o water_n but_o ecclesia_fw-la here_o and_o the_o water_n be_v suppose_v to_o be_v two_o distinct_a place_n in_o both_o of_o which_o according_a to_o the_o rite_n of_o the_o african_a church_n abrenunciation_n be_v to_o be_v perform_v aquam_fw-la adituri_fw-la ibidem_fw-la i_o apud_fw-la aquam_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o aliquando_fw-la prius_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la contestamur_fw-la nos_fw-la renunciare_fw-la diabolo_fw-it etc._n etc._n and_o thus_o much_o for_o the_o testimony_n of_o tertullian_n my_o next_o witness_n be_v hippolytus_n who_o flourish_v between_o the_o twenty_o and_o thirty_o year_n of_o this_o century_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o alexander_n mammeae_n he_o in_o his_o treatise_n de_fw-fr consummatione_fw-la mundi_fw-la seu_fw-la de_fw-la antichristo_fw-la describe_v the_o sign_n and_o impiety_n which_o shall_v precede_v the_o persecution_n of_o antichrist_n as_o he_o conceive_v thereof_o have_v this_o passage_n concern_v the_o irreligion_n and_o profaneness_n which_o shall_v then_o reign_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d templa_fw-la dei_fw-la domorum_fw-la communium_fw-la instar_fw-la erunt_fw-la ubique_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la eversiones_fw-la fient_fw-la scripturae_fw-la contemnentur_fw-la and_o in_o his_o description_n of_o the_o persecution_n itself_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jepa_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lxx_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n sacrae_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la aedes_fw-la instar_fw-la pomorum_fw-la custodiae_fw-la erunt_fw-la pretiosumque_fw-la corpus_fw-la &_o sanguis_fw-la non_fw-la extabit_fw-la in_o diebus_fw-la illis_fw-la liturgia_fw-la extinguetur_fw-la psalmorum_fw-la decantio_fw-la cessabit_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la recitatio_fw-la non_fw-la audietur_fw-la no_o man_n of_o reason_n can_v believe_v but_o that_o he_o that_o speak_v thus_o know_v and_o be_v well_o acquaint_v with_o such_o place_n in_o his_o own_o time_n though_o his_o description_n be_v of_o that_o which_o be_v to_o be_v in_o time_n to_o come_v for_o it_o will_v be_v a_o marvellous_a conceit_n to_o think_v he_o prophesy_v of_o they_o have_v never_o see_v they_o nay_o a_o profane_a testimony_n will_v further_o confirm_v we_o he_o need_v not_o for_o lampridius_n report_v of_o this_o alexander_n mammeae_n in_o who_o time_n hippolytus_n live_v quòd_fw-la cum_fw-la christiani_n 49._o quendam_fw-la locum_fw-la qui_fw-la publicus_fw-la fuerat_fw-la occupassent_fw-la contra_fw-la popinarii_fw-la dicerent_fw-la sibi_fw-la eum_fw-la deberi_fw-la rescripsit_fw-la imperator_fw-la melius_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la quomodocunque_fw-la illic_fw-la deus_fw-la colatur_fw-la quam_fw-la popinariis_fw-la dedatur_fw-la about_o the_o middle_n of_o this_o century_n flourish_v that_o famous_a gregory_n of_o neocaesarea_n surname_v thaumaturgus_n he_o in_o his_o epistola_fw-la canonica_n as_o the_o greek_n call_v it_o describe_v the_o 5._o degree_n or_o admission_n of_o poenitent_o according_a to_o the_o discipline_n of_o his_o time_n which_o he_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o est_fw-la extra_fw-la portam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d oratorii_fw-la ubi_fw-la peccatorem_fw-la stantem_fw-la oportet_fw-la fideles_fw-la ingredientes_fw-la orare_fw-la ut_fw-la pro_fw-la se_fw-la precentur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o auditio_fw-la est_fw-la
intra_fw-la portam_fw-la in_o loco_fw-la qui_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dicitur_fw-la ubi_fw-la oportet_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la peccavit_fw-la stare_n usque_fw-la ad_fw-la catechumenos_fw-la &_o illinc_fw-la egredi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o substratio_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d naoy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ut_fw-la intra_fw-la templi_fw-la portam_fw-la consistens_fw-la cum_fw-la catechumenis_fw-la egrediatur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o congregatio_fw-la seu_fw-la consistentia_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la consistat_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la catechumenis_fw-la non_fw-la egrediatur_fw-la postremo_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d participatio_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la who_o see_v not_o here_o that_o christian_n in_o his_o time_n have_v oratory_n or_o sacred_a house_n to_o worship_n in_o and_o those_o accommodate_v with_o distinct_a place_n of_o remote_a and_o near_a admission_n nay_o further_o we_o find_v in_o this_o gregory_n life_n write_v by_o gregory_n nissen_n that_o he_o be_v himself_o a_o great_a founder_n and_o erecter_n of_o these_o sacred_a edifice_n whereof_o the_o church_n build_v by_o he_o at_o neocaesarea_n in_o pontus_n where_o he_o be_v bishop_n be_v still_o stand_v in_o gregory_n nissen_v time_n hear_v his_o word_n where_o he_o relate_v the_o speedy_a and_o wonderful_a success_n this_o thaumaturgus_n have_v in_o the_o conversion_n of_o that_o city_n cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la omne_fw-la fieret_fw-la say_v he_o tantum_fw-la sibi_fw-la auxilio_fw-la spiritus_fw-la repent_v populum_fw-la adjunxit_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la templi_fw-la fabricationem_fw-la animum_fw-la adjiceret_fw-la gr_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cum_fw-la omnes_fw-la offerendo_fw-la tam_fw-la pecunias_fw-la quam_fw-la operas_fw-la svas_fw-la studium_fw-la ejus_fw-la adjuvarent_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la templum_fw-la quod_fw-la usque_fw-la hodie_fw-la ostenditur_fw-la quod_fw-la magnus_fw-la ille_fw-la vir_fw-la statim_fw-la aggressus_fw-la quasi_fw-la fundamentum_fw-la atque_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sacerdotii_fw-la svi_fw-la i_o episcopatus_fw-la in_o maxim_n conspicuo_fw-la vrbis_fw-la loco_fw-la constituit_fw-la he_o add_v beside_o that_o whereas_o in_o his_o own_o time_n there_o have_v happen_v a_o most_o grievous_a earthquake_n quo_fw-la omne_fw-la tà m_fw-la publica_fw-la quam_fw-la privata_fw-la aedificia_fw-la disjecta_fw-la essent_fw-la solum_fw-la illud_fw-la templum_fw-la gregorianum_n illaesum_fw-la &_o inconcussum_fw-la mansisse_fw-la nor_o be_v this_o all_o he_o tell_v in_o the_o same_o place_n how_o that_o a_o little_a before_o the_o persecution_n of_o decius_n which_o be_v anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 252._o this_o thaumaturgus_n have_v convert_v not_o the_o city_n of_o neocaesarea_n only_o but_o the_o whole_a territory_n adjoin_v to_o the_o faith_n of_o christ_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o convert_v pull_v down_o their_o idol-altar_n and_o idol-temple_n and_o in_o every_o place_n erect_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d oratorias_fw-la in_o nomine_fw-la christi_fw-la aedes_fw-la stir_v up_o the_o fury_n and_o indignation_n of_o the_o emperor_n about_o the_o same_o time_n with_o this_o gregory_n live_v s._n cyprian_n at_o carthage_n in_o he_o i_o observe_v the_o christian_a oratory_n twice_o remember_v once_o by_o the_o name_n of_o domnicum_fw-la i_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d another_o time_n of_o ecclesia_fw-la the_o first_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr opere_fw-la &_o eleemosynis_fw-la speak_v against_o communicate_v the_o holy_a eucharist_n without_o a_o offering_n matrona_fw-la say_v he_o quae_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la christi_fw-la locuple_n &_o dive_v es_a dominicum_fw-la sacrificium_fw-la celebrare_fw-la te_fw-la credis_fw-la quae_fw-la corbonam_fw-la omnino_fw-la non_fw-la respicis_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o dominicum_fw-la sine_fw-la sacrificio_fw-la venis_fw-la quae_fw-la partem_fw-la de_fw-la sacrificio_fw-la quod_fw-la pauper_fw-la obtulit_fw-la sumis_fw-la the_o other_o in_o his_o 55._o epist._n or_o 3._o ad_fw-la cornelium_n where_o declaim_v against_o some_o lapse_v christian_n who_o have_v in_o time_n of_o persecution_n sacrifice_v unto_o idol_n will_v nevertheless_o without_o due_a penance_n and_o satisfaction_n be_v admit_v again_o into_o the_o church_n if_o this_o be_v once_o permit_v say_v he_o quid_fw-la superest_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la capitolio_fw-la cedat_fw-la &_o recedentibus_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la ac_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la altar_n removentibus_fw-la in_fw-la cleri_fw-la nostri_fw-la sacrum_fw-la venerandumque_fw-la consessum_fw-la i_o in_o presbyterium_fw-la seu_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d simulacra_fw-la atque_fw-la idola_fw-la cum_fw-la aris_n suis_fw-la transeant_fw-la note_v that_o ecclesia_fw-la here_o and_o capitolium_fw-la christ_n house_n and_o jupiters_n temple_n stand_v in_o opposition_n one_o to_o the_o other_o also_o that_o capitolium_fw-la by_o antonomasia_fw-la be_v put_v for_o a_o gentile_a temple_n in_o general_a that_o in_o the_o one_o to_o wit_n ecclesia_fw-la be_v altar_n domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la &_o sacer_fw-la venerandusque_fw-la consessus_fw-la cleri_fw-la in_o the_o other_o idola_fw-la &_o simulacra_fw-la cum_fw-la aris_n diaboli_fw-la contemporary_a with_o s._n cyprian_n be_v that_o fame_a dionysius_n alexandrinus_n cypr._n make_v bishop_n somewhat_o before_o he_o but_o outlive_v he_o some_o 5._o year_n namely_o until_o 265._o there_o be_v a_o epistle_n of_o his_o extant_a which_o be_v part_n of_o the_o canon_n law_n of_o the_o greek_a church_n to_o one_o basilides_n resolve_v certain_a quaeres_fw-la of_o he_o among_o the_o rest_n whether_o a_o woman_n during_o the_o time_n of_o her_o separation_n may_v enter_v into_o the_o church_n or_o not_o to_o which_o his_o answer_n be_v negative_a this_o quaere_fw-la he_o express_v thus_o de_fw-fr mulieribus_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o abscessu_fw-la a_o eas_fw-la sic_fw-la affectas_fw-la oporteat_fw-la domum_fw-la dei_fw-la ingredi_fw-la gr_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o which_o and_o his_o answer_n thereunto_o we_o learn_v not_o only_o that_o the_o christian_n have_v then_o house_n of_o worship_n but_o a_o religious_a respect_n also_o to_o difference_n they_o from_o common_a place_n and_o here_o because_o the_o time_n fit_o present_v it_o in_o our_o way_n take_v notice_n for_o some_o reason_n that_o we_o shall_v hear_v of_o ere_o we_o have_v do_v that_o this_o of_o the_o christian_n have_v such_o house_n for_o their_o devotion_n be_v a_o thing_n public_o know_v to_o the_o gentile_n themselves_o together_o with_o the_o name_n whereby_o they_o call_v they_o as_o appear_v by_o two_o imperial_a rescript_n the_o one_o of_o galienus_n about_o the_o year_n 260._o record_v by_o eusebius_n hist._n lib._n 7._o cap._n 12._o which_o call_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d worship_v place_n which_o have_v be_v a_o little_a before_o in_o the_o persecution_n of_o valerianus_n his_o father_n take_v from_o the_o christian_n and_o then_o in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o gentile_n galienus_n gracious_o restore_v they_o unto_o they_o with_o liberty_n free_o to_o exercise_v their_o religion_n the_o word_n of_o the_o rescript_n so_o much_o of_o they_o as_o be_v needful_a to_o our_o purpose_n be_v these_o imperator_fw-la caesar_n publius_n licinius_n galienus_n etc._n etc._n dionysio_n puniae_fw-la demetrio_n &_o caeteris_fw-la episcopis_fw-la salutem_fw-la meae_fw-la munificentiae_fw-la beneficium_fw-la per_fw-la universum_fw-la divulgari_fw-la orbem_fw-la praecepi_fw-la ut_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o à _fw-la locis_fw-la religionis_fw-la cultui_fw-la dicatis_fw-la discedatur_fw-la et_fw-la propterea_fw-la vos_fw-la mearum_fw-la literarum_fw-la exemplari_fw-la uti_fw-la poteritis_fw-la quo_fw-la nemo_fw-la deinceps_fw-la vobis_fw-la quicquam_fw-la facessat_fw-la molestiae_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o other_o be_v of_o aurelianus_n de_fw-fr libris_fw-la sibyllinis_fw-la inspiciendis_fw-la when_o the_o marcomanni_n invade_v the_o empire_n anno_fw-la ch._n 271._o record_v by_o vopiscus_n in_o these_o word_n miror_fw-la vos_fw-la patres_fw-la sancti_fw-la he_o write_v to_o the_o senate_n tamdiu_fw-la de_fw-la aperiendis_fw-la sibyllinis_fw-la dubitasse_fw-la libris_fw-la perinde_v quasi_fw-la in_o christianorum_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-la in_o templo_fw-la deorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la tractaretis_fw-la that_o be_v in_o the_o capitol_n where_o the_o senate_n use_v sometime_o to_o sit_v add_v to_o this_o if_o you_o please_v that_o which_o eusebius_n relate_v of_o this_o emperor_n to_o wit_n that_o when_o paulus_n samosatenus_fw-la be_v depose_v by_o the_o council_n from_o his_o bishopric_n and_o domnus_n choose_v in_o his_o room_n will_v not_o yield_v up_o the_o possession_n of_o the_o church_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o matter_n be_v bring_v before_o aurelianus_n the_o emperor_n he_o decree_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v give_v to_o those_o of_o the_o sect_n unto_o who_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o italy_n shall_v send_v letter_n of_o communion_n sic_fw-la demum_fw-la paulus_n say_v eusebius_n à _fw-la seculari_fw-la potestate_fw-la summo_fw-la cum_fw-la dedecore_fw-la ex_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la expellitur_fw-la for_o that_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v here_o mean_v the_o christian_n oratory_n or_o house_n of_o sacred_a assembly_n at_o antioch_n and_o not_o the_o bishop_n house_n as_o some_o will_v have_v it_o appear_v both_o because_o eusebius_n elsewhere_o so_o use_v it_o as_o namely_o lib._n 8._o cap._n
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