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general_n ibid._n 2._o the_o history_n of_o the_o council_n 15._o 3._o oppose_v by_o the_o council_n of_o frankford_n 17._o 4._o this_o far_o prove_v 18._o 5_o 6._o the_o objection_n against_o the_o can._n of_o the_o council_n of_o frankford_n which_o condemn_a image_n answer_v 20_o 21_o 22._o 7._o the_o council_n of_o nice_a be_v not_o receive_v for_o at_o least_o one_o age_n in_o the_o eastern_a or_o western_a church_n 23._o 23._o vii_o 1._o papist_n can_v agree_v which_o be_v the_o eight_o general_n council_n 25._o 2._o the_o pope_n legate_n be_v at_o the_o council_n which_o restore_v photius_n ibid._n 3._o and_o his_o restoration_n be_v in_o effect_n approve_v on_o for_o some_o time_n after_o 26._o 4._o though_o all_o be_v deny_v since_o with_o execrable_a calumny_n against_o photius_n 27._o 5._o which_o be_v sufficient_o take_v off_o by_o p._n nicholas_n and_o his_o legate_n carriage_n and_o by_o photius_n be_v own_o letter_n 28._o 6._o this_o be_v far_o clear_v 33._o 7._o it_o be_v no_o way_n likely_a that_o photius_n corrupt_v p._n john_n the_o eighth_n ep._n &_o commonitorium_fw-la in_o favour_n of_o himself_o 34._o 8._o conclusion_n 35._o 35._o viii_o small_a proof_n that_o the_o three_o first_o council_n of_o the_o lateran_n be_v general_a 36._o 36._o ix_o 1._o the_o four_o lateran_n council_n think_v general_a by_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n 37._o 2._o its_o decree_n in_o point_n of_o doctrine_n 38._o 3._o in_o point_n of_o discipline_n ibid._n 4._o yet_o it_o lay_v unregarded_a for_o three_o hundred_o year_n 39_o 5._o nothing_o decree_v in_o this_o council_n 40._o 6_o 7._o papist_n shuffle_v about_o its_o authority_n 42_o 43._o 43._o x._o 1._o the_o first_o council_n of_o lion_n not_o think_v general_a at_o first_o 46._o 2._o omit_v in_o the_o venice_n edition_n 47._o 3._o its_o decree_n not_o much_o value_v in_o france_n ibid._n ibid._n xi_o nothing_o in_o the_o second_o council_n of_o lion_n to_o make_v it_o general_a 48._o 48._o xii_o the_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d conc._n tom._n 8._o col_fw-fr 1360._o so_o that_o this_o council_n of_o nice_a be_v receive_v neither_o in_o the_o east_n nor_o in_o the_o west_n during_o one_o century_n after_o it_o be_v hold_v nay_o it_o have_v be_v late_o show_v that_o till_o the_o fifteen_o century_n the_o veneration_n of_o image_n be_v reject_v by_o the_o most_o eminent_a person_n of_o the_o western_a church_n 6._o church_n fallibility_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n demonstrate_v from_o the_o second_o council_n of_o nice_a c._n 4._o sess_v 6._o afterward_o image_n and_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a have_v a_o bless_a time_n of_o it_o and_o the_o people_n grow_v fond_a of_o these_o which_o they_o call_v laymens_n book_n when_o their_o priest_n can_v scarce_o read_v any_o other_o and_o though_o it_o may_v well_o be_v expect_v that_o the_o extravagance_n of_o this_o dotage_n shall_v be_v much_o abate_v since_o the_o reformation_n especial_o in_o france_n where_o popery_n be_v new_o model_v and_o 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