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p._n 60_o f._n 64._o e._n &_o 65._o b._n so_o zonaras_n ann._n 680._o confess_v his_o authority_n do_v not_o reach_v the_o east_n but_o before_o that_o time_n when_o st._n ignatius_n live_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v only_o the_o church_n of_o the_o chief_a city_n of_o the_o region_n roman_n region_n inscription_n of_o his_o epist_n ad_fw-la roman_n of_o the_o roman_n and_o before_o he_o in_o st._n clement_n time_n it_o be_v but_o the_o provincial_a church_n of_o god_n at_o rome_n as_o the_o church_n of_o god_n be_v but_o the_o provincial_a church_n corinth_n church_n clemens_n title_n of_o his_o epist_n ad_fw-la corinth_n of_o god_n at_o corinth_n to_o both_o which_o that_o form_n of_o prayer_n observe_v in_o the_o church_n and_o exemplify_v in_o the_o author_n of_o the_o apostolical_a 10._o apostolical_a lib._n 8._o c._n 10._o constitution_n be_v very_o agreeable_a viz._n let_v we_o pray_v for_o the_o episcopacy_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n for_o our_o bishop_n james_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o his_o diocese_n for_o clement_n of_o rome_n and_o his_o diocese_n for_o evodius_n of_o antioch_n and_o his_o diocese_n so_o just_o be_v that_o censure_n of_o a_o fast_a friend_n to_o the_o cause_n once_o zonar_n once_o aeneas_n silvius_n ep._n 288._o the_o most_o be_v to_o preside_v over_o the_o west_n as_o zonar_n a_o pope_n which_o he_o blunt_o deliver_v viz._n before_o the_o nicene_n council_n little_a respect_n be_v have_v to_o the_o roman_a see_n but_o what_o respect_n she_o have_v then_o and_o like_a time_n after_o be_v only_o arbitrary_a at_o the_o courtesy_n of_o the_o church_n which_o sometime_o give_v she_o a_o large_a apartment_n sometime_o canton_v it_o for_o a_o time_n the_o church_n allot_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n the_o government_n of_o some_o western_a church_n which_o ancient_o and_o from_o the_o beginning_n belong_v not_o to_o his_o diocese_n as_o the_o macedonian_a canon_n macedonian_a zonar_n note_v on_o the_o 6_o sardican_n canon_n illyrian_a peloponesian_a and_o
he_o or_o any_o of_o the_o rest_n for_o as_o all_o those_o of_o rome_n may_v appeal_v to_o their_o own_o patriarch_n so_o they_o may_v refuse_v and_o those_o of_o other_o diocese_n be_v prohibit_v to_o go_v to_o rome_n and_o be_v bind_v either_o to_o their_o own_o diocesan_n or_o else_o to_o the_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n but_o suppose_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n have_v be_v one_o of_o these_o two_o plenipotentiaries_n the_o other_o join_v in_o commission_n with_o he_o have_v a_o coordinate_a power_n because_o they_o be_v empower_v to_o act_v several_o and_o most_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o coordinacy_n be_v inconsistent_a with_o supremacy_n and_o equality_n incompatible_a with_o sovereignty_n but_o the_o sultan_n pontifician_n give_v one_o of_o n._n n_n easy_a answer_n to_o these_o premise_n which_o their_o wit_n will_v make_v use_n of_o viz._n they_o be_v but_o wordish_a testimony_n which_o be_v easy_o despise_v or_o disguise_v their_o great_a achilles_n have_v tell_v we_o in_o plain_a term_n a_o ready_a invention_n will_v quick_o find_v a_o interpretation_n to_o transform_v they_o but_o withal_o he_o be_v so_o civil_a as_o to_o show_v a_o ready_a way_n how_o to_o deceive_v and_o baffle_v the_o wit_n which_o be_v to_o produce_v matter_n of_o fact_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n which_o be_v not_o so_o easy_o evade_v nor_o so_o liable_a to_o misconstruction_n if_o therefore_o the_o usage_n concur_v with_o the_o stand_a law_n the_o forego_v conclusion_n be_v right_o deduce_v and_o the_o romanist_n conclude_v guilty_a of_o those_o crime_n article_v against_o they_o and_o what_o the_o practice_n have_v be_v will_v be_v easy_o know_v by_o the_o ensue_a instance_n fortunatus_n felicissimus_n and_o other_o be_v trouble_v that_o st._n cyprian_a have_v intelligence_n hereof_o write_v 55._o write_v lib._n 1._o ep._n 3._o ed._n pam._n 55._o to_o cornelius_n and_o reprove_v he_o for_o assume_v a_o power_n to_o himself_o to_o judge_n of_o a_o sentence_n pass_v in_o africa_n tell_v he_o it_o be_v a_o law_n among_o they_o and_o it_o be_v fit_a and_o just_a the_o cause_n be_v there_o hear_v where_o the_o crime_n be_v commit_v which_o in_o plain_a english_a be_v the_o fact_n be_v do_v in_o africa_n under_o his_o jurisdiction_n and_o what_o have_v a_o european_a to_o do_v to_o meddle_v with_o it_o for_o it_o follow_v in_o that_o epistle_n a_o certain_a portion_n of_o the_o lord_n flock_v be_v assign_v to_o each_o pastor_n etc._n etc._n and_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o african_a bishop_n be_v no_o whit_n inferior_a to_o that_o of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n nisi_fw-la paucis_fw-la perditis_fw-la &_o desperatis_fw-la unless_o some_o few_o desperate_a lewd_a companion_n think_v so_o the_o same_o st._n cyprian_n deal_v as_o sharp_o with_o stephen_n bishop_n of_o rome_n another_o of_o his_o contemporary_n who_o he_o charge_v with_o perfidiousness_n in_o undertake_v 74._o undertake_v cypr._n ep._n add_v pompeian_a ed._n pam._n 74._o the_o cause_n of_o heretic_n and_o with_o ambition_n and_o tyranny_n for_o that_o he_o make_v himself_o bishop_n of_o bishop_n and_o by_o tyranny_n have_v drive_v his_o fellow-bishop_n to_o a_o necessity_n cypr._n necessity_n conc._n carthag_n inter_fw-la opera_fw-la cypr._n of_o obedience_n baron_fw-fr have_v confess_v that_o that_o clause_n in_o the_o council_n of_o carthage_n beginning_n at_o neque_fw-la enim_fw-la etc._n etc._n relate_v 24._o relate_v bar._n an._n 588_o n._n 24._o particular_o to_o stephen_n but_o firmilianus_n and_o pam._n and_o ep._n 45._o ed._n pam._n the_o eastern_a bishop_n handle_v stephen_n more_o rough_o call_v he_o a_o schismatic_a and_o one_o that_o have_v make_v himself_o a_o apostate_n from_o the_o communion_n of_o ecclesiastical_a union_n and_o one_o who_o think_v he_o may_v excommunicate_v all_o thereby_o indeed_o excommunicate_v himself_o alone_a from_o all_o st._n aug._n 23._o aug._n ep._n 162._o conc._n milev_n c._n 22._o codex_fw-la afric_n c._n 23._o in_o the_o case_n of_o cecilianus_n and_o donatus_n a_o nigris_fw-la causis_fw-la severe_o rebuke_v melchiade_n or_o meltiades_n bishop_n of_o rome_n for_o that_o he_o with_o his_o transmarine_a colleague_n take_v upon_o they_o to_o discuss_v and_o reverse_v that_o judgement_n which_o have_v be_v determine_v by_o a_o council_n of_o seventy_o bishop_n in_o africa_n anastasius_n with_o the_o concurrence_n of_o his_o bishop_n of_o rome_n decree_v that_o the_o donatist_n who_o have_v be_v prefer_v to_o charge_n and_o dignity_n though_o they_o shall_v return_v to_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o church_n shall_v not_o be_v continue_v but_o the_o african_a father_n in_o council_n make_v a_o counter-decree_n that_o the_o conform_v and_o repent_v donatist_n shall_v be_v receive_v and_o retain_v their_o place_n and_o dignity_n with_o a_o non_fw-la obstante_fw-la notwithstanding_o what_o have_v be_v decree_v in_o the_o 50._o the_o about_o ann._n 401._o justel_n in_o cod._n conc._n eccl._n afric_n c._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ball_n c._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aug._n ep._n 50._o transmarine_a roman_n synod_n julius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n press_v the_o restitution_n of_o athanasius_n whereupon_o the_o eastern_a bishop_n meet_v in_o council_n and_o signify_v to_o he_o that_o it_o be_v a_o pragmatical_a presumption_n in_o he_o to_o 11._o to_o soz._n l._n 3._o c._n 7._o to_o be_v order_v by_o he_o socr._n l._n 2._o c._n 11._o interpose_v in_o their_o affair_n he_o ought_v not_o to_o contradict_v they_o neither_o will_v they_o endure_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v order_v by_o he_o this_o be_v not_o the_o resolution_n only_o of_o the_o eusebian_n and_o semi-arrian_a bishop_n who_o yet_o be_v conformist_n to_o the_o order_n of_o the_o church_n but_o arr._n but_o soz._n l._n 3._o c._n 12._o epiph._n haer_fw-mi 68_o athan._n or_o 1._o contr_n arr._n of_o the_o catholic_n also_o act_v in_o the_o council_n who_o though_o they_o favour_v athanasius_n and_o his_o cause_n yet_o think_v fit_a to_o check_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n insolency_n juvenalis_n bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n move_v the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n that_o his_o bishopric_n may_v be_v promote_v into_o a_o patriarchate_n which_o motion_n the_o father_n assemble_v do_v entertain_v and_o refer_v the_o order_n of_o the_o matter_n to_o himself_o and_o maximus_n the_o patriarch_n of_o antioch_n who_o agree_v that_o the_o patriarch_n of_o antioch_n shall_v hold_v the_o two_o phenicia_n and_o arabia_n and_o the_o bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n the_o three_o palestine_n which_o accord_v they_o represent_v to_o the_o council_n desire_v they_o to_o confirm_v it_o which_o they_o willing_o legate_n willing_o conc._n chalc._o act_n 7._o p._n 105._o evagr._fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 18._o niceph._n l._n 5._o c._n 30._o with_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o pope_n legate_n condescend_v to_o and_o over_o and_o above_o procure_v the_o judge_n to_o add_v the_o royal_a assent_n for_o its_o full_a settlement_n baronius_n relate_v the_o pope_n resist_v what_o be_v do_v thus_o in_o council_n and_o hinder_v the_o execution_n thereof_o for_o a_o good_a while_n which_o be_v till_o the_o five_o synod_n assemble_v where_o 246._o where_o baron_fw-fr ann._n 553._o n._n 245_o 246._o the_o pope_n give_v his_o placet_fw-la and_o then_o and_o not_o till_o then_o be_v the_o accord_n put_v in_o execution_n but_o this_o be_v one_o of_o the_o great_a annalist_n mistake_n for_o fifteen_o year_n before_o that_o five_o synod_n under_o menna_n assemble_v peter_n patriarch_n of_o jerusalem_n do_v summon_v all_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o three_o palestine_n two_o whereof_o be_v the_o metropolitan_o of_o caesarea_n and_o scythopolis_n to_o convene_v in_o council_n who_o according_o without_o demur_n 472._o demur_n conc._n tom._n 2._o p._n 472._o obey_v his_o summons_n the_o church_n and_o bishop_n of_o rome_n for_o a_o long_a time_n disallow_v and_o reject_v the_o second_o general_n council_n yet_o the_o catholic_n church_n always_o own_v it_o and_o as_o occasion_v offer_v act_v by_o it_o that_o which_o move_v the_o then_o romanist_n to_o this_o dissatisfaction_n and_o averseness_n be_v that_o that_o council_n have_v settle_v the_o see_v of_o constantinople_n into_o a_o patriarchate_n which_o honour_n they_o repine_v at_o give_v to_o the_o bishop_n thereof_o precedency_n to_o the_o patriarch_n 2.3_o patriarch_n conc._n 2.3_o of_o alexandria_n and_o antioch_n and_o grant_v to_o he_o power_n and_o authority_n over_o the_o church_n in_o asia_n minor_fw-la 125._o minor_fw-la in_o all_o 28_o roman_a province_n brerewood_n inquiry_n p._n 125._o thrace_n and_o pontus_n and_o therefore_o soon_o after_o this_o council_n determine_v the_o 553._o the_o resist_v it_o baron_n an._n 553._o bishop_n of_o rome_n endeavour_v to_o invalidate_v this_o settlement_n for_o statim_fw-la post_fw-la etc._n etc._n as_o soon_o as_o it_o be_v conclude_v damasus_n then_o bishop_n of_o rome_n indict_v a_o roman_a synod_n in_o which_o a_o counter-decree_n be_v enact_v
which_o as_o 65._o as_o alias_o turcelline_a l._n the_o 6_o 7_o &_o 8_o synodis_fw-la p._n 65._o turrian_n relate_v be_v extant_a in_o the_o vatican_n and_o it_o be_v very_o probable_a for_o pope_n leo_n seventy_o year_n after_o 201._o after_o conc._n chalc._n act._n 16._o p._n 136_o 137._o leo_fw-la ep._n 53_o 54._o car._n p._n 201._o by_o his_o legate_n in_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n oppose_v it_o though_o to_o no_o purpose_n for_o his_o resistance_n be_v not_o value_v either_o by_o the_o council_n or_o the_o judge_n who_o indeed_o contemn_v it_o these_o two_o pope_n than_o do_v withstand_v it_o but_o caran_n add_v that_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n will_v not_o by_o any_o mean_n receive_v it_o though_o welfare_n a_o little_a touch_n of_o ingenuity_n for_o the_o peace_n of_o the_o church_n which_o it_o seem_v high_o esteem_v it_o it_o be_v not_o contradict_v which_o in_o effect_n import_v thus_o much_o the_o pope_n and_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v so_o cunning_a as_o to_o dissemble_v their_o spite_n against_o this_o council_n and_o that_o act_n especial_o but_o dare_v not_o show_v their_o tooth_n for_o fear_n of_o the_o emperor_n for_o the_o proof_n of_o this_o relation_n he_o refer_v to_o innocent_a the_o three_o and_o st._n gregory_n the_o great_a who_o he_o cite_v true_o for_o though_o in_o one_o epistle_n he_o profess_v to_o 24._o to_o lib._n 2._o ep._n 24._o embrace_v that_o council_n as_o one_o of_o the_o four_o evangelist_n and_o testify_v that_o the_o church_n of_o 10._o of_o ibid._n ep._n 10._o rome_n then_o own_v it_o yet_o in_o another_o epistle_n he_o 31._o he_o lib._n 6._o ep._n 31._o confess_v that_o until_o his_o time_n or_o age_n wherein_o he_o live_v that_o council_n and_o the_o act_n and_o canon_n thereof_o be_v not_o entertain_v by_o the_o roman_a church_n so_o that_o for_o the_o space_n of_o two_o hundred_o year_n and_o upward_o for_o that_o council_n convene_v ann._n 381._o and_o gregory_n flourish_v ann._n 600._o it_o be_v oppose_v and_o reject_v as_o far_o as_o in_o safe_a policy_n it_o can_v be_v do_v by_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n but_o notwithstanding_o this_o opposition_n the_o catholic_n church_n still_o repute_v it_o a_o lawful_a general_n council_n and_o all_o the_o act_n and_o canon_n thereof_o to_o be_v obligatory_a and_o occasional_o practise_v according_a to_o they_o which_o be_v next_o to_o be_v demonstrate_v for_o by_o warranty_n of_o that_o canon_n in_o this_o council_n which_o so_o perplex_v the_o roman_a church_n anatolius_n patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n in_o the_o right_n of_o his_o sec_n do_v take_v place_n before_o and_o above_o the_o patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n 1._o alexandria_n in_o the_o council_n of_o chalc._n act._n 1._o conc._n chalc._n p._n 8._o synod_n ann._n 553._o coll._n 1._o and_o antioch_n and_o so_o do_v eutychius_n in_o the_o five_o synod_n ann._n 553._o and_o when_o it_o be_v report_v to_o the_o father_n of_o chalcedon_n that_o flavianus_n patriarch_n of_o 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