Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	hand_n	imposition_n	ordination_n	2,839	5	9.9482	5	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49602	Conformity of the ecclesiastical discipline of the Reformed churches of France with that of the primitive Christians written by M. La Rocque ... ; render'd into English by Jos. Walker.; Conformité de la discipline ecclésiastique des Protestans de France avec celle des anciennes Chrêtiens. English	Larroque, Matthieu de, 1619-1684.; Walker, Joseph.	1691 (1691)	Wing L453; ESTC R2267	211,783	388

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by_o paulin_n only_o and_o by_o this_o mean_n choose_v he_o his_o successor_n before_o his_o death_n yet_o this_o do_v not_o hinder_v but_o siricius_n and_o innocent_a 288._o l._n 7._o c._n 32._o p._n 288._o the_o one_a bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o almost_o all_o those_o of_o the_o west_n esteem_v he_o as_o a_o lawful_a minister_n anatolius_n as_o eusebius_n write_v in_o his_o ecclesiastical_a history_n receive_v the_o imposition_n of_o hand_n by_o theoteckna_n bishop_n of_o caesaria_n in_o palâ—stine_n and_o in_o make_v he_o bishop_n make_v he_o also_o his_o coadjutor_n by_o reason_n of_o his_o great_a age_n it_o not_o appear_v that_o any_o other_o bishop_n be_v present_a at_o this_o ceremony_n although_o it_o have_v be_v easy_a to_o have_v call_v other_o to_o it_o it_o be_v true_a this_o happen_v before_o the_o one_a council_n of_o nice_a but_o beside_o that_o the_o other_o example_n we_o have_v allege_v be_v after_o this_o council_n it_o need_v only_o to_o read_v the_o four_o 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settle_n of_o new_a bishop_n instead_o of_o those_o which_o be_v dead_a 112._o tom._n 3._o bibl._n pat._n p._n 94_o &_o 112._o and_o say_v to_o they_o write_v to_o these_o and_o receive_v from_o they_o according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o pacisick_n and_o ecclesiastical_a letter_n as_o for_o ecclesiastical_a discipline_n there_o be_v a_o great_a many_o rule_n which_o oblige_v those_o of_o the_o clergy_n to_o observe_v the_o canon_n whereof_o the_o discipline_n of_o the_o ancient_a christian_n be_v make_v so_o that_o neither_o bishop_n nor_o priest_n nor_o deacon_n be_v admit_v who_o have_v not_o first_o submit_v to_o these_o law_n and_o who_o do_v not_o acknowledge_v in_o submit_v to_o they_o that_o it_o be_v by_o they_o he_o be_v to_o conduct_v the_o soul_n which_o be_v commit_v to_o his_o care_n i_o shall_v be_v too_o prolix_a to_o mention_v all_o the_o passage_n of_o antiquity_n where_o ecclesiastic_n be_v enjoin_v to_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o discipline_n and_o observe_v of_o the_o canon_n it_o shall_v suffice_v to_o mention_v some_o to_o justfy_v a_o truth_n acknowledge_v by_o all_o those_o which_o have_v apply_v themselves_o to_o the_o read_v the_o work_n of_o ancient_a doctor_n and_o especial_o of_o the_o council_n 18._o cod._n afric_n justell_n canon_n 18._o that_o of_o carthage_n an._n dom._n 419._o appoint_v those_o who_o be_v to_o impose_v hand_n on_o a_o bishop_n or_o to_o any_o other_o clergy_n man_n to_o let_v they_o know_v first_o of_o all_o the_o decree_n of_o the_o synod_n that_o so_o they_o may_v have_v no_o cause_n to_o repent_v of_o have_v do_v any_o thing_n contrary_a to_o the_o statute_n of_o the_o council_n pope_n celestin_n about_o the_o same_o time_n thus_o begin_v his_o letter_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o poulia_n and_o calabria_n which_o be_v the_o three_o in_o course_n 902._o tom._n 1._o council_n pag._n 902._o that_o if_o it_o be_v not_o permit_v to_o any_o priest_n nor_o prelate_n to_o be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o canon_n nor_o to_o 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bishop_n also_o and_o to_o metropolitan_o in_o the_o four_o canon_n anno_fw-la dom._n 666._o x._o minister_n shall_v not_o be_v ordain_v without_o assign_v they_o a_o particular_a flock_n and_o shall_v be_v fit_a for_o the_o flock_n which_o shall_v be_v assign_v they_o and_o one_o church_n can_v pretend_v a_o right_n to_o a_o minister_n by_o virtue_n of_o a_o particular_a promise_n make_v by_o he_o without_o approbation_n of_o the_o colloque_n or_o provincial_a synod_n conformity_n the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n make_v a_o considerable_a decree_n on_o this_o subject_a which_o be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o the_o 6_o of_o its_o canon_n where_o the_o synod_n forbid_v to_o receive_v priest_n nor_o deacon_n nor_o any_o ecclesiastical_a person_n whatever_o without_o assign_v they_o a_o flock_n that_o be_v to_o say_v without_o a_o title_n to_o speak_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o writer_n of_o these_o time_n it_o make_v void_a all_o ordination_n which_o be_v not_o make_v in_o the_o 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theodor._n l._n 1._o c._n 9_o ibid._n 1.20_o p._n 50._o in_o the_o letter_n which_o they_o write_v to_o the_o church_n of_o alexandria_n the_o emperor_n constantine_n write_v to_o those_o of_o nicomedia_n he_o say_v that_o it_o be_v in_o their_o power_n to_o make_v choice_n of_o what_o pastor_n they_o please_v and_o that_o it_o depend_v free_o of_o their_o judgement_n the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n in_o the_o xi_o action_n speak_v of_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n say_v 462._o tom._n 3._o council_n p._n 410._o &_o 462._o that_o a_o bishop_n shall_v be_v give_v they_o as_o shall_v be_v elect_v by_o the_o consent_n of_o all_o those_o which_o he_o be_v to_o feed_v and_o in_o the_o 16_o action_n there_o be_v also_o mention_v make_v of_o the_o suffrage_n of_o the_o people_n those_o that_o will_v take_v the_o pain_n to_o read_v the_o 20_o chapter_n of_o the_o four_o book_n of_o theodoret_n ecclesiastical_a history_n the_o 15_o of_o the_o 5_o book_n of_o that_o of_o socrates_n the_o 19_o of_o the_o 8_o of_o zozoman_n the_o 12_o of_o the_o 2d_o of_o that_o of_o evagrius_n with_o the_o 67th_o and_o 76th_o of_o synesius_n will_v find_v several_a example_n of_o the_o practice_n which_o i_o examine_v the_o ix_o century_n afford_v we_o a_o treatise_n express_o about_o election_n of_o bishop_n write_v by_o florus_n deacon_n of_o the_o church_n of_o lion_n the_o which_o be_v contain_v at_o large_a in_o the_o 2d_o volume_n of_o the_o work_n of_o agobard_fw-mi bishop_n of_o the_o same_o place_n of_o the_o last_o edition_n for_o which_o we_o be_v behold_v to_o the_o care_n of_o mr._n baluze_n etc._n pa._n 254_o etc._n etc._n this_o excellent_a writer_n establish_v throughout_o the_o whole_a treatise_n the_o right_a of_o the_o people_n and_o prove_v that_o they_o ever_o have_v their_o part_n in_o the_o vocation_n of_o their_o pastor_n and_o that_o this_o be_v also_o practise_v in_o his_o time_n and_o also_o in_o the_o roman_a church_n to_o conclude_v the_o vocation_n of_o a_o minister_n be_v not_o think_v legitimate_a if_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o clergy_n and_o people_n have_v not_o intervene_v which_o practise_v continue_v also_o in_o the_o xiith_o century_n at_o least_o in_o the_o west_n as_o appear_v by_o a_o treatise_n of_o arnulph_n archdeacon_n of_o siez_fw-fr and_o afterward_o bishop_n of_o lisieuz_n against_o gerrard_n bishop_n of_o angouleme_n 363._o tom._n 2._o p._n 343_o &_o 363._o for_o he_o say_v in_o the_o 2d_o chapter_n that_o there_o be_v no_o likelihood_n that_o the_o clergy_n nor_o the_o people_n have_v any_o part_n in_o his_o election_n and_o in_o the_o seven_o wherein_o he_o reproach_n he_o to_o have_v usurp_v the_o archbishopric_n of_o bourdeaux_n he_o speak_v after_o this_o manner_n the_o desire_n of_o the_o people_n do_v not_o precede_v no_o more_o than_o the_o

our_o lord_n 506._o 165._o tom._n 1._o conc._n gall._n can._n 21._o p._n 165._o the_o council_n of_o agde_v in_o languedoc_n make_v a_o decree_n which_o in_o some_o sort_n refer_v to_o this_o settlement_n for_o it_o suffer_v those_o who_o for_o the_o convenience_n of_o their_o family_n desire_v to_o have_v a_o oratory_n or_o as_o they_o speak_v nowadays_o a_o chapel_n in_o the_o country_n beside_o the_o common_a place_n of_o assemble_v it_o permit_v they_o there_o to_o serve_v god_n except_o it_o be_v on_o principal_a feast-day_n for_o on_o this_o occasion_n it_o enjoin_v they_o to_o come_v to_o their_o parish_n excommunicate_v the_o churchman_n that_o shall_v serve_v in_o those_o oratory_n if_o they_o attempt_v any_o thing_n against_o this_o decree_n 132._o collect._n rom._n part_n 2._o c._n 41._o p._n 132._o unless_o it_o be_v by_o the_o order_n or_o permission_n of_o the_o bishop_n in_o who_o diocese_n the_o chapel_n be_v thence_o be_v it_o that_o pope_n leo_n the_o ivth_o forbid_v layman_n to_o establish_v a_o priest_n in_o any_o church_n whatever_o without_o consent_n of_o the_o bishop_n the_o council_n of_o meaux_n in_o the_o year_n 845._o exhort_v prince_n and_o lord_n to_o order_v it_o so_o that_o the_o priest_n which_o serve_v in_o their_o chapel_n shall_v be_v ready_a to_o hinder_v and_o banish_v from_o their_o house_n all_o manner_n of_o vice_n and_o be_v careful_a to_o instruct_v the_o domestic_n because_o parish-priest_n and_o bishop_n and_o minister_n be_v to_o do_v so_o unto_o the_o poor_a and_o mean_a of_o the_o people_n agabard_n bishop_n of_o lion_n in_o the_o same_o century_n complain_v in_o a_o book_n he_o write_v of_o the_o law_n of_o priesthood_n he_o complain_v i_o say_v 1666._o tom._n 1_o p._n 134_o 135_o paris_n 1666._o of_o the_o abuse_n which_o reign_v among_o great_a lord_n in_o regard_n of_o their_o priest_n and_o chaplain_n and_o of_o the_o little_a esteem_n they_o make_v of_o they_o require_v of_o they_o service_n altogether_o unworthy_a the_o degree_n they_o be_v to_o hold_v and_o because_o these_o priest_n dwell_v in_o the_o house_n of_o person_n of_o quality_n they_o be_v call_v their_o priest_n 121._o pag._n 121._o and_o it_o be_v say_v the_o priest_n of_o such_o a_o lord_n the_o which_o pope_n nicholas_n the_o it_v can_v not_o suffer_v as_o appear_v by_o the_o chronicle_n of_o hugh_n of_o flavigny_n contain_v in_o the_o one_a volume_n of_o the_o library_n of_o father_n labbe_n imprint_v at_o paris_n ann._n 1657._o there_o be_v in_o the_o 6_o tome_n of_o the_o council_n divers_a canon_n of_o a_o synod_n which_o as_o some_o think_v be_v assemble_v at_o pavia_n in_o the_o year_n 850._o in_o the_o 18_o of_o which_o the_o priest_n whereof_o we_o speak_v be_v call_v acephales_n 444._o pag._n 444._o and_o those_o which_o have_v they_o in_o their_o family_n be_v warn_v not_o to_o entertain_v any_o but_o such_o as_o have_v be_v examine_v by_o the_o bishop_n pope_n vrban_n the_o iid_n in_o the_o 9th_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n which_o he_o hold_v at_o melphe_n 504._o tom._n 7._o conc._n p._n 504._o in_o the_o year_n 1090._o say_v near_o hand_n the_o same_o thing_n and_o make_v such_o another_o decree_n xxii_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v lawful_a for_o a_o minister_n to_o leave_v his_o flock_n without_o leave_n of_o the_o colloque_n or_o provincial_a synod_n of_o the_o church_n to_o the_o which_o he_o be_v give_v conformity_n this_o rule_n be_v very_o judicious_a to_o hinder_v minister_n from_o leave_v their_o flock_n slight_o and_o without_o permission_n of_o those_o which_o have_v power_n to_o dispose_v of_o their_o ministry_n this_o be_v agreeable_a to_o the_o 3d_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o antioch_n in_o the_o year_n 341._o which_o forbid_v priest_n and_o deacon_n and_o all_o those_o of_o the_o clergy_n to_o abandon_v their_o church_n to_o go_v unto_o other_o suspend_v from_o the_o ministry_n those_o that_o do_v so_o especial_o if_o after_o be_v warn_v by_o their_o bishop_n they_o do_v not_o speedy_o return_v to_o the_o church_n which_o they_o leave_v and_o depose_v without_o any_o hope_n of_o restoration_n those_o which_o shall_v persevere_v in_o their_o disobedience_n with_o menace_n to_o the_o bishop_n which_o shall_v receive_v they_o to_o be_v censure_v by_o the_o synod_n according_a to_o their_o merit_n or_o as_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n will_v have_v it_o be_v excommunicate_v with_o the_o desertor_n 20._o can._n 10_o &_o 20._o until_o such_o time_n as_o they_o return_v to_o their_o church_n add_v also_o to_o this_o the_o 23d_o of_o the_o same_o council_n with_o the_o 18_o and_o 13_o of_o ancyra_n xxiii_o the_o deserter_n of_o the_o ministry_n shall_v be_v excommunicate_v by_o the_o provincial_a synod_n if_o they_o do_v not_o repent_v and_o reassume_a the_o office_n god_n have_v commit_v to_o they_o conformity_n the_o council_n of_o sevill_n in_o the_o year_n 619._o can._n 3._o for_o some_o time_n exile_v the_o deserter_n into_o a_o monastery_n after_o have_v degrade_v he_o of_o the_o honour_n and_o degree_n of_o a_o minister_n but_o without_o take_v away_o from_o he_o all_o hope_n of_o be_v restore_v after_o a_o punishment_n proportion_v to_o his_o fault_n to_o the_o end_n by_o this_o mean_n to_o restrain_v the_o libertinism_n of_o deserter_n gratian_n cite_v this_o canon_n in_o his_o decret_n cap._n 21._o q._n 2._o placuit_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la xxiv_o minister_n shall_v not_o be_v vagabond_n and_o shall_v not_o have_v liberty_n of_o their_o own_o free_a authority_n to_o intrude_v themselves_o where_o they_o please_v conformity_n the_o council_n of_o ancyra_n in_o the_o year_n 314._o make_v a_o decree_n which_o be_v very_o conformable_a to_o this_o of_o our_o discipline_n if_o those_o which_o have_v be_v orduine_v bishop_n say_v he_o 18._o can._n 18._o be_v not_o receive_v into_o the_o church_n for_o which_o they_o have_v be_v name_v and_o that_o nevertheless_o they_o endeavour_v to_o get_v into_o other_o and_o to_o offer_v violence_n to_o those_o that_o be_v due_o establish_v and_o to_o stir_v up_o trouble_n against_o they_o let_v such_o be_v depose_v but_o if_o they_o will_v continue_v in_o the_o presbytery_n wherein_o they_o be_v former_o priest_n let_v they_o not_o lose_v the_o honour_n of_o episcopacy_n whereas_o if_o they_o stir_v up_o sedition_n against_o those_o which_o be_v settle_v bishop_n it_o be_v fit_a they_o shall_v be_v deprive_v of_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o preshytery_n 11._o tom._n 1._o conc_fw-fr gal._n p._n 126._o câ—n._n 11._o and_o intirelâ—d_v pose_v the_o it_v council_n of_o tâ—â—rs_n assemble_v ann_n 46._o require_v that_o he_o be_v excommunicate_v from_o the_o clergy_n which_o forsake_v his_o church_n without_o the_o bishop_n permission_n to_o settle_v himself_o in_o any_o other_o place_n 5._o ibid._n p._n 138._o c._n 5._o that_o of_o rheims_n order_n almost_o the_o very_a same_o thing_n again_o church-vagabond_n in_o the_o year_n 465._o in_o the_o council_n of_o valentia_n in_o spain_n assemble_v ann._n 524._o the_o like_a edict_n be_v make_v against_o inconstant_a and_o wander_a clerk_n can._n 5._o tom._n 3._o conc._n pag._n 820._o see_v synesius_n on_o the_o 22d_o article_n in_o his_o 67th_o epistle_n how_o he_o declaim_v against_o these_o wander_a clergyman_n whether_o they_o be_v bishop_n or_o other_o and_o judge_n it_o be_v not_o fit_a they_o shall_v have_v any_o public_a mark_n of_o honour_n among_o the_o clergy_n nor_o admission_n into_o any_o other_o church_n to_o oblige_v they_o to_o return_v to_o their_o own_o xxv_o the_o minister_n of_o one_o church_n can_v preach_v in_o another_o without_o first_o obtain_v leave_n of_o the_o minister_n of_o it_o unless_o in_o case_n of_o his_o absence_n in_o which_o case_n it_o must_v be_v the_o consistory_n must_v give_v he_o leave_v and_o if_o the_o flock_n be_v disperse_v by_o reason_n of_o persecution_n or_o other_o trouble_n the_o foreign_a minister_n shall_v endeavour_v to_o assemble_v the_o deacon_n and_o elder_n which_o if_o he_o can_v do_v he_o shall_v nevertheless_o be_v permit_v to_o preach_v to_o reunite_v the_o flock_n conformity_n we_o former_o observe_v on_o the_o 18_o article_n that_o a_o bishop_n have_v no_o power_n to_o undertake_v any_o thing_n without_o his_o diocese_n within_o the_o compass_n whereof_o he_o be_v oblige_v to_o limit_v all_o the_o function_n of_o his_o ministry_n and_o we_o prove_v it_o by_o sundry_a canon_n needless_a here_o to_o be_v repeat_v it_o shall_v suffice_v to_o add_v unto_o they_o the_o 20_o canon_n of_o the_o vith_o ecumenical_a council_n which_o be_v yet_o more_o formal_a than_o any_o of_o the_o rest_n to_o the_o matter_n now_o in_o question_n see_v here_o in_o what_o sort_n the_o father_n have_v lay_v it_o down_o that_o it_o be_v not_o permit_v for_o a_o bishop_n to_o preach_v public_o in_o any_o city_n which_o be_v not_o

within_o his_o jurisdiction_n 328._o tom._n 5._o council_n p._n 328._o and_o if_o there_o shall_v be_v any_o one_o find_v so_o do_v he_o shall_v be_v no_o long_o bishop_n and_o let_v he_o only_o perform_v the_o function_n of_o priest_n xxvi_o the_o minister_n which_o shall_v intrude_v himself_o although_o he_o be_v approve_v by_o the_o people_n be_v not_o to_o be_v approve_v by_o the_o neighbour-minister_n or_o other_o but_o notice_n must_v be_v give_v of_o it_o to_o the_o colloque_n or_o provincial_a synod_n conformity_n the_o council_n of_o antioch_n which_o i_o have_v several_a time_n cite_v absolute_o authorise_v this_o rule_n in_o the_o 16_o canon_n which_o be_v contain_v in_o these_o word_n if_o a_o bishop_n out_o of_o employment_n intrude_v himself_o into_o a_o vacant_a church_n and_o usurp_v the_o place_n without_o the_o authority_n of_o a_o full_a synod_n let_v he_o be_v turn_v out_o although_o he_o may_v be_v approve_v of_o all_o the_o people_n which_o he_o shall_v have_v gain_v to_o he_o the_o 35th_o canon_n of_o the_o african_a code_n contain_v a_o solemn_a decree_n against_o these_o pastor_n which_o have_v by_o their_o slight_n insinuate_v into_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o people_n intrude_v themselves_o into_o church_n without_o any_o lawful_a vocation_n so_o far_o that_o the_o 3d_o council_n of_o carthage_n which_o make_v this_o decree_n in_o the_o year_n 307._o appoint_v that_o they_o shall_v be_v drive_v away_o by_o public_a authority_n pope_n gelasius_n the_o be_v it_o enjoin_v almost_o the_o same_o in_o his_o 9th_o epistle_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o lucania_n tom._n 3._o council_n pag._n 936._o xxvii_o minister_n shall_v not_o be_v send_v to_o other_o church_n without_o authentic_a letter_n or_o other_o sufficient_a testimony_n from_o the_o place_n from_o whence_o they_o shall_v be_v send_v the_o which_o shall_v be_v deliver_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o consistory_n whither_o they_o be_v send_v to_o be_v careful_o lay_v up_o conformity_n 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worthy_a himself_o the_o author_n of_o nature_n in_o create_v human_a nature_n make_v at_o first_o one_o man_n and_o one_o woman_n and_o forbid_v to_o dissolve_v marriage_n have_v not_o suffer_v to_o dissolve_v it_o but_o for_o one_o only_a cause_n which_o indeed_o do_v break_v the_o band_n and_o have_v instance_a the_o word_n of_o the_o gospel_n where_o jesus_n christ_n suffer_v to_o separate_v for_o adultery_n and_o to_o marry_v again_o he_o add_v 620._o ib._n p._n 620._o by_o these_o word_n jesus_n christ_n command_v to_o bear_v all_o other_o fault_n in_o a_o woman_n her_o prate_n drunkenness_n evil_a speak_n but_o if_o she_o violate_v the_o law_n of_o marriage_n than_o he_o command_v to_o dissolve_v and_o break_v the_o band_n nothing_o can_v be_v desire_v more_o positive_a nor_o more_o clear_a for_o prove_v the_o matter_n i_o treat_v of_o therefore_o i_o conclude_v in_o observe_v that_o st._n chrysostom_n and_o theodoret_n deposition_n do_v no_o less_o favour_n the_o article_n of_o 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