be_v needful_a for_o the_o manage_n of_o a_o city-parish_n especial_o if_o a_o whole_a city_n be_v a_o parish_n as_o these_o objector_n must_v pretend_v or_o not_o say_v primitive_a bishop_n be_v parochial_a but_o be_v these_o chorepiscopi_fw-la be_v suffragans_fw-la to_o the_o bishop_n and_o do_v their_o office_n in_o the_o country_n while_o the_o bishop_n be_v resident_a in_o the_o city_n either_o the_o bishop_n parish_n extend_v itself_o from_o city_n to_o country_n and_o than_o it_o be_v all_o one_o with_o a_o diocese_n or_o else_o we_o can_v find_v no_o employment_n for_o a_o chorepiscopus_n or_o visitor_n *_o the_o ten_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o antioch_n describe_v their_o use_n and_o power_n qui_fw-la in_o villis_fw-la &_o vicis_fw-la constituti_fw-la sunt_fw-la chorepiscopi_fw-la ...._o placuit_fw-la sanctae_fw-la synodo_fw-la ut_fw-la modum_fw-la proprium_fw-la recognoscant_fw-la ut_fw-la gubernent_fw-la sibi_fw-la subjectas_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la they_o be_v to_o govern_v the_o church_n delegated_a to_o their_o charge_n it_o seem_v they_o have_v many_o church_n under_o their_o provision_n and_o yet_o they_o be_v but_o the_o bishop_n vicar_n for_o so_o it_o follow_v in_o the_o canon_n he_o must_v not_o ordain_v any_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n absque_fw-la vrbis_fw-la episcopo_fw-la cui_fw-la ipse_fw-la subjicitur_fw-la &_o regio_fw-la without_o leave_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o city_n to_o who_o both_o himself_n and_o all_o the_o country_n be_v subordinate_a 5._o the_o bishop_n be_v one_o in_o a_o city_n wherein_o be_v many_o presbyter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v s._n ignatius_n philadelph_n there_o be_v one_o altar_n in_o every_o church_n and_o one_o bishop_n together_o with_o the_o presbytery_n and_o the_o deacon_n either_o then_o a_o whole_a city_n such_o as_o rome_n or_o jerusalem_n which_o as_o josephus_n report_v have_v 400_o synagogue_n must_v be_v but_o one_o parish_n and_o then_o they_o have_v as_o good_a call_v a_o bishop_n charge_v a_o diocese_n as_o a_o parish_n in_o that_o latitude_n or_o if_o there_o be_v many_o parish_n in_o a_o city_n and_o the_o bishop_n can_v have_v but_o one_o of_o they_o why_o what_o hinder_v but_o that_o there_o may_v in_o a_o city_n be_v as_o many_o bishop_n as_o presbyter_n for_o if_o a_o bishop_n can_v have_v but_o one_o parish_n why_o may_v not_o every_o parish_n have_v a_o bishop_n but_o by_o the_o ancient_a canon_n a_o city_n though_o never_o so_o great_a can_v have_v but_o one_o for_o itself_o and_o all_o the_o country_n therefore_o every_o parish-priest_n be_v not_o a_o bishop_n nor_o the_o bishop_n a_o mere_a parish-priest_n ne_o in_o unâ_fw-la civitate_fw-la duo_fw-la sint_fw-la episcopi_fw-la be_v the_o constitution_n of_o the_o nicene_n father_n hist._n as_o say_v ruffinus_n and_o long_o before_o this_o it_o be_v so_o know_v a_o business_n that_o one_o city_n shall_v have_v but_o one_o bishop_n that_o cornelius_n exprobrate_v to_o novatus_n his_o ignorance_n be_v ergo_fw-la qui_fw-la evangelium_fw-la vendicabat_fw-la nesciebat_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la catholicâ_fw-la unum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la esse_fw-la debere_fw-la 33._o ubi_fw-la videbat_fw-la esse_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la quadraginta_fw-la &_o sex_n novatus_n the_o father_n of_o the_o old_a puritan_n be_v a_o goodly_a gospeller_n that_o do_v not_o know_v that_o in_o a_o catholic_n church_n there_o shall_v be_v but_o one_o bishop_n wherein_o there_o be_v 46_o presbyter_n intimate_v clear_o that_o a_o church_n that_o have_v two_o bishop_n be_v not_o catholic_n but_o schismatic_a at_o least_o if_o both_o be_v pretend_v to_o be_v of_o a_o fix_a residence_n what_o then_o be_v he_o that_o will_v make_v as_o many_o bishop_n in_o a_o church_n as_o presbyter_n he_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o fight_v against_o god_n if_o s._n ambrose_n say_v true_a deus_fw-la enim_fw-la singulis_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la singulos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la praeesse_fw-la decrevit_fw-la 12._o god_n have_v decree_v that_o one_o bishop_n shall_v rule_v in_o one_o church_n and_o of_o what_o extent_n this_o one_o church_n be_v may_v easy_o be_v guess_v by_o himself_o who_o be_v the_o ruler_n and_o bishop_n of_o the_o great_a city_n and_o province_n of_o milan_n *_o and_o therefore_o when_o valerius_n 21._o as_o it_o be_v then_o sometime_o use_v in_o several_a church_n have_v ordain_v s._n austin_n to_o be_v bishop_n of_o hippo_n whereof_o valerius_n be_v also_o bishop_n at_o the_o same_o time_n s._n austin_n be_v trouble_v at_o it_o as_o a_o act_n most_o uncanonical_a and_o yet_o he_o be_v not_o ordain_v to_o rule_v in_o common_a with_o valerius_n but_o to_o rule_v in_o succession_n and_o after_o the_o consummation_n of_o valerius_n it_o be_v the_o same_o case_n in_o angelius_n a_o novatian_a bishop_n ordain_v marcian_n to_o be_v his_o successor_n and_o sisinnius_n to_o succeed_v he_o the_o act_n be_v indeed_o irregular_a but_o yet_o there_o be_v no_o harm_n in_o it_o to_o this_o cause_n they_o be_v ordain_v to_o succeed_v not_o in_o conjunction_n 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v sozomen_n it_o be_v a_o note_n of_o schism_n and_o against_o the_o rule_n of_o h._n church_n to_o have_v two_o bishop_n in_o one_o chair_n secundus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la nullus_fw-la est_fw-la say_v s._n 2._o cyprian_n and_o as_o cornelius_n report_v it_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o s._n cyprian_n it_o be_v the_o voice_n of_o the_o confessor_n that_o have_v be_v the_o instrument_n and_o occasion_n of_o the_o novatian_a schism_n by_o erect_v another_o bishop_n nec_fw-la non_fw-la ignoramus_fw-la unum_fw-la deum_fw-la esse_fw-la unum_fw-la christum_fw-la esse_fw-la dominum_fw-la quem_fw-la confessi_fw-la sumus_fw-la unum_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la unum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la in_o catholicâ_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la esse_fw-la debere_fw-la and_o these_o very_a word_n the_o people_n also_o use_v in_o the_o contestation_n about_o liberius_n and_o felix_n for_o when_o the_o emperor_n be_v willing_a that_o liberius_n shall_v return_v to_o his_o see_n on_o condition_n that_o felix_n the_o arrian_n may_v be_v bishop_n there_o too_o they_o deride_v the_o suggestion_n cry_v out_o one_o god_n one_o christ_n one_o bishop_n so_o theodoret_n report_v but_o who_o list_v to_o see_v more_o of_o this_o may_v be_v satisfy_v if_o plenty_n will_v do_v it_o in_o philip._n s._n chrysostom_n philip_n theodoret_n s._n philip_n hierom_n philip_n oecumenius_n parmen_fw-la optatus_n s._n phil._n ambrose_n 11._o and_o if_o he_o please_v he_o may_v read_v a_o whole_a book_n of_o it_o write_v by_o s._n cyprian_n de_fw-fr unitate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sive_fw-la de_fw-la singularitate_fw-la praelatorum_fw-la 6._o suppose_v the_o ordinary_a diocese_n have_v be_v parish_n yet_o what_o be_v the_o metropolitan_o and_o the_o primate_fw-la be_v they_o also_o parish-bishop_n sure_o if_o bishop_n be_v parochial_a than_o these_o be_v at_o least_o diocesan_n by_o their_o own_o argument_n for_o to_o be_v sure_a they_o have_v many_o bishop_n under_o they_o but_o there_o be_v none_o such_o in_o the_o primitive_a church_n yes_o most_o certain_o the_o 35._o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n tell_v we_o so_o most_o plain_o and_o at_o the_o worst_a they_o be_v a_o very_a primitive_a record_n episcopus_fw-la gentium_fw-la singularum_fw-la scire_fw-la convenit_fw-la quis_fw-la inter_fw-la eos_fw-la primus_fw-la habeatur_fw-la quem_fw-la velut_fw-la caput_fw-la existiment_fw-la &_o nihil_fw-la amplius_fw-la praeter_fw-la ejus_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la gerant_fw-la quam_fw-la ea_fw-la sola_fw-la quae_fw-la parochiae_fw-la propriae_fw-la &_o villis_fw-la quae_fw-la sub_fw-la eâ_fw-la sunt_fw-la competunt_fw-la the_o bishop_n of_o every_o nation_n must_v know_v who_o be_v their_o primate_n and_o esteem_v he_o as_o their_o head_n and_o do_v nothing_o without_o his_o consent_n but_o those_o thing_n that_o appertain_v to_o their_o own_o diocese_n and_o from_o hence_o the_o father_n of_o the_o council_n of_o antioch_n derive_v their_o sanction_n per_fw-la singulas_fw-la regiones_fw-la episcopos_fw-la convenit_fw-la nosse_fw-la metropolitanum_n episcopum_fw-la sollicitudinem_fw-la totius_fw-la provinciae_fw-la gerere_fw-la 9_o etc._n etc._n the_o bishop_n of_o every_o province_n must_v know_v that_o their_o metropolitan-bishop_n do_v take_v cure_n of_o all_o the_o province_n for_o this_o be_v a_o apostolical_a constitution_n say_v s._n clement_n that_o in_o the_o conversion_n of_o gentile_a city_n in_o place_n of_o the_o archslamine_n archbishop_n primate_fw-la domini_fw-la or_o patriarch_n shall_v be_v place_v qui_fw-la reliquorum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la judicia_fw-la &_o majora_fw-la quoties_fw-la necesse_fw-la foret_fw-la negotia_fw-la in_fw-la fide_fw-la agitarent_fw-la &_o secundùm_fw-la dei_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la sicut_fw-la constituerunt_fw-la sancti_fw-la apostoli_fw-la definirent_fw-la epist_n alexandria_n be_v a_o metropolitical_a see_v long_o before_o the_o nicene_n council_n as_o appear_v in_o the_o six_o canon_n before_o cite_v nay_o dioscorus_n the_o bishop_n of_o that_o church_n be_v require_v to_o bring_v ten_o of_o the_o metropolitan_o that_o he_o have_v under_o he_o to_o the_o council_n of_o ephesus_n by_o theodosius_n and_o valentinian_n emperor_n so_o that_o it_o be_v a_o
the_o city_n for_o want_v of_o order_n the_o first_o may_v be_v supply_v by_o a_o delegate_v power_n in_o literis_fw-la episcopalibus_fw-la the_o second_o can_v but_o by_o a_o new_a ordination_n that_o be_v by_o make_v the_o priest_n a_o bishop_n for_o if_o a_o priest_n of_o the_o city_n have_v not_o so_o much_o power_n as_o a_o chorepiscopus_n as_o i_o have_v prove_v he_o have_v not_o by_o show_v that_o the_o chorepiscopus_n then_o have_v episcopal_a ordination_n and_o yet_o the_o chorepiscopus_n may_v not_o collate_v order_n without_o a_o faculty_n from_o the_o bishop_n the_o city_n priest_n may_v not_o do_v it_o unless_o more_o be_v add_v to_o they_o for_o their_o want_n be_v more_o they_o not_o only_o want_v jurisdiction_n but_o something_o beside_o and_o that_o must_v needs_o be_v order_n *_o but_o although_o these_o chorepiscopi_fw-la at_o the_o first_o have_v episcopal_a ordination_n yet_o it_o be_v quick_o take_v from_o they_o for_o their_o encroachment_n upon_o the_o bishop_n diocese_n and_o as_o they_o be_v but_o vicarii_fw-la or_o visitatores_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la in_o villis_fw-la so_o their_o ordination_n be_v but_o to_o a_o mere_a presbyterate_a and_o this_o we_o find_v as_o soon_o as_o ever_o we_o hear_v that_o they_o have_v have_v episcopal_a ordination_n for_o those_o who_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o 10_o canon_n of_o antioch_n we_o find_v have_v be_v consecrate_v as_o bishop_n in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o same_o canon_n we_o find_v it_o decree_v de_fw-fr novo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o chorepiscopus_n or_o country_n bishop_n must_v be_v ordain_v by_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o city_n in_o who_o jurisdiction_n he_o be_v which_o be_v clear_o ordination_n to_o the_o order_n of_o a_o presbyter_n and_o no_o more_o and_o ever_o after_o this_o all_o the_o ordination_n they_o make_v be_v only_o to_o the_o inferior_a ministery_n with_o the_o bishop_n licence_n too_o but_o they_o never_o ordain_v any_o to_o be_v deacon_n or_o priest_n for_o these_o be_v order_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n appoint_v and_o therefore_o be_v gratia_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la and_o issue_n of_o order_n but_o the_o inferior_a ministery_n as_o of_o a_o reader_n a_o ostiary_n etc._n etc._n be_v humane_a constitution_n and_o require_v not_o the_o capacity_n of_o episcopal_a order_n to_o collate_v they_o for_o they_o be_v not_o grace_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n as_o all_o order_n proper_o so_o call_v be_v but_o may_v by_o humane_a dispensation_n be_v bestow_v as_o well_o as_o by_o humane_a ordinance_n they_o have_v their_o first_o constitution_n *_o *_o the_o chorepiscopi_fw-la last_v in_o this_o consistence_n till_o they_o be_v quite_o take_v away_o by_o the_o council_n of_o hispalis_n save_v only_o that_o such_o man_n also_o be_v call_v chorepiscopi_fw-la who_o have_v be_v bishop_n of_o city_n but_o have_v fall_v from_o their_o honour_n by_o communicate_v in_o gentile_a sacrifice_n and_o by_o be_v traditor_n but_o in_o case_n they_o repent_v and_o be_v reconcile_v they_o have_v not_o indeed_o restitution_n to_o their_o see_n but_o because_o they_o have_v the_o indelible_a character_n of_o a_o bishop_n they_o be_v allow_v the_o name_n and_o honour_n and_o sometime_o the_o execution_n of_o office_n chorepiscopal_a now_o of_o this_o sort_n of_o chorepiscopi_fw-la no_o objection_n can_v be_v pretend_v if_o they_o have_v make_v ordination_n and_o of_o the_o other_o nothing_o pertinent_a for_o they_o also_o have_v the_o ordination_n and_o order_n of_o bishop_n the_o former_a be_v the_o case_n of_o meletius_n in_o the_o nicene_n council_n as_o be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o the_o epistle_n of_o the_o father_n to_o the_o church_n of_o alexandria_n theodoret._n but_o however_o all_o this_o while_n the_o power_n of_o ordination_n be_v so_o fast_o hold_v in_o the_o bishop_n hand_n that_o it_o be_v communicate_v to_o none_o though_o of_o the_o great_a privilege_n *_o ay_o find_v the_o like_a care_n take_v in_o the_o council_n of_o sardis_n for_o when_o musaeus_n and_o eutychianus_n have_v ordain_v some_o clerk_n themselves_o not_o be_v bishop_n 19_o gaudentius_n one_o of_o the_o moderate_a man_n it_o be_v likely_a for_o quietness_n sake_n and_o to_o comply_v with_o the_o time_n will_v fain_o have_v have_v those_o clerk_n receive_v into_o clerical_a communion_n but_o the_o council_n will_v by_o no_o mean_n admit_v that_o any_o shall_v be_v receive_v into_o the_o clergy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o balsamon_n express_v upon_o that_o canon_n but_o such_o as_o be_v ordain_v by_o they_o who_o be_v bishop_n very_o and_o indeed_o but_o with_o those_o who_o be_v ordain_v by_o musaeus_n and_o eutychianus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o will_v communicate_v as_o with_o layman_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o they_o be_v no_o bishop_n that_o impose_v hand_n on_o they_o and_o therefore_o the_o clerk_n be_v not_o ordain_v true_o but_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dissembler_n of_o ordination_n quae_fw-la autem_fw-la de_fw-la musaeo_n &_o eutychiano_n dicta_fw-la sunt_fw-la trahe_fw-la etiam_fw-la ad_fw-la alios_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la ordinati_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n say_v balsamon_n intimate_v that_o it_o be_v a_o rule_v case_n and_o of_o public_a interest_n *_o the_o same_o be_v the_o issue_n of_o those_o two_o famous_a case_n the_o one_o of_o ischiras_n ordain_v of_o colluthus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d one_o that_o dream_v only_o he_o be_v a_o bishop_n ischiras_n be_v ordain_v by_o he_o can_v be_v no_o priest_n nor_o any_o else_o of_o his_o ordain_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o ischyras_n himself_o be_v reduce_v into_o lay_v communion_n be_v depose_v by_o the_o synod_n of_o alexandria_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d philagrium_fw-la fall_v from_o the_o imagination_n of_o his_o presbyterate_a say_v the_o priest_n and_o deacon_n of_o mareotis_n and_o of_o the_o rest_n that_o be_v ordain_v with_o ischiras_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v s._n athanasius_n and_o this_o so_o know_v a_o business_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d no_o man_n make_v scruple_n of_o the_o nullity_n **_o the_o parallel_a case_n be_v of_o the_o presbyter_n ordain_v by_o maximus_n who_o be_v another_o bishop_n in_o the_o air_n too_o all_o his_o ordination_n be_v pronounce_v null_n by_o the_o father_n of_o the_o council_n in_o constantinople_n 4._o a_o three_o be_v of_o the_o blind_a bishop_n of_o agabra_fw-la impose_v hand_n while_o his_o presbyter_n read_v the_o word_n of_o ordination_n 5._o the_o ordination_n be_v pronounce_v invalid_a by_o the_o first_o council_n of_o sevil._n these_o case_n be_v so_o know_v i_o need_v not_o insist_v on_o they_o this_o only_a in_o diverse_a case_n of_o transgression_n of_o the_o canon_n clergy_n man_n be_v reduce_v to_o lay_v communion_n either_o be_v suspend_v or_o depose_v that_o be_v from_o their_o place_n of_o honour_n and_o execution_n of_o their_o function_n with_o or_o without_o hope_n of_o restitution_n respective_o but_o then_o still_o they_o have_v their_o order_n and_o the_o sacraman_n confer_v by_o they_o be_v valid_a though_o they_o indeed_o be_v prohibit_v to_o minister_v but_o in_o the_o case_n of_o the_o present_a instance_n the_o ordination_n be_v pronounce_v as_o null_n to_o have_v bestow_v nothing_o and_o to_o be_v mere_o imaginary_a *_o but_o so_o also_o it_o be_v in_o case_n that_o bishop_n ordain_v without_o a_o title_n or_o in_o the_o diocese_n of_o another_o bishop_n as_o in_o the_o council_n of_o 6._o chalcedon_n &_o of_o 13._o antioch_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o may_v be_v it_o be_v so_o in_o case_n of_o ordination_n by_o a_o presbyter_n it_o be_v by_o positive_a constitution_n pronounce_v void_a and_o no_o more_o and_o therefore_o may_v be_v rescind_v by_o the_o countermand_n of_o a_o equal_a power_n a_o council_n at_o most_o may_v do_v it_o and_o therefore_o without_o a_o council_n a_o probable_a necessity_n will_v let_v we_o loose_v but_o to_o this_o the_o answer_n be_v 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before_o a_o particular_a congregation_n but_o if_o a_o diocese_n be_v take_v collective_o as_o now_o it_o be_v for_o a_o multitude_n of_o parish_n unite_v under_o one_o bishop_n than_o one_o must_v needs_o be_v before_o 20_o and_o a_o particular_a congregation_n before_o a_o diocese_n but_o then_o that_o particular_a congregation_n be_v not_o a_o parish_n in_o the_o present_a sense_n for_o it_o be_v not_o a_o part_n of_o a_o diocese_n take_v a_o diocese_n for_o a_o collection_n of_o parish_n but_o that_o particular_a congregation_n be_v the_o first_o fruit_n of_o his_o diocese_n and_o like_o a_o grain_n of_o mustardseed_n that_o in_o time_n may_v and_o do_v grow_v up_o to_o a_o considerable_a height_n even_o to_o a_o necessity_n of_o distinguish_a title_n and_o part_n of_o the_o diocese_n assign_v several_a part_n to_o several_a priest_n 2._o we_o see_v that_o the_o primitive_a bishop_n before_o the_o division_n of_o parish_n have_v the_o city_n and_o country_n and_o after_o the_o division_n of_o parish_n have_v they_o all_o under_o his_o jurisdiction_n and_o ever_o even_o from_o the_o apostle_n time_n have_v several_a province_n some_o of_o they_o i_o mean_v within_o their_o limit_n and_o charge_n *_o the_o 35_o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n give_v power_n to_o the_o bishop_n to_o dispose_v only_o of_o those_o thing_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v under_o his_o diocese_n and_o the_o neighbour_n village_n and_o the_o same_o thing_n be_v repeat_v in_o the_o nine_o and_o ten_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o antioch_n call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o ancient_a canon_n of_o our_o forefather_n and_o yet_o itself_o be_v elder_a than_o three_o of_o the_o general_a council_n and_o if_o then_o it_o be_v a_o ancient_a canon_n of_o the_o father_n that_o the_o city_n and_o village_n shall_v be_v subject_a to_o the_o bishop_n sure_o a_o primitive_a bishop_n be_v a_o diocesan_n but_o a_o little_a before_o this_o be_v the_o nicene_n council_n 6._o and_o there_o i_o be_o sure_a we_o have_v a_o bishop_n that_o be_v at_o least_o a_o diocesan_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v the_o old_a custom_n be_v keep_v what_o be_v those_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v the_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n have_v power_n over_o all_o egypt_n libya_n and_o pentapolis_n it_o be_v a_o good_a large_a parish_n and_o yet_o this_o parish_n if_o we_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o call_v it_o so_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d according_a to_o the_o old_a custom_n of_o their_o forefather_n and_o yet_o that_o be_v so_o early_o that_o s._n anthony_n be_v then_o alive_a who_o be_v bear_v in_o s._n irenaeus_n his_o time_n who_o be_v himself_o but_o second_o from_o the_o apostle_n it_o be_v also_o a_o good_a large_a parish_n that_o ignatius_n be_v bishop_n of_o even_o all_o syria_n caelosyria_n mesopotamia_n and_o both_o the_o ciliciae_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o bishop_n of_o syria_n he_o call_v himself_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o theodoret_n and_o beside_o all_o these_o his_o successor_n in_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n 7._o have_v the_o two_o phaeniciae_fw-la and_o arabia_n yield_v to_o they_o by_o composition_n these_o alone_a will_v have_v make_v two_o or_o three_o reasonable_a good_a parish_n and_o will_v have_v take_v up_o time_n enough_o to_o preambulate_v have_v that_o be_v then_o the_o guise_n of_o christendom_n 86._o but_o example_n of_o this_o kind_n be_v infinite_a theodorus_n bishop_n of_o cyrus_n be_v pastor_n over_o 800_o parish_n athanasius_n be_v bishop_n of_o alexandria_n egypt_n thebais_n mareotis_n libya_n ammoniaca_n and_o pentapolis_n say_v s._n epiphanius_n and_o his_o predecessor_n julinianus_n successor_n of_o agrippinus_n be_v bishop_n 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o church_n about_o alexandria_n either_o it_o be_v a_o diocese_n or_o at_o least_o a_o plurality_n 28._o s._n chrysostome_n have_v pontus_n asia_n and_o all_o thrace_n in_o his_o parish_n even_o as_o much_o as_o come_v to_o sixteen_o prefecture_n a_o fair_a bound_n sure_o and_o so_o it_o be_v with_o all_o the_o bishop_n a_o great_a or_o a_o lesser_a diocese_n they_o have_v but_o all_o be_v diocesan_n for_o they_o have_v several_a parish_n singuli_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la episcopi_fw-la habent_fw-la sub_fw-la se_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la say_v epiphanius_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o john_n of_o jerusalem_n 69._o and_o in_o his_o book_n contra_fw-la haereses_fw-la quotquot_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o alexandriâ_fw-la catholicae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sunt_fw-la sub_fw-la uno_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la sunt_fw-la privatimque_fw-la ad_fw-la have_v destinati_fw-la sunt_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la propter_fw-la ecclesiasticas_fw-la necessitate_v ita_fw-la ut_fw-la habitatores_fw-la vicini_fw-la sint_fw-la uniuscujusque_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la 22._o all_o italy_n be_v the_o parish_n of_o liberius_n say_v socrates_n africa_n be_v s._n cyprian_n parish_n say_v s._n gregory_n nazianzen_n and_o s._n bazil_n the_o great_a be_v parish-priest_n to_o all_o cappadocia_n but_o i_o rather_o believe_v if_o we_o examine_v their_o several_a story_n they_o will_v rather_o prove_v metropolitan_o than_o mere_a parochian_n three_o the_o ancient_a canon_n forbid_v a_o bishop_n to_o be_v ordain_v in_o a_o village_n castle_n or_o town_n it_o be_v so_o decree_v in_o the_o council_n of_o laodicea_n before_o the_o first_o nicene_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 56._o in_o the_o village_n or_o country_n bishop_n must_v not_o be_v constitute_v and_o this_o be_v renew_v in_o the_o council_n of_o sardis_n 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v not_o lawful_a to_o ordain_v bishop_n in_o village_n or_o little_a town_n to_o which_o one_o presbyter_n be_v sufficient_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o bishop_n must_v ordain_v bishop_n in_o those_o city_n where_o bishop_n former_o have_v be_v *_o so_o that_o this_o canon_n do_v not_o make_v a_o new_a constitution_n but_o perpetuate_v the_o old_a sanction_n bishop_n ab_fw-la antiquo_fw-la be_v only_o ordain_v in_o great_a city_n and_o presbyter_n in_o little_a village_n who_o then_o be_v the_o parish_n curate_n the_o bishop_n or_o the_o priest_n the_o case_n be_v too_o apparent_a only_o here_o it_o be_v object_v that_o some_o bishop_n be_v of_o small_a town_n and_o therefore_o these_o canon_n be_v not_o observe_v and_o bishop_n may_v be_v and_o be_v parochial_a as_o s._n gregory_n of_o nazianzum_fw-la zoticus_n of_o comana_n maris_n in_o dolicha_n the_o one_o of_o these_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o 16._o eusebius_n and_o another_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o 4._o theodoret_n a_o little_a town_n this_o be_v all_o be_v pretend_v for_o this_o great_a scarecrow_n of_o parochial_a bishop_n *_o but_o first_o suppose_v these_o have_v be_v parish_n and_o these_o three_o parochial_a bishop_n it_o follow_v not_o that_o all_o be_v not_o those_o to_o be_v sure_a which_o i_o have_v prove_v to_o have_v be_v bishop_n of_o province_n and_o kingdom_n second_o it_o be_v a_o clear_a case_n that_o nazianzum_fw-la though_o a_o small_a city_n yet_o be_v the_o seat_n of_o a_o bishop_n throne_n so_o it_o be_v reckon_v in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d make_v by_o leo_n the_o emperor_n where_o it_o be_v account_v inter_fw-la thronos_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la patriarchae_fw-la constantinopolitano_fw-it subjectarum_fw-la 89._o and_o be_v in_o the_o same_o account_n with_o caesarea_n with_o ephesus_n with_o crete_n with_o philippi_n and_o almost_o fourscore_o more_o 27._o as_o for_o zoticus_n he_o indeed_o come_v from_o comana_n a_o village_n town_n for_o there_o he_o be_v bear_v but_o he_o be_v episcopus_fw-la otrenus_n bishop_n of_o otrea_n in_o armenia_n say_v ah_o nicephorus_n 25._o and_o for_o maris_n the_o bishop_n of_o dolicha_n it_o be_v indeed_o such_o a_o small_a city_n as_o nazianzum_fw-la be_v but_o that_o prove_v not_o but_o his_o diocese_n and_o teritory_n be_v large_a enough_o thus_o be_v asclepius_n vici_fw-la non_fw-la grandis_fw-la but_o yet_o he_o be_v vagensis_fw-la territorii_fw-la episcopus_fw-la eccles._n his_o seat_n may_v usual_o be_v in_o a_o little_a city_n if_o it_o be_v one_o of_o those_o town_n in_o which_o according_a to_o the_o exigence_n of_o the_o canon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o which_o bishop_n ancient_o be_v ordain_v and_o yet_o the_o appurtenance_n of_o his_o diocese_n large_a and_o extend_v and_o too_o great_a for_o a_o hundred_o parish-priest_n four_o the_o institution_n of_o chorepiscopi_fw-la prove_v most_o evident_o that_o the_o primitive_a bishop_n be_v diocesan_n not_o parochial_a for_o they_o be_v institue_v to_o assist_v the_o bishop_n in_o part_n of_o his_o countrey-charge_n and_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d visiter_n as_o the_o council_n of_o laodicea_n call_v they_o but_o what_o need_v such_o suffragans_fw-la such_o coadjutor_n to_o the_o manage_n of_o a_o parish_n indeed_o they_o may_v possible_o have_v
his_o foot_n mean_v he_o at_o confession_n and_o the_o other_o in_o effigy_n of_o the_o crucifix_n or_o in_o the_o host_n we_o may_v well_o perceive_v that_o they_o be_v not_o such_o fool_n but_o they_o will_v consider_v the_o advantage_n that_o come_v to_o their_o person_n and_o calling_n if_o they_o can_v be_v suppose_v to_o make_v with_o pronounce_v four_o word_n bread_n to_o become_v god_n upon_o the_o reputation_n of_o this_o great_a thing_n the_o priest_n be_v exempt_a from_o secular_a jurisdiction_n and_o violence_n in_o the_o council_n in_o dalmatia_n hold_v by_o the_o legate_n of_o pope_n innocent_a the_o three_o a._n d._n 1199._o can._n 5._o upon_o this_o account_n pope_n urban_n the_o second_o in_o a_o council_n which_o he_o hold_v at_o rome_n 1097_o against_o the_o emperor_n henry_n the_o four_o take_v from_o secular_a prince_n the_o investiture_n of_o benefice_n and_o advance_v the_o clergy_n above_o king_n because_o their_o hand_n create_v god_n their_o creator_n as_o 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