and prays him to take care to carry himself unblamably because he had taken Notice of some failings in him when he was obliged to rehearse the Name of Dioscorus at the Altar This Letter is dated March 13. 478. He wrote also the same time the 10 Letter to the Emperor Zeno in which he thanks him for settling Timotheus and prays him to eject entirely P. Mongus In the next Letter to Acacius he tells him that Timotheus had excused himself for reciting the Name of Dioscorus at the Altar and that he was satisfied by him as to that particular In the 12th He also desires the Emperor Zeno to defend Timotheus and Banish Petrus Mongus and in the thirteenth Letter he Commands Acacius to contribute his Assistance in it These Letters are dated Oct. 478. The Church of Antioch was in no less disturbances than that of Alexandria Petrus Sirnamed Fullo having slain Stephen who was the Lawful Bishop got possession of it by force The Emperor Zeno did not let this Crime go unpunished but made those seditious Persons suffer the Punishment they deserved and Banished Petrus Fullo But because the Spirits of the People were extreamly heated he thought it would be hard to get a Bishop Ordained quietly in the City of Antioch he resolved to have the Ordination performed at Constantinople by Acacius Pope Simplicius believed as indeed it might well enough be that it was only Pretence and that the Bishop of Constantinople would by this means enlarge his Jurisdiction over the East though the Emperor wrote to him that it should be so for this once only and that for the future the Bishop of Antioch should be Ordained according to the Custom by an Eastern Synod The Pope makes Answer to him by Letter 14 dated Ju. 22. 479 in which having commended his Justice which he had Executed in punishing those who had Murthered the Bishop of Antioch he tells him That this Mischief would never have happened if he had followed his Councels and banished out of the Empire as he had written to him Petrus Mongus and the other Enemies of the Faith and disturbers of the Publick Peace Lastly He approves the Ordination of the Bishop of Antioch made by Acacius but upon Condition that the Bishop of Constantinople shall not attempt the like for the future and the Bishop of Antioch shall be Ordained by the Bishops of his own Country according to the Ancient Custom He says almost the same thing to Acacius in the next Letter He whom Acacius had Ordained Bishop of Antioch dyed in 482 in the third Year of his Pontisicate and Calendion was Ordained in his place 'T was Acacius himself who Ordained him if we may believe the Record of the Acts of the Condemnation of Acacius However that be it is evident That Calendion had his Ordination approved by a Council of Eastern Bishops This did plainly displease Acacius who was never friends with this Patriarch At the same time Timotheus Bishop of Alexandria being dead John Talaia was chosen in his palace and wrote to Pope Simplicius under the Title of the Bishop of Alexandria But the Emperor told him at the same time That he was a perjur'd Person and unworthy of the Priesthood This hindered the Pope for some time from acknowledging him but when he understood that he had designed to put in P. Mongus into that See against whom he had written several Letters he opposed him with all his force and received John Talaia who escaped into the West All these things were done with the Consent of Acacius or at least without his Opposition This made Simplicius after he had written Letter 16. in favour of Calendion to urge him earnestly in Letter 17 and 18. to oppose the attempts of P. Mongus and to represent them to the Emperor that he may not continue in the possession of the See of Alexandria These Letters are dated Anno. 482. This was the Cause and beginning of the Discontent which the Holy See had against Acacius which broke out fully under Faelix the Successor of Simplicius These Epistles are extant among the Councils Tom. IV. p. 1067. FAUSTUS Bishop of * Reium Rhegium Ries FAustus a An Englishman or Britain Avitus in his 4th Letter says that he was ortu Britannus habitatione Riensis Sidonius Epist. 9. l. 9. writing to Faustus says Britannis tuis Facundus calls him a Frenchman in his Book against Marcion Faustus Gallus but he evidently respected the place he dwelt in F. Sirmondus says that he was of the Province of Aremorica I am rather of Usher's judgment who thinks him an Englishman an Englishman or Britain a Priest and Monk of Lerins was chosen Abbot of that Monastry when St. Maximus removed to the Government of the Church of Ries While Faustus Bishop of Ries he was Abbot there he had a Controversie with Theodorus Bishop of Frejus about the Exemption which was decreed in the Council of Arles which is called the III held in 455 which Ordained That the Bishop should perform all Ordinations confirm Novices if there be any in the Abby and that no strange Clergy-men should be admitted but with his Consent but that the Care of the Lay-men of the Monastry belongs to the Abbot That the Bishop hath no Jurisdiction over them and that he cannot Ordain any one without consent of the Abbot After the Death of Maximus Faustus was chosen to fill his place So that he was his Successor twice once in his Abbacy and the second time in his Bishoprick This gave occasion to Sidonius to address these Verses to him Fuerit Quis Maximus ille Urbem tu cujus Monachosque Antistes Abbas Bis Successor agis He was present at the Council of Rome held under Pope Hilary in 462. Being returned into France he composed several Books Governed the Church unblameably lived a very Holy Life was Commended and Honoured by the Greatest Men of his time and dyed at last in Peace and in the Communion of the Church Gennadius gives us a Part of the Catalogue of this Author's Works He hath Written saith he on the Occasion of Explaining the Creed a Book concerning the Holy Spirit wherein he proves agreeably to the Doctrine of the Holy Fathers that he is of the same Substance with the Father and the Son and is as well Eternal as both the other Divine Persons in the Holy Trinity He hath also Composed an Excellent Work about Saving Grace in which he teacheth that the Grace of God always allures precedes and assists our Will and that all the reward which our Free-will obtains by its Labour is not merited by it but is the Gift of Grace I have read also saith the same Person a little Book of his written against the Arians and Macedonians in which he shews That the three Persons of the Trinity are of the same Essence and another Treatise against those who say That there are Incorporeal Creatures in which he pretends to prove by
to observe are to be set down with the Name of the Arch-bishop on whom he depends and of the other Bishops in the Province The Tenth imports that after the Death of a Bishop the Tenth part of his Estate shall be distributed to the poor or to pious Uses and that Prayers shall be said for him throughout his whole Diocess that he may obtain the Kingdom of Heaven and dwell with the Saints The Eleventh orders the Bishops to do nothing in the Diocesses of their Brethren without their leave The Arch-bishop is excepted because he is the Head of the Bishops It charges the Priests not to perform any other Functions than such as are left to them by the Bishops as that of Baptizing and giving the Extreme-Unction It establishes some Penalties against those that did neglect to administer Baptism and finally it orders that this Sacrament shall not be perform'd by Sprinkling but by Dipping The Council of Aix la Chapelle in the year 817. IN the following year Lewis the Godly held an Assembly of Abbots and Monks at Aix la Chapelle and caused some Constitutions for Monks to be prepar'd by Benedict of Aniane charging The Council of Aix laChapelle that Abbot to see them kept These Constitutions are Eighty in all An account of Abbeys and of what they were to pay to the Crown was also drawn up in that Assembly The Council of Thionville IN the year 821 there was an Assembly at Thionville which made some I aws against those The Council of Thion-ville who should offer to Misuse or beat a Clerk and the time of their Penance is fixed These Ecclesiastical Laws were confirm'd by an Edict of Lewis the Godly which is at the end of them The Capitularies or Sanctions of Lewis the Godly LEwis the Godly following his Father 's Pious Example made several Laws and Wrote some The Capitularies of Lewis the Godly Letters about Ecclesiastical Matters In the First year of his Empire he pass'd an Edict in Favour of the Spaniards who fled into France from the Persecution of the Saracens Another Edict made in his Third year on the same Subject is extant In the year 816 he Confirmed the Constitutions that were made at the Council of Aix la Chapelle and gave Orders that they should be follow'd by Letters to Magnus Arch-bishop of Sens to Frotarius Arch-bishop of Bourdeaux to Arnoldus Arch-bishop of Salsburgh and to other Metropolitans In the same year he also made Twenty nine Capitularies on the Discipline of the Church In the first he takes care to secure to the Church those Revenues that belong to it In the Second he leaves to the Clergy and the People the Liberty of choosing their own Bishops In the Third he confirms the Rules of Prebendaries In the Fourth he orders that a good use be made of the Oblations given at Church In the Fifth he leaves to the Monks the power of chusing their own Abbots In the Sixth he forbids the conferring Holy Orders on Slaves In the Seventh he enjoyns the Clergy not to receive such Oblations as might cause the Children or Relations of those that make them to be depriv'd of their Inheritance In the Eighth the Priests are forbidden to give the Tonsure to any Person with a Design to get a part of his Estate In the Ninth the Laity are charg'd not to turn the Priests out of their Churches or Install any there without the Bishop's consent In the Tenth he orders that every Church have a piece of Ground belonging to it and that no Priests apply their Revenues but to the Service of the Church In the Eleventh that every Church have its Priest That the New Villages where New Churches shall be built pay Tythes to those Churches The Thirteenth forbids to Pawn the Holy Vessels unless it be for the Redemption of Captives The Sixteenth is against the Simoniacal Exactions that were practis'd by some Bishops of Italy The Seventeenth renews the Canon which forbids Priests to dwell with Women In the Eighteenth 't is ordered that the Bishop shall send the Chrism to such Rectors of Parishes as are remote by one of those in their Neighbourhood but that all those who dwell but a League or a League and a half out of Town shall come to fetch it as usually In the Nineteenth the Bishops are exhorted not to be a charge to the People when they go either to Preach or to Confirm In the Twentieth 't is decreed that none presume to make young Maids Nuns or Boys Monks i. e. without the consent of their Relations The One and twentieth obliges Widows not to take the Veil till Thirty days after their Husbands decease The Three following Canons are concerning Ravishers The Five and twentieth renews Gelafius's Canon against those that either debauched any of the Virgins who had been Consecrated to God or ran away with them In the Six and twentieth 't is enjoyn'd that no Maid shall receive the Veil before she be Five and twenty years of Age according to the Canons of Africa The Seven and twentieth forbids the Tryal by the Cross. In the Eight and twentieth the Bishops are charg'd to Instruct the people of their Diocess The last forbids Marriages between Relations and the sharing of Churches between Co-heirs and promises to take care to prevent this and many other things In the year 817 this Emperour published some Constitutions for the Monks which Orders were drawn up at Aix la Chapelle by Benedict of Aniane Some mention an Edict of Confirmation made by Lewis the Godly which they say he confirmed in favour of Pope Paschal II. the pretended Donations made by his Father to the Roman Church but that Piece plainly appears to be supposititious and does not deserve the least credit The Capitularies of the year 819 are almost all of them Civil Laws Some of them nevertheless relate to the Church particularly in the last Capitulary published by Baluzius page 619. In the year 821 he Wrote a Letter to the Monks of Aniane to exhort them to follow the Rules that had been established in their Monastery by their Abbot Bennet He promises them his protection on the account of the Love he had for him and confirms their Abbey in a Free Tenure and the liberty they had of chusing their Abbot In the year 822 at the Request of the Bishops Conven'd at Thionville he made some Laws by which he enjoyned very severe punishments for those who calumniate revile misuse or put to death any Clergy-man In the same year he made a Capitulary in favour of the Nuns of S. Crosse at Poictiers In the year 824 he caused some Instructions to be composed for Jeremiah Arch-bishop of Sens and Jonas Bishop of Orleans his Deputies at Rome in the Affair of Images according to the prescription of the Council of Paris and he Wrote a Letter to Pope Eugenius the Second on that Subject In the year 826 there was an Assembly at Inghilheim where some
Verses are not altogether contemptible but that Fredigod intermixes so many Greek words and Phrases which render them unintelligible At the same time Lanfrid a Monk of Winchester wrote the Life of S. Swithin and a Relation Lanfrid and Wulstan Monks of Winchester of the Miracles that happen'd at his Translation and after him Wulstan Monk of the same Monastery compos'd in Verse the History of that Translation and the Life of S. Ethelawld Thus we have given an Account of almost all the most remarkable Circumstances that occur in the Ecclesiastical History of England in the Tenth Century CHAP. VI. Observations on the Ecclesiastical Affairs of the Tenth Century THERE were no Controversies in the Tenth Age of the Church relating to Articles Controversies about Doctrinal Points of Faith or Doctrinal Points of Divinity by reason that there were no Hereticks nor other Inquisitive Persons who refin'd upon Matters of Religion or undertook to dive into the bottom of its Mysteries The Sober Party contented themselves only in yielding an implicite Faith to whatever the Church-men thought fit to deliver from the Pulpit and the profligate Wretches abandon'd themselves to gross Sensualitles which gave Satisfaction to their bruitish Appetites rather than to the Vices of the Mind to which only ingenious Persons are liable Therefore in this Age of Darkness and Ignorance the Church not being disturb'd upon account of its Doctrines had nothing to do but to put a stop to the Enormities of Discipline and Manners There were nevertheless in England some Clergy-men who positively affirm'd that the Bread and Of the Eucharist Wine on the Altar retain'd the very same Substance after Consecration and that they were only the Representation of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ and not his Real Body and Blood Odo Archbishop of Canterbury being desirous to oppose this Opinion pray'd to God one day as he was Celebrating Mass solemnly in the presence of a multitude of People to shew the very Substance of these Mysteries which happen'd in the breaking of the Consecrated Bread out of which as it s reported issued forth several Drops of Blood which Miracle being seen by his Clergy and by those who doubted of the Real Presence of the Body of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist they abjured their Error Thus Osborn a Writer of those times relates the Matter in the Life of that Saint The same Author in the Life of S. Dunstan says that that Saint returning to the Altar chang'd the Bread and Wine into our Saviour's Body and Blood by the Prayer of Consecration but when he had given the Benediction to the People he left the Altar a second time to preach and that being altogether transported with the Divine Spirit he discour'd after such a pathetical manner concerning the Real Presence of the Body of Jesus Christ of the Future Resurrection and of Life Eternal that one would have thought that a glorified Saint was then speaking Ratherius Bishop of Verona stifly maintains the same Opinion in one of his Letters and Fulcuin Abbot of Lobes in discoursing of the Eucharistical Table says That it is the Table on which the Sacred Body of our Lord is consum'd These Authors express themselves after the same manner as Paschasius Rathertus nevertheless this did not hinder some others who liv'd in the end of the same Century to take part with Retramnus to make use of his Expressions and to oppose those of Paschasius This is apparently done by Alfric Archbishop of Canterbury and Heriger Abbot of Lobes altho' they do not impugn the Real Presence as we have made it appear in the preceding Century These are all the remarkable Circumstances in the Tenth Century relating to Points of Doctrine for the Errour of the Anthropomorphites confuted by Ratherius in one of his Sermons was peculiar to certain Clergy-men of Italy and those of the Greeks mention'd by Pope Formosus in one of his Letters to Fulcus are ancient and not modern Heresies We read in a Chronicle of the Abbey of Castros that Durandus Abbot of that Monastery in the year 953. confuted one Walfred who gave it out that both the Soul and Body perish'd after death but it is not known whether this Error continu'd long neither is there any part of Durandus's Piece now extant The Contests that arose about the validity or invalidity of Ordination made by Intruders were soon silenc'd Some Persons were of Opinion that one might Feast on Fridays but their Infatuation was not of long continuance Upon the whole there was no Council held in this Century that either debated or made any Decisions with respect to any Point of Doctrine which shews that there was no Error in Matters of Faith that prevail'd long or made any Disturbance in the Church Howsoever enormous the Irregularities of the Popes might be at that time nevertheless a great Of the Popes Authority deal of Respect was shewn to their Authority and the Christians distinguishing according to Auxilius's Remark the Holy See from the Person of those who possess'd it had as much veneration for the Dignity of the One as aversion to the Extravagancies of the others and upon this account they yielded Obedience to the Equitable Laws and Just and Lawful Ordinances proceeding from the Authority of the Holy See and oppos'd the Enterprizes of the Popes which intrench'd upon the Liberty of the Churches and the Intention of the Canons This may be observ'd in the conduct of the Bishops of Germany and in the Letters they wrote concerning the Erections of Bishopricks which the Pope attempted to make in Moravia to the prejudice of their Rights in that of the Bishops of France assembled in a Council at Rheims against Arnulphus in the Discourse made by the Bishop of Orleance in that Council and in the Judgment they pass'd with respect to the Legats Attempt who presum'd to Consecrate a Church without the consent of the Ordinary Neither were the Bishops of Italy of a different Opinion as appears from their Deposing of Pope John XII S. Dunstan shew'd the same Resolution in Refusing to Absolve a Person altho' the Pope had expresly enjoyn'd him to do it and the like constancy is observable in Ratherius who did not think himself oblig'd to obey the Order of a Pope who was about to deprive him of the Disposal of the Ecclesiastical Revenues of his Diocess However Magnificent Titles were given to the Popes and their Primacy and Jurisdiction was acknowledg'd They had not as yet assum'd the Right of Ordaining Bishops or Metropolitans nay John X. and Stephen VIII plainly own'd that it did not belong to them but they granted the Pall not only to Archbishops but also to several Bishops which Practice Fulques or Fulco Archbishop of Rheims censures as an Abuse which sullied the Splendor of the Hierarchical Order They were desirous that the Archbishops should come in Person to Rome to receive the Pall which was usually done by the Archbishops
Monk of S. Medard at Soissons 54 Odo Abbot of Cluny 50 Odo Archbishop of Canterbury 64 Olbert or Albert Abbot of Gemblours 54 Osborn Chanter of Canterbury 65 Othlo Monk of Fulda 61 R. RAthboldus or Radboldus Bishop of Utrecht 59 Ratherius Bishop of Verona 20. sequ Reginaldus Bishop of Eichstadt 61 Roger Monk of S. Pantaleon at Cologn 58 Roswida a Nun of Gandersheim 61 S. SOlomon Bishop of Constance 60 Simeon Metaphrastes 3 Stephen V. Pope 31 Stephen Abbot of Lobes afterward Bishop of Liege 52 T. THeotmar Metropolitan of Bavaria 16 Thierry or Theodoric Arch-Bishop of Trier 61 U. ULfric or Uffo Monk of Werthin 62 S. Ulric Bishop of Augsburg 56. sequ Utho Bishop of Strasburg 60 W. WAltramnus or Waldramnus Bishop of Strasburg 59 William Archbishop of Mentz ibid. Witichindus Monk of Corby in Saxony 60 Wulstan Monk of Winchester 66 An ALPHABETICAL TABLE of the COUNCILS held in the Tenth Age of the Church Place Pages Years A. AIx-la-Chapelle 49 1003 Augsburg 62 952 C. CAnterbury 63 904 Canterbury under S. Dunstan 65 974 Charroux 48 989 Chateau-Thierry 37 934 Cher River ibid. 947 Coblentz 62 922 Constantinople 2 920 Constantinople ibid. 944 Constantinople ibid. 967 D. S. DEnis 51 995 E. ERfurdt 62 932 England under K. Edmund 63 944 England General 65 973 F. FIsmes 37 935 I. INgelheim 9 948 Ingelheim 38 972 L. LOndon 64 948 M. MEaux 39 961 S. Mary ' s Mount ibid. 972 Mouzon 37 948 Mouzon 39 948 Mouzon 43 995 P. POitiers 48 999 R. RAvenna 6 17 904 Ravenna 14 967 Ravenna 48 997 Rheims 36 923 Rheims 39 975 Rheims 40 989 Rheims ibid. 992 Rheims 42 993 Rheims 44 995 Rome 6 17 904 Rome 9 949 Rome 11 963 Rome 13 964 Rome ibid. 964 Rome 57 69 995 Rome 48 998 Rome under Sylvester II. 49 1002 S. SEnlis 40 989 Soissons 37 941 T. THierry-Chateau 37 934 S. Thierry 39 953 Trier or Treves ibid. 948 Trosly 35 909 Trosly 36 921 Trosly ibid. 924 Trosly ibid. 927 V. VErdun 37 947 W. WInchester 65 975 A General INDEX of the Principal Matters contained in this Volume ABbeys in the possession of Lay-men 68. Restor'd to Regular Canons ibid. some retain'd by the Bishops ib. several Abbeys govern'd by the same Abbot ibid. Abbey of S. Ambrose at Milan a Priviledge granted to it 20. Abbey of Cluny when and by whom founded 49. Its first Abbots 50. A Priviledge granted to that Abbey 19. Abbey of Croyland a Donation made to it 64. Abbey of Fleury a Priviledge granted to that Abbey 51. Abbeys Regular by whom founded and so call'd 51. Abbots their Office and Functions 35 41. Absolution that of publick sins reserv'd to the Bishop 24. Adalbert the Son of Berenger expell'd Italy by his Father 10. His Intrigues with Pope John XII against Otho for the Recovery of Italy ibid. He is invited to Rome by the Pope from whence they are driven out by Otho 11. Adam Moses Bar-Cephas's Opinion concerning his Immortality 5. Adelaida the Widow of Lotharius King of Italy persecuted by Berenger who covets to marry her 10. She makes application to the Emperor Otho I. who rescues her and takes her to Wife ibid. Agius Archbishop of Narbonne confirm'd in his Arch-bishoprick and Gerard who had the possession of it turn'd out 18. Alberic his Authority at Rome after having expell'd Hugh his Father-in-law 8. Octavian his Son advanc'd to the Papal Dignity at the Age of 18 years 10. Alms the first founding of Alms-money or S. Peter's Pence in England 63. Anathema published to continue for ever 32 69. Anthropomorphites their Errors confuted by Ratherius 25 67. Certain Italian Clergy-men fallen into that Error ibid. Appeals of those to the See of Rome 41. Argrin Bishop of Langres restored to his Bishoprick 16. Armenians the Mission of Nico into Armenia 4. Arms Clergy-men allow'd to beat them 3 68. Arnulphus King of Germany crown'd Emperor by way of recompence for being severe against the Romans 6. The time of his death ibid. Artoldus Archbishop of Rheims his Ordination 37. A Priviledge granted to him by King Lewis d'Outremer ibid. He is oblig'd to resign his Archbishoprick and to accept of two Abbeys ibid. His Treaty with Hugh upon account of that Resignation ibid. He is restored to his Episcopal See 38. The time of his death 39. Augsburg the Bishops of that Church in the Tenth Century 56 c. B. BAptism the Administration of that Sacrament 26. Pennance impos'd on Adult Persons admitted to receive it 27. Bells the first Example of the Benediction of Bells 14 68. Benefices the Merchandise that was made of them in the Tenth Century 51 68. Plurality of Benefices condemned 8 68. Berenger the success of his Arms in Italy 6. He causes himself to be crown'd Emperor ibid. His Coronation condemn'd in a Council 17. He is kill'd at Verona 8. Berenger the Son of Adalbert Marquess of Ivrea his power suspected by K. Hugh who determines to dispatch him 9. He makes an Escape to Germany ibid. He returns to Italy ibid. having re-establish'd his Authority he causes himself to be crown'd King 10. His vain Efforts to marry Queen Adalaida Lotharius's Widow ibid. He is compell'd to submit to the Emperor Otho I. ibid. Berno Founder of the Order of Cluny 49. Bishopricks erected by the See of Rome in the Tenth Century 14 19 49 67. Plurality of Bishopricks conferr'd on the same person 8 48 68. Bishops their Election and Ordination 27 68. Some Bishops chosen very young in the Tenth Century 11 36 68. Of the Episcopal Functions and Authority 21 22 23. Bishops not allow'd to consecrate Churches beyond their own Diocess without permission 48. nor to ordain foreign Clergy-men without recommendatory Letters from their Bishops ibid. nor to choose Coadjutors 49 57 68. Of their Right to Churches 51. Monks made Subject to their Jurisdiction 62. and the Monasteries to their Visitations ibid. Of the Allegiance they owe to Kings 28 35 40 41. Whether they may be allowed to give Hostages for their Fidelity 28. Deposed for High Treason 18 41. Of Judiciary proceedings against Bishops 27 40 41. Of the removing of their Causes to the See of Rome 41. Penalties to be inflicted on those who are addicted to Hunting or to playing at Games of Chance 62. Whether they ought to say Pax vobis or Dominus vobiscum 19. Bishops oblig'd to preserve the Revenues of their Churches ibid. Of the pillaging of their Estates or Goods after their Decease or Expulsion 27 36 68. How the Emperor Nicephorus seiz'd on their Revenues after their death 2 3. The Misdemeanour of two Greek Bishops tolerated in a Council 3. Boniface the Successor of Formosus turn'd out of the See of Rome 6. Boniface Anti-Pope the outragious Acts committed by him in aspiring to the Papal Dignity and in maintaining his Authority 14. Burial a Constitution about the burying of the dead 24
he would not but left it with one of the Monks This Conduct of Peter Damien's being perfectly free from any partiality sufficiently clear'd him from the Accusation of these Chaplains but in his turn he reprov'd them for two Errors First because they taught that Priests might Marry and then because they maintain'd that it was no Simony to give Mony for the Presentation of a Living provided nothing was given for Ordination The Fourteenth and Fifteenth are directed to the Clergy of the Church of Milan who maintain'd the Truth and Purity of Discipline he exhorted them to persevere with Constancy and Stedfastness The Two next are part one of the Forty second and the other of the Eighth of his Opuscula In the Eighteenth he returns an Answer to a Priest who had ask'd his Advice about two Ceremonies relating to Baptism and the Celebration of the Mass And after he had intimated that no new Customs ought to be introduc'd he determines That only the Holy Chrism ought to be put into the Water of Baptism and not any Oyl or Wine and that in the Celebration of the Mass the Ablution of the Chalice ought not to be omitted but when it was to be celebrated twice in a Day The Nineteenth is among the Opuscula of which it makes the Twenty eighth The Sixth Book contains such Letters as are written to Abbots and Monks The First is referr'd to the Forty third of his Opuscula The Second is directed to Hugh Abbot of Cluny the Monks of that Abby as an acknowledgment of the Love which Peter Damien had for them and of the Services which he had done them had promis'd him that they would say an Office for him every Year on the Day of his Death He prays the Abbot of Cluny that this might be perform'd not only in that Abby but likewise in others which were of the same Order The Third directed to the same Abbot is only a Letter of Compliment for the kind Entertainment he had given to one of Peter Damien's Nephews In the Fourth he recommends to him again the Prayers which he had promis'd to offer up for him after his Death In the Fifth directed to the Monks of that Abbey he commends the Discipline and the good Order which was observ'd in their Monastery thanks them for the acknowledgment they made of the good Services he had done them and conjures them to pray to God for him after his Death The Two next contain nothing in them very remarkable The Eighth is among the Opuscula of which it makes the Twenty first In the Ninth he reproves a Monk whom he had made Superior of an Hermitage for having quitted it to be an Abbot of another Monastery and orders him either to return to the Charge committed to him or else to live only as a Monk in that Monastery In the Tenth he retracts what he had said of St. John the Baptist's being conceiv'd during the Feast of Tabernacles The Eleventh is among the Opuscula of which it makes the Forty fourth In the Twelfth he answers to the Reproaches cast upon him by an Abbot for having entertain'd a Monk who came out of another Monastery which seem'd contrary to the Rule of St. Benedict He makes it appear that this Rule ought only to be understood of the Monasteries of the Coenobites and not of the Hermits whose Life is most perfect He pretends that St. Benedict was at first an Hermit and that he always preferr'd the Life of the Hermits before that of the Coenobites The Thirteenth is directed to the Monks of a Monastery of Constantinople but contains nothing in it remarkable The Fourteenth is among the Opuscula of which it makes the Twenty ninth In the Fifteenth he admonishes an Abbot not to detain one of his Monks who had deserted him and was excommunicated promising withal That if that Monk would return he would use him kindly The Three next make the Forty fifth Forty sixth and Fifty ninth of his Opuscula In the Nineteenth he gives a description of the Distempers under which he labour'd of the Patience wherewith he endur'd them and of the extremity to which he was brought which was such That they administred the extreme Unction to him and laid him upon Ashes and Hair-cloth as the Custom then was He takes notice that his Remedy was communicated to one of his Monks in a Vision and procur'd by Alms and that he had much ado to perswade himself to eat Flesh. In the Twentieth he advises a Monk not to engage himself upon every turn to expiate the Faults of others and readily to perform those Pennances with which he was engag'd He moreover relates an Instance of another Monk who had suffer'd great Punishments in the other World for having not done Pennance for another according as he undertook The Twenty first is among his Opuscula of which it makes the Forty seventh The Twenty second is to his Nephew Damien whom he exhorts to be zealous in the Exercises of the Monastical Life and reproves for having gon from an Hermitage to a Monastery and exhorts to return thither again In the Twenty third he reproves a Monk who delay'd turning Hermit upon the account that he had much ado to perswade himself not to drink Wine The Twenty fourth and Twenty sixth are referr'd to the Forty eighth and ninth of his Opuscula In the Twenty fifth he makes it appear That it was upon some Grounds that he had a design of quitting his Church he thereupon relates two extraordinary Events The Twenty seventh is directed to the Monk Cerebrosus who had with some sharpness blam'd the practice of Discipline Peter Damien maintain'd it by the same Arguments which he had already alledg'd He pretended that it was a sort of Martyrdom that it was what was very well known to the Ancients that it is founded upon the Canons and that it was in use before his Time in the Religious Mona asteries wherein it was Customary to buy off a whole Year's Penance by a Thousand Stripes of a Rod. That Monk did not find fault with the Discipline which was us'd during the reading of a Chapter for light Faults but he blam'd those severe and long Disciplines of so many Hundred Stripes Peter Damien says That if one approves the lesser Discipline one ought not to Condemn that which was more severe and mortifying In the Twenty eighth he illustrates two Passages out of St. Gregory In the Twenty ninth he advises a Monk every day to say the Rosary and to read the Holy Scriptures The Two next make the Fifty first and the Fifty third of his Opuscula In the Thirty second he reproves the Hermits of a Monastery near his for having neglected the Rule which he had given them for being too much in love with Mony and too much given to Ease and Luxury For their Instruction he relates the Punishments of several Monks who had not liv'd up to that strictness which they ought and the
re-establishes Pope John who was expell'd The death of Robert King of V. The death of Burchard Archbishop of Lyons Odilo Abbot of Cluny refuses to accept that Archbishoprick and the Pope blames him for it in a Letter Bruno Uncle by the Father's side to the Emperor Conrad is ordain'd Bishop of Wurtsburg   in his room France July 20. Henry I. his Son succeeds him     1034 I. XI Romanus dies April II. being poison'd and afterward strangl'd by the Order of Zoe his Wife who causes Michael the Paphlagonian her Favourite to be plac'd on the Throne I.    1035 II. XII II. The death of Simeon of Syracuse a Monk of Trier   1036 III. XIII Conrad marches into Italy III. Drogon is made Bishop of Terouane  The death of Godehard Bishop of Hildesheim 1037 IV. XIV IV.    1038 V. XV. V. Pandulphus Duke of Capua is oblig'd to submit to the Emperor Conrad   1039 VI. Conrad dies June 5. and Henry III. his Son succeeds him VI.   Eugeâ—ippus Bruno Bishop of Wurtzburg 1040 VII I. VII  Divers held this year in France Glaber Radulphus a Monk of Cluny Arnold Canon of Herfeldt Campanus of Lombardy 1041 VIII II. VIII Michael dies in the Month of Decemb. and Zoe causes Michael Calephas to be put in his place Lanfranc receives the Monastick Habit from the hands of the Abbot Herluin in the Abbey of Beâ— Â Â 1042 IX III. I. Michael      Calephas is expell'd and Constantin Monomachus being substituted in his room marries Zoe    1043 X. IV. I. Alexius Patriarch of Constantinople dying Michael Cerularius is chosen in his stead   1044 The Romans expel Benedict accused of divers Crimes and put Sylvester III. Bp. of St. Savine in his place Benedict acknowledging himself unworthy of the Papal Dignity resigns it in favour of Gregory VI. on condition that he should enjoy the Revenues which the See of Rome receiv'd from England V. II.    1045 II. VI. III.    1046 Henry Emperor of Germany deposes Gregory 6th and causes Suidger Bp. of Bamberg to be chosen Pope on Christmas-Eve who takes the name of Clement II. Gregory VI. voluntarily abdicates the Popedom in a Synod and is banish'd Sylvester III. is sent back to his Bishoprick of St. Sabina VII Henry is crown'd Emperor by Pope Clement II. IV.  Councils held at Rome for deposing the Popes Benedict IX Sylvester III. and Gregory VI.  1047 I. Clement II. dying Oct. 2. Benedict IX got Possession of S. Peter's VIII V. Hildebrand accompanies Gregory VI. in his Exile and retires to Cluny Eusebius Bruno made Bishop of Anger 's A Letter written by Pope Clement II. to John nominated Archbishop of A Council at Rome against Persons guilty of Simony  Chair a 3d time and kept it 8 months longer   Salerno in which he approves his Translation to the Bishoprick of Pesti as also to that Archbishoprick and grants him the Pall.   1048 The Emperor sends from Germany Poppo Bishop of Brescia who is made Pope under the name of Damasus II. but he dies 23 Days after his Consecration XI VI. Theoduin is ordain'd Bishop of Liege Geffrey Count of Anjou and Agnes his Wife give the Church of all Saints in the Suburbs of Anger 's to the Abbey of Vendome Hildebrand leaves the Abbey of Cluny of which he was Prior and accompanies Bruno Bishop of Toul to Rome   1049 Bruno Bp. of Toul who assum'd the name of Leo IX was chosen Febr. 13. 5 months after the death of Damasus I. X. VII Pope Leo confirms by a Bull the Privileges of Cluny Abbey He causes the Body of St. Remy of Rheims to be translated to the Church of that Abbey which was also dedicated by him He approves in a Letter the Translation of John from the Bishoprick of Frescati to that of Porto Arnold Abbot of Poitiers accused of Incontinency by the Bishop of Langres was depos'd in the Council of Rheims Hugh Bishop of Langres charged with divers Crimes was likewise depos'd and excommunicated in that Council but having attended the Pope to Rome and having done Pennance he was restor'd to his former Dignity some time after Rudicus Bishop of Nantes was also degraded for succeeding his Father in his Bishoprick by the means of Simoniacal Practices The Contest between the Archbp. of Rheims and the Bp. of Toul about the Abbey of Monstier-Rendy was determin'd in favour of the former in the same Council A Council at Rome against Simony A Council at Pavia A Council at Rheims Octob. 3. A Council at Mentz held in the end of this year or in the beginning of the next  1050 II. XI VIII Berengarius or Berenger is accus'd and condemn'd in divers Councils hel this Year He and his Followers are constrain'd to retract their Opinions under pain of death in the Council of Paris Lanfranc is oblig'd to give an account of his Doctrin in the Council of Rome and he there makes a Confession of Faith His Doctrin is approv'd in the Council of Verceil A Confirmation of the Privileges of Corbey Abby by the Pope A Council at Rome A Council at Brionne A Council at Verceil Septemb. 1. A Council at Paris Nov. 19. A Council Coyaco A Council Anselm Dean of Namur Hermannus Contractus a Monk of Richenau Theophanes the Ceramean Nilus Doxopatrius Gualdo Monk of Corbey Drogo Bishop of Terouane Helgaud Monk of     at Rouen A Council at Siponto Fleury Wippo the Emperor's Chaplain Ebervin Abbot of St. Maurice Evershelm Abbot of Aumont Guibert Arch-deacon of Toul Anselm a Benedictin Monk 1051 III. XII IX Pope Leo's Letter confirming to John Archbishop of Salerno the Right of a Metropolitan  Berenger's Letter to Lanfranc and his Treatise against him Theoduin Bp. of Liege's Letter against Berenger Adelman a Clerk of Liege and afterward Bishop of Brescia writes to Berenger about his Opinion Reciprocal Letters between Ascelin and Berenger John Archbishop of Euchaita 1052 IV. XIII X. The Pope confirms the Privileges of the Abbey of St. Sophia at Benevento John sirnam'd Jeannelin is nominated Abbot of Erbrestin by the Emperor Henry III. Marianus Scotus turns Monk A Council at Mantua disturb'd by a popular Tumult John Jeannelin Abbot of Erbrestein Hepidannus a Monk of St. Gall. The death of Hugh Bishop of Langres 1053 V. Leo IX makes war with the Normans of Apulia who take him Prisoner and convey him to Benevento XIV XI A Letter written by Michael Cerularius Patriarch of Constantinople in his own Name and under that of Leo Archbishop of Acris against the Latin Church This Patriarch causes the Churches of the Latins in Constantinople to be shut up and takes away from all the Latin Abbots and Monks who refus'd to renounce the Ceremonies of the Church of Rome the Monasteries which they had
XVIth upon Palm-Sunday The XVIIth upon Maundy-Thursday The XVIIIth upon Easter-day The XIXth upon our Saviour's Ascension The XXth upon Whitsunday The XXIst upon the day of St. Peter's being made Bishop of Rome as is suppos'd The XXIId upon the Lord's Prayer The XXIIId upon the Apostle's Creed The XXIVth of the indecent apparel of Men and Women THere is also a short Chronicle of the Kings of France from Pharmond to Philip the first reckoned by some to be written by Ivo Bishop of Chartres but neither does this seem to be his nor another much larger ascrib'd to him by some from Ninus King of Assyria to Loüis le Debonnaire which was written by Hugo Floriacensis The Pannormia of Ivo Bishop of Chartres was printed at Basil in 1499. and at Louvain in 1557. The Decretum was printed at Louvain in 1561. And at Paris in 1647 with the Letters and Sermons correctly published by Father Fronto a Regular Canon of St. Genevieve In which Edition are added the Learned Notes of Juretus Canon of Langres and of Souchet Canon of Chartres upon the Letters of our Bishop CHAP. II. The History of the Church of Rome under the Popedom of Paschal II. Gelasius II. and Calixtus II. Containing the Rise Progress and Conclusion of the Contests between the Holy See and the Empire about the Right of Investitures PAschal II. call'd before he was Pope Rainier was a Tuscan the Son of Crescentius and Alsatia The Election of Paschal II. He embrac'd the Monastick Life and practis'd it in the Abbey of Cluny under the Abbot Hugh He was Created Cardinal Priest of St. Clement by Gregory VII and made Abbot of the Monastery of St. Stephen and St. Lawrence of Rome After the Death of Urban II. the Cardinals cast their Eyes upon him to advance him to the Papal Chair When he had intimation of this he absconded for some time but being afterwards discovered he was Proclaimed Pope by all the Cardinals with the loud Acclamations of the People and Consecrated the 14th day of August in the Year 1099. The first thing he did was entirely to drive out the Anti-pope Guibert He declar'd War against The Death of Guibert The Anti-popes who succeeded him him and forc'd him to fly to the Mountains of Abruzzo where he Died in the Year 1100. His Death did not put an end to the Schism which had lasted 20 Years already for after him came three more Anti-popes who succeeded one after another but fell within a short time The first was Albert of Acella whom Richard Duke of Campania the great supporter of Guibert caus'd to be Elected in his stead At the end of four Months he was taken by Pope Paschal's Friends and shut up in the Monastery of St. Lawrence After this the people of Cava a small Town near Palestrina undertook to bestow the Pontificate on a Roman nam'd Theodoric who enjoy'd the Title of Pope only three Months and thought himself very happy in relinquishing it and becoming an Anchoret Maginulphus who was Elected at Ravenna by the name of Silvester IV. seem'd to have a greater interest but he Dy'd within a short time after By this means Paschal being freed from all his Rivals retook Castellano and Benevento from the Prince of Capua and the Town of Cava on which Peter Collona Abbot of Farfa had seized and driven Stephen Corso out of Rome who having seiz'd upon St. Paul's Church annoy'd the Romans by his continual Incursions Having thus quieted Italy his designs were aim'd against the Emperor Henry Conrad the Son of that Emperor who was Governor of Italy Dying in the Year 1101. Henry had a design of passing The Designs of Paschal II. against the Emperor Henry into Italy going to Rome and holding a Council there the beginning of the Year 1102. to adjust the differences that had been between him and the Holy See The Pope made no open opposition to it nay he invited the Emperor thither But forasmuch as they could not trust each other the Emperor would not venture to rely on the Italians and Paschal was not very sorry that Henry did not come into Italy However he held a very large Council at Rome about the end of Lent where Henry not appearing The Council of Rome under Paschal II. against the Emperor Henry in Person nor having sent any Ambassadors thither was Excommunicated with all his Adherents And because several maintain'd that there ought to be no regard had to such kind of Anathema's the Pope in this Council drew up a Form in these Terms I Anathematize all Heresie and chiefly that which disturbs the State of the present Church which teaches and maintains that no regard is to be had to Anathema's and that one may lawfully contemn the Ecclesiastical Sanctions I promise to obey Pope Paschal and his Successors I approve and condemn what the Holy Catholick Church approves and condemns The Pope exacted this Oath of all that assisted at the Council and on Holy-Thursday published the Excommunication against Henry drawn up in these Words Whereas Henry has not ceased from rending the garment of Jesus Christ that is has not ceas'd from ravaging the Church by Fire and Sword from dishonouring it by his Perjuries Incontinence and Homicides he has been Excommunicated and Condemn'd for his Contumacy and Disobedience by Pope Gregory of Blessed Memory and by our Predecessor Urban II. and we also have anathematiz'd him for ever in our last Synod by the Judgment of the whole Church which we desire may be notified to the whole World and especially to the people residing beyond the Mountains that they may have no hand in his Iniquity Henry to avoid the stroke of this Excommunication about the end of that Year order'd publication to be made that he intended to resign the Empire to his Son Henry and to Travel to the Holy-Land The Rebellion of Henry V. against his Father He not only caus'd this to be published by Bishop Eginard but likewise engag'd himself by a Vow to undertake this Journey This proposal engag'd the affection of the Princes and Clergy of the Empire to him and several of his Subjects made preparations to accompany him in this Expedition But when they perceiv'd that he had no design to perform his Vow they began to change their inclination towards him which gave his Son Henry an occasion of Rebelling against him when by his Father's stay he saw his hopes of very suddenly enjoying the Empire frustrated Having enter'd upon this Design by the wicked Counsels of three great Lords he left his Father at Mentz where he had spent the Christmas Holy-days in the Year 1104. and withdrew to Bavaria Religion being the cloak to cover this unatural Disloyalty He began by anathematizing the Heresie of his Father and by promising Obedience to the Pope The Nobless of Austria Germany and the Eastern parts of France declaring for him he enter'd into Saxony where he was very well received and having
establish'd in 1158. by Roger who was the first Abbot since the Reformation Stephen succeeded him in that Office but the Abbey of Genevieve being vacant in 1177. by the Death of the Abbot Aubert he was chosen in his Place He was promoted to the Bishoprick of Tournay in 1192. and govern'd it to the Year 1203. which was that of his Death This Author wrote a Commentary on Gratian's Decretal with divers Sermons and Letters All his Works are extant in Manuscript but Father du â—â—ulinet did not judge that the Commentary on the Decretal and the Sermons were wâ—â—…o be brought to light and therefore he only publish'd the Preface to that Commentary â—…e first Sermon and the Texts of Scripture on which the Thirty others were compos'd with his Letters which he divided into three Parts the First of which contain the Letters which he wrote being as yet Abbot of St. Everte from A. D. 1163. to 1177. The First is a very pathetical Complaint which he recited in the Synod of the Bishops of the Province held at Sens concerning the Murder committed on the Person of John Dean of Orleans by a certain Lord out of whose Hands he endeavour'd to wrest some Revenues belonging to the Chapter of Orleans which he had usurp'd He was enjoyn'd by the same Assembly to write to the King to demand Justice for that execrable Fact He did it after such a manner as was capable of exciting him to take vengeance for so heinous a Crime However the King did not approve that Letter and conceiv'd much Displeasure against Stephen upon that account which gave occasion to his Enemies to persecute him and to threaten to pillage his Estate and to cause him to be put to Death unless he desisted from the prosecution of that Suit Whereupon he had recourse to William Bishop of Chartres the Son of Thibaud or Theobald Count of Champagne who appeas'd the King's Anger and restor'd Stephen to his Favour as the latter had entreated him to do in his second Letter The Third is a Letter written by Ponce Bishop of Clermont in which he desires Maurice Bishop of Paris and Stephen Abbot of St. Everte to give a resolution of a Case of Conscience touching the validity of the Baptism of Infants that are dipt in the Water these Words being recited viz. In the Name of the Father of the Son and of the Holy Ghost without expressing the Action by these Terms I baptize thee A certain Father had Baptiz'd his Child after that Manner and it was customary to do so in case of Necessity Maurice returns an Answer in the fourth Letter that that Baptism is null and determines the matter with a great deal of assurance in a few Words Stephen replies on the contrary in the fifth Letter that that Baptism is valid provided the three Persons of the Trinity be invok'd and that 't is not absolutely necessary to add these Words I Baptize thee because it is not said in the Gospel Go and Baptize the Nations saying I Baptize you in the Name of the Father c. but only Baptize them in the Name of the Father c. He confirms his Opinion by divers Passages of the Fathers which only require the Invocation of the Holy Trinity for the validity of Baptism He affirms that these Terms I Baptize thee are added by the Church that they only have regard to the solemnity of the Action and do not belong to the substance of the Sacrament de solemnitate Ministerii non de substantia Sacramenti He adds that if a different Opinion were admitted an infinite number of Children must unavoidably be Damned who were Baptiz'd by Laicks in case of Necessity by reason that the greatest part of those ignorant People were wont to Baptize only saying En nome Patres Files Espirites Santos However he declares that those Priests ought to be censur'd and put to Penance who thro' negligence or ignorance omit any thing that relates to the solemnity of the administration of Baptism But he maintains that a Child which was once Baptiz'd in the Name of the Trinity ought not to be Baptiz'd again altho' the Father did not express the Action by these Words I Baptize thee Lastly he says that he who Baptizes a Child contracts a spiritual Affinity with the Mother which renders him uncapable of Marrying her or of co-habiting with her as his Wife if they were Marry'd before The other Letters contain'd in this first Part are either recommendatory in favour of divers Persons or relate to particular Affairs as the rebuilding of the Church of St. Everte which was burnt by the Normans to which purpose he desires supplies of the Chapter of St. Martin at Tours and of his Friends The restauration of a Prior who had wasted the Revenues of his Monastery The Contest between the Church of St. Samson and the Chapter of St. Croix c. In the second Part are comprehended the Letters written by Stephen of Tournay whilst he govern'd the Abbey of St. Genevieve from A. D. 1177. to 1192. The greatest part of these Letters are complimental or recommendatory and contain nothing very remarkable There are several written in favour of the Arch-bishop of Tours about the Contest that he had with the Bishop of Dol as the Fortieth the Hundred and seventh the Hundred and eighth the Hundred and tenth and the Hundred and fortieth Others against the Regular Canons of St. John des Vignes who were desirous to enjoy their private Estates and who being provided of good Livings endeavour'd to withdraw themselves from their Obedience to the Abbot to depend only on the Jurisdiction of the Bishop He maintains That they ought always to be subject to the Abbot and to submit to his Will according to the Custom which as he says was always put in practice otherwise all manner of Regular Discipline would be entirely abolish'd and there would be as many Abbots as Curates See the Sixty first the Ninety fifth and the Hundred sixty second Letters In the Seventy first he proves That those who have made a Vow to pass from the Order of Grandmont to that of Cisteaux ought to perform that Vow and in general that Translations from a remiss Order to a more austere are lawful and expedient In the Hundred forty third he relates a Sentence pass'd by the King in favour of certain Clerks of the Order of Grandmont against the Prior and some Lay-brothers of the same Order and writes to the Pope in his own Name in that of the Abbots of St. Germain des Prez and of St. Victor and even in that of his Clergy to confirm that Sentence In the Hundred forty first he advises the Dean of the Church of Rheims to hinder the Canons of that Cathedral from abrogating what was left of their ancient Rule viz. to eat always in common in the same Refectory and to live together in the same Cloister The Hundred forty sixth the Hundred forty seventh the Hundred
make his escape is seiz'd and convey'd laden with Fetters to Thoulouse and deliver'd into the Bishop's Custody The Abbey of Baume is chang'd into a Priory by the Pope by reason of the contempt that the Monks of that Abbey had shewn of the Authority of the See of Rome nevertheless this Title is restor'd some time after A Council at Etampes held on Septuagesima-Sunday concerning the Expedition of the Holy Land and the Regency of the Kingdom of France which is given to Suger Abbot of St. Denis A Council at Auxerre held in the beginning of the Year A Council at Paris held on the Festival of Easter The Death of Waselinus Momalius Prior of St. Laurence at Liege 1148 IV. The Pope after having held several Councils in France returns to Italy X. VI. Lucas Chrysobergius according to some Writers is advanc'd this Year to the Patriarchate of Constantinople but as others will have it not till An. 1155. Eon de l'Etoile a Visionary Heretick is brought before Pope Eugenius in the Council at Rheims who condemns him to close Confinement so that he dies in Prison a little while after Gillebert de la Porrée being convicted by St. Bernard in that Council retracts his Errors The Pope performs the Ceremony of the Dedication of the Church of Toul He writes to St. Hildegarda Abbess of Mount St. Robert commending her Spirit of Prophecy St. Malachy who undertook a second Journey to Rome in order to obtain the Pall of the Pope dies by the way at Clairvaux November the 2d A Council at Rheims held in the Month of March against Gillebert de la Porrée Bishop of Poitiers A Council at Triers held in the presence of Pope Eugenius which approves the writings of St. Hildegarda  1149 V. XI The King of France returning from the Holy Land invests Henry the Son of Mathilda Countess of Anjou with the Dutchy of Nomandy VII Henry the Brother of the King of France and Monk of Clairvaux is made Bishop of Beauvais Gilbert Foliot Abbot of Leicester in England is ordain'd Bishop of Hereford  St. Bernard writes his first Book Of Consideration The Death of Amedeus Bishop of Lausanna 1150 VI. Eugenius after his return to Italy having sustain'd many shocks at last makes himself Mafter of St. Peter's Church XII Lewes the Young King of France divorces his Wife Eleonor the Daughter of William Duke of Guienne whom he had marry'd in 1137. VIII Hugh Abbot of Trois-Fontaines in Champagne is created Cardinal Bishop of Ostia Henry and Roland Monks of Clairvaux are likewise made Cardinals at the same Promotion Philip Arch-Deacon of Paris the Son of King Lewes the Gross is chosen Bishop of that City but he resigns this Bishoprick to Peter Lombard sir-nam'd Master of the Sentences Godeschalcus Abbot of St. Martin succeeds Alvisius in the Bishoprick of Arras Philip who had been depos'd from the Bishoprick of Taranto A. 1139. and who had afterward retir'd to Clairvaux there to take the habit of a Monk is made Prior of the same Monastery by St. Bernard John a Monk of the Isle of Oxia is advanc'd to the Patriarchate of tioch this Year Peter de Celles is made Abbot of Celles in the same Year  St. Bernard writes his second Book Of Consideration and sends it to Pope Eugenius Arsenius a Monk of Mount Athos makes his Collection of the Canons Otho Bishop of Frisinghen Serlo Abbot of Savigny Lucius Abbot of St. Cornelius Bartholomew de Foigny Bishop of Laon. Peter Lombard Bishop of Paris Falco Henry Arch-Deacon of Huntington Hugh Cardinal Bishop of Ostia Constantinus Manasses Constantinus Harmenopulus Robert Pullus Cardinal dies this Year The Death of William Abbot of St. Thierry in the same Year 1151 VII XIII IX The Pope confirms the Rights and Privileges of the Church of Colen Jourdain des Ursins Cardinal is sent Legate into Germany St. Bernard wrote his 190th Letter against this Prelate Geffrey Arthur Arch-Deacon of St. Asaph is ordain'd Bishop of the the same Church Bartholomew Bishop of Laon after having govern'd his Church 38 Years retires to the Abbey of Foigny and there turns Monk Gauterius Abbot of St. Martin at Laon succeeds him in that Bishoprick but he leaves it three Years after and becomes a Monk at Premontré Turoldus is chosen Abbot of Trois-Fontaines in the room of Hugh made Cardinal in the preceding Year The Death of Hugh who of Abbot of Pontigny had been ordain'd Bishop of Auxerre Whereupon many Contests arise about the Succession to that Bishoprick A Council at Beaugency held on the Festival of Easter which approves the Divorce between the King of France and his Wife Eleonor by reason of their being too near of kin Gratian compleats his Collection of Canons John Patriarch of Antioch Germanus Patriarch of Constantinople Andronicus Camaterius George Arch-bishop of Corfu Lucas Câ—rysobergius Patriarch of Constantinople Robert Arch-Deacon of Ostrevant Theobaldus a Monk of St. Peter at Beze Gauterius Canon of Terouane Herbert a Monk Haimo Arch-Deacon of Châlons Herman a converted Jew of Colen Nicetas Constantinopolitanus Teulfus a Monk of Morigny 1132 VIII The Death of Conrad FREDERICK I. succeeds him I. Stephen K. of England being deceas'd the Kingdom returns to Henry II. Duke of Normandy X. Odo Abbot of St. Cornelius at Compeigne is chosen Abbot of St. Denis in the place of Suger The Pope orders the Bishop of Saintes to permit a new Church to be built at Rochel He confâ—… the Primacy of â—â—â—â—do and enjoyns the Bishops of Spain to acknowledge it He likewise ratifies the Constitutions and Privileges of the Cistercian Order  The Death of Suger Abbot of St. Denis January 15. St. Bernard finishes his other Books Of Consideration John Monk of Marmoutier Alexander Abbot in Sicily Radulphus Niger Monk of St. Germer St. Elizabeth Abbess of Schonaw St. Aâ—â—â—ed Abbot of Reverby 1153 IX Eugenius dies July 8th at Tivoli ANASTASIUS IV. is chosen in his place two days after I. II. XI Pope Eugenius grants by a Bull to the Canons of St Peter at Rome the fourth part of all the Offerings that were made in that Church Alanus a Native of Burg de Reninghen near Ypres in Flanders and Abbot of Larivoir is ordain'd Bishop of Auxerre Henry Archbishop of York being dead this Year William his Competitor who had been Chosen and Consecrated Archbishop of that Church in 1140. but before whom Henry was preferr'd by Pope Innocent takes a Journey to Rome where he obtains of Pope Anastasius the confirmation of his Archiepiscopal Dignity and the Pall. However he does not long enjoy this Archbishoprick dying in the next Year The Cardinals Bernard and Gregory the Pope's Legates in Germany depose Hâ—â—â—y Archbishop of Mentz Robert Abbot of Dunes succeeds St. Bernard in the Abbey of Clairvaux  The Death of St. Bernard August 〈◊〉 1154 II. Anastasius dies Decemb. 4th having for his Successor ADRIAN IV. Reign of Henry II. his Successor according to the truest Opinion III. The
Death of Stephen K of England and the beginning of the XII Gauterius of Mauritania is ordain'd Bishop of Laon in the place of another Gauterius the Successor of Bartholomew of Foigny Pope Anastasius confirms the Statutes of the Regular Canons of St. John at Lateran takes into the Protection of the See of Rome the Order of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem and ratifies their Privileges  The Death of Gillebert de la Pâ—… Bishop of Poitiers 1155 I. Arnold of Brescia excites Commotions in Rome against Pope Adrian who suspends the City from Divine Service till the Romans should expel that Heretick and his Followers These last are forc'd to escape by flight to Otricoli in Tosâ—any where they are well receiv'd by the People But some time after Arnold of Brescia is taken Prisoner and deliver'd up to the Prefect of Rome who causes him to be burnt and his Ashes to be cast into the River Tiber lest the People shou'd shew any honour to his Relicks The Pope pronounces Anathema against William King of Sicily who had refus'd to receive his Letters because he did not give him the Title of King and had taken possession of some Territories belonging to the Patrimony of the Church of Rome IV. Frederick is crown'd Emperor at Rome by the Pope XIII The Contest that arose An. 1132. between the Abbey of Cluny and that of Cisteaux as to the Affair of Tithes is at last terminated by an Accommodation  Basil of Acris Archbishop of Thessalonica returns an Answer to the Letter which was writ to him by Pope Adrian to induce him to be reconcil'd to the Latin Church 1156 II. The Pope concludes a Treaty of Peace with William King of Sicily and grants him the Title of King of both Sicilies V. The Emperor being offended at the Letter which the Pope had writ to him drives the two Legates who brought it out of his Dominions forbids all his Subjects to take any Journeys to Rome and sets Guards upon the Frontiers to hinder the passage of those that shou'd attempt to enter XIV A Difference arising between Adrian IV. and Frederick concerning the Terms of a Letter writ by this Pope to the Emperor which imported that Adrian had conferr'd upon that Prince the notable Favour of the Imperial Crown The Pope is oblig'd to give another Explication of the Terms of his Letter to afford satisfaction to the Emperor but takes an occasion to complain that Frederick had prefix'd his own Name before that of the Pope in one of his Letters that he exacted Fealty and Homage of the Bishops that he refus'd to receive his Legates and that he prohibited his Subjects to go to Rome Otho Bishop of Frisinghen quits his Bishoprick and retires to the Abbey of Morimond where he liv'd a Monk before his advancement to the Episcopal Dignity and dies there in the Month of September in the same Year Philip formerly Bishop of Taranto and afterwards Prior of Clairvaux is constituted Abot of Aumône of the Cistercian Order  Hugh of Poitiers a Monk of Vezelay begins to write his History of that Monastery The Death of Peter the Venerable Abbot of Cluny on Christmass-day 1157 III. VI. XV.   The Death of Luke Abbot of St. Cornelius 1158 IV. VII XVI Thomas Becket is made Lord Chancellor of England by King Henry II. The Reformation of the Regular Canons of St. Victor at Paris is establish'd in the Monastery of St. Everte at Orleans by Roger its first Abbot   1159 V The Death of Adrian The greatest part of the Cardinals chuse ALEXANDER III. Octavian is Elected Anti-pope by others and maintain'd by the Emperor He takes the Name of Victor III. VIII The Emperor being present at the Siege of Cremona the two Competitors for the Papal Dignity present themselves before him to be supported He appoints 'em to come to Pavia there to be judg'd by a Council XVII    1160 I. Alexander who refus'd to appear in the Council of Pavia having been inform'd of what was there transacted against him excommunates the Empereror Frederick IX XVIII Thirty Persons the Followers of Arnold of Brescia call'd Publicans having taken a resolution to pass into England to divulge their Doctrine are there seiz'd on publickly whipt stigmatiz'd with a hot Iron on their Fore-heads harrass'd and at last starv'd to death with hunger and cold Arnold Bishop of Lisieux is sent Legate into England A Council at Pavia held in the Month of February which declares the Election of Alexander to be void and Excommucates him with his Adherents but confirms that of Victor A Council at Oxford in which the Publicans or Vaudois are convicted and condemn'd Hugh a Monk of Cluny Hugh Arch-bishop of Roan Michael of Thessalonica condemn'd for the Heresy of the Bogomiles retracts his Errors and makes a Confession of his Faith Philip Bishop of Taranto Odo de Deuil Gilbert Abbot of Hoiland 1161 II. X. Lewes the Young King of France marries Adella or Alix Daughter of Theobald Count of Champagne who died in 1152. XIX Alanus abdicates his Bishoprick at Auxerre and retires to Clairvaux The Kings of Denmark Norway Hungary and Bohemia as also six Archbishops twenty Bishops and many Abbots write as 't is reported Letters by way of excuse to the Assembly at Lodi by which they own Victor as lawful Pope The Death of Theobald Archbishop of Canterbury He has for his Successor in that Archbishoprick Thomas Becket Chancellor of England who is Consecrated on Whit-Sunday Dr. Gilbert Foliot is translated from the Bishoprick of Hereford to that of London An Assembly at New-Market in the Month of July in which the Election of Alexander III. is declar'd Legitimate and that of Victor Illegal An Assembly at Beauvais at the same time which passes alike Judgment with that of New-Market in favour of Pope Alexander An Assembly of the Prelates of England and France in which both Kings assisted where were present the Legates of Alex-and Victor and Deputies from the Emperor Frederick Alexander is there own'd as lawful Pope and Victor Excommunicated with his Adherents An Assembly at Lodi held June 20. in the presence of the Emperor Frederick which confirms what was transacted in that of Pavia the preceding Year in favour of Victor Peter de Roy a Monk of Clairvaux Enervinus Provost of Stemfeld Ecbert Abbot of St. Florin Bonacursius Ebrard de Bethune Michael of Thessalonica Odo a Regular Canon 1162 III. The Pope who had fled for Refuge to the Territories of William K. of Sioily waiting for a favourable opportunity to pass into France arrives there at last on the Festival of Easter and is receiv'd by the Kings of France and England who go before him upon the River Loire as far as Torey land to meet him and conduct him on the Road each holding one of the Reins of his Horse's Bridle XI An interview between the King of France and the Emperor at Avignon where the Anti-pope
Monastery but the enjoyment of them only in common with the other Monks In the 53d Epistle he presses King Charles vigorously to restore him this Revenue and the better to engage him to it he informs him That his ancient Monks have observed and heard of their Predecessours that all that have ever done any considerable damage or wrong to their Monastery have been punish'd either by the loss of their Estates their Health or their Lives He exhorts him to perform the Vows he has made and moreover threatens him with the Judgments of God if he doth not In the 55th Letter to Marcuadus Abbot of Provins he entreats this Abbot to come to Court to assist him in obtaining the Restitution of the Revenue of S. Josse He informs him that he came thither the last of November and has continued there with a great deal of expence and trouble That the King endeavours to elude his Demands and always delays him because that Odulphus who then was possest of St. Josse was absent and sick as he was inform'd but not very grievously says he so that this sickness may serve to humble and correct him Nor so dangerously as to be the cause of his death for which he should be sorry because 't is certain he would be damn'd if he should die in the unjust possession of the Revenue of the Church At length Lupus after many delays and put offs obtain'd the Restitution of the Revenue of S. Josse as it appears by the 61st and 62d Letters The 64th Letter is an Instruction to King Charles concerning his duty The 79th contains an Extract of a Letter written to Hinomarus by which he recommends his Kinsman Hilmeradus to him who was named by the King to be Bishop of Amiens affirming that tho' he had not much Learning yet he might be made serviceable to the Church by following his directions And that if he was not well fitted for Teaching the Word of God yet he might do Works that might save him and those that should imitate him M. Balusius in his Notes declares himself of a different Opinion with his Author and says That in this he has hearkned more to the Sentiments of Nature than the Principles of Reason The 81st Letter is written in the name of Wenilo Archbishop of Sens and Count Girard who were sent to Amolo Archbishop of Lions by the King's Orders to command him to Ordain Bernus Bishop of Autun They represent to him That 't was not a new thing for the King to make Courtiers Bishops of the principal Churches That Pepin had had in the like Case the Consent of Pope Zachary in a Synod where Boniface Bishop of Mayence assisted They also desired the same thing of him for Godeseldus named by the King Bishop of Chalons The 82d Letter is written to Wenilo in favour of a Priest Accused and Suspended from the Exercise of his Function Lupus desires Wenilo to give him liberty to exercise his Duty till a Synod were call'd in which he hoped to clear himself of the Charge brought against him The 84th is a Synodical Epistle of a Council held in the Year 849 consisting of the Metropolitans of Tours Rheins Rouen and about twenty of their Suffragans whose names are set down at the beginning of this Letter directed to Nomenoius Duke of Breton about the Disorders he had committed They reprove and blame him for having laid waste the Lands belonging to the Christians for having destroy'd pillag'd and burnt several Churches together with the Reliques of Saints for seizing upon the Revenues of the Church which are the Vows of the Faithful the Satisfaction of Sins and the Patrimony of the Poor for having taken away rich Mens Estates and kill'd and enslaved a great number of Christians Of driving the Bishops from their Churches and robbing them of their Goods c. But principally for having slighted the many Letters of Leo the 4th Successor to S. Peter to whom God hath given Supreme Power over all the Church Of having entertained Lambert Count of Nantes a Rebel against the King They exhort him to do Penance and to satisfie that which the Pope write to him about And finally they declared those Excommunicate that shall Communicate with Lambert The 93d is an Instruction to King Charles to whom he proposes Trajan and Theodosius as two Patterns worthy of his Imitation In the 94th he shows That Afflictions and Sufferings are advantageous to good men The 98th is a Letter written in the name of the Cathedral Church of Paris of the Abbies of S. German S. Dennis S. Geneva S. Maurus des Fossez and other Monasteries to Wenilo Archbishop of Sens and to the other Bishops of that Province acquainting them that after the death of their Bishop Ercanradus they had chosen Aeneas who had been nam'd to them by King Charles whom they desired them to Ordain as soon as they could This Letter is followed by an Answer written in the name of the Bishop of Sens and his Suffragans testifying their approbation of their Election of Aeneas The 100 Letter is an Admonition to the People wherein they are exhorted to do Penance to avoid Rebellions and Factions to embrace a Peace to sorbear Robberies and Plunder to think of nothing but Publick Good and to live in Union with one another The 101st is a Letter of Recommendation written in the name of Wenilo to the Bishops of France and Italy in favour of two Monks of Ferrara who went to Rome desiring them to afford them an Hospitable Reception by the way This is followed by a Letter written in the name of Lupus upon the same account By the 103d Letter he recommends these two Monks to Pope Benedict to whom he sent them He entreats him to Instruct them in the Customs of the Church of Rome and to send him the Commentaries of S. Jerom upon Jeremiah from the sixth Book to the end being not able to find them any where in France He adds to this the Book of Cicero's Book of Oratory Quintilian's Institutions and Donatus's Commentaries upon Terence c. In the 105th he promises to receive and deal mercifully with a Monk that had quitted his Habit and Order provided he would amend and behave himself better for the future In the 108th he thanks Lotharius for sending him this converted Monk And excuses himself for not letting him be his Secretary because there was no likelyhood that a Monk who had not all imaginable diligence would ever be able to do his duty in the midst of the affairs and hurries of the World Quoniam propositum nostrum vix mediocriter intrà Claustra Monasterii custoditur ne dum inter tumultus Mundanos à quolibet praesertim non satis cauto valeat adimpleri The following Letter is also about the return of this Monk It is to be noted that Lupus says in the first Letter upon this Subject that he could not receive him without the consent of his Brethren In the
their own Hands reading and prayer 7. He prohibits Incestuous Marriages with Nuns or near Relations 8. He recommends Peace and Union 9. He enjoyns the Observation of the Solemn Fasts of Lent of the Ember-Weeks of Wednesday and Friday and the Celebration of Divine Service on Sundays and Festivals Lastly He recommends the payment of Tythes There is also a Pastoral Letter written by this Archbishop and directed to his Suffragans which is related by William of Malmsbury Edmund being kill'd in the year 946. his Brother Elred took possession of the Throne We have An Assembly of Bishops at London A. C. 948. no Laws enacted by this Prince only the Charter of a considerable Donation made by him to the Monastery of Crowland in favour of Turketulus who had been formerly Chancellor of the Kingdom and to whom he gave that Abbey This was done in an Assembly of Bishops and Lords held at London in the year 948. After the death of Elred which happen'd in 955 Edwin the Son of Edmund was proclaim'd King but sometime after part of England Revolting Edgar the Brother of Edwin got a share of his Dominions and upon his Brother's Death obtain'd the sole Possession of the whole Kingdom This Prince being more Religious than his Predecessors entirely re-establish'd the Purity of Discipline in the Church of England and brought the Monastical Course of Life into Repute by the Advice of S. Dunstan who may be call'd the Restorer of thâ— Ecclesiastical Discipline in England This Saint was born in the Country of the West-Saxons in the first year of King Ethelstan's Reign A. C. 923. He enter'd into Holy Orders very young and after having compleated his Studies S. Dunstan Archbishop of Canterbury made application to Athelm Archbishop of Canterbury who introduc'd him into the Presence of King Ethelstan Afterward having fall'n into some disgrace at Court he retir'd to Elfeg Bishop of Winchester who advis'd him to embrace the Monastical Life which he accordingly did and continued in his Retirement till the Reign of King Edmund when he was invited to Court by that Prince He did not remain long there without being obnoxious to the Envy and Hatred of several Persons who misrepresented him to the King insomuch that he was oblig'd to retire to his Solitude of Glassenbury where he took up his Abode altho' he was restor'd to the Favour of King Edmund who had always a great respect for him granted considerable Revenues to his Monastery and continu'd to follow his Counsels not only in the management of Civil Affairs but also of Ecclesiastical He was no less esteem'd by King Elred who determin'd to nominate him to the Bishoprick of Winchester but Edwin having receiv'd a severe Reprimand for his Irregularities from this Abbot banish'd him and pillaged his Monastery However King Edgar recall'd him immediately after his Accession to the Crown and made him not only Bishop of Winchester but also conferr'd on him the Government of the Church of London At last the Archbishoprick of Canterbury being vacant in the year 961. by the death of Odo Elfsin Bishop of Winchester who was appointed to supply his place dying in a Journey he made over the Alps to Rome to fetch the Pall and Berthelim who was substituted in his room having refus'd to accept that Dignity Dunstan was Invested with it a few days after and went to Rome to receive the Pall. At his return he apply'd himself altogether to the Reformation of the Clergy of England and took upon him to Expel all those who refus'd to lead a Regular Course of Life and to Restore the Monks to their former Station This Saint had for his Fellow Labourers and Imitators of his Zeal Ethelwold Bishop of Winchester and Oswald Bishop of Worcester who founded a great number of Monasteries and took much pains in Reforming the Clergy and Extirpating the Vices that were predominant in England The former dyed in the year 984. before S. Dunstan who foretold his approaching Death as well as that of the Bishop of Rochester in a Visit which those two Prelates made him but the latter did not dye till after this Archbishop viz. in the year 992. As for S. Dunstan he surviv'd King Edgar who dy'd in 975 and maintain'd the Right of the young Prince Edward against the Pretensions of Alfride who endeavour'd to transfer the Crown to her Son Ethelfred but Edward being Assassinated Three years after by the Treachery of that Queen Dunstan was constrained to Crown Ethelfred and foretold the Calamities that should befall England and the Family of this young Prince as a Punishment for his Crime and that of his Mother At last S. Dunstan dy'd laden with years and honour A. C. 988. In his time and apparently by his Direction King Edgar in 967. not only publish'd Laws like to those of his Predecessors for the preservation of the Revenues of the Church for the Payment of Tythes and S. Peter's Pence and for the Solemn Observations of Sundays and Festivals but also divers Ecclesiastical Constitutions relating to the Manners and Functions of Clergy-men to the Celebration of the Mass to the Confession and Pennances that ought to be impos'd on those who commit Sin c. Indeed these Canons may serve as a kind of Ritual for the Use of Curates It is affirm'd that they were made in the year 967. by King Edgar but this does not appear to be altogether certain and perhaps they are of a later date The Discourse which this King made to Dunstan Archbishop of Canterbury and to Oswald and Ethelwold Bishops of Worcester and Winchester is much more certain He there inveighs against the Irregularities and Disorders of the Clergy and pathetically Exhorts those Bishops to joyn their Authority with His to repress their Insolence and to oblige them to apply the Ecclesiastical Revenues to the Relief of the Poor for which Use they were design'd To the end that this Order might be put in Execution he granted a Commission to those three Prelates to take the Matter in hand and gave them power to turn out of the Churches such Clergy-men as liv'd dissolutely and to Substitute others in their room By virtue of this Injunction S. Dunstan held a General Council A. C. 973. in which he ordain'd A general Council of England in the year 973. that all the Priests Deacons and Subdeacons who would not lead a sober Life should be Expell'd their Churches and caus'd a Decree to be made to oblige them to Embrace a Regular and Monastick Course of Life or to Retire And accordingly these three Bishops turn'd the old Clergy-men out of most part of the Churches and put Monks in their place or else forc'd them to assume the Monastical Habit. S. Dunstan did not only shew his Constancy and Zeal with respect to the Clergy but was also as zealous in treating Kings and Princes For he sharply reprov'd King Edgar for abusing a young Maid whom he had sent for out of
the end of twenty days John IX is substituted in his room XVII  Nicolas Patriarch of Constantinople is depos'd by Leo's order for refusing to approve his fourth Marriage and Euthymius is set up in his place  Solomon Bishop of Constantz Bonno or Bavo Abbot of Corbie in Saxony 902 II. XVIII The Incursions of the Huns or Hungarians in Italy subdued by Berenger John replies to Hervè Archbishop of Rheims about the Conversion of the Normans  Hervé or Hervaeus Archbishop of Rheims Adalbero Bishop of Augsburg 903 III. XIX  Stephâ—n Abbot of Loâ—â—s is orâ—…'d Bishop oâ— Liegâ— Â Â 904 IV. John IX after having crown'd Berengâ—r retires to Ravenna and declares Lambert Emperor XX. Lewis the Son of Boson is taken by Berenger who causes his Eyeâ— to be put out and himself to be crown'd Emperor Lambert contends with him for that Dignity aâ—d is own'd by the Pope and by the Italians Argrin Bishop of Langres is restor'd to his Bishoprick by Pope John IX Lambert is acknowledg'd Emperor in the Council of Rome to the exclusion of Berâ—nger and in that quality he confirms the ancient Priviledges of the Church of Rome in the Council of Ravenna Councils at Rome and Ravenna in favour of the memory of Pope Formosus The Council of Cantâ—rbury under King Edward and Phlegmond Archbishop of that Province Hatto Archbishop of Mentz and Theotmar Metropolitan of Bavaria write to Pope John IX Stephen Abbot of Lobes and afteâ—ward Bishop of Liege 905 V. The death of John IX Benedict IV. succeedâ— him I. XXI    The death of Waldramnus Bishop of Straâ—burg 906 II. The death of Benedict 4. Leo V. is substituted in his room expell'd 40 days after and imprison'd by Christophilus who usurps the See of Rome XXII   The Laws of Edward King of England  907 Chrâ—stophilus is turn'd out seven months after by Sergius made Antipope in the time of Formosus XXIII     908 II. XXIV     909 III. XXV   A Council at Trosly under Herve Archbishop of Rheims  910 IV. Sergius dying Anastasius is plac'd on the See of Rome I. XXVI Lambert is kill'd by Treachery Berenger remains the sole Master of Italy The founding of the Abbey of Cluny by William Count of Auvergne and Duke of Aquitain  Rathodus Bishop of Utrecht 911 II. XXVII The death of the Emperor Leo June 11. Alexander's Brother is declar'd Tutor to his Son Constantine Porphyrogenneta I.  Nicolas Patriarch of Constantinople is recall'd some time before Leo's death Euthymius Patriarch of Constantinople is banish'd and dies in exile a little while after  Letters written by Nicolas Patriarch of Constantinople 912 III. The death of Pope Anastasius Lando succeeds him In the end of the same year John X. is chosen Pope by the intrigues of Theodora II. Alexander being dead Nicolas the Patriarch is chosen Tutor to the young Emperor Conrad is elected King of Germany after the death of Lewis IV. John Deacon of Ravenna is chosen Bishop of Bolonia leaves that Bishoprick to be made Archbishop of Ravenna and at last aspires to the Papal Dignity  The death of Notger the Stammerer 913 I. III. II.    914 II. IV. Zoe the Emperor's Mother turns out the Patriarch Nicolas and assumes the administration of the Government III.    915 III. V. IV.    916 IV. VI. V.    917 V. VII VI.    918 VI. VIII VII The death of Conrad who leaves for his successor Henry sirnam'd the Fowler the son of Otho Duke of Saxony   The death of Raâ—bodus Bishop of Utrecht 919 VII IX Zâ—â— is banish'd from the Court Romanus associated to the Empire by Constantine I.   The Death of Solomon Bishop of Constantz 920 VIII X. II. Nicolas Patriarch of Constantinople is re-establish'd a second time A Treaty of Agreement between the Partisans of Nicolas and Euthymius A Contest about the Bishoprick of Liege between Hilduin and Richerus Another Contest touching the Arch-bishoprick of Narbonne between Agius and Gerard. A Council at Constantinople about the fourth Marriage Odilo Monk of S. Medard at Soissoins The death of Stephen Bishop of Liege Letters by King Charles the Simple in favour of Richerus against Hilduin 921 IX XI III.  A Council at Trosly under Harvé Arch-bishop of Rheims  922 X. XII IV. Robert is elected and and crown'd K. of France in opposition to Charles the Simple The Decree of John X. in favour of Richerus ordain'd Bishop of Liege by that Pope Hilduin depos'd and excommunicated Seulfus succeeds Hervaeus in the Arch-bishoprick of Rheims A Council at Coblentz The death of Hervaeus Archbishop of Rheims 923 XI XIII V. Robert is kill'd in battel but his Son Hugh causes Raoul K. of Burgundy to be chosen K. of France Charles the Simple is apprehended sent Prisoner to Chateau Thierry The Queen his Wife retires to Engl. with her Son Lewis  A Council at Rheims under Seulâ—us Archbishop of that City The Laws of Ethelstan King of England The death of Gauthier Archbishop of Sens. 924 XII XIV VI. Berenger is kill'd and Raoul Duke of Burgundy remains Master of Italy A Decree made in the Council of Trosly in favour of Stephen Bishop of Cambray against Count Isaac S. Ulric iâ— ordain'd Bishop of Augsburg A Council at Trosly under Seulfus Archbishop of Rheims  925 XIII XV. VII Hebert Count of Vermandois causes his Son Hugh aged only 5 years to be chosen Archbish. of Rheims after the death of Seulfus   926 XIV XVI VIII The beginning of the Reign of Hugh Count of Arles in Italy    927 XV. XVII IX  A Council at Trosly  928 XVI John is put in Prison by Guy the Brother of Hugh dies there Leo VI. succeeds him and dies six months 15 days after XVIII X.    929 Stephen VII succeeds Leo. I XIX XI The death of Charles the Simple Oct. 7.    930 II. XX. XII Nicholas Patriarch of Constantinople dies and Stephen Arch-bishop of Amasia is substituted in his room  Eutychius Patâ—iarch of Alexandria Odo Abbot of Cluny 231 III. The death of Stephen John XI the Son of Sergius and Marosia succeeds him I. XXI XIII King Raoul causes Artoldus to be chosen Archbishop of Rheims  Ratherius made Bishop of Verona in this year compos'd several Writings 932 II. XXII XIV Arnulphus of Bavaria wages war with Hugh in Italy is repuls'd Hugh is invited to Rome by Marosia and seizes on the Castle of S. Angelo Manasses Archbishop of Arles passes into Italy where he gets possession of several Bishopricks Ingram Dean of S. Medard at Soissoins is ordain'd Bishop of Laon. A Council at Erfordt  933 III. John is imprisoned by Aâ—beric XXIII XV. Alberic re-takes the Castle S. Angelo and makes himself Master of Rome
by Pope Urban but his Residence in that City being inconvenient by reason of the excessive Heats he retir'd to a Village near Capua where the Pope soon gave him a Visit upon his arrival at the Siege of Capua which Place was invested by Roger Duke of Apulia After the raising of the Siege the Pope held a Council at Bari in which St. Anselm assisting disputed earnestly against the Greeks about the Procession of the Holy Ghost and entreated the Pope and the Bishops not to excommunicate the King of England When the Council was concluded he accompany'd the Pope to Rome and some Days after the King of England to whom Urban had written that he ought to re-establish St. Anselm in his Metropolitan See sent thither an Ambassador who obtain'd a Demurrer till the Festival of St. Michael St. Anselm being inform'd of the matter determin'd to go to Lyons but the Pope oblig'd him to stay in order to be present in a Council which was to be held at Easter in the Year 1099. Thus he resided during six Months at Rome and was very highly esteem'd in that City The Writer of his Life observes that certain English Men who came to visit him being desirous to Kiss his Feet as it was usually done to the Pope's he would not sufâ—er them to do it and that the Pope admir'd his Humility in that particular Lastly St. Anselm having assisted in the Council of Rome A. D. 1099. in which Laicks who took upon them to give Investitures and those Clergy-men who receiv'd them from their Hands were excommunicated he took leave of the Pope and retir'd to Lyons where within a little while after he was inform'd of the Death of Urban II. and afterward of that of William II. King of England which happen'd in the Month of August A. D. 1100. Henry I. his Successor immediately recall'd St. Anselm to England where he was no sooner arriv'd but he had new contests with that Prince about the Investitures and the Oaths of Allegeance and Supremacy which he refus'd to take Forasmuch as this Affair was regulated at Rome it was requisite that the King should make application to that Court to endeavour to cause the Resolution which had been taken there to be chang'd However St. Anselm reâ—us'd to ordain the Bishops who had receiv'd Investiture from the King and nothing could be obtain'd from Rome Afterward this Arch-bishop being perswaded by the King to take a Journey to Rome to find out some Expedients for the adjusting of that Affair went thither accompany'd with an Ambassador Upon their Arrival the Matter was debated A. D. 1105. in the presence of Pope Paschal II. to whom the Ambassador peremptorily declar'd That the King his Master would sooner be prevail'd upon to part with his Kingdom than with his right to the Investitures The Pope reply'd That he would sooner lose his Life than suffer him to retain it However at last it was agreed upon That the King of England should enjoy certain Privileges which were in his possession but that he should lay no manner of claim to the Investitures Therefore the Excommunication which he was suppos'd to have incurr'd by granting the Investiture of Benefices was taken off but it was ordain'd That those Persons who had receiv'd them from his Hands should remain excommunicated for some time and that the giving them Absolution for that Offence should be reserv'd to St. Anselm The Affair being thus determin'd the Ambassador and St. Anselm set forward in their Journey but when they were arriv'd near Lyons the Ambassador declar'd to him in his Master's name that he was forbidden to return to England unless he would promise him to submit to the Custom which prevail'd in that Kingdom without having any regard to what had been ordain'd to the contrary by the Pope St. Anselm refusing to enter into such an Engagement stay'd some time at Lyons and having pass'd from thence into Normandy at last came to an Accommodation with the King of England on condition that the Churches which King William II. had first made subject to the Payment of a certain Tax should be exempted from it and that his Majesty should restore what he had exacted of the Clergy and every thing that was taken from the Church of Canterbury during the exile of the Arch-bishop After this Agreement which was concluded A. D. 1106. between the King and the Arch-bishop at Bec Abbey St. Anselm return'd to England was re-establish'd in his Arch-bishoprick and enjoy'd it peaceably till his Death which happen'd three Years after in the 16th since his advancement to that Dignity and the 76th of his Age A. D. 1109. St. Anselm is no less famous for his Learning and the great number of his Writings than for his Conduct and the Zeal he shew'd in maintaining the Rights of the Church The largest Edition of his Works is the last published by Father Gerberon and it is that which we shall follow being divided into three Parts The First of these containing Dogmatical Treatises bears the Title of Monologia that is to say a Treatise of the Existence of God of his Attributes and of the Holy Trinity It is so call'd by reason that it is compos'd in form of the Meditations of a Man who reasons with himself to find out Divine Truths and who explains them accordingly as they are discover'd by him It is a very subtil Work and contains a great Number of Metaphysical Arguments He continues to Treat of the same Subject and observes the same method of Writing in the Prostogia where the Person who reason'd with himself in the first Work making his Addresses to God Discourses of his Existence Justice Wisdom Immensity Eternity and of his being the Summum Bonum or Soveraign Good A certain Monk nam'd Gaunilon having perus'd this Treatise could not approve the Argument which St. Anselm makes use of therein to prove the Existence of God taken from the Idea of a most perfect Being We have says he at least the Idea of a most perfect Being therefore this Being of necessity Exists Gaunilon not being able to comprehend this Argument which seems to be a Sophism or meer Fallacy to those who are not endu'd with a sound and penetrating Judgment to discern the force of it wrote a small Tract on purpose to refute it in which he objects every thing that is most subtil and plausible to overthrow this Ratiocination St. Anselm return'd a very solid Answer in which he enervates his Adversary's Objections and makes it appear that his Argument is Rational and Convincing The Treatise of Faith of the Holy Trinity and of the Incarnation Dedicated to Pope Urban II. was written against a French Clergy-man nam'd Rocselin Tutor to Abaelard who undertook to prove That the three Persons of the Trinity are three different Things because otherwise it might be said That the Father and the Holy Ghost were Incarnate St. Anselm being as yet Abbot of Bec began a Treatise to confute
Anchin in Flanders he Commends him for being so much concern'd at the Death of a Monk of his call'd Godwin who Dy'd in his Monastery of Clairvaux He also excuses himself for having receiv'd him In the Sixty Sixth he entreats Geofrey Abbot of St. Medard of Soissons to make peace with Aloisus In the Sixty Seventh he excuses himself to the Monks of St. Germer de Flay for having received one of their Fraternity into his Monastery He tells them that he never heard any thing of them but very lately That this Monk came to him after he had been an Hermit above Seven Months and that he had several times refus'd to admit him Also having ask'd him why he would not return to his Cloyster that he had answer'd his Abbot would not have him only in quality of a Monk but also oblig'd him to serve as Physician But at length being over-perswaded by his importunities that he had receiv'd him and as he had not forc'd him to come into his Monastery so he would not oblige him to go out of it These Monks being not well satisfy'd with this Answer and having writ again to St. Bernard to this effect That he did not do well to receive one of their Monks whom they had Excommunicated He Answers by the following Letter That if they have Excommunicated him he understands it was since he admitted him which was not likewise well done on their part And since they accus'd this Monk for a Vagabond that could never rest in a place and who was always disobedient to his Abbot they ought to rejoyce on account of his Conversion and in regard that he liv'd now in a Monastery where he should perform the strictest Vows These two Letters are thought to have been written about the Year 1125. In the Sixty Ninth he Comforts Guy Abbot of the Three-Fountains who was extreamly concern'd in that being about to Celebrate Mass he hapned to Consecrate a Chalice in which there had been nothing but water put through carelessness because this Crime was rather the effect of Inadvertency and Negligence than a Design He nevertheless enjoyns him and the Person that serv'd them 〈◊〉 Altar the Penance of repeating till Easter the Seven Penitential Psalms as likewise to receivâ—… 〈◊〉 lashes of a Scourge each day He approves of what he did when he saw there was no Wine in the Chalice which was to pour a little Wine upon part of the Consecrated Host because though it was not transmuted by a proper and Solemn Consecration into the Blood of Christ it was nevertheless become Sacred by the bare contact of his Body He adds moreover That there is a certain Writer who maintains that the Sacrifice cannot be Valid unless there be both Wine Bread and Water in a manner that if there be but one of these wanting the rest signifie nothing He says likewise That in this case every one may do as he pleases but for his part if any such Accident should happen to him he would do the same thing with him to whom he writes or would begin Mass with these Words Simili modo postquam coenatum est c. and would finish the rest of the Sacrifice not in the least doubting but that the Bread was Consecrated separately In the Seventieth he Counsels the same Abbot to treat one of his Monks more kindly and to revoke the several rigorous Judgments he had pass'd against him In the Seventy First Address'd to the Monks of this Abbey he acquaints them that he has not yet had an opportunity to make them a visit and moreover Condoles them upon the Death of the Abbot Roger. The Seventy Second is written to Rainaud Abbot of Foigni He writes to him concerning the Title of Father which this Abbot had given him and refuses to accept of any other but Brother In the Seventy Third and Seventy Fourth he comforts and fortifies this Abbot who had been melancholy and seem'd dissatify'd with his having been elevated to this Dignity In the Seventy Fifth he disswades Artaud Abbot of Prully from sending any of his Monks to found a Monastery in Spain In the Seventy Sixth he Counsels the Abbot of the Regular Canons of St. Pierre-Mont in the Diocess of Toul to exert all their force in reclaiming one of their Monks who had stray'd into the World and was there marry'd The Seventy Seventh is the 14th of the Opusculâ— In the Seventy Eighth he Congratulates Sugerus Abbot of St. Denys for having made a reformation in his Monastery and quitted the exterior Pride which was in it before He likewise Commends him for having taken so Pious a Resolution Towards the end of this Letter he exclaims against StÄ—phen de Guarlande Deacon who was then Steward of the King's Houshold bore Arms and enjoy'd divers Benefices This Letter was writ in the Year 1127. The Seventy Ninth was written to Luke Abbot of Cousy of the Order of Austin-Friars in the Diocess of Laon. Whom he advises to send a certain Friar of his who had committed the Sin of the Flesh to some place far distant from his Cloyster where he might do Penance In the Eightieth he Comforts Guy Abbot of Molesm upon a certain Injury done him and moreover exhorts him not to think of Revenge upon that occasion but to Pardon freely him that did him the wrong By the Eighty First he assures Gerard Abbot of Poictiers in the Diocess of Langres That he never writ any thing to the Count of Nevers in his prejudice but only for his Churches Benefit that it might continue in Peace In the Eighty Second he disswades Stephen Abbot of St. John of Chartres from quitting his Monastery to go on Pilgrimage to Jerusaleâ—… In the Eighty Third he comforts Simon Abbot of St. Nicholas of the Woods in the Diocess of Laon about the Persecution which he suffer'd on account of his Monks We understand by the Letters of Sampson Arch-Bishop of Rheims and Josselin Bishop of Soissons to Pope Innocent II. that these Monks were dissatisfy'd with their Abbot by reason that he had restored to the Church of Arras some Curacy which they were in Possession of By the following Letter written to the same Abbot he entreats him to receive and use kindly a certain Monk which he sends him The Eighty Fifth Address'd to William Abbot of St. Thierry is a Christian and Spiritual Compliment to serve for Answer to an Obliging Complaint which this Abbot had made him who did not believe himself so well belov'd by St. Bernard as he lov'd him In the Eighty Sixth he writes to the â—â—â—e Abbot that he sends him a Monk who had stray'd out of his Monastery He acquaints him that he â—â—s reprimanded him severely and desires of him to do as much and then to send him back to his Abbot with a Letter of Recomendation He disswades this Abbot from quitting his Cloyster to turn Hermit In the Eighty Seventh he blames the Conduct of Oger a Regular Canon who after having
being repugnant to the Spirit of Religion to buy Drugs to send for Physicians or to take Physick In the Three Hundred Forty Sixth he exhorts Pope Innocent II. not to favour the unjust cause of William Arch-Bishop of York In the Three Hundred Forty Seventh he recommends to him the Deputies which went to Rome to complain of this Arch-Bishop In the Three Hundred Forty Eighth he recommends to the same Pope Arnone Elected Bishop of Lisieux who had a Dispute in the Court of Rome about his Election with Geofrey Count of Anger 's The three following are also Letters of Recommendation to the same Pope The Three Hundred Fifty Second contains a Privilege granted by Pope Innocent to St. Bernard and his Successors in consideration of the great Services he had done the Church of Rome during the Schism caus'd by Peter of Leon by which this Pope takes under the Protection of the Holy See all Revenues present and to come belonging to the Abby of Clairvaux as likewise grants to the Monks of Cisteaux leave to chose an Abbot out of their Order and to the Abbeys which have others under them he grants permission to chose any of those Abbots for their Head or any of the Monks belonging to such Orders He forbids the Bishops to constrain the Abbots of Clairvaux and the other Abbots of the Order of Cisteaux to come to any Council providing it be not about matters of Faith He prohibits all Persons to receive any Fryars of their Order after they are profess'd and lastly declares the Monks of this Order exempt from paying Tithes of Fruits or Cattle In the Three Hundred Fifty Third he Comforts William Abbot of Rivau in the Diocess of York in that the Arch-Bishop of that See has been Countenanc'd at Rome Assuring him withal that the Sacraments Administred and Ordinations made by bad Ministers are Valid since it is God that Baptizes and Consecrates In the Three Hundred Fifty Fourth he Comforts Melisenda Queen of Jerusalem for the Death of Fulk her Husband and exhorts her to govern her Kingdom with Prudence and Justice In the Three Hundred Fifty Fifth he Recommends to this Queen the Monks of Premontre who were on their Journey to the Holy Land By the Three Hundred Fifty Sixth he sends back to Malachy Arch-Bishop of Armagh the Monks which he had sent him He likewise Recommends them to him in the Letter following In the Three Hundred Fifty Eighth he writes to Pope Celestine II. to Pardon Thibaud Count of Champagne The Three Hundred Fifty Ninth is written to the same Pope in the Name of the Monks of Clairvaux who beg of his Holiness not to permit Rainaud Abbot of Morimond to quit his Monastery to go to Jerusalem In the Three Hundred and Sixtieth he again exhorts William Abbot of Rivau to bear patiently with the Arch-Bishop of York In the Three Hundred Sixty First he recommends to Thibaud Arch-Bishop of Canterbury John Bishop of Salisbury In the Three Hundred Sixty Second he recommends to Robert Pallus Cardinal and Chancellor of the Church of Rome to behave himself becoming his Dignity to Eugenius III. newly Elected Pope In the Three Hundred Sixty Third he exhorts the Christians of France and Bavaria to take up Arms for relief of the Holy Land and moreover admonishes them neither to put the Jews to Death nor so much as to persecute them In the Three Hundred Sixty Fourth he invites Peter Abbot of Cluny to an Assembly to be held after Easter at Chartres there to deliberate on the manner of relieving the Christians of the Holy Land In the Three Hundred Sixty Fifth Addressed to Henry Arch-Bishop of Mayence he writes against a Monk named Radulph who by his Preaching authoriz'd killing of the Jews The Three Hundred Sixty Sixth is Address'd to Hildegarda Abbess of Mont-Saint-Robert near Binghen in the Diocess of Mayence After having rejected the Praises given to him he congratulates her upon the extraordinary Gifts the has received from God and exhorts her to make a suitable return thereto by Humility and Devotion The Three Hundred Sixty Seventh is a Letter of Recommendation to Guy Chancellor of the Church of Rome in favour of Stephen Bishop of Mets. The Three Hundred Sixty Eighth is a Letter of Compliment to a Cardinal which contains wholesome Advice to wean him from the Cares of the World In the Three Hundred Sixty Ninth and Three Hundred and Seventieth he congratulates Sugerus Abbot of St. Denys in having reform'd the Church of St. Genevieve by introducing regular Canons into it He exhorts him to do the same thing in the Church of St. Victor In the following Letter Address'd to the same he disswades him from making the Match between the Count of Anger 's and the King's Daughter by reason of their near Kindred In the Three Hundred Seventy Second he commends Peter Bishop of Palenzade for his Humility and Application to the reading of good Books The Three Hundred Seventy Third is a Letter of the Abbot of Epine in the Diocess of Palenza Address'd to St. Bernard by which this Abbot testifies the great Concern he has for having been drawn out of the Abby of Clairvaux and charg'd with the Government of a Monastery which he earnestly entreats St. Bernard to get him discharged from In the Three Hundred Seventy Fourth he comforts the Monks of his Order in Ireland for the death of their Abbot St. Malachy In the Three Hundred Seventy Fifth he complains to Ida Countess of Nivernois that her Servants molest and detain those who go to the Abby of Vezelay In the Three Hundred Seventy Sixth he exhorts Sugerus Abbot of St. Denys to hinder the Duels which certain French Lords were engaged in against each other In the Three Hundred Seventy Seventh he commends this Abbot in that he design'd to Assemble the Clergy for the publick Good The four Letters following are likewise Address'd to Sugerus whereof the two first are Letters of Recommendation The Third is concerning the Estate the Church of the East was then in and in the last says that he is sorry that this Abbot is accus'd of the disturbances in the Kingdom and wills him therefore to do his utmost to prevent 'em and not to suffer any in his Abby which are any ways the cause of them In the Three Hundred Eighty Second written to Leonius Abbot of St. Berthin he expresses his Gratitude for the Favours he has received from him and moreover acquaints him that Thomas of St. Omer who had left his Order to come to his of Clairvaux could not possibly return In the Three Hundred Eighty Third Address'd to the same he thanks him for the many proofs of Friendship which he has received from him He passes the same Compliment on the Monks of St. Berthin in the following Letter and in the Three Hundred Eighty Fifth he commends them for having reform'd themselves and exhorts them to endeavour to perfect themselves every day more and more The Three Hundred
to him and the rather because Charity requires us to put the best Sense on Doubtful matters After he had publish'd this Apology he set out on his Journey towards Rome but being arriv'd at Cluny he was detain'd there by Peter the Venerable Abbot of Cluny Whilst he was The 〈◊〉 of Abâ—â—ard to Cluâ—y and his Death there the Abbot of Cisteaux coming thither likewise endeavour'd to bring him to make his Peace with Saint Bernard Peter the Venerable urg'd the same thing to him also perswaded him to go and Wait upon him with the Abbot of Cisteaux and advis'd him that in case he had said or writ any thing which might be Offensive to the Ears of the Catholicks to advance no such thing for the future and to strike it out of his Books He took his Advice waited upon Saint Bernard and was reconcil'd to him by the Mediation of the Abbot of Cisteaux He return'd afterwards to Cluny where he resolv'd to spend the rest of his Days in Repose free from the Hurry and fatigue of the Schools Peter the Venerable thought himself oblig'd to allow this favour to his Age to his Weakness and to his Piety not questioning withall but that his Learning would be very advantageous for the Instruction of his Monks He wrote about it to Pope Innocent and pray'd him to grant that Abaelard might spend the remainder of his Life with them 'T is to be believed that the Pope granted him that favour for Abaelard resided in that Community till he dy'd and behav'd himself with a great deal of Piety and Humility for two Years together Towards the End of his Life he found himself very much oppress'd with Infirmities and was sent to the Monastery of Saint Marcellus of Chalons upon the Seyne as being a more healthful and pleasant place where he dy'd in the year 1142. in the sixty third year of his Age. Peter the Venerable acquainted Heloissa of his Death by a Letter wherein he gives her an Encomium of his manner of Living ever since he had retreated to their Society annexes thereto an Epitaph in his praise and sent his Body to the Abbey of Paraclete to be there interr'd He afterwards went himself to visit that Abbey where he said Mass made an Exhortation to the Religious in the Chapter house gave them the Eucharist and promis'd Heloissa to put up Prayers to God for her in the Society of Cluny for thirty days together after her Death She thank'd him for all those Favours in a Letter which she sent to him and at the same time intreats him to send her Abaelard's Absolution and to procure a Prebend for her Son Astrolabe Peter the Venerable sent her this Absolution and promis'd her to do his best for the procuring a Prebend for her Son tho' the Bishops were very Scrupulous in granting those Sort of Benefices The Works of Abaelard which are now extant are the Letters which we have mention'd in the Course of his History Expositions of the Lords Prayer of the Apostles Creed and of the The Works of Abaelard Creed of Saint Athanasius A Reply to the Questions or Problems propos'd by Heloissa a Book about Heresies a Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans divided into five Books thirty two Sermons on the Festivals of the year an Introduction into Theology divided into three Books the last of which is imperfect Those which are lost or have not as yet been printed are his Logick of which he makes mention in his first Letter and in the third Book of his Theology his Notes upon Ezekiel his Morals intituled Nosce Teipsum Know thy self another Book intituled Sic Non Yea and No which is to be met with in Manuscript in the Library of Saint Germain of Prez so intitul'd because 't is a Collection of such Sentences out of holy Writ as are in appearance contrary to each other and a Treatise of the Creation of the World dedicated to Heloissa which is likewise a Manuscript in the same Library In abstracting his Works we will begin with his Introduction into Theology which is the Book which has made so great a Noise in the World it being that which Contains the Principles of his Doctrine and the Heads upon which he was reprehended and condemn'd He begins the First Book with the Explication of Faith Hope and Charity he says that there are three things necessary to Salvation Faith Charity and the Sacrament for he believes that Hope is comprehended in Faith as a Species in its Genus He defines Faith to be the Estimation or Idea of Invisible things and Hope the Expectation of some Good Faith according to him has Respect to Good and Evil both present and future whereas Hope has only regard to future Good He defines Charity to be an honourable Love directed to its due End or Object and Lust on the Contrary to be a shameful and dishonourable Love Love in General is that Good Will and Affection which one has for another whereby one wishesto an other some Good upon the Sole Esteem which he has for him Charity is the Love of God Lust or Concupiscence is the Love of the World God is the Ultimate End or Object of the former Man is the Ultimate End or Object of the Latter He observes that Man is the Cause but ought not to be the End of his Actions and that what he does for himself ought to have a Respect to God As for the Sacrament he defin'd it to be an outward and Visible Sign of the Invisible Grace of God Thus for instance says he when a man is baptiz'd the outward washing of the Body which we behold is the sign of the Inward Washing of the Soul Faith is the Foundation of other Virtues because we only hope for what we believe For which reason 't is defin'd by the Apostle Heb. 11. 1. to be the Substance i. e. the Foundation and Origin of things hop'd for things Invisible or future are properly the Object of Faith tho' sometimes we apply this Term to things which are seen Among the things which may be believ'd there be some which t' is no matter whether they be believ'd or no such as whether it please God it should or should not rain to morrow But when one speaks of Faith one means only that which relates to such things which we are oblig'd to believe under the Pain of Damnation and which belong to the Catholick or Universal Faith the which is so necessary that without it no man can be sav'd This Faith has for it's Object the Nature of God and his Benefits shown to mankind In the first place 't is requisite to retreat of that which relates to the Nature of God and to explain how there is but one God and three persons The Works of Abaelard After he had Establish'd the Unity Simplicity and Immutability of God he treats of the Trinity of Persons He says that one of the Divine Persons is
were an intention to begin again that which was already done but the same Ceremony may be re-iterated when 't is perform'd for a different end and has another effect That therefore the Holy Chrism is put on the Fore-head after having anointed the top of the Head with it because those several Unctions produce different Effects But that Extreme Unction cannot be re-iterated by reason that it is a Sacrament In the Tenth he proves That the Bishops ought not to exact any thing for Benedictions and Ordinations and asserts it to be a kind of Simony in a Bishop not only to receive Money for the Benediction of an Abbot but also to exact of him an acknowledgment by which he binds himself by promise to his Diocesan The Eleventh is a Constitution about the manner how Monks ought to proceed in accusing others and in defending themselves in their Chapter In the Twelfth he explains in a few words three Vertues necessary for Pastors of the Church viz. Justice Discretion and Fore-sight The Thirteenth and Fourteenth are certain Dialogues between God who upbraids the Sinner with his Ingratitude and the Sinner who acknowledges his Offences and implores the Mercy of God The Fifteenth and Sixteenth are Prayers made by a Sinner to God in which he humbly sues for his Mercy and begs pardon for his Transgressions These Tracts are concluded with four Hymns or Proses viz. one directed to the Virgin Mary and the three others on the Repentance of Mary Magdalen All these Works are follow'd by eleven Sermons on the Nativity Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus Christ On the Purification and Festivals of the Virgin Mary On Mary Magdalen whom he confounds with the Sinner On the penitent Thief and on St. Benedict These Sermons are dry and barren containing nothing that is Eloquent and indeed generally speaking all the Pieces of this Author are not written with much Elegancy or Politeness However his Compositions are very natural and his Explications easy and familiar Father Sirmond caus'd them to be printed at Paris A. D. 1610. from two Manuscript Copies and annex'd Annotations on the Letters which are very serviceable to make known the Persons and to illustrate many Historical Matters of Fact that are mentioned therein HILDEBERT Bishop of Mans and afterwards Arch bishop of Tours HILDEBERT Born at Lavardin in the Diocess of Mans of Parents of mean Condition Hildebert Bishâ—p of Mans. joyn'd the Study of the Liberal Sciences to that of Divinity and was chosen Bishop of Mans A. D. 1098. His first Exercises of the Episcopal Functions were disturbed by the War that broke forth between William II. Sirnam'd Rufus King of England and Helie Count of Mans who being taken Prisoner by that Prince the City of Mans fell into the Hands of Foulques Count of Anger 's The King of England was Marching at the Head of an Army to take it when the Bishop and Inhabitants fearing lest the Count of Anger 's should make an Agreement at their Cost Surrendred it to him on Condition that their Count should be set at Liberty Afterwards the Count having got together some fresh Troops re-enter'd the City of Mans and Besieg'd the Forts that were possess'd by King William's Forces but he was repuls'd and the King remain'd Master of the City Hildebert was accused of having been concern'd in that enterprize and oblig'd to pass over into England to clear himself The King enjoyn'd him to cause the Towers of his Church to be pull'd down and Hildebert returning with that Order found his Church laid waste by the outrages that were committed against the Clergy by the pillaging of its Revenues and the burning of the City But the King of England dying a little while after A. D. 1100. Count Helie re-took the City granted a Composition to the King's Soldiers who were in the Forts and re-establish'd Order and Peace in those Parts When Hildebert saw his Native Country restor'd to its former Tranquillity he undertook a Journey to Rome and went to visit Pope Paschal II. by whom he was very kindly entertain'd and returned from Rome laden with Honours and Preferments Some time after he was apprehended at Nogent le Rotrou where he went to bear the last Will and Testament of the Count of Rotrou who was detain'd Prisoner at Mans. At last having procur'd his Liberty he solemniz'd the Consercation of the Cathedral Church of Mans newly re-built and continu'd to Govern his Diocess in Peace till the Year 1125. when he was translated to the Arch-bishoprick of Tours after the Death of Guillebert Hildebert not long after his Promotion to that Dignity fell out with Lewis the Gross King of France having refus'd to dispose of the Benefices belonging to that Church more especially the Deanry and Arch-Deaconry at the pleasure of his Prince who caus'd the Revenues to be seiz'd on and prohibited him to enter his Dominions The Person who was nominated Dean was at variance with the Canons who were maintain'd by the Court which gave occasion to disturbances in the Church of Tours At last these dissensions being appeas'd he was restor'd to the King's Favour and died A. D. 1132 after having possess'd the Episcopal See of Mans 27 Years and the Metropolitan of Tours six Years and as many Months The Letters of this Author are the most valuable Pieces amongst his Works They are written in a fine Epistolary Style after a very Natural manner and contain divers Important Points of Morality Church-Discipline and History We shall here produce the Extracts of those that Treat of these Matters omitting the others which relate to meer Compliments or to particular Affairs such as the six first Therefore we shall begin with the seventh in which the Author determines That a Virgin Betroathed before she was Marriageable whose Husband died without knowing her Carnally cannot Marry the Brother of her former Husband because Marriage does not consist in Carnal Copulation but in the consent of the Parties The seventeenth is likewise written on the same Subject In the Ninth he declares That he refus'd to assist at the Consecration of one who was chosen Bishop of Anger 's because he was a Young Man and not as yet in Orders and was not Canonically Elected by the Clergy but proclaim'd in a Popular Tumult against whose Election the Dean the Chanter the Arch-Deacons and the greatest part of the Chapter had protested He declares the same thing to that Elected Person in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Letter and exhorts him not to suffer himself to be Consecrated By the Fourteenth he deposes a certain Person who had given Money to be Ordain'd a Deacon The Eighteenth is a Letter directed to Paschal II. and Compos'd with a great deal of Art to excuse the Canons of St. Martin at Tours who had given offence to the Pope by insisting too much on their Privileges In the Nineteenth he excuses himself for not being able to be present in a certain Council by reason that his Church and
it was written by him that is to say full of false or erroneous Quotations For Gratian has not only cited in his Collection the false Decretals of the Popes and other supposititious Works but is also often mistaken in quoting one Author or one Council for another or in relating Passages otherwise than they are in the Original upon which account it was judged Expedient to correct the Faults of this Author Antony de Mouchy and Antony Contius were the first that undertook to do it in France in the preceeding Age and the whole Work was printed with their Notes at Antwerp in 1570. and 1573. At the same time the Pope's having consider'd the Importance of this Undertaking caus'd several Persons to be employ'd in it in order to publish a new Edition of Gratian's Decretal corrected and at least clear'd of the principal Errors They began to set about the Work under the Popedom of Pius IV. and carry'd it on under his Successor Pius V. but did not compleat it till the time of Gregory XIII They apply'd themselves more especially 1. To correct the Errors that had crept into the Text of Gratian through the Negligence of the Transcribers or Printers by revising it exactly according to the Ancient Manuscripts 2. By substituting the Name of the true Author of the Passages cited by Gratian in the room of that which he had set down when it was evident that he was mistaken 3. By observing the differenees between the genuine Text and that which is quoted by Gratian and even correcting it in the Text of Gratian in those Places where he only Copies out their Words When this Work was compleated it appear'd at Rome in 1580 with the Approbation of Pope Gregory XIII who prohibited it to be published after another manner Whereupon it was soon printed according to the Copy of the Roman Edition in many Places viz. at Venice in 1584. at Paris in 1585. at Francfurt in 1586 and 1590. and at Lyons in 1591. and a great number of Editions of it have been since set forth Whilst the Roman Edition was preparing for the Press the Famous Antonius Augustinus Archbishop of Taragona compos'd certain Dialogues concerning the Correction of Gratian and afterwards made Additions to the same Edition when he had procur'd a Copy of it This Piece was printed at Taragona A. D. 1587. the next Year after his Death and some time after at Paris but it was published with much more accuracy by M. Baluzius in 1682. Antonius Augustinus discovers a vast number of Faults Over-sights and Errors in Gratian's Decretal and makes many curious and very useful Remarks to which may be added those of M. Bulusius which are no less judicious But whatsoever Correction of this Work has been already or can be made for the future it is difficult or rather impossible to bring it to that perfection which is requisite for a general Collection of the Canons and Ecclesiastical Constitutions that is to serve as it were a perpetual Standard However Gratian's Collection was generally receiv'd and taught in the Schools as soon as it appear'd but within a little while after were added to it certain new Decretals of the Popes particularly of Alexander III. of which were made Collections like those that are found in the end of the Third General Council of Lateran and these were likewise explain'd publickly It is against this new Body of Law which began to be in vogue that Stephen de Tournay declames in his 251 Letter of which we have already related the Passage to which we desire the Reader to have recourse upon this Occasion because it may serve as a Conclusion to what we have said in this and in the preceding Chapters CHAP. XVIII Of the General Councils held in the Twelfth Century ALthough the Name of Oecumenical or General Council denotes an Assembly compos'd of Bishops of all the Churches of the World nevertheless the Eight first General Councils held in the Levant chiefly consisted in Bishops of the Eastern Churches those of the Western being represented by the Legates of the See of Rome who often were accompany'd with few or none of the Prelates of the Western Churches But after the Separation of the Latin Church from the Greek it was scarce possible any longer to hold Councils in which the Latins and Greeks were willing to assemble together in order to pass their Judgments in Ecclesiastical Affairs or unanimously to make common Constitutions Therefore the succeeding General Councils were compos'd only of a great number of Prelates of the Western Churches conven'd by the Popes who were wont to publish Decisions conformably to the Doctrine and Discipline which the Bishops of these Councils had approv'd and confirm'd There were Three of this Nature held at Rome in the Twelfth Century viz. the First under Pope Calixtus II. the Second under Innocent II. and the Third under Alexander III. We have already produc'd a Relation of the First with the Extract of its Canons in treating of the Investitures so that it remains only to give the like Account of the Second and the Third The Second General Council of Lateran POPE Innocent II. having obtain'd the quiet Possession of the See of Rome by the Death of The Second General Council of Lateran Peter of Leon conven'd in the Month of April A. D. 1139. a Council in the Palace of Lateran call'd the Second General which as they say was compos'd of near a Thousand Prelates and of which Thirty Canons were published The First imports That all Clergy-men who were ordain'd by Simony shall be depos'd from the Dignity which they have unjustly usurped The Second That all those who have bought or sold any Benefice shall be depriv'd of it and branded with Infamy and that nothing shall be exacted for the conferring of Ecclesiastical Dignities and Livings The Third That none shall entertain those who are Excommunicated by their Bishop The Fourth That the Bishops and the rest of the Clergy shall endeavour to please God and Men by their inward Disposition as well as by their outward Behaviour That they shall give occasion of Scandal to none neither by the Colour nor Fashion of their Habits That they shall be cloath'd after a regular and modest Manner And that they who neglect to observe this Rule shall be depriv'd of their Benefices unless they be reform'd after having been admonished by their Bishops The Fifth forbids the Pillaging of the Goods or Revenues of the Bishops after their Death The Sixth ordains That those who officiate as Sub-deacons or have enter'd into Orders of a higher Station if they marry or keep Concubines shall lose their Offices or Benefices The Seventh prohibits the hearing of Mass of Priests who are marry'd or keep Concubines declares the Marriages of Priests to be null and ordains that those who have contracted it shall be divorc'd and put to Penance The Eighth regulates the same Thing with respect to Virgins consecrated to God if they marry
of Epternach Thibaud or Theobald a Clerk of Etampes Radulphus Ardens 1111 XII The Pope having refus'd to Crown the Emperor by reason of the Contests that arose about the Execution of the Treaty concerning the Investitures is made a Prisoner with the Cardinals and constrain'd to give Satisfaction to the Emperor by granting him the Investitures VI. Henry after having made a Treaty with the Pope concerning the Investitures which is sign'd and sworn to and Hostages given on both sides enters Rome February 11th and at last obliges the Pope to grant him the Investitures and to Crown him Emperor on April 13. The Emperor returns to Germany and being arriv'd at Spire in the Month of August causes the Body of Henry IV. his Father to be there interr'd with a Magnficent Funeral Pomp according to the permission which he had obtain'd of the Pope upon the Testimony that was produc'd that he dy'd in a State of Repentance XXXI Bruno Bishop of Segni and Abbot of Mount-Cassin is Depriv'd of his Abbey by the Pope who gives it another because this Bishop took the liberty to speak too freely concerning the Investitures and against the Pope's Proceedings Leo of Marsi Cardinal Bishop of Ostia escapes by flight out of Rome after the taking of Paschal II. and traverses all Italy to incite the People to take up Arms in Favour of the Pope Franco is made Abbot of Afflighem An Assembly of Cardinals at Rome which disannuls all the Pope's late Proceedings renews and confirms the Decrees of his Predecessors against the Investitures A Council at Jerusalem in which Conon Cardinal Bishop of Palestrino and the Pope's Legate in the Levant Excommunicates the Emperor Henry Nicetas Seidus Hariulphus a Monk of St. Riquier Hugh Abot of Flavigny Odo a Benedictin Monk of Asti. Raimond d' Agiles Turgot a Monk of Durham 1112 XIII VII XXXII  A Council at Lateran which annuls the Pope's Treaty with the Emperor relating to the Institures A Council at Vienna held September 16. by Guy Archbishop of that City and the Pope's Legat in which the Privilege of the Investitures is abrogated and the Emperor Excommunicated John Pyke Walter Arch-deacon of Oxford Euthymius Zygabenus a Greek Monk Philippus Solitarius The Death of Baudry Bishop of Noyon and Terouanne who was advanc'd to the Episcopal Dignity A. D. 1097 1113 XIV VIII XXXIII St. Bernard retires to Cisteaux with 30 of his Companions there to embrace the Monastick Life The Foundation of the Abbey de la Ferté the first Daughter of Cisteaux in the Diocess of Châlons William de Champeaux is Ordain'd Bishop of Châlons  The Death of Odo Bishop of Cambray at Doway whither he had retir'd The Death of Sigebert Monk of Gemblours 1114 XV. IX XXXIV The Church of Amiens sends Deputies to the Council of Beauvais to re-demand Godfrey their Bishop who had retir'd to La Grande Chartreuse This Bishop writes a Letter to that Council in which he declares that he had resign'd his Bishoprick The Foundation of Abbey of Pontigny in the Diocess of Auxerre Baudry Abbot of Bourgueil is made Bishop of Dol. Ernulphus or Arnulphus is translated from Burk Abbey to the Bishoprick of Rochester Stephen install'd Bishop of Autun the preceeding Year quits his Bishoprick to become Monk in the Abbey of Cluny A Council at Beauvais December 6th in which Conon the Pope's Legat excmmunicates the Emperor A Council at Beauvais December 6th in which Conon the Pope's Legate Excommunicates the Emperor Udascalchus a Monk Florentius Bravo a Monk of Westminster Ernulphus or Arnulphus Bishop of Rochester The Death of Gillebert or Gilbert Ab of West in this Year or the next 1115 XVI X. The Emperor Henry returns to Italy where he takes Possession of the Territories left by the Princess Mathilda who died on the 24th day of July XXXV The Council of Rheims obliges Godfrey to return to his Bishoprick of Amiens The Contest that arose between the Chapter of St. John and that of St. Stephen at Besanson for the Metropolitan Right is decided in favour of the former in the Council of Tornus Bernard chosen Bishop of St. Davids in England is ordain'd at Westminster The Foundation of the Abbeys of Clairvaux and Morimond in the Diocess of Langres St. Bernard install'd Abbot of Clairvaux by William de Champeaux Bishop of Châlons the Episcopal See of Langres to which this right of Instalment belong'd being vacant Peter afterwards Library-Keeper of Mount Cassin is put at the Age of Five Years into into that Monastery A Council at Soissons held Jan. 6th which enjoyns the Carthusian Monks to send back Godfrey to his Bishoprick of Amiens A Council at Rheims March 27. A Council at Colen held on the second Festival of Easter A Council at Châlons July the 12th In these three Councils call'd by Conon the Pope's Legate and in another held at Colen in the Christmass Holy-days the Emperor Henry is again Excommunicated A Council at Tornus Yves Bishop of Chartres died December 23. 1116 XVII XI XXXVI The Contest between Chrysolanus and Jordanes for the Archbishoprick of Milan is determin'd in favour of the latter in the Council of Lateran A Council at Lateran March the 6th which revokes the Privilege of the Investitures granted to the Emperor Henry and renews the Decrees of the Popes against those Investitures Gauterius Bishop of Maguelone 1117 XVIII The Pope at the aproach of the Emperor's Army leaves Rome goes to Mount Cassin and passes from thence into Apulia to seek for Succour XII Henry returns to Rome with an Army causes himself to be Crown'd again by Maurice Burdin Archbishop of Braga He retires afterwards into Toscany XXXVII The Pope confirms the Institution of the Order of Fontevrault   1118 Paschal returns to Rome with 's Forces He dies there Jan. 18. GELASIUS II. is Elected in his place six days after Cincius of Franchipani being offended at this Election takes Gelasius Prisoner but he is soon rescu'd by the Romans Gelasius being sollicited to confirm the Privilege of Investitures and refusing to proceed in that Affair is oblig'd upon the Emperor's approach to provide for his own safety at Cajeta where he causes himself to be Consecrated The Emperor residing at Rome causes Maurice Burdin Archbishop of Braga to be Proclaim'd under the Name of Gregory VIII Gelasius passes into France and retires to Cluny XIII XXXVIII The Death of Alexis Comnenus JOHN COMNENUS his Son Succeeds him The Institution of the Order of Knights Templars the first of whom were Hugh de Paganis and Geffrey de St. Aldâ—mar   1119 I. Gelasius dies at Cluny Jan. 29. after having appointed for his Successor Guy Cardinal Archbishop of Vienna who is chosen at Cluny Feb. 1. and Consecrated October 14th under the Name of CALIXTUS II XIV I. William deChampeaux Bishop of Châlons and Pontius Abbot of Cluny are sent by Pope Calixtus to the Emperor Henry he Commences the Negotiation about the Investitures The Emperor sends 'em
back with fair words The Pope deputes to him again two Cardinals to put an end to that Negotiation They agree upon the same things in Writing with the Emperor who promises to give the Pope a Meeting at Mouzon to consummate this Affair Calixtus after the opening of the Council of Rheims being arrived at Mouzon cannot come to any Agreement with the Emperor He returns to the Council where he condemns the Investitures and solemnly Excommunicates the Emperor Henry the Anti-Pope Burdin and their Adherents Turstin chosen Arch-bishop of York in 1115. but Radulphus Archbishop of Canterbury having refus'd to Ordain him till he had acknowledg'd the Primacy of the Church of Canterbury at last receives Episcopal Ordination from the Pope's Hands in the Council of Rheims An Assembly at Tribruria to accommodate Matters relating to the Investitures A Council at Thoulouse held Jun. 6. in the Presence of Pope Calixtus in which the new Hereticks are condemn'd A Council held Octob. 21. at Rheims against the Investitures Stephen Harding Abbot of Cisteaux publishes his Charter of Charity or the Institutes of the Cistercian Order Petrus Chrysolanus dedicates to the Emperor Comnenus his Discourse concerning the Procession of the Holy Ghost The Birth of Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury The Death of Florentius Bravo Monk oâ— Winchester 1120 II. Calixtus passes into Italy and enters Rome as it were in Triumph Maurice Burdin who is driven out from thence retires to Sutri XV. II. The Institution of the Order of Premontré by St. Norbert Stephen the Nephew of Calixtus succeeds Poppo in the Bishoprick of Mets is Consecrated at Rome by that Pope and Created Cardinal William is made Abbot of St. Thierry in the place of Geoffrey translated to the Abbey of St. Medard at Soissons Ulricus Monk of St. Blasius in the Black Forrest is promoted this Year to the Bishoprick of Constanâ—â— Â Eutrathius Archbishop of Nice Stephen Bishop of Autun Nicephorus Bryennius Joannes Zonaras Honoratus of Autun Nicolas Monk of Soissons Aelnotus a Monk of Canterbury 1121 III. Burdin is taken at Sutri and confin'd in the Monastery of Cava where he spends the rest of his Life-time in a kind of forc'd Penance XVI Saxony Revolts against the Emperor III. Bruno Bishop of Spire and Arnoldus Abbot of Fulda are deputed to Rome by the Assembly of Wurtzburg there to Negotiate an Accommodation between the Pope and the Emperor The Foundation of the Abbey of Foigny in the Diocess of Laon. The Heretick Tanchelmuus or Tanchelinus Dogmatizes in Flanders The Institution of the Order of Carmelites by a Patriarch of Antioch who having gather'd together certain Hermits of Mount Carmel enjoyn'd 'em to lead a Monastick Life An Assembly at Wurtzburg that appeases the Commotions of the Empire A Council at Soissons which obliges Petrus Abaelardus to burn his Book of the Trinity The Death of William de Champeaux Bishop of Châlont in the end of January Thomas a Monk of Ely St. Norbert Guigue Priot of La Grande Chartreuse Geffrey Bishop of Chartre 1122 IV. XVII IV. The Pope confirms the Right of the Cathedral adjudg'd to the Church of St. John at Besanson by the Council of Tornus The Deputies of the Assembly of Wurtzburg having agreed upon at Rome certain Conditions of an Accommodation between the Holy See and the Empire The Pope sends into Germany Lambert Cardinal Bishop of Ostia and two other Cardinals who conclude with the Emperor a Treaty concerning the Investitures which put an end to a Quarrel of above 50 Years continuance Albero Primate of the Church of Mets and Brother to Godfrey Duke of Louvain succeeds Frederick Bishop of Liege Adam Abbot of St. Denis being deceased Suger who was at Rome is chosen in his place and Consecrated in the following Year  Gilbert Bishop of Limerick Franco Abbot of Afflighem Peter Library-Keeper of Mount Cassino Ulricus bishop of Constantz Baudry Bishop of Dole 1123 V. XVIII V. Petrus Mauritius Sir-nam'd the Venerable is made Abbot of Cluny on the Festival of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary â—and the Emperor relating the Investitures The I. General Council of Lateran held in the Month of March confirms the Treaty between the Pope to the Affair of The Death of Marbodus Bishop of Rennes The Death of Bruno Bishop of Segni 1124 VI. Calixtus II. dies December 13th After his Death the Cardinals chuse Theobald Cardinal of St. Anastasia and are ready to proclaim him under the Name of Celestin II. but the People disliking this Election proclaim Lambert Cardinal Bishop of Ostia who assumes the Name of HONORUS II. and who is afterwards admitted by the Cardinals and peaceably enjoys the Papal Dignity XIX VI. Stephen is Ordain'd Bishop of Paris and Rainaud or Rainoldus Archbishop of Rheims  The Death of Ernulphus or Arnulphus Bishop Rochester The Death of Guibert Bishop of Nogent Sous Couey 1125 I. The Emperor Henry V. dies at Utrecht May 23. without Male Issue LOTHARIUS Duke of Saxony is elected King of Germany proclaim'd and crown'd at Mentz August 30th Conrad and Frederick Nephews of the Emperor Henry V. who endeavour to get possession of the Empire and make War with Lotharius are Excommunicated by the Pope I. VII The Pope approves the Institution of the Order of Premontré Matthew Prior of St. Martin in the Fields is ordain'd Bishop and Cardinal by Pope Honorius II. and sent Legate into France Hildebert Bishop of Mans is install'd Arch-bishop of Tours in the place of Gilbert The Heretick Tanchelinus or Tanchelmus spreads his Doctrine in Flanders A Council at London held September 9th for the Reformation of the Manners of the Clergy  1126 II. II. VIII Otho of Frisinghen embraces the Monastick Life in the Abbey of Morimond Albericus the Fellow-Disciple of Petrus Abaelardus and an able Divine being chosen Bishop of Châlons after the Death of Ebalus St. Bernard entreats the Pope to confirm that Election The Heretick Peter de Bruys divulges his Opinions in Provence and Languedâ—c St. Norbert is sent for to Antwerp to confute the Heretick Tanchelmus   1127 III. The Pope declares War against Roger Duke of Sicily who presum'd to enjoy the Dutchies of Casabria and Apulia without any dependance upon the See of Rome III. IX St. Norbert is made Arch-bishop of Magdeburg The Bishops of the Province of Sens having suspended the Dominions of King Lewes the Gross from Divine Service by reason of the Persecutions rais'd by him against Stephen Bishop of Paris that Prince has recourse to Pope Honorius and prevails with him to take off the Suspension St. Bernard congratulates the Abbot Suger upon his introducing a Reformation into the Abbey of St. Denis The Foundation of the Abbey of Igny in the Diocess of Rheims A Synod at Nantes against incestuous Marriages and Successions to Benefices among Kinsfolks as also about the Fiscal Right relating to Wrecks A Council at London held in the Month of May in which are renew'd the most part
of the Ordinances of the Council of London A. 1125. St. Bernard composes his Treatise of the Duties of Bishops which he dedicates to Henry Archbishop of Sens and at the same time makes a Discourse to the Clergy of Paris call'd Of Conversion 1128 IV. The Pope Excommnicates Roger Duke of Sicily IV. X. The Death of Albero Bishop of Liege January the 1st Stephen Abbot of St. John at Chartres is made Patriarch of Jerusalem Drogo or Dreux Priof St. Nicaise of Rheims is constituted first Abbot of St. John at Laon by Bartholomew de Foigny Bishop of that City Peter Library-Keeper of Mount Cassin is expell'd that Monastery by the envy of his Companions and retires to the Emperor who Constitutes him his Secretary and Chaplain and employs him in several Negotiations A Council at Troyes held Jan. 13. which confirms the Institution of the Order of the Knights Templars and prescribes 'em a Rule and a Form of a White Habit upon which Pope Eugenius III. afterwards ordain'd that a red Cross should be worn St. Bernard composes this Year his Treatise of Grace and Free Will. Drogo or Dreux 1129 V. Lewes the Gross King of France causes his Son Philip to be crown'd April the 14th V. XI The Pope sends Legate to Denmark Gregory deCrescentia Cardinal of Theodorus A Council at Châlons held Feb. 2. in which Henry Bishop of Verdun resigns his Bishoprick according to St. Bernard's advice and Ursio Abbot of St. Denis at Rheims is substituted in his place The Death of Gauterius Bishop of Maguelone 1130 The Death of Honorius II. Feb. 14. INNOCENT II. is chosen the same day The Schism of Peter de Leon who assumes the Name of Anacletus Innocent is acknowledg'd in the Assembly of Etampes and goes into France I. VI. Lewes the Gross King of France magnificently entertains Pope Innocent at Orleans Henry I. K. of England receives him in the like manner and owns his Authority XII St. Bernard speaks earnestly in favour of Pope Innocent in the Council of Etampes and his judgment is follow'd by the Council Hugh a Native of Amiens and Abbot of Redding in England is made Archbishop of Roan A Council at Etampes which acknowledges Innocent as lawful Pope Eckard Abbot of Urangen Hugh Monk of Fleury Isaac an Armenian Bp writes against the Errors of the Armenians Anselm Abbot of Gemblours Ordericus Vitalis Anselm Bishop of Havelberg Hervaeus Monk of Dol. Hugh de Foliet Stephen Bishop of Paris Rainier Monk of St. Laurence at Liege Gualbert Monk of Marchiennes Pandulphus of Pisa. Fabritius Tuscus Abbot of Abendon Auctus Abbot of Valombre  1131 II. An Interview between Pope Innocent and the Emperor Lotharius at Liege The Pope visits the Abbeys of Cluny and Clairvaux at his return from Liege VII Philip the Son of Lewes the Gross is kill'd by accident and his Brother Lewes the Younger sir-nam'd the Godly is crown'd by the Pope in the Council of Rheims Octob. 25th XIII The Emperor proposes the re-establishment of the Investitures in his Interview with the Pope at Liege but St. Bernard opposes it and persuades that Prince to insist no longer upon that Demand St. Bernard refuses the Bishoprick of Châlons and causes Geffrey Abbot of St. Medard at Soissons to be chosen Bishop of that Diocess The Pope grants a Privilege to the Abbey of Même St. Bernard invites to Clairvaux Gueric Canon of Tournay An Assembly at Liege March the 2â—th A Council at Rheims held in the Month of October where the Anti-pope Anacletus is Excommunicated In this Year St Bernard composes his Treatise of Injunctions and Dispensations Albericus Canon of Aix Foucher a Monk of Chartres Gauterius the Chancellour Annas Comnenus Michâ—el Gâ—â—cas The Death of Baudry Bishop of Dâ—â— 1132 III. The Pope returns to Italy VIII XIV The Death of St. Hugh Bishop of Grenoble St. Bernard accompanies Innocent II. to Italy and by the way reconciles the Inhabitants of Genoua and Pisa and obliges 'em to declare for the Pope Albero who had succeeded another Albero in the Dignity of Primate of Mets when the latter was made Bishop of Liege is chosen Arch-bishop of Triers A Contest between the Abbey of Cluny and that of Cisteaux on occasion of a Privilege grantby Pope Innocent which exempted the Monks of Cisteaux from paying Tithes to the Abbey of Cluny Differences between Stephen Bishop of Paris and an Arch-Deacon of his Diocess who had unadvisedly Suspended his Arch-Deaconry from Divine Service with Stephen de Garlande his Adversary which is the Subject of the Letters written by that Bishop  Tâ—â—stin Arch-bishop of York The Death of Hildebert Archbishop of Tours 1133 IV. Lotharius re-establishes Pope Innocent in the See of Rome but this Prince is no sooner departed thence to return to Germany but the Anti-pope Anacletus constrains Innocent to retire a second time to Pâ—sa Roger Duke of Sicily upon the Sollicitation of Anacletus who had given him the Title of King in vain endeavours to with-draw the Inhabitants of Pisa from their Obedience to the Pope IX Lotharius is crown'd Emperor at Rome by Pope Innocent XV. The Pope ratifies the Immunities and Donations made to the Church of Pistoia in Tuscany He likewise confirms the Right of Superiority of the Archbishop of Hamburg over the Bishops of Denmark Sweden and Norway Thomas Prior of St. Victor is kill'd near Gournay by the Relations of Theobald Arch-Deacon of Paris as he was returning with Stephen Bishop of Paris from the the Abbey of Chelles where they they went to reform some Abuses This Bishop Pronounces a Sentence of Excommunication against those Murderers and retires to Clairvaux Archembald Sub-Dean of Orleans is likewise Assassinated at the instigation of John Arch-Deacon of St. Croix of the same City Robert Pullus who had pass'd from France to England in the Year 1130. and had since obtain'd the Arch-Deaconry of Rochester re-establishes the Universitiy of Oxford A Council at Joarre which Excommunicates the Assassins of Thomes Prior of St. Victor at Paris and of Archembaldâ—â— Sub-Dean of Orleans and all those that entertain'd ' em The Pope confirms this Sentence and adds in a Letter that Divine Service should cease to be celebrated in all those places where these Assassins were present and that those Ecclesiastical Persons that were abetters to these Murders should be depriv'd of their Benefices  1134 V. X. A Treaty of Peace concluded between Lotharius and Conrad by the Mediation of St. Bernard XVI St. Bernard after the breaking up of the Council of Pisa is sent to Milan to reconcile the Milaneses with the Church of Rome He is accompanied with 2 CardinalLegates Guy Bishop of Pisa and Matthew Bishop of Albano as also with Geffrey Bishop of Chartres A Council at Pisa held by the Pope against the Anti-pope Anacletus Hugh of St. Victor The Death of St. Norbert Founder of the Order of Premontré The Death of Stephen Harding Abbot of Cisteaux 1135 VI. Roger Duke of Sicily takes
Pope approves the Institution and the Constitution of the Carthusian Order   1177 XVIII An Interview between Pope Alexander and the Emperor Frederick at Venice in the Month of July where the Peace of the Church is establish'd By virtue of this Treaty William King of Sicily obtains a Truce of fifteen Years with the Emperor and the Lombards one of seven XXVI XXXV William of Champagne the Brother-in-law of the King of France is translated from the Archbishoprick of Sens to that of Rheims and made Cardinal Stephen of Tournay is translated from the Abbey of St. Everte at Orleans to that of St. Genevieve at Paris after the Death of the Abbot Aubert The Pope sends a Legate to a King of the Indies commonly call'd Prester John A Council at Venice held by the Pope September 16. in which the Peace is confirm'd and the Anathema renew'd against those that were not return'd to the Bosom of the Church  1178 XIX The Pope is re-call'd from Anagnia to Rome by the Clergy Senate and People of that City The Anti-pope Calixtus obtains Pardon upon his Prostration at the Pope's Feet XXVII XXXVI Escilus Archbishop of Lunden Primate and Legate of the See of Rome in Denmark and Sweden and Regent of both Kingdoms quits all these Dignities to turn Monk at Clairvaux where he dies four Years after Absalon succeeeds him in the Archbishoprick of Lunden Saxo Grammaticus Provost of Roschild is sent to Paris by Absalon Archbishop of Lunden to bring Monks of St. Genevieve into Denmark A great number of Dissenters from the Church of Rome are discover'd at Thoulouse who being branded with the odious Name of Hereticks are Excommunicated and Banish'd by the Pope's Legate with the assistance of some Bishops and who retire to the Country of Albigeois where Roger Count of Ally receives 'em favourably and makes use of 'em to detain the Bishop of his City Prisoner since that time these People were call'd Albigenses or Albigeois The Pope confirms the Rights â—nd Privileges of the Archbishop of Colen   1179 XX. XXVIII Lewes the Young King of France causes his Son Philip to be Anointed and Crown'd at Rheims XXXVII William Archbishop of Tyre assists in the Council of Lateran and draws up the Acts. The Albigeois or People of Alby are Condemn'd and Excommunicated in the General Council of Lateran which declares that they were call'd Cathari Parians and Publicans and that they had many other Names Laborant is made Cardinal John of Salisbury ordain'd Bishop of Chartres A III. General Council at Lateran begun March 2.  1180 XXI XXIX The Death of Lewes the Young King of France on the 10th or 20th Day of September His Son Philip Augustus succeeds him XXXIII Manuel Comnenus dies Octob. 6th ALEXIS COMNENUS succeeds him Arnold Bishop of Lisieux having incurr'd the displeasure of the King of England retires to the Monastery of St. Victor at Paris Peter Abbot of Cisteaux is ordain'd Bishop of Arras  John the Hermit writes this Year the Life of St. Bernard Thierry or Theodoricus a Monk in like manner composes his History in the same Year Richard Prior of Hagulstadt Stephen Bishop of Tournay The Death of St. Hildegarda Abbess of Mont St. Robert The Death of Philip de Harveng Abbot of Bonne Esperance The Death of Adamus Scotus a Regular Canon The Death of Nicolas a Monk of Clairvaux in the same Year 1181 XXII Alexander III. dies on the 27th day of August or on the 21. of September LUCIUS III. is chosen to supply his place XXX I. Henry Bishop of Alby having in quality of the Pope's Legate levy'd certain Troops marches into Gascogne to expel thence the People call'd Publicans who were Masters of a great number of Castles They make a shew to avoid the Storm of abjuring their Opinions but the Bishop being gone they live as before John de Bellemains is translated from the Bishoprick of Poitiers to the Archbishoprick of Narbonne and afterwards to that of Lyons Baldwin of Devonshire Abbot of Ferden is ordain'd Bishop of Winchester  The Death of Alanus at Clairvaux 1182 I. XXXI II. Peter de Celles Abbot of St. Remigius at Rheims install'd Bishop of Chartres in the place of John of Salisbury  Cardinal Laborant writes his Collection of Canons The Death of John of of Salisbury Bishop of Chartres The Death of Arnold Bishop of Lisieux August 31. 1183 II. XXXII Henry the Youngest of the three Sons of the King of England dies I. ANDRONICUS COMNENUS causes Alexis to be put to Death and Usurps the Imperial Throne Above seven thousand Albigeois are destroy'd in Berri by the Inhabitants of the Countrey   1184 III. XXXIII II.   A Council at Verona held in the presence of the Pope and the Emperor Frederick concerning the Execution of the Treaty of Peace concluded at Venice 1185 IV. Lucius III. dies at Verona Novemb. 25. URBAN III. succeeds him XXXIV III. ISAAC ANGELUS kills Andronicus and takes Possession of the Empire Contests arise between Pope Urban and the Emperor Frederick concerning certain Lands left by the Princess Mathilda to the Church of Rome about the Goods of Bishops after their Decease to which the Emperor laid claim as his Right and about the Taxes that were levy'd for the maintenance of Abbesses Baldwin of Devonshire is translated from the Bishoprick of Winchester to the Archbishoprick of Canterbury after the Death of Richard the Successor of Thomas Becket  Baldwin Arch-bishop of Canterbury Joannes Phocas a Greek Monk goes in Pilgrimage to the Holy Land and at his return writes a Relation of what he had seen and observ'd Petrus Comestor Peter of Blois Sylvester Girald Bishop of St. David 1186 I. The Pope being offended at a Letter sent by the Assembly of Geinlenbausen resolves to Excommunicate the Emperor but the Inhabitants of Verona entreat him not to publish this Excommunication in their City XXXV Henry the Son of the Emperor Frederick marries Constance the Daughter of Roger King of Sicily I. The Pope sends the Pall to Baldwin Arch-bishop of Canterbury St. Hugh Prior of the Carthusian Order is made Bishop of Lincoln An Assembly at Geinlenhausen in which a Resolution is taken to write to the Pope concerning the Rights claim'd by the Emperor Godfrey of Viterbio compleats his Universal History and Dedicates it to the Pope Hermengard John the Hermit Bernard Abbot of Fontcaud Joannes Cinnamus 1187 II. The Pope departing from Verona with a design to Excommunicate the Emperor dies October 17. before he cou'd effect it GREGORY VIII succeeds him the next day but dies two Months after December 16. XXXVI The Nativity of Lewes VIII King of France the Father of St. Lewes September 5th II. The City of Jerusalem is taken from the Christians October 2. 〈◊〉 Saladin King of Syria and Aegypt Thus at the end of 88 Years ends the Kingdom of Jerusalem A Circular Letter of Pope Gregory to all the Faithful exhorting them to the
besides Conventuals The Twenty sixth prohibits all Monks from having any thing de Proprio The Twenty seventh orders them to observe the Rule about abstaining from Meat The Twenty eighth imports that an Abbot shall not go in the Country without a Monk attending him nor a Monk without a Foot-boy The Twenty ninth That a single Monk shall not be put into Priories but that there shall be two who shall say the Office which is done at twice for the Patrons The Thirtieth is against Usurers 't is therein Ordered That they shall be Excommunicated every Sunday and that such as are suspected of that Crime shall be oblig'd to justifie themselves and to renounce it publickly The Three next are against the Jews to hinder them from insulting over the Christians and to deprive them of the Right of being Witnesses The Thirty fourth prohibits under pain of Excommunication the Contracting of Marriage till after the Banns have been publish'd after the usual manner that so an Engagement to Marry may be granted and given in the Face of the Congregation The Two next prescribe what Oaths the Judges and Lawyers ought to take The Last confirms the Canons made in the Council held at Laval The Council of Beziers in the Year 1233. GAuthier de Marvis Bishop of Tournay and Legate of the Holy See held a Council at Beziers in the The Council of Beziers in 1233. year 1233 wherein he Publish'd the Twenty six following Orders The First is That they shall every Sunday Excommunicate the Hereticks and their Favourers The Second That any Person whatever may apprehend an Heretick and carry him before the Bishop The Third That the Favourers of Hereticks may not buy Bayliwicks The Fourth That Converted Hereticks who will not wear a Cross shall be treated as Hereticks and their Good confiscated The Fifth That the Priests shall carefully observe the Decrees of the Council of Toulouse against the Hereticks and against those who are not present at Divine Service The Sixth That Examination shall be made into the Capacity and Morals of those who are promoted to Holy Orders and that none shall be admitted who has not a Patrimonial Title to the value of a Hundred French Sols The Seventh That the Tonsure shall be only given to those who can Read and Sing who are the Children of Freemen and born in lawful Wedlock unless the Bishop of the Place grant a Dispensation The Eighth prohibits Bishops from exacting Oaths for their Interest of those upon whom they shall confer Orders The Ninth imports That the Bishops shall supply the Archdeaconeries with Persons zealous for the Salvation of Souls and capable of instructing both Clergy and Laity The Tenth That the Constitutions of the Fourth General Lateran Council against those who Excommunicate unjustly shall be read The Eleventh That the Patrons as well Ecclesiasticks as Laicks shall present to the Bishops Curates or perpetual Vicars of the vacant Churches before the Feast of All-Saints The Twelfth That those who have Benefices with Cure of Souls shall be constrain'd to take Orders forthwith or else lose their Revenues That if a Cure be united to a Prebend or Dignity he who enjoys them shall put a perpetual Vicar in his stead into the Cure to whom he shall give a competent Maintenance And that every Parish-Church shall have a perpetual Priest who shall serve the Cure in Person The Thirteenth That the Constitutions made in the Fourth General Lateran Council about the Life and Morals of the Clergy shall be observ'd The following Canons relate to the Monks The Fourteenth prohibits their having any thing de Proprio and declares That this is so annex'd to the Monachal Order that not only the Abbots may not exempt a Monk from this Law but also that the Pope cannot dispence with it any more than he can with the Observance of Celibacy The Fifteenth and Sixteenth prescribe to the Abbots Monks and Regular Canons how they ought to be cloathed The Seventeenth enjoyns the Monks to shut up their Cloysters and not to suffer any Seculars to enter without necessity The Eighteenth orders the Reading in the Refectory and that a Chapter be held every Day The Nineteenth enjoyns them to stay in the Cloyster from the Chapter-Hour till Tierce and forbids them to go out without leave of their Superior The Twentieth imports That every Week Distribution shall be made to the Poor The Twenty first That there shall be in the Monasteries a Monk or a Secular to teach Grammar The Twenty second prohibits the giving of Estates to Monasteries in prospect of having Benefices bestow'd upon them divests those of them who came to them by such methods and deprives those likewise who gave them of their Privilege A Prior or an Abbot is likewise forbidden to possess the Priory of another Monastery unless he be call'd by a Canonical Election to some Conventual Priory The Twenty third imports That they shall not sell Wine in a Monastery nor suffer Persons of Scandalous Profession to enter therein The Twenty fourth That they shall not admit Laicks to posses Prebends or the Revenues of those Benefices as given by way of Oblation The Twenty fifth That they shall not suffer one Monk to be in a Priory alone that there shall be three or four but no Irregular Monks shall be sent thither The Twenty sixth That they shall oblige all those who are arriv'd to the Age of Fourteen to swear that they will keep the Peace The Council of Arles in the Year 1234. John Baussanus Arch-Bishop of Arles held a Provincial Council in the Year 1234 wherein he The Council of Arles in 1234. made Twenty four Constitutions In the First He orders that the Canons of the Fourth General Lateran Council shall be put in Execution By the Second He obliges the Bishops to Preach the Faith themselves and to cause it to be Preach'd by Persons of Merit In the Third He admonishes the Bishops to make use of Exhortations and even Censures to oblige the Officers of Justice and the Lords to root out Hereticks out of their Jurisdiction In the Fourth it is order'd That every Sunday an Excommunication shall be Publish'd against Hereticks and their Favourers The Fifth imports That in each Parish a Priest and two other Persons shall be settled as Inquisitors The Sixth That the Hereticks Convict shall be condemn'd to perpetual Imprisonment and that those who will not recant shall be deliver'd up to the Secular Power The Two next are for the Observation of Peace In the Ninth He Prohibits the Confraternities and Societies which are not allow'd by the Bishop The Tenth imports That they shall not give Absolution to those who are Excommunicated for having done any Injury till such time as they have made Satisfaction In the Eleventh He orders That the Bodies and Bones of those who after their death shall be discover'd to have been Hereticks shall be dug up again In the Twelfth 'T is prohibited to bestow Benefices on
by a Bull Dated August 28. in the Year 1294 which was Confirm'd by Benedict IX in the Year 1304. The Order of the Valley of Scholars The Order of the Valley of Scholars Founded in France by William Richard Everard and Manasses Doctors of Divinity in Paris and by Frederick Doctor of Law who retir'd into the Diocess of Langres in the Year 1219 with Thirty seven Scholars who follow'd the Rule of the Regular Canons of Saint Victor and had some particular Constitutions which are to be met with in the Eighth Tome of the Spicilegium by Father Luke Dachery This Order was Approv'd by Honorius III. in the Year 1218. There were many other Orders whose Number grew so great that Gregory X. was oblig'd in the General Council of Lions Held 1274 to prohibit the Founding of new Ones to abolish all that had been Founded since the Fourth General Lateran Council without the Approbation of the Holy See and even to order That the Monasteries of such as had been Confirm'd by the Pope but had not wherewith to subsist should Admit no more Novices nor make any more Progress However he excepts the Dominican and Franciscan Friars and as to the Carmelites and the Augustine Hermites whose Institution he said had preceeded the General Lateran Council of the Year 1215 he orders That they should remain in the same State wherein they were till the Holy See should provide otherwise Notwithstanding this Prohibition about the latter end of this Century there rose up the Frerots Begards Beguines and other sorts of Religious who were suppress'd in the next Century The End of the History of the Thirteenth Century A Chronological TABLE For the Thirteenth CENTURY A. C. Popes Eastern Emperors Western Emperors and Kings Ecclesiastical Affairs Councils Ecclesiastical Writers 1200 Innocent III. III. Alexius Angelus Reigns at Constantinop having turn'd his Brother Isaac Angelus out of the Throne VI. John Comatera Patriarch of Constantinople The Empire disputed between Philip Brother of the Emperor Henry VI. who was Crown'd at Mentz by the Arch-Bishop of Tarentaise and Otho D. of Saxony Crown'd at Aix-la-Chapelle by Adolphus Arch-Bishop of Cologne Philip had the most apparent Right whose Years we shall reckon III. Philip Augustus King of France the â—…h year of his Reign John Without Land King of England the 1st year of his Reign Alphonso VIII King of Castile the 42d year of his Reign Alphonso King of Leon the 12th year of his Reign Peter II. King of Arragon Alphonso II. King of Portugal  The Council of London Abbot Joachim dies about this year Bernard Bishop of France John Beleth Peter Chanter of the Church of Paris Dodochin Abbot of St. Disibede Albertus Patriarch of Jerusalem Hervard Arch-Deacon of Liege Robert de Corceon Cardinal These all Flourish'd at this time Peter of Corbeil is made Arch-Bishop of Sens. Alanus of Lisle Flourish'd from the Beginning to the End of this Century Simon of Tournay teacheth at Paris 1201 IV. VII IV. The Pope sends a Legate into Germany to support the Interest of Otho  The Council of Soissons held in April wherein Philip Augustus retook his first Wife Nicholas of Otrantes is sent to Constantinople and writes against the Greeks Absalom Abbot of Spinkerbac Andreas Sylvius Abbot of Marchiennes 1202 V. VIII V. The Death of William Abbot of Roschilda  Tagenon Dean of Pavia Anonimous Author of the History of Frederic's Expedition William the Pilgrim Walter of Coûtances Arch-Bishop of Roan Richard Canon of London Nicolas Arch-Bishop of Thessalonica 1203 VI. Constantinople taken by the French and Venetians who drive out the Emperor Alexius Angelus and take out of Prison the old Isaac Angelus whom they reseated on the Throne with his Son Alexis who is Crown'd Aug. 1. The Constantinopoliâ—…s dissatisfy'd with them Proclaim Nicetas Coâ—…abas Emperor VI.   Stephen of Stella Nova John de Nusco Flourish'd 1204 VII Alâ—…us Angelus falls upon the Latins by the Advice of Murzulphus They Besiege tâ—… City Murzulphus Seises on Connabas â—rids himself of Alexâ—…s and continues the War Murzulphus Flies Theodorus Lascaris Son in Law to Alexius Angelus i◠〈◊〉 up in his place by the Greeks Constantinople is taken by the Latins April 12. who chuse for Emperor Baldwin Count of Flanders and become Masters of the Dominions of the Greek Empire in Europe The Greek Princes maintain those of Asia where they set up several Soveraignties Theodorus Lascaris sets up the See of his Empire at Nice in Bithynia Michael of the Family of the Comneni Seises on part of Epirus David on Heraclea Pontus and Paphlagonia and Alexius his Brother on the City of Trebizonde where he set up an Empire which was always distinct from that of Constantinople Thomas Morosini is elected Parriarch of Constantinople by the Latins I. Balâ—…in Emperor VII Philip Crown'd King of Germany a second time by Aâ—…phus Arch-Bishop of Cologne The Bulgarians are reunited to the Roman Church The Emperor Baldwin writes to the Pope about the taking of Constantinople Coâ—… Arch-Bishop of Mentz being dead King Philip caus'd Diepold or Lupoldus Bishop of Worms to be Elected in his stead by some Canons 〈◊〉 is Elected by the Majority his Election confirm'd by the Pope and that of Lupoldus rejected  Nicetas Acâ—minates compiles his History Baldwin Count of Flanders writes his Letter about the taking of Constantinople Giâ—…ert Martin quits the Abby of Gemblours and retires into the Monastery of Villiers 1205 VIII II. Baldwin is taken 〈◊〉 15. near â—…ple by the Bulgarians who pâ—… him to a Câ—… Death after râ—…s Imprisonment VIII Adolphus Arch-Bishop of Cologne is depos'd by the Pope's Legate for having Crown'd Philip of Swabia and Bruno put into his Place  Geofrey of Ville-hardouin and Gonthier wrote against this time Lambert of Liege Monk of Duitz Helinand Monk of Froimond Anonimous Author of the Life of St. William of Roschilda Flourish'd Albertus Magnus Born 1206 IX 〈◊〉 thâ—… Brother of Bâ—… is Elected Emperor of Constantinople I. IX Otho is besieg'd in Cologne by Philip is forc'd out of the Place and deseated He escapes to Saxony and from thence goes over to England to beg Assistance Cologne surrenders and Arch-Bishop Bruno made Prisoner Stephen of Langton inâ—…ts the Kingdom of England because the King would not own him Arch-Bishop of Canterbury which yet he was oblig'd to do afterwards The Council of Lambeth in England Stephen of Langton Elected Arch-Bishop of Canterbury The Death of Nicecetas Acominates His Brother Michael Ar. Bishop of Athens makes his Panegyrick Joel Composes his Chronology Roger Bacon Born 1207 X. II. The Death of John Comatora Patriarch of Constantinople X. Peace concluded at Northusa between Philip and Otho The Empire to remain to Philip and his Daughter is promis'd in Marriage to Otho who is declar'd his Successor The Inquisition and Croisades against the Albigenses Adolphus Arch-Bp of Cologne Absolv'd by the Legates of the Pope in the Assembly of Northuâ—…a and Bruno
36 Litigious Persons Excommunicated 112 The Church of Londen The Confirmation of its Primacy over all the Churches of Sweden 29 Luke Canon of Paris The Decree of Suspension which he caus'd to be Publish'd against the Members of the University of Paris 137 Lupoldus Bishop of Worms His Election to the Arch-Bishoprick of Mentz Condemn'd by the Pope who confirms that of his Competitor Sifroy 2. Enjoys that Arch-Bishoprick till the Death of the Emperor Philip ibid. M MAdness That a Priest Non compos mentis from whom a Benefice has been taken ought to have it restor'd him if he recovers his Senses 23 Maguelone The Contest about the Arch-Deaconry of that Church decided by Innocent III. 21 Mainfroy The Natural Son of the Emperor Frederick II. Seises upon Sicily for which he incurs the Displeasure of the Holy See 9. The Croisade Publish'd against him ibid. His Defeat by Charles Count of Anjou King of Sicily and his Death 9 Mandates of the Holy See Letters of Pope Innocent III. about Mandates and the Execution of them 13 15 16 17 19 21 23 25 26 28 29 30 32 34 38 40 43 62 Marcowaldus an Officer of Frederick King of Sicily Letters of Innocent III. against this Officer 13 32 37 c. The Abbey of Mariadura The Confirmation of its Privileges 41 The Order of S. Maria of Mercia The Institution of this Order 157 Maronites Reunited to the Church of Rome in the Fourth General Council of Lateran 103 Marriage Prohibited from contracting Marriage without the Authority of the Church 108. That a Curate may not Marry the Parishioner of another Curate 118. Prohibitions not to make any without Contract 136. That a Contract of Marriage made per verba de praesenti ought to subsist in Exclusion of that per verba de futuro 12 13. That a Girl of Seven years old can neither contract Marriage nor make any promise of doing it that can be of force 24 39. That a Marriage contracted extra aetatem and declar'd null may be renew'd 33. That one Dumb and Deaf may Contract a Marriage 24. 'T is forbidden among Relations 15 36 37. The Degrees Prohibited 90 101. That it ought not to be dissolved between Infidels who are related if they turn Christians 31. That the Wife's Relations may Marry her Husband's Relations 40. Declar'd null when there is any Spiritual Affinity between the Man and the Woman 27. Null between the Son of a God-father and the Daughter of a God-mother 42. Whether a Marriage contracted in Lent is valid and what punishment the Priest merits who has celebrated it 86. Whether it be valid with a Concubine which a Man has kept in his Wife's life-time 15. That Marriage is dissolv'd between two Infidels when one of 'em turns Christian but not between two Christians when one of 'em becomes an Heretick 34. That the Wives of those Husbands of whom they have not had any News may Marry again at five years end 86. Forbidden among the Greeks to Marry a third time if one has had Children by the two former Marriages 86. Clandestine Marriages forbidden 101 108 110 112 116 133. Declar'd Clandestine when they are not celebrated by the proper Curate 119. Clandestine Marriages liable to Excommunication ibid. Of the Tryal of Matrimonial Causes 112 130 133. The Arch-Priests and Rural Deans forbidden to take Cognizance of them 105. Rules prescrib'd in the matter of Marriage-Impediments 108. Canons against those who obstruct the Celebration of Marriages 104 105 121. Of the Spiritual Marriage of a Bishop with the Church his Spouse 24 Martin IV. Pope Tokens of his great Humility 52 Mass. Of its Celebration 90 98 104. Of reading the Epistle at Mass 129. The Obligation of Benefic'd Persons to celebrate it 127. Prohibitions against suffering unknown Priests to celebrate it 92. That the loss of the Fore-Finger renders a Man incapable of celebrating Mass 38. Prohibited to celebrate above once a day 134. Prohibitions against bequeathing any thing by a last Will for the saying of Masses 92. The Obligation of being present at the Parish-Mass 129 130. Order'd to hear it in silence 135. Women forbidden to serve at the Mass 50. Of the celebration of Mass among the Greeks ibid. The use of cold or hot Water permitted among the Greeks in the Sacrifice of the Mass ibid. S. Matthias Of the celebration of the Festival of that Saint 106 Mendicant Friars Of the Original and Progress of the Mendicants in this Century 156. Of their Beggery 143. Of the Commissions granted to them to Preach ibid. Their Contests with the Ordinaries about the Right of Preaching and Confessing 155. Determined in Favour of the Mendicants 156 Metropolitan When he may Commission another Bishop to Consecrate his Suffragan 36. That a Metropolitan cannot put Priests in the Diocess of his Suffragan without his leave 34 Abbey of S. Michael of the Order of Premontre It s Establishment confirm'd by the Pope 35 Michael of Corbeil Arch-Bishop of Sens. The Council which he held against two Hereticks 89 Michael Palaeologus the Greek Emperor How he came by the Empire of Constantinople 82. Procures the Re-union of the Greeks with the Latines 83. Why Condemn'd by Pope Martin IV. 52 Milan An Extraordinary Collation of the Chancellorship of that Church made to the prejudice of the Pope's Mandate 26 Milo Legate of the Holy See Is President of a Council 91. The Satisfactions which he demands of Raymond Count of Toulouse for an Assassination whereof he was accus'd 151 Milo Bishop of Soissons The Council which he call'd at S. Quentin 122 Monks That the Profession made before the Year of Probation is out is valid 29. That a Man cannot be made a Monk unless his Wife make a Vow of perpetual Chastity ibid. That a Priest who becomes a Monk at the point of Death and quits the Habit upon his Recovery is not oblig'd to lead a Monastical Life 13. That a Man who has been made a Monk when out of his Senses may return to the World again when he has recover'd them 23. Constitutions concerning the Monastical Discipline 92 94 98 101 103 105 112 113 115 121 125 127 128 130 132 133 134 136 137 140. Concerning the Habits of Monks 91 93 94 103 108 109 113 116. Of the Habit of Monks who are made Bishops 129. Oblig'd to confess themselves to their Superior 92. To have nothing de proprio 91 92 94 108 109 113 115 125 133. Nor borrow Money without the leave of their Superiors 103. Prohibited to give them Money for their Maintenance 113 114. That they may not go from one Monastery to another 94. That a Monk who passes from an austere Order to another more mild where he receives Orders may there perform the Functions of his Orders 16 20. Order'd to have more than one in each Priory 93 94 108 109 113 116 119 127. That they may nor enjoy Curacies 113 114. Subjected to their Ordinaries 30 39 42 Oblig'd to observe the Interdiction issued
of them 102 117 129. Forbidden to Swear on Relicks for any other Causes than that of Peace 117 Reparations of Churches Who are bound to do it 128 Reprisals The use of them abolish'd in the Church 124 Resignations A Canon to prevent Collusion in them 121. Declar'd Null when made for fear of the Secular Power 41 Restitution An Exempt Bishop to make Restitution to another Bishop before the latter has made him any 20 Revelations When it 's proper to credit them 26 Ecclesiastical Revenues That Canons newly made ought to have a Dividend of the Augmentation of the Revenues of the Chapter 15 Richard King of England The Letters of Innocent III. to get the Summs demanded for that King's Ransome to be restor'd to him again 20 Rings Peculiar to Prelates 129 Roan The Church of Notre-Dame of that City The Canans of that Church oblig'd to Repair it 21. Lands granted to this Church by way of Exchange 16. The Convention of the Kings of France and England against the Sentences pass'd by an Arch-Bishop of Roan Condemn'd by the Pope 21 Robbers on the High-way Excommunicated 125 Robert the Brother of King St. Lewis The Refusal which he made of accepting the Imperial Crown and his Answer to the Pope concerning the Deposition of the Emperor Frederick II Robert Grostest Bishop of Lincoln His Quarrel with Pope Innocent IV about a Mandat which he would not admit of 62. The Reproaches which the Pope cast on this Bishop 63 Robert of Lisle Bishop of Durham His Synodal Statutes 128 Robert of Winchelsea Arch-Bishop of Canterbury His Constitutions 136 Rodolphus Count of Habspurg His Election to the Empire and Coronation 10. His Differences with Ottogar King of Bohemia ibid. The Restitutions which he made to the H. See ibid. Neglects his Authority in Italy to settle himself the firmer on Germany Ibid. His Death Ibid. Rodolphus Monk of Fonâ—froid One of the Missionaries made choice of to Preach to the Albigenses 105 Roger Bernard Count of Foix. The Restitutions which he is condemn'd to make in a Council of Negarol 135 Romania This Province restor'd to the Holy See by the Emperor Rodolphus 10 Romanus Cardinal Legate in France Canons which he Publish'd against the Hereticks 106. The Opposition the French Prelates made against the Attempts of this Legate in the Council of Bourges 152. The Conditions which he together with King S. Lewis Impos'd on Raimond Count of Toulouse by the Treaty of Accommodation Ibid. The Church of Rome Of its Primacy and in what sense it is styl'd the Universal Church 38 The Court of Rome The Constitution of King S. Lewis against the Exactions of that Court in France 121 Rostaing Arch-Bishop of Arles Constitutions which he Publish'd in a Council 135 Runcaires A Sect of Hereticks and their Errors 149 S SAcraments Of the Administration of them 131 That no Priest may Administer them without the leave of his Diocesan 34. Forbidden to demand any thing for their Administration 90 105 111 114 117 120. But allow'd to accept of what the Faithful give out of Devotion 90 The Errors of the Waldenses about the Sacraments 148 Sacrilegious Persons The Absolution of them reserv'd to the Pope 91 Church of Saintes The number of its Canons fix'd to Forty 33 Saints Whether one may Pray for them 45 Sanctuary Preserv'd to Churches 131. The Clerks who Violate the Sanctuary of Churches Excommunicated 120 Saracens Oblig'd to pay Tithes in the Parishes where they reside 35 Vagrant Scholars A Sect condemn'd in Germany 136 Scholastick Divinity Much in use in this Century 53 Schools That the Licence of Teaching in Schools ought to be given Gratis 92. Sports abolish'd in small Schools 119 H. Scripture Judgment upon the Works made on the Holy Scriptures in this Century 93 Seal That every Church ought to have its own particular Seal 112 Church of Seclin in Flanders A Contest for the Provostship of this Church 16 Sermons A Judgment on those which were Compos'd in this Century 53 Divine Service Obligation of Celebrating it Devoutly 94 98 126. Bishops oblig'd to Celebrate it on the great Festivals 94. Prohibitions against suffering Vegabond Priests to Celebrate it 113. Of its Celebration in Interdicted Places 101 134. Forbidden to Celebrate it before â—xcommunicates 131. Qualifications requir'd for to enable one to do any Office in the Church 124 Services The Institution of their Order 157 Sicily The Attempts of several Popes on that Kingdom 8. Bestow'd by the H. See on Edmond King of England's Son who could not become Master of it 9. And afterwards on Charles Count of Aujou who subdued it by his Forces 10. How Invaded by the Kings of Arragon 10. This Kingdom divided into two ibid. The Tribute Fealty and Honage exacted by the H. See for this Kingdom 28. A Canon for the Election of the Bishops of this Kingdom Ibid. Sifroy Arch-Bishop of Cologue His Statutes 131 Silence Enjoin'd the Monks 108 Silvestrines An Order of Hermits establish'd in Italy 157 Simon Cardinal of S. â—â—cila Is President of the Council of Bonrges 127 Simon Count of Montfort Elected General of the Croisade against the Albigenses 151. His Conquests gain'd over the Hereticks ibid. Which are granted to him by the Councils ibid. Is Invested in them by the King of France and assumes the Name of Count of Toulouse ibid. His Death at the Seige of the City of Toulouse 152. His Son Amaury succeeds him in his Conquests Ibid. Simon of Beaulieu Arch-Bishop of Bourges The Constitutions which he revives in a Council 133 Simony Condemn'd in the Councils 37 90 92 102 121. Simoniacal Clerks depriv'd of their Benefices 31. The Punishment order'd the Simonical notwithstanding their Appeal to the H. See 21. Allow'd to clear one's self of this Crime by Witnesses 37 Sins Of the means of attaining Pardon of Sins in order to obtain Salvation 73 Siscidoâ— Hereticks little different from the Waldenses 149 Sore The Privilege of this Abbey Coufirm'd 29 Souls Decisions concerning the State of Departed Souls 50. The Opinion of William of Paris concerning the Soul of Beasts 64 Dutchy of Spoletto Subjected to the H. See 25 Stadings Hereticks of Germany Their Errors 153. This Sect suppress'd by force of Arms ibid Stephen Arch-Bishop of Canterbury Suspended in the Fourth Council of Lateran and why 103 Stephen Templier Bishop of Paris Several Erroneous Propositions condemn'd by him 146 Surgery Ecclesiasticks forbidden to exercise it 98 Synods The Abbots and Priests oblig'd to be present at the Synods of their Bishop 40 T TAper Order'd to have a lighted Taper in each Church 127. The use of Wooden Tapers prohibited 118 Taverns The Ecclesiasticks forbidden to frequent them 98 125 129 132 134 Taxes Forbidden to lay any on Ecclesiasticks 100 106 107 Tithes Canons concerning the Payment of Tithes 36 37 39 101 107 117 127 128 131 132 135 136. That one ought to pay them only to the Bishop of the Place where one dwells and not to the Bishop of the Place which
condemned in the Fourteenth Century 112 The Sect of the Frerots or Shavelings Ibid The Errors of Petrus Joannes Oliva Ibid The Practices of the Spiritual Friars Ibid The Begards and Beguines Ibid Gerhardus Segarelli Ibid Dulcinus de Novaria Ibid Herman de Pongeloup Ibid Arnoldus de Villâ Novâ 113 The Lollards a German Sect Ibid Ceccus Asculanus Ibid The Errors of Eckard Ibid Marsilius of Padua 114 Propositions of John Mercourt Condemned by the Faculty of Divinity at Paris Ibid The Recantation of Nicholas Utricourt Ibid Of Doctor Simon Ibid Of Friar Guy Ibid Of Lewis a Divine Ibid Of John de Chaleur Ibid The Condemnation of the Errors of Dionysius Soulechat Ibid The Errors of Berthoul Rorbach 115 The foolish Opinions of Martin Gonsalvus Ibid Other Follies of Nicholas of Calabria Ibid The Visions of Jenovez Ibid The Opinions of John de Latona and Bonagette about the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper Ibid The Errors of Arnoldus Montanier Ibid Turlupins Ibid Errors condemned by Simon Langham Ibid CHAP. IX ECclesiastical Observations upon the Fourteenth Age 116 The Question of the Ecclesiastical Power above the Temporal Ibid The Effects of the Popes Residence at Avignon Ibid The Settlement of the First fruits of Benefices Ibid The Settlement of the Jubilee Ibid The Question of the Poverty of Christ and his Apostles Ibid The Question of the State of Souls after Death Ibid The Discipline of the Church about Benefices and beneficed Persons 117 Several Rules about the Manners and Practices of Clergymen Ibid Observations about the Monastick State Ibid Rules for Curates and Mendicant Friars about their Preaching and Administration of Sacraments 118 New Congregations settled in the Fourteenth Age Ibid The Titles of the Tables A Chronological Table of the Ecclesiastical History of the 14th Age of the Church A Chronological Table of the Ecclesiastical Authors and their Works A Chronological Table of the Councils held in the 14th Age and their Acts Letters Canons and Articles A Table of the Works of the Ecclesiastical Authors of the 14th Age disposed according to the Order of the Matters they treat on An Alphabetical Table of the Ecclesiastical Authors of the 14th Age. An Alphabetical Table of the Councils held in the 14th Age. A Table of the Principal Matters contained in this Volume An Alphabetical Table of the Ecclesiastical Authors of the Fourteenth Age of the Church A. ACindynus see Gregory Acindynus Adam Goddam or Woddam a Grey-Friar Page 71 Aito see Haito Albericus Rosatus or Roxiati a Lawyer 70 Albert de Bresse a Friar-Preacher 79 Albert of Padua an Augustine-Hermit 56 Albert of Strasburg 73 Alexander of Alexandria a Grey-Friar 79 Alexander de S. Elpidio Arch-bishop of Ravenna 57 Alphonsus Vargas Archbishop of Sevil 72 Alvarus Pelagius Bishop of Silves 57 c. Andrew of New-Castle a Friar-Preacher 49 Andronicus Senior the Greek Emperor 82 88 Anonymous or a Nameless Author 7 Antonius Andreas a Grey-Friar 55 Antonius de Butrio a Lawyer 77 Arnoldus Cescomes Archbishop of Tarragon 67 Arnoldus Terrena Sacrist of Perpignan 62 Astesanus a Grey-Friar 63 Augustine D'Ascoli an Augustine Hermit 75 Augustinus Triumphus of the same Order 56 B. BAldus or Ubaldus a Lawyer 78 Barlaam Bishop of Hieracium 83 84 to 87 Bartholomew Bishop of Urbin 67 Bartholomew a Grey-Friar 80 Bartholomew Albicius of the same Order 67 Bartholomew de S. Concordiâ a Friar-Preacher Ibid Bartholomew de Glanville a Grey-Friar 72 Benedict XI Pope 9 10 28. Benedict XII Pope 29 30 Benedict XIII Pope 38 c. to 47 Berengarius of Fridol Cardinal 55 Bernard Abbot of Mount-Cassin 70 Bernard Dapifer a Monk of Melch 72 Bernard Guidonis Bishop of Tuy and after of Lodeve 62 Bernardo de Parenzo a Friar-Preacher 80 Bertamus of the same Order 81 Bertrandus de Turre Cardinal 63 Bertrandus de Trille a Friar-Preacher 78 Blaisus Andernarius a Carmelite 82 Bonaventure of Padua a Carmelite 75 Boniface VIII Pope 1 c. 116 Boniface IX Pope 37 to 42 116 S. Bridget 72 73 118 C. CAllistus Patriarch of Constantinople 90 Cantacuzenus see John Cantacuzenus S. Catharine of Sienna 73 Clement V. Pope 10 c. to 21 26 28 118 Clement VI. Pope 30 31 Clement VII Pope 35 to 39 Clement of Florence a Servite 67 Conradus Canon of Ratisbonne 81 Conradus d'Altzey Ibid D. DAniel de Trevisi a Grey-Friar 67 Demetrius Cydonius a Greek 91 Dinus de Mugello a Lawyer 48 Dominicus Grenerius Bishop of Pamiez 57 Durandus of Champeigne a Grey-Friar 67 Durandus de S. Porciano Bishop of Meaux 28 48 63 E. EBerardus Archdeacon of Ratisbonne 49 Eckard a Friar-Preacher 79 113 Engelbert Abbot of Admont 49 F. FOrtanerius Vassalli Cardinal 80 Francis Martin a Carmelite 81 Franciscus Mayronius a Grey-Friar 62 Francis Petrarch a Lawyer 68 Franciscus Ximenius Bishop of Elne or Perpignan 77 Francis Zabarell Cardinal 78 G. GAllus Abbot of Konigsaal 72 Gerhard Bishop of Savonna 80 Gerhard de Bononia a Carmelite 79 Gerhard Groot or the Great a Canon-Regular 74 118 Gerhardus Odonis a Grey-Friar 69 Gerhard of Sienna an Augustine-Hermit 79 Gerhard of Zutphen a Canon-Regular 76 Giles Colonnior of Rome Arch-bishop of Bourges 54 Gregory XI Pope 32 Gregory XII Pope 43 to 47 Gregory Acindynus a Greek Monk 85 86 87 Gregorius Palamas Archbishop of Thessalonica 84 85 86 87 Gregorius Ariminensis an Augustine-Hermit Bishop of Ferrara 71 Guy Abbot of S. Denys 63 Guy d'Eureux a Preaching-Friar 75 Guy Bishop of Ferrara 79 Guy de Montrocher a French Divine 66 Guy de Terrenâ Bishop of Elne or Perpignan 62 H. HAito or Aito a Canon-Regular of the Premonstratenses 50 Henry a Monk of Rebdorfe 72 Henry Andernac a Carmelite 82 Henry de Palmâ or de Baume a Grey-Friar 78 Henry Boich a Lawyer 75 Henry de Carret Bishop of Lucca 57 Henry de Dolendorp a Carmelite 81 Henry D Erford a German 80 Henry Euta or Oyta a German 82 Henry de Kalkar a Carthusian 81 Henry Knighton a Canon-Regular 75 Henry Stero a Benedictin Monk of Altaich 49 Henry de Urimaria an Augustin Hermit 67 Herenus de Boy a Carmelite 79 Herman de Schilde an Augustin Hermit Ibid Harvaeus Natalis a Friar-Preacher 55 Hugolinus Malebranchius Bishop of Ariminum 72 Hugh de Prato a Friar-Preacher 56 I. JAcobus de Benedictis a Grey-Friar 51 Jacobus Cajetanus Cardinal 49 Jacobus Folquier an Augustine-Hermit 69 Jacobus Magnus of the same Order 74 Jacobus de Alta Villâ a Germ. 81 Jacobus de Lausannâ a Preaching Friar 56 Jacobus de Teramo Archdeacon of Aversa 75 Jacobus de Termes Abbot of Charlieu 55 Jacobus de Viterbo Archbishop of Naples 79 Idiota vid Raimondus Jordanus Innocent VI. Pope 31 c. Innocent VII Pope 42 c. John XXII Pope 21 c. to 29. 60 61 116. John Abbot of S. Bavon 82 John a Benedictin Monk of Castel 81 John d'Alier a
You have no Right to bestow Benefices and Prebends and if the Custody of the Goods of some Vacant Benefices belongs to you you ought to reserve the Profits to their Successors If you have bestowed any Benefices we declare the Donation Void and revoke the actual Possession which ensued thereon We declare them Hereticks who believe the contrary Given at the Palace of Lateran on the 5th of December in the 7th Year of our Papacy These Bulls were delivered and published in the Kingdom by the Archdeacon of Narbonne The Assembly of the States against the Attempt of the Pope The King to obviate the ill Consequences which they might have caused the short Bull to be publickly burnt on the 8th of February 1302. and called together the Three Estates of his Kingdom to advise about Ways of Self-preservation This Assembly was held in the Church of our Lady at Paris 10th of April 1302. The King proposed there the Pope's Pretensions to the Temporalties of his Kingdom and the Summons he had sent to the Prelates to appear at Rome Peter Flotte who spake for the King represented to the Assembly the pernicious Designs of the Pope the Injuries which the Court of Rome did to the Gallican Church by her Reservations by * Grants before the Death of the present Incumbents then call'd Mandata de providendo Gratiae expectativae by Civilians Much may be seen enacted against them in our Statutes especially in the reign of Edw. 3. Provisions of Archbishopricks Bishopricks and other Benefices which she bestowed on Strangers that were Non-resident and by other Methods by which she assumed the disposal of all Benefices by Impositions upon the Clergy by the right she challenged to take Cognisance and to Judge of all Causes He Protested on the King's behalf that he own'd God only his Superior in Temporals that it was his intent before the Arrival of the Nuncio if there were Occasion to regulate the Behaviour of his Officers towards the Clergy but that since he had Superseded the doing it for fear the Pope should take Advantage by it and believe it to be done at his instance and by his order The King demanded the Opinion of the Assembly upon all these Points and chiefly about his Soveraign Jurisdiction in Temporals The Nobility having withdrawn awhile to Deliberate answer'd by the Earl of Artois That they thanked his Majesty for the good Will he had to maintain the Rights and Honour of his State and declared that they were ready to expose their Lives and Fortunes in its Defence and though his Majesty would suffer or pass by these Attempts they would oppose it and said that they own'd no other Superiour but the King The Clergy was unwilling suddenly to give their Answer and desired time to deliberate more fully but the King pressing them to speak their Mind the Prelates declared That they believed themselves bound to Defend the King and the freedom of the Kingdom and that some of them were engaged thereto by Oath and others by Duty Nevertheless they besought the King to permit them to attend the Pope who had sent them a Summons but the King refused it by the Advice of the Nobility The third Estate was of the same Opinion with the Nobles This Assembly being broke up the King sent the Pope a short Answer like his abridged Bull in these terms Philip by the Grace of God King of France to Boniface who stiles The Answer of the King and States to the Pope himself Supreme Bishop little or no Greeting May your great Extravagance know that we are not Subject to any Person whatsoever in Things Temporal that the bestowing of Vacant Churches and Prebends does of Regal right belong to us that we can Appropriate the Fruits of them to our selves that the Grants we have made or shall make for the time to come are Valid that we will Maintain powerfully those that are in Possession thereof and we declare them Fools and Senseless that think the contrary The Dukes Earls and Barons of France wrote to the Cardinals the same Day That though they desired to maintain the Ancient Union which ever had been between the Holy See and the Realm of France yet they could not suffer the Attempts which Boniface made upon the They send them word what was resolved in the King and Kingdom Assembly of the States Prove that the King is not Subject to the Pope in Temporals and that the Pope has no right to send for the Prelates of the Kingdom nor undertake to reform it they represent the Prejudice the Prelates going out of the Realm would cause to the State upbraid Boniface that he has taken great Summs of Money for the Grants of Ecclesiastical Dignities that he had filled the Benefices with Persons of no Merit that he bestowed Benefices the Grant of which belonged to the King They besought the Cardinals to hinder the Consequences of this Undertaking that the Church may continue in Peace The Prelates wrote a little after the same things to Boniface informed him what passed in the Assembly the Complaints the King there made in what manner the Nobility there spake how that being asked they desired time to Consult with desire to appease his Majesty and to Establish the Union between him and the Holy See but that being obliged to answer upon the spot that they might not be looked on as Enemies to the State they had declared they thought themselves bound to Assist the King and Preserve his Person his Honour his Liberty his Rights and those of his Kingdom as well by the Oath of Allegiance which some of them had taken to the King upon account of their Fiefs as by the Duty of Faithful Subjects They added that they had besought his Majesty to permit them to go to Rome whither his Holiness had cited them but that the King and the Lords had forbid them They earnestly besought the Pope to apply a Remedy to the Mischiefs that would necessarily ensue if the Dissention which is begun between him and the King continued and prayed him to re-establish the Union and revoke the Summons he had caused to be given them by his Nuncio The third Estate wrote likewise a Letter to the Cardinals to the same Effect The Pope's Answer to the Prelates contain'd nothing but Complaints against the Assembly which the King had caused to be held at Paris and principally against Peter Flotte whom he The Replies of the Pâ—â—e and Cardinals to the King and States calls Belial semividens corpore mente totaliter excaecatus and reproaches against them that had not taken his part He affirms That the Doctrine delivered in this Assembly is Schismatical because it tends to the Establishment of two Supreme Heads and that the Design of those Persons who composed this Assembly was to separate the Gallican Church from the Union of the Church Universal and to Erect a See against the Vicar of Jesus Christ. In the
Attempts of Urban made a Gift of her Estates to Lewis Duke of Anjou and exhorted him to come speedily to her Relief Nevertheless Charles of Duras with some Troops entred the Kingdom of Naples made himself Master of that City surprized Otho the Husband of Jane by Treachery and took him Prisoner and at last having Storm'd Chasteau neuf whither the Queen was retired with her Sister Mary he made her Prisoner of War and some time after order'd her to be Strangled Clement on his part importun'd the Duke of Anjou to pass into Italy the which at length he resolved and parted from France with a considerable Army in the Year 1382. to Conquer the Kingdom of Sicily he marched cross Lombardy and instead of going directly to Rome to seize the Person of Urban he passed into the Kingdom of Naples and with the assistance of two German Commanders whom he found in this Country he made himself Master of several Towns in Apulia whilst that Charles who tarried at Naples fortified the Places that were left him and lengthned out the War that he might waste the Duke of Anjou's Army He succeeded in that Design This Prince's Troops were so weaken'd by Scarcity and Sickness that they could Undertake Nothing His Money fell short and at last he died either by a Disease or by Poison on the 20th of September in the Year 1384 at Bari Urban some time before had passed into the Kingdom of Naples either to prevent an Agreement Urban Arrested by Charles de Duras and forced to retire to Genoa between Charles and the Duke of Anjou or to put his Nephew in Possession of the Dutchies of Capua and Melphi Charles went to receive him near Aversa and a while after caused him to be Arrested and brought to Naples into the New Castle where he permitted him to give Audiences and kept him under Confinement But the Cardinals being imployed to make up this Breach Charles asked the Pope's Pardon and allowed him Liberty to go forth of the Castle and to abide near the Cathedral Church Sometime after the wantonness of Urban's Nephew who deflower'd a Nun led him to renew the Quarrel Charles had with the Pope because Charles was obliged to bring him to Punishment for this Crime But the Pope upheld his Nephew stopt the Execution of the Sentence and obliged Charles to give his Nephew Seventy Thousand Florins for the Revenue of his Dutchies together with the Castle of Luceria whither he retired with part of his Court resolving there to pass the Winter in hopes that he should soon make himself Master of Naples for he designed to revenge himself for the Injury Charles had done him and to deprive him of his Kingdom trusting to the Correspondence he had with some Neapolitans On the other side Cardinal Reatino and some others in Naples combined against him and put out a Manifesto importing That if the Pope neglected the Government or were not fit for it or adhered too much to his own sense and would rule Absolutely without advising with the Cardinals they had right to nominate Overseers by whose Counsel all things should be managed Urban having had notice of this Project order'd Six of these Cardinals to be arrested and created hereupon divers others either Germans or Neapolitans These Six Cardinals were put into Dungeons loaded with Chains and often examined by the Rack Charles incensed with these Attempts of Urban who had begun to proceed against him besieged the Castle of Luceria but Urban escaped with his Followers carrying along with him the Cardinals Prisoners and having reached to a Sea-Port Embarked in the Gallies of Genoa he sailed to Palermo and from thence to Genoa where he put to Death Five of the arrested Cardinals having granted the Cardinal of St. Cecily his Life at the Request of Richard King of England after degrading him and depriving him of all his Benefices and Dignities These Cruelties alienated the Minds of many from the Affection they had to Urban two of his Cardinals the one named Pileus de Prato Archbishop of Ravenna and the other Galeo de Petra-mala withdrew to Clement who received them and confirmed them in their Dignities While these things passed in Italy Clement made himself to be owned by the Kings of Castile Clement owned by the Kings of Castile and Arragon attempts to raise money in France and Arragon who having at the instance of the King of France made inquiry at Avignon concerning the Elections of the two Competitors understood that of Urban to be void because made by force and on the contrary that of Clement to be Legitimate and Canonical but because he wanted Money to support his Dignity and could raise it no where but in France he sent the Abbot of St. Nicasius of Rheims to Levy half the Revenues of the Benefices The Clergy could not bear this Exaction the University of Paris complained thereof to the King who sent for the Abbot of St. Nicasius order'd him to depart the Kingdom stopped all the Revenues of the Benefices to be employed one Third upon Reparations another Third to defray incident Charges and the Remainder for the Subsistence of the Clergy He likewise deputed Arnold of Corbie first President of Paris to go to Avignon there to lay open the Injustice of this Demand so that Clement and his Cardinals were forced to be content without this Supply In the Year 1385. Charles of Duras being gone into Hungary to be Proclaimed King as next The Death of Charles Duras and Urban VI. Heir to the Crown he was there Murther'd in the Month of January in the Year following At the same time Otho escaped out of Prison and came to Sicily from whence he passed into Apulia and made himself Master of Naples having driven out Margaret the Relict of Charles Duras who made her escape with her two Children to Cajeta Urban went from Genoa to Perusia where he tarried a full Year The Germans proposed to him an Agreement with Clement but he would not hearken thereto some time after he took up a Resolution to return into Sicily and being on the Way thither his Mule fell down and wounded him desperately He caused himself to be carried to Tivoli with a Design to proceed on his Journey but being in no condition to do it he was conveyed to Rome where he died in the Month of October in the Year 1389. The Death of this Pope rendred the Peace of the Church more easie to be brought about The Election of Boniface IX by the Roman Cardinals if the Cardinals in Italy would have forborn to make another Election but on the contrary being met in the Conclave presently after the Death of Urban they chose on the Second of November Cardinal Peter de Thomacellis a Neapolitan who called himself Boniface IX and was acknowledged by those who had obeyed Urban Boniface augmented the Revenues considerably and the Temporal Authority of Popes and heaped together great Riches in the
time of his Papacy If we may credit Thierri of Niem a contemporary Authour one of his Domesticks he made a publick Merchandize of Benefices at the beginning of his Popedom and afterwards willing to palliate it he the first settled the Annates that is to say the Right of receiving the first Year's Revenues of Bishopricks and Abbies which became Vacant and the Dates for all sorts of Benefices void by Death which he granted to different Persons at the same time for Money he revoked all Grants of Reversions to make new ones invented particular Clauses of Provisions which annull'd all the former he granted all sorts of Dispensations and Pardons for Money His Court was full of Apostate Monks whom he made his Officers or provided of Imployments and Benefices For Money he gave licence to the Friars-Mendicants to quit their Order and Convent and to enjoy Benefices He fully settled the Soveraign and Immediate Dominion of the Popes over the City of Rome He reduced Perusia Viterbo Montefiasco and several other Towns and Castles under the Power of the Popes Rebuilt the Castle of St. Angelo and restored the Capitol He imposed many Tributes and Taxes and had a Troop of Regular Guards He re-instated some Cardinals whom his Predecessor had degraded and among others the Cardinal of St. Cecily The Cardinal Pileus de Prato who had deserted his Predecessor and went to Clement came to wait on him and was Nick-named The Cardinal with Three Caps He crowned the King of Sicily Ladislaus Son of Charles Duras after he had given Absolution both to him and his Mother and Sister from the Censures thundred out against him by Urban Clement on the other side crown'd King of Sicily Lewis the Duke of Anjou in the presence of Charles VI. who was come to Avignon to give his Holiness a Visit and proceeded against Lewis Duke of Anjou Crowned King of Sicily by Clement Boniface as an Usurper of the Holy See Lewis Duke of Anjou newly crowned marched with a good Number of Troops into the Kingdom of Naples was received into that City and after having secur'd the principal Places of the Country he return'd to Provence Upon his departure Ladislaus entring the Kingdom with a Powerful Army led by Alberic Barbiane expelled thence all such as took part with the Duke of Anjou The University of Paris highly concern'd at these Disorders occasioned by the Schism and the Attempts which Pope Clement made upon the Liberties of the Gallican Church Petitioned The Advice of the University for taking away the Schism the King that he would apply some Remedy to these Evils A while after two Monks of the Order of Carthusians going to Rome to wait on Boniface exhorted him so vehemently to Peace that they drew from him a Letter directed to the King wherein he encourages his Majesty to set about the Work offering on his part to contribute thereto Clement having notice of this Negotiation was forthwith for the Arresting of these two Carthusians but the King having taken them into his Protection he pretended likewise he was for Peace and order'd Publick Prayers to be made upon this Occasion He sent at the same time into France Cardinal Peter de la Lune He was no sooner arrived there but the University began afresh their earnest Suit to the King for the Peace of the Church to which his Majesty declared the means ought to be sought out For this purpose a Meeting of the University was Appointed wherein they gave their Opinions by way of Scrutiny and the greater part was of this Judgment That the Methods of yielding and Arbitration would be the surest to put an end to the Differences between the two Popes The University having made known his Resolution to the Cardinal-Legate he answered them roughly and forbid them for the time to come to use any the like Discourses The Pope to appease them desired the King to send to him Peter d' Ailly and Giles des Champs Doctors of Divinity of great Repute but they refused to go to him The Legate engaged the Duke of Berry in the Interests of Clement he declared against the University and put a stop to their Prosecutions They had recourse to the Duke of Burgundy who procured them Audience from the King to whom they presented a Letter wherein they most humbly besought him to consider seriously of the Peace of the Church representing to him that the University had thought of Three principal Means of compassing it First the way of Cession that each of the Competitors should recede from all Right A Second the way of Arbitration whereby they should referr their Right to Persons nominated by themselves or others who might absolutely decide their Differences The Third is the calling of a General Council declaring That if either of the Competitors accepted not of one of these three Expedients he should be looked on as a Promoter of Schism And as to what might be demanded touching the last Article which gives Authority to a General Council the University answers that it is the consent of all the Faithful and the words of JESUS CHRIST in the Gospel whereby he Promises to them who shall meet together in his Name the Assistance of his Holy Spirit The King attended by several Princes the Patriarch of Alexandria and a great number of other Prelates received this Letter heard it Read commanded it should be Translated into French and told the University he would answer them in a little time but Peter de la Lune prevailed so much by his Credit that the King alter'd his Resolution insomuch that when they return'd the Chancellor was order'd to tell them from the King That his Majesty had no further Intention to pursue this Affair and gave them a Prohibition to make any mention of it upon pain of Disobedience The University dissatisfied gave the Chancellor to understand in presence of the Legate who went back again soon after That they would leave off their Exercises and Preaching They wrote at the same time to Clement what they had resolved in their Convocation touching the Union of the Church The Pope having received this Letter was therewith very much offended and would send no Answer by the Messenger of the University The Cardinals met together without the Pope's Leave who sent to them and upbraided them therewith They answer'd him That they had seen and examin'd the Letter of the University and that one of the Three Ways which they proposed ought of Necessity to be chosen if he aim'd at the Union of the Church Clement conceived so great a Grief at these Proposals that he fell Sick and died of an Apoplexy The Death of Clement VII on the 16th of September in the Year 1394. By his Death ended the Male Line of the Earls of Geneva which had never before happen'd in that Family Imbert de Villars Son of Clement's Sister succeeded in the Earldom of Geneva As soon as the King of France was
Grace Salvation and Justice Of Damnation Of Free-will Of the Chief Good Of Providence Of the Miracles of JESUS CHRIST Of the State of the Dead Upon the Gospel In Principio and several other Philosophical Tracts which were preserved in MS. in the Monastery of Admónt He adds That there is at Vienna a Tract in MS. of the same Author Of the Instruction of a Christian Prince Jacobus Cajetanus Nephew of Pope Boniface the VIIIth who was made a Cardinal An. 1295. Jacobus Cajetanus wrote a Book concerning the Jubilee every 100th Year It was published by Roseus with Notes and printed in the 13th Tome of the Bibliotheca Patrum of the Colen Edition Stephanus de Salagnac a Monk of the Order of the Preaching-Friars of the Convent of Limoges Stephanuâ— de Salagnac wrote as is credible at the end of the former Age or beginning of this A Treatise in Honour of his own Order alledging Four Things wherein God had made them principally Eminent viz. 1. For a Good and Learned Head 2. For an Illustrious and Noble Family 3. For an Honourable Name And 4. For a particular Profession Andreas Novo-Castrensis or Andrew of Newcastle an Englishman and Dominican-Friar Doctor Andreas Novo-castrensis of Divinity flourished in the beginning of this Age. He hath composed a Comment upon the First Book of the Sentences printed at Paris 1514. Bale Cent. 10. p. 44. attributes to him a Commentary upon Boethius's Book De Consolatione Philosophiae or The Comfort of Philosophy Rainerius Pisanus or de Pisâ a Divine and Lawyer of the same Order Composed a Book Rainerius Pisanus which is intituled Pantheologia or a Theological Dictionary in which all Heads of Divinity are disposed and treated on in an Alphabetical Order Jacobus Florentinus a Minorite or Grey-Friar hath added several things to this Work and caused it to be printed at Noremburg in 1473. He also printed it in the same manner at Venice in 1486. at Lions in 1519. at Bresse in 1580. and since it hath been printed at Paris with the Additions of Father Nicholas a White-Friar William de Nangis or de Nangiaco a Monk of S. Denys at Paris hath Composed a Chronicle William de Nangis from the beginning of the World to the Year 1301. But because the greatest Part of that Work was Copied from other Authors Father Luke Dacherius in the 11th Tome of his Spicilegium hath printed it no further than to the Year 1113. where he begins his Continuations which he hath made out of Sigebert of Gemblours as far as the Year 1301. adding something more out of two other Authors the one as far as 1340. and the other to 1348. This Author hath also written a Chronicle of the Kings of France the Lives of S. Lewis and Philip the Hardy which are also found in the Collections of the French Historians put out by Pithaeus and Du-Chesne Thomas Wicke a Canon Regular of S. Augustine of the Abby of Osney in England who flourished Thomas Wicke in the Reign of Edward I. hath a Chronicle of the History of England from the coming of William the Conqueror in 1066. to the Death of Edward I. in 1304. This Work is found in the last Collection of the English Historians printed at Oxford in 1687. He also wrote a Tract of the Abbots of Osney from the Foundation of that Abby which was in 1129. to the Year 1290. Henry Stero a German and a â—enedictin Monk of the Abby of Altaich Composed certain Henry Stero Annals from the first Year of the Emperor Frederick Barberossa which was in the Year of Christ 1152. to the Election of the Emperor Rodolphus in the Year 1273. and the History of the Emperors Rodolphus of Habspurg Adolphus of Nassan and Albert of Austria from the Year 1273. to the Year 1305. which was carried on by two German Monks These Works are found among the German Writers put out by Friherus and the more large Annals in the First Tome of Canisius's Antiquities Eberardus a Monk of the same Monastery and Archdeacon of Ratisbone hath continued Eberardus a Monk these Annals of Stero as far as 1305. taking almost all he has writ out of the same Author This Work is in the first Tome of Canisius's Collection Joannes de Joinville Governor of Champaigne is the Author of the Life of S. Lewis whom he Joannes de Joinville accompanied in his Expedition to the Holy Land It hath been printed several times in French but the best Edition is that put out by the Learned Mr. Du-Cange printed by Cramoisy An. 1668. Joinville lived till about 1310. Siffridus a Priest of Misnia in Saxony is a different Person from him though of the same Siffridus a Priest of Misnia Name who was of the Order of the Friars-Preachers and who flourished at the end of the Fifteenth Age. This of whom we are now speaking lived in the beginning of the Fourteenth Age. He Composed a Chronicle from the beginning of the World to the Year 1307. But Georgius Fabricius who first published it at the end of his History of Saxony Printed at Leipsick 1569. and at Jena 1598. hath pared off all the Years which preceded 457. It is found in the same manner printed among the German Historians put out by Pistorius Haito or Aito a Prince of the Family of the Kings of Armenia after he had made War with the Infidels entred the Order of the Praemonstratenses about the Year 1290. and professed in a Haito a Praemonstratensis Monastery of that Order in the Isle of Cyprus as he himself tells us in his History of his Voyage into the Holy Land which he wrote in French in the Year 1307. and was translated into Latin by Nicholas Fulke and printed at Haguenau 1529. at Basil among the Historians of the New World in 1532 and 1555. and at Helmstadt 1585. in the Second Part of the Authors of the History of Jerusalem printed by Reineccius and in Italian at Venice 1553. John the Monk Sirnamed Descranches a Native of Cressy near Abbeville a Learned Canonist John the Monk a Cardinal was raised to the Dignity of a Cardinal-Priest of the Title of S. Marcellinus and S. Peter in the Year 1294. He Founded a College of his own Name at Paris in the Year 1302. He was appointed Legate by Pope Boniface in the Contest he had with Philip the Fair. He died at Avignon the 22d of August 1313. He is the Author of the Apparatus or Commentary upon the 6th Book of the Decretals printed at Paris 1535. and at Venice 1586. with the Additions of Probus William Paris of the Order of Friars-Preachers who was constituted Inquisitor in France by William of Paris a Dominican Clement V. and who drew up the Process against the Templars is the Author of the Dialogues upon the Seven Sacraments printed at Lipsick in 1512. at Lions in 1567. under the Name of William Bishop of Paris and a
two Adversaries had the right on his Side nay it was never judged meet in order to the removing of the Schism to search into the right it was round so very obscure and when the Councils of Pisa and Constance engaged in the Controversie they entred not upon this Question and offered no Prejudicate Opinion against the right of either but they condemn'd and depos'd them because they would not renounce the Papacy as they had engaged and as the case of the Peace required The Schism has no way diminished the certain Authority which the Supream Bishops have received from JESUS CHRIST but it has shewed that they have a Superior Judge on Earth which is a General Council BONIFACE IX was the first that settled First-fruits to be Paid by Bishopricks and Abbies that Settlement of Annates or First fruits is to say the reserve of One Year's Revenue whereof John XXII had already given an Example in putting a like Imposition on Benefices for an Expedition into the Holy Land and by settling first of all the Taxes for the Secretaries that dispatched Grants of Benefices in Proportion to the Revenue BONIFACE VIII appointed a Jubilee for all such as should visit the Churches of St. Peter and The Institution of the Jubilee The Question of Poverty The Question about the State of the â—ouls of the Just afâ—… Death St. Paul in the Year 1300. and so for every Hundredth Year Clement V. ordered the same every Fiftieth Year upon the Petition of the Romans JOHN XXII had a great Dispute as we have said with the Grey-Friars about the Propriety of those things which they consumed in the using This Question drew on that concerning the Poverty of JESUS CHRIST There are great Volumes made on both sides upon this Subject The Opinion of this Pope touching the state of Souls after Death made a great noise but this Question was soon decided by Benedict XII his Successor who determined clearly that the Souls of the Just who die Purged from their Sins enjoy the intuitive Vision of God wherein he makes the chief Happâ—ness immediately after their Death or after they have been purified in Purgatory before the Day of Judgment to consist Provincial Councils and particular Synods of Bishops were frequent in this Century All the Bishops were bounâ— to Appear there at the Command of the Metropolitan or to send Proxies and a lawful Excuse The Abbots and the Deputies of the Chapters of Cathedrals were likewise The Discipline of the Church about Benefices and Incumbents sent for thither The Rules and Decrees which were made in the Provincial Councils were published and put in execution by the Bishops in their respective Diocesses The Elections were yet Legal and according to Custom for the Bishopricks and Abbies The Ordinaries for the most part provided for other Benefices There was of these a great number in Patronage but such as were presented by Patrons were forbidden to take Possession till they were instituted by the Bishop or his Archdeacon but as for those who were provided with Benefices with charge of Souls by the Donors who had right both to confer and institute they were injoyned to present themselves to the Bishop of the place in due time The Commendams of Abbies became very frequent Clement V. who gave several of them saw good cause to repent it his Successors continued them and notwithstanding the Revocation of Benedict XII the most part of the Abbies began to be given in Commendam Clement IV. reserved to himself the bestowing of all Benefices vacant in Curiâ Gregory X. restrain'd it to a Month. John XII in prohibiting the Plurality of Benefices decreed That those who had Money should be obliged to resign and herein appropriated to himself the Donation Benedict XII reserved to himself for his life only all the Benefices vacant in Curiâ— and all such as were void by the translation of Incumbents to other Benefices Clement VI. made the like Reservations but Edward III. King of England prevented the Execution of it in his Kingdom Innocent VI. revoked the Reserves by his Bull Pastoralis but they presently return'd to the old wont Gregory XI recall'd them afresh but during the Schism which came on the two Antagonists made use of all Methods to render themselves Masters of the Benefices and the Mischief became so great that the Princes were obliged to seek a Remedy After the Death of the Incumbents there were nominated Administrators to manage the Profits of the Benefices but the right of the Crown took place in most part of the Bishopricks and consequently the King or such as of Custom or Right had the Administration of the vacant Bishopricks presented to the Benefices thereon depending In some places a Prebendary when he came to die might dispose of a Year's Revenue of his Benefice after his Death The Plurality of Benefices was very common in spite of the re-iterated Prohibitions they were herein so remiss that License was given even to the same Person to enjoy two Benefices provided they were not inconsistent and that only one of them be with cure of Souls Residence likewise was recommended and such as were provided of Benefices were obliged to take the Orders thereunto requisite Command was given to pay the Tythe of all kind of Fruits from this the Immunity of the Clergy and the Revenues of the Church were exempted and many Decrees were made against them that should attempt them this Immunity was extended to the Leprous who were shut up in the Hospitals Never were Excommunications and Interdicts more frequently made use of and all other Ecclesiastical Censures than in this Age. The denial of Christian Burial was an ordinary Punishment and the Councils condemned Men to Pecuniary Mulcts for faults purely Ecclesiastical The Excommunicate were not only deprived of Church Communion but also of civil converse and such as kept them Company were excommunicated Nevertheless it was Prohibited to make use of Excommunications for Matters merely Pecuniary and to use violence against the Excommunicate The greatest care of the Prelates in the Councils was to regulate the Conversation and Morals Divers Regulations made of Manners of the Clergy and of the Practices of the Church of the Clergy they made many Rules in reference to their Habits and their Shaving As to their Knowledge they required not that it should be of any large Extent they contented themselves if the Unbeneficed Clergy were letter'd that is to say if they could Read and Write and understood the Rudiments of Grammar and as to the Priests and such as had Benefices with cure of Souls they desired they should be instructed in the Articles of our Faith and the Ceremonies of the Church They forbid the receiving any Priests or Clerks who were Strangers and Unknown or to permit them to exercise the Functions of their Order They enjoined the Priests to say Mass at least once a Month. They made divers Constitutions touching the Service of the Church
of Petrus Oliva a Grey-Fryer  Petrus Bertrandus translated to the Bishoprick of Autun Alexander de S. Elpidio made Arch-bishop of Ravenna Guy chosen Abbot of S. Denis William of Nottingham Astesan Monaldus Gerhardus de Sienna flourished The Death of Francis Maronius 1326 XI XIII The Death of James II. King of Arragon and Alphonsus IV. succeeds him XLIII Urchan or Orcham the Son of Ottoman succeeds him  The Council of Avignon June 18. The Council of Complutum June 25. The Council of Marsac Dec. 8. The Council of Senlis Durandus de S. Porciano is translated to the Bishoprick of Meaux Henry de Carret is driven out of the Bishoprick of Lucca by Lewis of Bavaria Dominicus Grenerius is made Master of the sacred Palace by the Pope and after Bishop of Pamiez 1327 XII XIV Lewis of Bavaria goes into Italy Edward King of England is deposed and his Son Edward III. set up in his stead XLIV Ceccus of Asculum is condemned to be burnt at Bononia for maintaining that the influence of the Stars necessitates Man's Will The Book of Marsilius of Padua condemned by John XXII Michael Caesenas General of the Grey-Friers maintains his Opinion concerning the Poverty of J. Christ before the Pope at Avignon and is Imprisoned but he escapes a little after and appeals from all the Pope had done or could do to a General Council The Council of Ruffec held in January Maximus Planades is sent Embassador to Aquileia The Death of Vitalis de Farno Cardinal 1328 XIII Lewis of Bavaria causes Michael Corbario to be chosen Antipope who takes the name of Nicholas V. and is enthroned May 12. He was driven out of Rome Aug. 4. XV. Lewis of Bavaria is crowned Emperor at Rome by Cardinal Colonni Jan. 17. The Death of K. Charles the Fair. Philip of Valois succeeds him and is crowned at Rheims May 28. XLV Andronicus jun. deposes his Grandfather from the Empire 1. The Pope causes Process to be formed against Michael de Caesena General of the Grey-Friers and appoints Cardinal Bertrand de Turre of the same Order Vicar General The Council of London in February The Death of Augustine Triumphus Apr. 2. The Death of William Durandus Bishop of Menda The Death of Nicholas Trivet 1329 XIV XVI II. John 22. begins to Preach his Doctrin against the Vision of God immediatly after death This Pope deposeth by his Bull Michael Caesenas from his Generalty and causes his Deposition to be approved and confirmed in a General Chapter of the Grey-Friers held this year at Paris Gerard Odonis is chosen General in his place The King of France harkning to the Petitions of his Clergy maintains them in their Rights and Customs The Errors of John Eckard a German Divine condemned by the Pope The Council of Compeigne begun the Monday after the Nativity of the Virgin ended the Friday after the exaltation of the Hol. Cross. Conferences held at Paris in Dec. about the Church Power Michael Caesenas wrote in defence of his Opinion concerning the Poverty of J. Christ against John 22. John Bacon a Carmelite is made Provincial of his Order in England 1330 XV. Peter de Corbario is delivered to Joh. 22. and renounces his Papal Dignity XVII III.  The Council of Lambeth The Council of Marsac held from Dec. 6. to 11. William Ockam is excommunicated by the Pope for writing against him in favour of Lewis of Bavaria and flies to that Prince Ubertinus de Cassalis maintains his Opinion concerning the Poverty of J. Christ. Alavarus Pelagius is made Apostolick Penitentiary by the Pope about this Year Petrus de Casa is chosen the XIV General of the Carmelites Lupoldus Saxo. Nicholas Lyra finishes his Postills upon the Scripture Philip de Montcalier writes his Postill and Sermons William Mount 1331 XVI XVIII IV. Petrus de Palude some other Doctors are of Opinion that a Frier Preacher who in Confession had known the falshood of certain Letters produced by Robert d'Artois to prove his pretended Right to his Earldom might without sin discover it yea was obliged to do it  Petrus Bertrandus is made Cardinal Petrus de Palude made Patriarch of Jerusalem the year before takes his Voyage thither The Death of Bernard Guidonis December 13. 1332 XVII XIX V.  The Council of Maxfield in July Alvarus Pelagius is honoured with the Title of Bishop of Coronna and after is made Bishop of Silves 1333 XVIII XX. VI. The Publication of a General Crusado for the Holy-Land  Richard Fitz-Ralph is made Chancellor of Oxford William de Rubion Guy de Montrocher flourished The Death of Durandus à S. Porciano Bishop of Meaux 1334 XIX The Death of John the XXII which happened December 4. and Benedict XII is chosen the 16th and is Crowned four days after XXI VII King Philip of Valois causes the Doctors of Divinity of the Faculty of Paris to condemn the Opinion of Joh. XXII concerning the Vision of God and wrote to that Pope that he should revoke it  The Letter of William Ockam to the Chapter General of his Order assembled at Assisi Philip Cabassolas is made Bishop of Cavaillon The Death of Cardinal Bertrandus de Turre 1335 I. XXII VIII Pope Benedict XII debates the Question about the Beatifick Vision The Ambassadors of Lewis of Bavaria to the Pope rejected The Revocation of Commendams of Cathedral-Churches and Abbys by Pope Benedict XII A Bull concerning Residence The Council of Salamanca May 24. The Council of Roan held in September William Montledun Simon Boraston Walter Burley John Canon Matthew Blastares Nilus Cabasilas flourished 1336 II. XXIII The Death of Alphonsus King of Arragon to whom Peter IV. succeeded IX The Pope decides by his Constitution of Feb. 22. that the Souls of the Saints purged from sin see God intuitively immediatly after Death The Revocation of the Tenths which had been granted to King Philip de Valois upon the Clergy of France in consideration of his intended Expedition into the Holy Land The Council of Bourges Oct. 17. The Council of Chateaugonthier held in November William de Baldensel wrote the History of his Voyage into the HolyLand The Death of William of Nottingham Octob. 5. 1337 III. XXIV X. Francis Pistorio a Grey-Frier is condemned to be burnt at Venice for maintaining that J. Christ and his Apostles had nothing in property contrary to the Decision of John XXII The Council of Avignon in September Arnoldus Cesiomes wrote his two Letters 1338 IV. XXV XI An Ambassage of Lewis of Bavaria and the King of France to the Pope to obtain Absolution but is denyed the first time The Solemn Protestation of Lewis of Bavaria against the Proceedings of John XXII Barlaam sent by the Emperor Andronicus propounds to the Pope an Union between the Greek and Latin Churches which is rejected Daniel de Trevisi is sent by Leo King of Armenia to Pope Benedict XII and composes a Treatise for the Justification of the Armeniâ—… The
have agreed with him upon Conditions but it was not concluded Ferdinand Duke of Calabria sent an Ambassador to the Council who was order'd to promise Obedience to Foelix Francis Sforza caus'd great Promises to be made which came to no Effect Alphonsus King of Arragon perceiving that Eugenius would favour Charles of Anjou in the Pretensions he made to the Kingdom of Naples declar'd for Foelix in the Year 1441. and promis'd by a Letter written in October to the Council That he would cause him to be own'd in his six Kingdoms and gave hopes also of doing something more if a Legat were sent unto him But he made these Offers for no other reason but only to engage Eugenius in his Interest for after he had treated with the two Competitors he declar'd himself for the latter who gave him more advantageous Conditions and was better able to perform them and when the Treaty was Sign'd he caus'd to be published a Declaration June the 20th 1443. importing That after he had been a long time doubtful about the Affairs of the Church God at last had discover'd to him that Eugenius was the true Pope and that he revok'd the Declarations he had made in favour of Foelix and the Council of Basil At the same time he gave Order to the Archbishop of Palerma the Bishops of Tortose and Vic who had been promoted to the Dignity of Cardinals by Foelix and to the other Bishops of his Dominions to retire from Basil and go into Italy or to their own Diocesses While the Deputies of the Council being sent to all Christian Princes us'd their utmost Endeavours The Council of Basil. to make them acknowledge him for Pope whom the Council had chosen which was the grand and principal Affair the Prelats that remain'd at Basil continu'd their Meetings and held their Sessions from time to time tho' they were less frequented than before Foelix presided in the private Congregations held in 1441. in the absence of the Cardinal of Arles who was sent into Germany and there made the following Orders First That the President of the Assembly should always be the most ancient Prelat Secondly That no regard be had to the Collations of Ordinaries unless it be evident That there was Time enough from the Death of the last Incumbent unto the Date of the Collation wherein the Collator might be inform'd of his Death and that the Acts of Collation were not pass'd before by a Notary Thirdly That the Doctors or Nobles who have a Benefice of 300 Livres or more in Revenue cannot obtain a Dispensation to possess two incompatible Benefices and that those who are not of this Quality and have a Benefice of 200 Livres cannot have two Cures two Dignities or two Canonries Fourthly That the Doctors or Nobles can have but two Prebendaries in the Metropolitan Churches three in the Cathedral or four in the Collegiate and that those who are not of that Quality can have but one in the Metropolitan Churches two in the Cathedral and three in the Collegiate that the former can have but eight simple Benefices and the latter but three Fifthly That the Cardinals who have 6000 Livres of Rent can have no Benefices in Commendam nor the Patriarchs who have 4000 Livres nor the Archbishops who have 3000 nor the Bishops and Protonotaries who have 2000 and the Abbots who have 1000. Sixthly That Ordinations shall not be made too lightly in the Council but Persons shall be chosen to examine those who present themselves to be Ordain'd Foelix having desir'd that the Reservations of the Benefices of Savoy might be granted him was deny'd There was a long Consultation about the Celebration of the Feast of the Visitation of the Virgin which was Instituted by Boniface IX in the time of the Schism At last a Decree was drawn up and publish'd in the Name of the Council and not in the Name of the Pope as some would have it in the Forty Third Session held the 1st of July 1441. In the Year 1442. the Pope Eugenius translated the Council from Florence to Rome in the The Translations of the Councils of Basil and Florence Church of St. John of Lateran by his Bull dated May the 3d. The Council of Basil on its part publish'd a long Decree in the Forty Fourth Session held the 10th of August for securing the Instruments and Persons of the Council and voiding and nulling all that might be done against them or to their prejudice Towards the end of the Year Foelix retir'd to Lausane with a part of his Cardinals In the mean time the Council continu'd to make Congregations at Basil and in them to regulate several private Affairs It condemn'd many Propositions advanc'd by the Friars Mendicants against the Rights of Curates and particularly this That those who die in the Habit of St. Francis remain in Purgatory but one Year because St. Francis descends thither once every Year and brings forth all those of his Order The Council invited Foelix to return to Basil but whatever importunity they us'd he would not return and he created four New Cardinals At last the Wars of Germany the departure of the Bishops subject to King Alphonsus the Importunity of the Emperor for holding of another Council the Absence of Foelix and the small assistance the Prelats could expect while they stay'd at Basil oblig'd them to break up after they had appointed the future General Council to be held three Years after in the City of Lyons and they continu'd this of Basil if it could be done in that City or the City of Lausane by the Decree publish'd in the Forty Fifth Session the 16th of May 1143. Thus ended the Councils of Basil and Florence rather weary'd with the Struggle than overcome for neither the one nor the other would yield and they found a way to put an end to their Disputes without making Peace or any Accomodation by translating themselves in appearance to another place where scarce any thing more was done Nevertheless the Schism continued still until upon the Death of Eugenius IV. which happen'd February the 23d in 1447. Nicholas V. was chosen in his room March the 6th who was a meek Man and of a peaceable Temper and readily comply'd with the Proposals of Accommodation which were made to him by the Christian Princes and chiefly by the French King who did with great Vigor promote the Peace of the Church by making application both to this Pope and Foelix and the Prelats Assembled at Lausane For altho' Savoy had been given to Nicholas V. who had granted Indulgences to those who would assist him to conquer it and upon this account Politick Reasons should have prevail'd with him to push Things to extremity against Foelix yet he preferr'd Justice and the Peace of the Church before his own Interest concluded an Accommodation upon Conditions very advantageous to both Parties which were That Foelix should renounce the Papal Dignity but he should be the first
Brother Soliman who is declar'd Emperor of the Turks 1402   1403 The Substraction of Obedience to Benedict was taken off upon certain Conditions IV. XII 1403 An Assembly of the Clergy of France held at Paris May 28th which took off the Substraction  1404 Benedict proposes the ways of Union to Boniface The Death of Boniface happen'd Octob. 1. The Cardinals of his Party chose the 12th of this Month Cosmatus Melioratus of Sulmona who assum'd the Name of Innocent VII Laodislaus King of Naples makes himself Master of Rome and drives away Innocent V. XIII 1404  Paul an English Man John Lattebur Flourish'd 1405 Innocent VII is recall'd to Rome and the Partizans of Laodislaus are driven away VI. XIV 1405  St. Bernardin was Profess'd in the Order of Friars Minors 1406 A new Substraction in France of Obedience to Benedict Innocent VII Dies November the 6th The Cardinals of his Party choose Angelus Corarius who assum'd the Name of Gregory XII upon Condition that he should procure Peace by the way of Resignation VII XV. 1406 An Assembly of the Clergy of France held at Paris Decemb the 21st which renew'd the Substraction Thomas of Kempis was profess'd a Canon-Regular in the Monastery of Mount St. Agnes of Zwoll on the 10th of June 1407 Benedict XIII pronounces an Interdict against the Kingdom of France The Duke of Burgundy causes the Duke of Orleans to be Assassinated in the Night on the 23d or 24th of Nov. Henry the III. King of Castile dies John the II. his Son succeeds him under the Tutelage of Ferdinand his Uncle XVI The Institution of the Fraternity of St. George of Alga by Lawrence Justinian  Nicholas Clemangis is suspected of composing the Letter which Benedict the XIII wrote in the Month of May against the King and Kingdom of France 1408 Three Councils appointed about the Schism one at Perpignan by Benedict the XIII another at Aquileia by Gregory the XII and the last at Pisa by the Cardinals IX XVII 1408. The Condemnation of the Errors of Wicklef in a Council at Oxford The Writings of Wicklef carried into Bohemia condemn'd by Sbinko Archbishop of Prague A Conclusion of the Faculty of Theology at Paris about the Blood of Christ shed upon the Cross. A Censure of the same Faculty against the Propositions of Gorel about the Hierarchy An Approbation of the Order of Scopetins A Council at Oxford The Council of Perpignan under Benedict the XIII begun Nov. the 1st and ended Feb. the 12th The Assembly of the Cardinals at Pisa. John de Courtcuisse made a Discourse against the Interdict denounc'd by Benedict the XIII against the Kingdom of France Richard Ullerston wrote his Treatise of the Reformation of the Church John Petit a Friar Minor maintain'd by word of Mouth and by writing the Assassination of the Duke of Orleans Martin Poree was made Bishop of Arras for maintaining the same Cause by Writing 1409 The Deposition of Benedict XIII and Gregory XII on the 5th of June On the 19th of the same Month Alexander V. is chosen I. Balthazar Cossa retakes Rome from Laodislaus King of Naples X. XVIII 1409. John Huss maintains at Prague the Writings of Wicklef He has many Complices in the University of that City and they appeal to the Pope from the Sentence of Sbinko Alexander V. confirms the Decretals of Boniface VIII and John XXII about the Priviledges of Regulars Mendicants and Condemns the Propositions which were contrary to the Institution of the Order of St. Justina of Padua An Assembly at Frankfurt about the Schism The Council of Pisa begun March 25th and ended August the 7th The Council of Udine begun in the Month of June and ended in September  1410 The Death of Alexander V. on the 3d of May. The Election of John XXIII on the 17th of the same Month. Robert of Bavaria dies May the 18th Sigismond King of Hungary is chosen by one part of the Electors the rest chose the Marquis of Moravia who Dying a little while after all the Suffrages were united in the Person of Sigismond The Death of Martin King of Arragon Ferdinand IV. Son to his Sister Eleonora is declared King XIX 1410. Another Appeal of John Huss and some others to the Pope John Huss is Condemn'd at Rome The Institution of the Order of Mount Olivet  John of Schonhove Boston Peter of Ancharano St. Vincent Ferrier Henry of Hesse or Longesteyn a Canon of Worms Henry of Hesse an Augustine Henry of Coeffelde Died July the 10th Thomas of Haselbach Thomasinus Nicolas of the Holy Cross. Francis Bachon Michael Herbrant of Duren Peter of Spire Renard of Fonthoven Flourish'd 1411 John XXV makes War with Laodislaus and defeats his Troops Laodislaus recruits his Forces and leads an Army even to the Gates of Rome The Pope makes a Secret Treaty with him  XX. 1411. The Arch-bishop of Pisa being Legat in France obtains a Charitable Subsidy for the Pope The Troubles in Bohemia  Peter of Ailly was made Cardinal Gerard Machet took the Degree of Doctor Henry of Hachenbach Jordan an Augustine Peter Bishop of Cita Nuova Vincent Gruner Flourish'd The Death of John Petit. 1412 Angelus Corarius is driven out of the Dominions of Laodislaus and retires to Marca D'Ancona  XXI 1412. The Parliament upon the Suit of the University ordains the Execution of the Edict made in 1406 about Benefices The Publication of the Bull of John XXIII against John Huss at Prague which raises new Commotions there The Condemnation of many Impieties of William of Hildernissen and Giles le Chantre by Peter of Ailly A Council at Rome against the Wicklefites Hussites John of Aurbach John of Lombez Flourish'd Jerom of St. Faith wrote his two Treatises against the Jews 1413 IV. John XXIII being driven from Rome by K. Laodislaus goes to Lombardy where he treats with the Emperor Siâ—…d about holding of the Council which he appointed at Constance by his Bull dated November the 2d III. The Death of Henry IV. King of England Henry V. his Son succeeds him XXII Mahomet I. put to Death his Brother Muza and Usurps the Empire of the Turks 1413. A Council at London Giles Charlier takes the Degree of Doctor in the University of Paris 1414 V. The Death of Laodislaus King of Naples His Sister Joan succeeds him IV. XXIII John Huss arrives at the Council of Constance the 3d of November He is seized 26 Days after and his Process is drawn up A Censure of the Faculty of Theology at Paris against the Book of John Petit written in Justification of the Assassination of the Duke of Orleans by the Order of the Duke of Burgundy A Sentence of the Bishop of Paris against this Book An Appeal from it by the Duke of Burgundy to the Pope The Council of Constance began November the 16th  1415 Joha XXIII Renounces the Pontificate on the first of March After this he flies from Constance he is Cited by the
Conception of the Virgin 128. A Decree of the Faculty of Theology at Paris about the Immaculate Conception 136. The Institution of the Order of the Conception of the Virgin 141 Councils Of the Necessity of Calling them 61. A Decree for the Celebration of General Councils every 10 Years 21. The Order of Sitting observ'd in the Council of Pisa 3. The manner of Voting by Nations in the Council of Constance 11. And by Deputations in the Council of Basil 28. Another particular manner of counting Votes in the Council of Florence 38. A Decree of the Council of Constance about the Authority of a General Council 14 15. Decrees of the Council of Basil upon the same Subject 28 29 31 50. The Sentiments of Divines about the Authority of a Council 49 60 61 231. Of the Infallibility of a General Council 71. Divers Questions about Councils 61. 87 88. An Appeal from the Pope to the Council of Constance 24. This is forbidden by Martin V Ibid. Maintain'd by Gerson 63. Of the Holding of Provincial Councils 112 113. Confession Every one oblig'd to make it to his own Parish Priest 112. Contests upon this Subject between the University of Paris and the Regulars Mendicants 132. Rules and Instructions about Confession 66 67. The Differences between Parish Priests and Regulars Mendicants at last ended 139 The Errors of Peter of Osma against the Necessity of Confession 137 138 Confirmation The Unction of Holy Chrysm conferr'd by Priests among the Greeks 46 Convents of Nuns Instituted in the 15th Century 140 141 The Creed The Conferences of Greeks and Latines about the Addition of Filioque to the Creed 38 39. An Agreement of the Greeks and Latines upon this Subject 44 Curates or Parish-Priests Regulation about their Office 112 113. The Dignities and Rights of Parish-Priests maintain'd against the Regulars Mendicants 130 131 132 133 139 140 D. Dice Playing at Dice forbidden to Clergyinen 214 Diggers Infamous Hereticks 138 Donat Dupuy of the Order of Friars Minors Doctor of Divinity and Principal of the College of Lombards desires to profess a Monastick Life as a Secular 133 Duel Duelists depriv'd of Ecclesiastical Burial 114 E. Eberard Archbishop of Saltzburg The Decrees which he caus'd to be publish'd at a Council 112 Ecclesiasticks Of Modesty in their Habits 112 114. That they ought not to be receiv'd in another Diocess without a Letter from their own Bishop 112. Ecclesiasticks forbidden to wear Mourning 114 and to play at Dice Ibid. Enthusiastick Devotion A Condemnation of that Fraâ—tick Devotion and of the bad Use which some made of it 64 68 Eucharist The Use of Leven'd and Unleven'd Bread in the Eucharist 43. Of the Words of Consecration 43 44 Viz. Whether the Words of Consecration be Operative or only Significative in the Mouth of a Priest 95 96. After what manner the Real Presence may be explain'd 95 96. Even without believing that the Accidents subsist by themselves 96. Divers Usages of the Greeks about the Celebration of the Eucharist 46 Eugenius IV. Pope His Election 28. He has a mind to dissolve the Council of Basil and Translate it to Ferrara 29. 36. He is cited by the Council and the Process against him is begun 29. He is driven from Rome 30. He approves the Council of Basil 31. His Dealings with the Council of Basil 35. He is Depos'd by this Council 50. Nevertheless he is own'd for Lawful Pope in France and elsewhere 52. His Death 55 Evil-speaking That 't is always a Sin to speak evil of another 66 67 Exactions They are forbidden to be us'd towards Churches 112 113 Excommunication Being Decreed in one Diocese ought to be observed in the rest 114. Whether an unjust Excommunication is to be fear'd 64. That we are not oblig'd to avoid those who are under Excommunication and an Interdict unless Sentence be denounced against them or it be notoriously known that they lie under these Sentences 32 F. Faculties The Right of Faculties to Decree Doctrinal Censures establish'd 128 Faith The Principles of Faith 63. Suppose Motives of Credibility 95 Fasting We are oblig'd to observe the Fasts which are commanded 35 Felix V. The Election of Felix V 51. He Translates the Council of Basil to Lausane 55. He Renounces his Right to the Papal Dignity and makes an Accommodation with Nicolas V. Ibid. Festivals Of appointing new Festivals 44 c. The Festival of the Compassion of the Virgin was Ordain'd in the Council of Collen in 1423 113. And the Feast of the Visitation regulated in the Council of Basil 55. Of the Obligation and Manner of observing Sundays and Festivals 114 115. 131 St. Francis Some extravagant Propositions about his Prerogatives are censur'd 134. And our Propositions against his Sanctity are also censur'd Ibid. Francis Ximenes of the Order of Friars Minors Is made Patriarch of Jerusalem 1 Friars Minors They are favour'd by Alexander V 8 Friars Preachers Expell'd the University of Paris and restor'd 129. Expell'd and Restor'd a second time 132 G. George of Alga The Institution of the Fraternity of St. George of Alga 140 141 Giles Munion Chosen Anti-Pope in Arragon under the Name of Clement VII after the Death of Benedict XIII 24. He Submits Renounces his Right and is made Bishop of Majorca 25 John Gorel a Dominican A Censure of his Propositions 130 Graces Extraordinary Graces and Dispensations granted by Alexander V 8 Graces Expectative or the Promises of Vacant Benefices while they are full They are fobidden by the Council of Basil 36 Graduates The Right of Nominating Graduates is establish'd by the Council of Basil and by the Pragmatick Sanction 139 Gregory XII See Angelus Corarius H. Habits Regulations about the Habits of Ecclesiasticks 112 114 115 Heresie What is Heresie and what Obstinacy makes a Heretick 63. That no Person ought to endure the Accusation of Heresie without defending himself 96 Hereticks Regulations made against them 111 113 Herman Risvich His Impieties and his Condemnation 138 Hierarchy The State of Superior and Inferior Prelates more perfect than the State of Monks 65 68 Homicide That 't is not lawful to kill a Tyrannical Prince 24 The Censure and Condemnation of a Book and the Doctrine in it upon this Subject by the Faculty of Theology and the Bishop of Paris 130. And by the Council of Constance Ibid. Contests upon this Subject at the end of the Council 24. The Prosecution of Gerson against this Doctrine 59 63 Hussites They are divided into Calixtiâ—s and Thaborites 124. The Wars which they raise in Bohemia 124 125 I. Jacobelle a Priest of Prague Preaches the Necessity of the Cup 120 Jews A Decree of the Council of Basil about the Jews 22. That they ought to wear some Mark of Distinction in their Habit 113 Images That they ought not to be Ador'd 96. The Superstition of those who give particular Names to the Images of the Virgin condemn'd 115 Immunities Ecclesiastical Regulations for their Preservation 112 113 114 115 Incarnation Whether
of him 61 62 Poverty When voluntary without a Vow approv'd of 65 Ecclesiastical Power Of the different sorts of Ecclesiastical Power and their Extent 60. c. That it does not reside only in the Pope 131 Prayers Indulgences granted to those who repeat the Morning prayers when a Bell rings and on Friday at Noon 113 Preachers Regulations concerning Preachers 111 113 114 Presentation to Benefices That the Cognizance of the Right of presenting to Benefices belongs to the Secular Judges 10 Priests That a â—…iest can Absolve or Consecraâ—… tho he be in a State of Mortal Sin 112. That he ought to Celebrate Messe at least 4 times in a Year 114. That a Priest cannot Celebrate out of his own Diocese without a Testimonial from his own Bishop 112 114 Priviledges Granted to Regulars Mendicants by Alexander V. 8 The Procession of the Holy Spirit Is controverted between the Greeks and the Latines in the Council of Florence 41. A Decision of this Council upon this Subject 43 Divine Properties Whether the Properties which Constitute the three Persons of the Trinity are God 133 Purgatory The Opinion of the Greeks and Latines about Purgatory 37. A Decision of the Council of Florence about this Matter 43. A Sentence given about this Proposition That Souls are deliver'd out of Purgatory assoon as any one gives Alms to the Church for them 133. Whether the Souls which are in Purgatory are under the Pope's Jurisdiction Ibid. A Condemnation of this Proposition That St. Francis delivers every Year the Friars Minors out of Purgatory 134 R. Raoul Russel Archbishop of Roan A Council held under this Archbishop 115 Kavishers The Penalty enacted against them 114 Reformation The Articles of Reformation propos'd in the Council of Constance 21. The Constitutions publish'd by Martin V. upon this Subject 23. The Remainder put off to another time Ibid. The Reformation of the Church Attempted in vain 138. Treatises of the Reformation of the Church 59 62 76 77 Regulars May be Heirs to their Kindred 139. Those who are made Bishops are forbidden to lay aside their Religious Habit. 112 Regulars Mendicants That they cannot be Vicars to Parish-Priests except in case of Necessity 113 Reliques A Prohibition to carry them about for Gain 114 Ecclesiastical Repairs The Heirs of Benefic'd Men are bound to make good the Repairs by receiving the Revenues of the Benefices when the Houses are ruinous before the Death of the present Incumbent 139 Residence Enjoyn'd to all that have Benefices 113 Restitutions Enjoyn'd under pain of Excommunication 112 Revelations Rules to discern those that are true from those that are false 64 Ecclesiastical Revenues The Alienation of Vacant Benefices forbidden 114. The Revenues of Benefices whose Houses are ruinous before the Death of the Incumbent are granted to their Heirs upon Condition that they make good the Repairs 139 Robert of Bavaria King of the Romans Protects Angelus Corarius call'd Gregory XII against the Council of Pisa. 2. The Legality of the Council of Pisa contested by him 3. It s Legality maintain'd against the Proposals of this Prince 3 4 Rocksana the Captain of the Bohemians He is one of their Deputies to the Council of Basil and there discourses of the Communion in both kinds 125. Swears to observe the Treaty between the Bohemians and the Council 126. Being frustrated of the hopes he had of being Archbishop of Prague he renews the Schism and the War in Bohemia 126. He is driven away Ibid. He returns and wholly expels the Theborites Ibid. S. Sacraments Are valid tho they be Administred by Unworthy Ministers 112. That a Parish-Priest cannot Administer them out of his own Parish Ibid. Saints The Respect that is due to Canoniz'd Saints 134 John Sarazin a Dominican A Censure of his Propositions about the Hierarchy 131 St. Saviour The Institution of the Congregation of St. Saviour 140 Sbinko Archbishap of Prague Condemns the Book of Wicklef 118 An Appeal from his Sentence to the Pope by the University of Prague 119. His Sentence is confirm'd at Rome Ibid. His Death 120 Schism How to avoid it 60. The Councils about the Schism in 1408. 1 2 c. Holy Scripture The Literal-Sense of Prophecies 136. That all Translations in the Vulgar Tongue ought to be approv'd by the Ordinary 112 Divine Service The Manner of Reading it 33. All forbidden to prate in the time of it 113 Shows Forbidden to be Represented in the Church 114 Sigismund the Emperor His great care for Assembling the Council of Constance 10. He comes to Constance and is present at the Council 11. Makes a Journey into Arragon to procure the Peace of the Church and Treats with the King of Arragon 18 19. Succeeds Wenceslaus in the Kingdom of Bohemia 124. Makes his Entry into Prague 126. His Death Ibid. Silence Of observing Silence in Churches 113 Simon of Cramant Patriarch of Alexandria Is present at the Council of Pisa. 3 4. What Functions he discharg'd there 4 5 Simony Forbidden 112 114. Divers Cases of Simony condemn'd 67. A Prohibition to demand or receive any thing for the Collation of Benefices 33 74. Those who are Benefic'd are bound to swear That they have not committed Simony 112. A Prohibition to demand any thing for Ordination 114. A Prohibition to Sell or Buy the Profits of Vacant Benefices Ibid. Simoniacks Regulations against them 113 Sin In what fense Eternal Pain is due to it 96. Of the Difference between Venial and Mortal Sins 66 Soul How it conceives it self 96 The Holy Spirit Conferences of the Greeks and Latines about the Procession of the Holy Spirit 41. The Decision of the Council of Florence about this Matter 43 Study The Books which a Divine ought to Study 65 Superstition A Superstitious Prayer about the Pestilence 135 T. Tenths When and how levied 139. John XXIII had a mind to levy them upon the Clergy of Fraence 9. 10. But the University and Parliament oppose him 9 10 Thaborites Their Errors 124 Scholastical Theology Degenerates in the 15th Century 138 Theodorick Archbishop of Collen The Regulaâ—… which he publish'd in a Councâ—… 113 Thomas Arundel Archbishop of Canterbury The Regulations which he publish'd in a Couucil against the Errors of Wicklef 111 Tithes Of the payment of Tithes 115 Latine Tongue That one must understand the Latine Tongue in order to his being Ordain'd 114. and taking possession of a Benefice Ibid. Tonsure Edjoyn'd to be us'd by the Inferiour Clergy 114 Ecclesiastical Tribunal Regulations about some Formalities of this Tribunal 112 Trisland of Salazar Archbishop of Sens. A Council held under this Archbishop 113 V. Vicars When Parish-Priests are forbidden to take Regulars Mendicants for Vicars 113. That an Honourable Revenue ought to be allow'd them 112 Virgin Mary Of her Immaculate Conception See Conception Of her Exemption from VenialSin 136 Her Perfection and singular Holiness 134 136. Yet in this she ought not to be compar'd to I. C. 136. Of her Assumption Ibid. That we ought not too much to trust to Prayers to the Virgin at the point of Death 137. The Superstition of giving particular Names to the Images of the Virgin condemn'd 115 Visitation Of the Visitation of Prelates 112 Vows That all Sins against the Vow of Obedience are not Mortal 67 Usury A Contract declar'd to be guilty of Usury by the Faculty of Theology at Paris 135 Wicklef The beginning of his Separation from the Church 115. He is Acquitted in England 165 Condemn'd at Rome Ibid. And in a Council at London Ibid. He Retracts and Dies 117. Forty Articles of his Doctrine condemn'd in the Council of Constance 121 Wicklefites The Condemnation of the Wicklefites in a Council at London 117 118. Another Condemnation of them 118 Z. Zisa A Captain of the Thaborites 124 The End of the Table of Matters
baptiz'd by a Laick under this form I Baptize you in the Name of God and of the Holy and true Cross whether the Baptism had been Valid or whether providing the Child had liv'd it must have been Baptiz'd again St. Bernard is of the mind that it had been well Baptiz'd because he cannot think that the difference in words can prejudice the Truth of the Faith and the good Intention of him that Baptiz'd it His reason is because under the word God the Trinity is comprehended and by Adding the Holy and True Cross he had made mention of our Saviour That when one is baptiz'd according to the Custom of the Church in the Name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost and as we may read in the Acts of the Apostles that some were baptiz'd in the Name of Jesus Christ only it cannot be doubted but that those who have been baptiz'd in the Name of the Holy Cross have been sufficiently sanctify'd insomuch that the Confession of the Cross implys the Confession of Jesus Christ Crucify'd Moreover that in respect of him who had baptiz'd his simplicity and good Intention excus'd him but nevertheless that if any should endeavour to Introduce this manner of Baptism they would be Inexcusable This Opinion of St. Bernard disagrees with that of the Divines who maintain that Baptism of this kind is ipso facto Null and Void The Four Hundred and Fourth is Address'd to Albert a Recluse Monk who desir'd of St. Bernard that he might fast after his own fashion and Permit Women to enter into his Cell St. Bernard Answers that he has no power to Command him but that he has several times Advis'd him to Eat at least once a day to receive no visits from Women and to live by hard Labour In the Four Hundred and Fifth he takes Notice to an Abbot that one of his Monks was qualify'd to be Profess'd and therefore he ought not to dispense with him The Four Hundred and Sixth is Address'd to the Abbot of St. Nicholas in the Woods to whom he recommends a certain Monk In the Four Hundred and Seventh he blames Odon Abbot of Beaulieu for not having paid a Legacy to a Poor Man and tells him he had better have Sold a Chalice from the Altar than have suffer'd this Person to want In the Four Hundred and Eighth he recommends to William Abbot of the Regular Canons of St. Martin of Troyes a Clerk who had a mind to retire from the World and who was not able to undergo the way of Living at Clairvaux In the Four Hundred and Ninth Address'd to Rorgon Abbot of Abbeville he makes him a compliment upon his desiring to see him and desires him to bestow a spare piece of Ground belonging to his Abby to the Monks of Alchy In the Four Hundred and Tenth he recommends to Gilduin Abbot of St. Victor of Paris Peter Lombard who was come from Bulloign in France and had been recommended to St. Bernard by the Bishop of Lucca The Four Hundred and Eleventh is written to Thomas Provost of Beverlake in England and contains Exhortations to a Holy Life The Letter following is written upon the same subject to a young Man who had enter'd into a Vow to embrace a Monastick Life In the Four Hundred and Thirteenth he recommends a Probationary Monk to Rainaud Abbot of Foigny Advising him to send him back after he had corrected his Faults In the Letter following he blames a Monk of this Monastery for having Oppos'd the return of this Person By the Four Hundred and Fifteenth he exhorts a Man to perform the Vow he had made to become a Monk of Clairvaux In the Four Hundred and Sixteenth he Answers a certain Person who had complain'd to him that he had had no share of the Alms given by Count Thibaud that he was not concern'd in the Distribution of them The Two following Letters contain nothing remarkable These are all the Letters which are most commonly Ascrib'd to St. Bernard tho' Father Mabillon has Added some others which are doubtful and might very probably have been written by other Persons He also adds some Charters which may reasonably admit of the same doubt all which nevertheless continue the foregoing Numbers The Four Hundred and Nineteenth is An Exhortation to Probationers the which Father Mabillon believes does not belong to St. Bernard by reason that the Stile is more restrain'd and contains Maxims unlike those of St. Bernard such as this That we must Praise God even for our Damnation It likewise appears to me that this Letter differs in stile from those of St. Bernard The Two following Letters are also Unlike the stile of St. Bernard The Four Hundred and Twenty Second is only a short Billet Address'd to King Lewis The Four Hundred and Twenty Third is a draught of a Letter concerning the Croisade which might probably be his as well as the Letter following He therein recommends the Son of Count Thibaud going to the Holy War to Emanuel Commenes Emperour of Constantinople The Four Hundred and Twenty Fifth is a Copy of the Twenty Sixth Letter of St. Bernard The Four Hundred and Twenty Sixth is a Judgment by Arbitration pronounc'd by St. Bernard between Hugh Bishop of Auxerre and William Count of that City The Four Hundred and Twenty Seventh is a Letter from Geofrey Bishop of Chartres to Stephen Bishop of Paris by which he advises him to Refer himself to St. Bernard touching the dispute he had with Stephen de Guarlande The Four Hundred and Twenty Eighth from Bernard Abbot of St. Anastasius to St. Bernard Abbot of Clairvaux concerning a disobedient and haughty Monk The Four Hundred and Twenty Ninth is an Elogium of St. Bernard sent to him by Hugh Metellus a Regular Canon of St. Leon. The Four Hundred and Thirtieth is a Letter from the same written to St. Bernard which contains an Apology for his Monastery The Four Hundred and Thirty First is also from the same written in the Name of Siebaud Abbot of St. Leon to Abbot William to excuse him for having Answer'd the Calumnies of Herbert with too great severity The Two following Letters are written by Haimon Arch-Deacon of Chalons to St. Bernard In the First he acquaints him with his sickness and in the other he sends to him for his Sermons The Four Hundred and Thirty Fourth is a Letter Address'd to St. Bernard to excuse Thierri Bishop of Amiens from his Voyage to the Holy Land The Four Hundred and Thirty Fifth is a Charter by which Sampson Arch-Bishop of Rheims gives to the the Congregation of Clairvaux the Church of Mores which he had Obtain'd from the Monks of St. Denys there to Build a Monastery of his Order By the Four Hundred and Thirty Sixth Henry Bishop of Troyes makes the like Gifts of the Church of Billencourt to the Abby of Clairvaux The Four Hundred and Thirty Seventh is a Letter of Hugh Cardinal Bishop of Ostia to the general Chapter of Cisteaux concerning
the death of Pope Eugenius III. The Four Hundred and Thirty Eighth is a Letter of Bartholomew a Monk of Foigny who had been Bishop of Laon Address'd to Sampson Arch-Bishop of Rheims by which he justifies himself against his being accus'd that he had embezelled the Goods of the Church of Laon while he was Bishop there The Four Hundred and Thirty Ninth is a Letter from Turstin Arch-Bishop of York to William Arch-Bishop of Canterbury containing a Relation of what had happened to him when he had endeavoured to introduce the Customs of Cisteaux into the Monastery of St. Mary at York The Four Hundred and Fortieth is a Letter of Fastrede the Fourth Abbot of Clairvaux to an Abbot of his Order whom he blames for going too richly dress'd and living too delicately He therein renews the Maxim of St. Bernard That a Monk ought not to make use of any external Remedies The Four Hundred and Forty First is written by Peter de Roye a Probationer of Clairvaux to the Provost of the Church of Noyon in which he shews the difference between the Life led in Clairvaux and that which is led at large in the World The Four Hundred and Forty Second is a Letter of a General Chapter of the Province of Rheims who were call'd the Black Monks to Pope Adrian IV. whereby they beg that Godfrey Abbot of Lagny may be suspended The Letter following is from the same Address'd to Pope Alexander III. upon the same Subject Lastly the Four Hundred and Forty Fourth is a Letter from an unknown Hand Address'd to the Abbot of Reatino which contains nothing remarkable The Second Tome of St. Bernard's Works comprehends divers Treatises whereof the first is Entituled Of Consideration divided into V. Books and Address'd to Pope Eugenius III. to serve him for Instruction The Consideration he treats of in this Work is as himself desires it the Thoughts which he employs in search after Truth and more particularly relating to the Duties of his Profession In St. Bernard's Treatise of Consideration the first Book he shews that the Condition of a Sovereign Pontiff would be but very unhappy had he no regard to himself for it would be a very indiscreet thing of him to spend all his time in hearing and deciding other Mens Differences and all the while neglect to employ himself sometimes in Contemplation He exclaims against the great number of Causes that are brought into the Ecclesiastical Courts as likewise against the many Abuses committed there He shews that this is more consistent with the Secular Power than the Ecclesiastical He says he would not have Eugenius follow the Examples of his Predecessors who applyed themselves more to Business than Contemplation but that he should imitate St. Gregory who when Rome was threatned to be besieg'd by the Barbarians labour'd on an Exposition of the most difficult passage of the Prophet Ezckiel He there proves that Consideration serves to form and employ the four Cardinal Virtues Lastly he takes Notice of the unbecoming Bickerings at the Ecclesiastical Bar and exhorts Pope Eugenius to endeavour after a Regulation In the second Book after having justify'd himself for advising the expedition of the Croisade which had been unsuccessful he admonishes Pope Eugenius to consider as to his Person who he is and as to the Dignity of his Profession what he is First he is to reflect whence he is descended which may serve to abate his Pride He gives him to understand that he is not set over others to domineer over them but to be their Minister and watch over them that if this Dignity has procur'd him great Riches he is not to think they belong to him by the right of Apostleship since St. Peter had no power to dispose of what he never enjoyed That he indeed had given him the charge of all Churches but not an arbitrary Dominion over them which he expresly forbids and the Gospel disallows That the same Person cannot well execute the Civil Government and the Papacy and therefore he who grasps at both ought justly to lose both In a word he advises him particularly to avoid being haughty on account of his Supremacy for says he you are not supreamly perfect by being supream Bishop and take notice that if you think your self so you are the worst of Men. But let us consider you as you stand in the Church of God and what Figure you make You are the Chief Priest the Sovereign Pontiff the first among the Bishops the Heir of the Apostles Abel in Priority Noah in Government c. 'T is to you that the Keys of Heaven have been entrusted and to whom the Care of the Flock has been committed but there are other Door-keepers of Heaven and other Pastors besides you yet you are so much the more above them as you have receiv'd the Title after a different manner They have every one a particular Flock but you are superintendent over them all you are not only Supream Pastor over all the Flocks but likewise over all the Shepherds He establishes this Privilege upon the Words of our Saviour in the Gospel and he adds some Lines afterwards Others are but call'd to a part of the Care when the full Power is confided to you Their Power is limited when yours extends even over those who have a power over others for it is your Business to excommunicate a Bishop and suspend him if you see occasion This is what you are at present by your Office to remember also what you were and who you are Personally for you are still what you were once and the Dignity which has been superadded to you has not been able to divest you of your Nature You were born a Man you have been made a Sovereign Bishop yet you are still a Man so that you ought to consider your self as a Man draw the Veil which covers you disperse the Clouds that environ you and you will find your self to be no better than a Poor Naked Wretched Creature that is dissatisfy'd with his Nature that is asham'd of being Naked that grieves for being Born that murmurs at being destin'd to Labour and not to Ease and in a word that is born in Sin with a short Life abounding in Miseries and full of Fears and Complaints From these two Considerations he passes to a Third which is to consider his Manners and Conduct wherein he Counsels Eugenius to make a serious Reflection upon those things He admonishes him in the Conclusion of this Book to be constant in Adversity and humble in Prosperity to fly sloth and unprofitable Discourse and to practise no manner of Partiality in his Judgments In the Third Book he Treats of the Consideration that the Pope ought to have towards those that are under him and they are the Faithful over all the World He admonishes him again not to affect an arbitrary Power over them which he repeats says he because there is no Poison nor Arms that he ought to dread
they deserve who do it ibid. 35 111 127. Of the Absolution of those who Communicate with Excommunicate Persons 35 F The Order of FAbale An Order of Hermit-Friars re-united to the Order of Augustines this Century 157 Faith Of Faith 63. Two sorts of Articles of Faith 63. Prohibitions against handling Questions of Faith in the Schools of Paris according to the Principles of Philosophy 146. A Form of Faith Publish'd in the Fourth General Council of Lateran 96 Falling Sickness Renders the standing for a Bisâ—oprick Null 44 False Witnesses Excommunicated 104 106. Condemn'd to very severe Punishments 111 Fasts A Constitution for the Monks touching the Fasts of Advent and Lent 126 Feltri A Rule concerning the Oblations and Burial in this Monastery 28 Ferdinâ—nd the King of Arragon's Son Takes his Doctor 's Degree in the University of Paris 155 Festivals The number of Festivals order'd in the Council of Oxford in the Year 1222 10â— and in the Council of Toulouse in the year 1229 107. The Obligation of observing the Festivals 134. The Festival of the Holy Sacrament The Institution of it 51. The Office of this Feast by whom Compos'd 70 Fighting That the Priests who stir up others to Fight ought to be Depos'd 27 Filioque The Proposal made by the Greeks to the Pope's Legates about this Addition to the Creed 82. The Legates Reply to that Proposal ibid. Contests between the Greeks and Latins about this Expression 83 First Fruits The Laicks oblig'd to Pay this Duty to their Curates 117 Flagelâ—aâ—es The Rise of this Sect and its Errors 153 c. The Abbey of Flora. Its Founder 54 Foix. The Count of Foix divested of his Territories by the Count of Montfort General of the Croisade against the Albigenses 151. The Propositions of the King of Arragon in his favour to the Pope rejected ibid. Joins himself with the King of Arragon and the Count of Toulouse against the Croisade ibid. Is oblig'd to Sue for the Restitution of his Territories in the Lateran Council ibid. Submits himself to the King of France and the Pope 152 Fondi The County of Fondi granted to the Holy See â—3 Forgers Excommunicated 135. Canons against the Clerks guilty of Forgery 126 Fornication A Question concerning Forâ—ication 50 France The respects of the Holy See for the King of France 11 47. That the Kingdom of France could not be Interdicted without a special Mandat from the Holy See 50 Francis Cussardi Arch-Bishop of Tours The Canons which he order'd to be Publish'd in a Council 107 Frederick II. Emperor Crown'd King of Sicily by Pope Innocent III. 1. His Election to the Empire 2. Defaults started by the Pope touching his Election 46. His several Coronations 3. The original of his Differences with the Holy See 3. Excommunicated by the Pope Ibid. Causes his Son Henry to be Crown'd King of Germany Ibid. Oblig'd to undertake an Expedition to the Holy Land under pain of Excommunication and his Waverings therein Ibid. The Excommunication renew'd against him Ibid. Causes Four Manifesto's to be Publish'd against the Pope and the Cardinals Ibid. His Expedition to the Holy Land Ibid. The Reasons which oblig'd him to make a Treaty with the Saracens after he had caus'd himself to be Crown'd King of Jerusalem 4. The Conditions of his Agreement with the Pope who gives him Absolution Ibid New Contests betwixt him and the Pope Ibid. The Rebellion of his Son Henry whom he causes to be Depos'd and clap'd into Prison Ibid. Causes his Second Son Conrad to be Elected King of Germany after Henry's Death Ibid. The War which he carry'd on against the Pope who oblig'd the Italians to enter into a Confederacy against him and Excommunicated him afresh 5. He hinders the holding of the General Council at Rome and Hangs the Pope's Relations Ibid. The Proposals which he caus'd to be made at the General Council of Lions 6. The Accusations of the Pope brought against this Prince Ibid 7. His replies to those Accusations 6. The Sentence of this Prince's Deposition 7. His Remonstrances to the Princes of Europe against that Sentence 8. The Proposals of Accommodation which he in vain made to the Pope Ibid. His Competitors to the Empire ibid. His Death Ibid. Minor Friars Of the Institution of their Order 157. Confirm'd by Honorius III. 49. Of the Power of Preaching and Confessing granted to the Minor Friars 52 157 Preaching Friars Of the Founding of their Order 157. They change their Habit and Constitutions in the Year 1218 ibid. Why call'd Jacobines ibid. Their Contests with the University of Paris 137 c. The Form of the Oath which the University would have had them take in order to be Admitted Doctors ibid. Why expell'd the University ibid Their Proceedings and the Bulls of Alexander IV. for their Re-establishment ibid. c. Admitted at last Members of the University 140 155 G GAllo Cardinal The Constitutions which he Publish'd in France 90 Games at Hazard Prohibited to Ecclesiasticks 94 98 125 Gelesinanza Bishop of Verona Head of a Party among the Albanians Hereticks 150 The Abbey of St. Genevieve du Mont. The Letter of Innocent III. concerning the Accomodation made between the Bishop of Paris and that Abbey 44 Geofrey Canon of St. Genevieve Penalties inflicted on his Murderers 91 Geofrey of St. Brice Bishop of Saintes His Synodal Constitutions 131 George Morrel. Deputed by the Waldenâ—es to Treat of their Union with the Calvinists 149 Gerard of Malemort Arch-Bishop of Bourdeaux The Constitutions which he Publish'd in the Councils 112 116 117 Abbey of St. Germain at Auxerre The Confirmation of the Privileges of this Abbey 22. The Behaviour of a Bishop of Auxerre against the Monks of this Abbey condemn'd by Innocent III. 18 Abbey of St. Germain of Prez Its Privileges Confirm'd 18 H. Ghost Of the Process or of the Holy Ghost 123 Gilbert Bishop of Chichester His Synâ—â—al Statutes â—35 St. Gilles a City of Provence An Assembly held in this Place against the Albiâ—enses â—50 Gloria in excelsis The Monks of Vezelay allow'd to Sing it in Lent the Day of the Translation of St. Mary Magdalene 17 Gospel Times wherein it was prohibited to Swear on the Evangelists 117 The Eternal Gospeâ— A pernicious Book under that Title 139. â—45 William 〈◊〉 St. Amour Writes against this Book â—39 The Errors of this Book and its Condemnation 118 145 Grado The Tenths restor'd to this Church 17 Grammar-Masters Of their Establishment in the Churches 98 The Order of Grammâ—nt The Confirmation of its Statutes â—ud Privileges 42 Guardianships Prohibited to Seâ— the Election of them 108 Guelphs and Gibelins The Rise of these two Faction in Italy 42 Guy Cardinal Legate in Germany The Constitutions which he Publish'd in a Council 120 Guy Count of Auvergne A Donation made to the Pope by that Count 31 Guy of Neville Bishop of Sainte His Constitutions 136 H. HEnry Landgrave of Thuringâ— His Election to the Empire and his Death 8 Heresies The Causes of Hereâ—â—es 63.
The Punishment for Heresy Eâ—clusion from Benefices and Ecclesiastical Offices to the third Degree 52 Hereticks The different Sects of Hereticks and their Errors Opposâ—d and Condemn'd in this Century 14 to p. 154. Canons agaâ—nst them 91 95 96 c. 109 110. Penalties inflicted on those who entertain Protect Favour or Communicate with them 33 106 c. Hermits of the Order of St. Augustine Their Institution 157 S. Homobon The Act of his â—…tion â—2 Hospitals That no New One may be Erected without the leave of the Bishop 113. Of their Goveâ—nment 118. The Privileges of the Hospitals of the Holy Ghost of Montpellier confirm'd by Innocent III. 15 Hospitality Recommended to the Bishops 54. and to the Monks 93 111. The Host. Questions about consecrated â—osts which should chance to be eaten by Rats and Mice 86 The Canonica Hoâ—…s The Manner of Reciting them 115 Herbert Arch Bishop of Canterbâ—ry The Constitutions which he Publiâ—h'd in a Council 90 Hugh Cardinâ—l Bisâ—op of Sabiâ—a One of the Legates who presided at the Council of Valenza in the Year 1248. 115 Hugh Raymond Bishop of Riez Presides at a Council in quality of Legate of the Holy See 91 The Humiliati or Humbled Mendicant Friars establish'd in this Century 157 Hunting Prohibited to Ecclesiasticks 92 94 98 120. I. JAmes Arch-Bp of Narbonne The Constitutions which he reviv'd in a Council of Montpellier 117 Jews Constitutions concerning them 41 120 105. Other Constitutions against them 19 116 120 131. Oblig'd to be distinguish'd from Christians by several particular Badges on their Cloths 102 110 118. Incapable of being Evidences against the Christians in Courts of Judicature 108. The Christians Prohibited to kill or abuse them 111. They may not have any Christian Slaves 128 Images of the Saints Prohibited to be defac'd 124 Imposts Prohibited 110. Those Levied without the Prince's Authority Condemn'd 91. A Penalty on those who Raise new ones 116 Incarnation Of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ 41 Incendiaries Penalties against them 33. Their Absolution reserv'd to the Pope 91. Their Bishop permitted to Absolve them if they cannot come to Rome 20 The Incestuous Excommunicated 106 Incontinence A Bishop Depos'd for Incontinence 51 Indulgences Of their Grant 102 Infants When an Infant Born of a Concubine may be said to be Legitimate 24 St. Innocent's Festival Abuses practis'd in several Churches on that Day abolish'd 118 Innocent IV. Pope His Election 5. His Differences with the Emperor Frederick 6. His Enterprises on Sicily 8. His Decreral against the Pretensions of the Regulars 137. His Death 9 Inquisition When Establish'd against the Hereticks 152 154. Of the Instituting of Inquisitors 109. Of their Duties 110 Privileges in their favour 51 Insabbatez Why the Waldenses were so call'd 147 Interdictions Constitutions concerning them 102. Of the difference between a general and a particular Interdiction 32. That it renders a Clerk uncapable of Benefices 39. Conditions prescrib'd to a Bishop of Pampelona for Celebrating Divine Service in a General Interdiction 22. Of the observation of Interdictions 21 135 Intruders into Benefices Excommunicated 129 Joachim Abbot of Flora. Several Propositions of his Books Condemn'd 145 The Joachites or Joachinites Their Errors and Condemnation 118 145 c. The Abbey of St. John of Sens. A Privilege granted to that Abbey â—44 John Bishop of Frescati Legate in Germany Endeavours in vain to raise the Peter â—ence 134. Constitutions which he Publish'd in a Council Ibid. John Baussanus Arch-Bishop of Arles Constitutions which he Publish'd in a Council 109 John le bon Mantuan Founder of the Hermits in Italy 157 John of Courtnay Arch-Bishop of Rheims The Council which he held in Compeigne 122 John Ducas the Greek Emperor Projects of Re-union between the Greeks and Latins under his Reign 82 John of Lyons Head of a Party among the Albanians Hereticks 150 John of Mata Doctor of Paris Founder of the Order of Trinitarians call'd Mathurini 157 John of Montsareau Arch-Bishop of Tours Constitutions which he Publish'd in the Councils 122 127 130 132 John of Orleans Chancellor of the Church of Paris An Attempt of this Chancellor quash'd by the University of Paris 155 John Peckam Arch-Bishop of Canterbury Constitutions Publish'd by this Archbishop 129 131. His Letter to King Edward 132 Joseph Patriarch of Constantinople His Opposition of the Re-union of the Greeks with the Latins 83. His Deposition ibid. Judges of the Bishop's Court. A Canon concerning their Conduct 100 Ecclesiastical Judges Of the Right of Ecclesiastical Judges 130. Of the Qualifications of those who take Cognizance of Matrimonial Causes 112. May not Condemn any Person to afflictive Punishments 129 Juellus of Mentz Archbishop of Tours The Constitutions which he Publish'd in the Councils 110 113 114 Jurisdiction Ecclesiastical Canons concerning this Jurisdiction 91 100 105 108 116 120 127 128 130 132 134 136. Of the Process that ought to be observ'd in the Prosecution of Ecclesiasticks 107 108. The taking Cognizance and the Tryal of Capital Crimes forbidden to this Jurisdiction 117. Abuses which were committed in this Jurisdiction condemn'd by Innocent III. 29. Those who give any disturbance to it Excommunicated 119 122 c. Jurisdiction Secular Secular Judges forbidden to take Cognizance of Ecclesiastical Causes 137 K. KIngs That they could not be depos'd by the Pope 8 King of France That this Title is more Noble than that of Emperor 5. What Esteem the Holy See ought to have for the Kings of France 11 47 Knights of Religious Orders Of their Exemptions 118 L. The Church of LAghlin in Ireland A Privilege granted to a Bishop of that Church of not being Excommunicated by any but the Pope 39 Laicks That they ought not to concern themselves in Preaching or Teaching Others 37 Holy Land See Palestine Lascar Restitutions made to a Bishop of this City 135 S. Lawrence Archbishop of Dublin Canoniz'd by Honorius III. 49 Laws Of the Ecclesiastical Laws 63 Legates of the Holy See Of defraying the Expences made for their Reception 122. They who refuse to obey them lyable to Excommunication 42. The Power which Innocent III. granted to one of his Legates in France 36. The Robbing a Legate of his Effects punish'd with the Deprivation of the Episcopal Dignity with respect to several Churches 16 Leonistae Why this Name was given to the Waldenses 147 Lepers Oblig'd to wear a Badge to distinguish them 135 Letters Apostolical Prohibited to enlarge the Powers of them ibid. Lewis VIII King of France The Law of that Prince against Excommunicated Persons 105. The Advantages which he got by the Croisade against the Albigenses 152 S. Lewis King of France His Remonstrances to Pope Innocent IV. touching the Sentence of Deposition pass'd against the Emperor Frederick 8. The Contract he made by a Treaty with Raymond Count of Toulouse about the Succession of the Territories of that Count 152 Limoges Censures issued out against the Canons of that Church 16 Lisbon That Church subjected to the Church of Compostella
and Way of Living but entred into no Order lived a free kind of life and taught many dangerous Maxims contrary to the Doctrine of the Church concerning the Sacraments and Obedience due to Superiors Nevertheless he declares in a private Letter written to the Bishop of Strasburg that he did not intend to include in that Constitution those Pious Women who had made a Vow of Chastity and remained with their Parents or in Societies practising the Humility and Obedience that is due to their Pastors and giving Examples of Virtue and Piety This Letter is published in the Second Tome of the Works of the Popes of Avignon put out by Mr. Baluzius with the Sentence by which that Pope declared the Marriage between Charles the Fair King of France and Queen Blanch to be Void and several other Letters of his and Pope Clement V's his Predecessor There are also several of them in the Annalists and divers Bulls in the Bullary John XXII was Ingenious Active Crafty of a good Life Studious and vers'd in the Sciences but chiefly in the Canon Law The Holy See after his Death was not long Vacant for Benedict the XIIth was chosen Dec. 16. The Election of Benedict XII and Crown'd the 20th of the same Month in the Church of the Friars-Preachers at Avignon He was called before James Fourniter a Native of Savardun in the County of Foix which was a Castle of the Diocess of Pamiez and since of that of Rieux He had in his Youth been a Monk in the Abby of Balbone of the Order of Cistertians in the Diocess of Mirepoix from whence he came to Paris to follow his Studies where he commenced Doctor of Divinity Then he was made Abbot of the Monastery of Fontfroidus afterward Bishop of Pamiez then of Mirepoix and lastly nominated a Cardinal-Priest of the Title of St. Priscus by John XXII in December 1327. He had a Design to settle his Residence in Italy and chose Bononia for his Seat but having caused the Inhabitants to be tryed whether he should be welcom there found that that People which had expelled the Legate of his Predecessor would not entertain him which made him take up the resolution of abiding at Avignon and Build himself a Palace there although the People of Rome sent Ambassadors to him to beg of him to come and reside in their City At his Entrance upon the Papacy he found two Affairs in the Church that wanted Regulation The Determination of the Question of the Happiness of Souls by Benedict XII viz. 1. The Question concerning the Happiness of the Souls of the Righteous after their Separation from the Body which had been much debated a little before the Death of his Predecessor 2. The Second was the Difference of the Church of Rome with Lewis of Bavaria To prepare Mens Minds for the Decision of the First he Preached a Sermon on that Subject upon the Purification in the Year 1335. in which he maintained that the Souls of the Just which were absolutely pure did enjoy the Beatifick Vision of God before the Day of Judgment Two days after he held a Consistory to which he Summoned such as had maintained the contrary Opinion in his Predecessors time and that he might proceed circumspectly in the Determination of that Point of Doctrine he Assembled many Able Doctors of Divinity and with them examined that Question as oft as he had leisure in the Year 1335. which he passed at Pont de Sorgue And at length the Matter being fully ordered he made his Constitution Feb. 22. of the following Year in which he determines That the Souls of the Saints that died before our Lord's Passion as also of the Apostles Confessors Martyrs Virgins and other baptized Christians which are pure when they are separated from their Bodies or are united with it as also the Souls of Infants which die after Baptism before they have the use of Reason are in Heaven and Paradise with JESUS CHRIST and the Angels immediately after the Separation from the Body or after their Purification and enjoy the intuitive and immediate Vision of the Divine Essence without the Mediation of any Object because he discovers himself nakedly clearly and openly to them and consequently they are happy and enjoy eternal Rest but on the contrary the Souls of those that die in Mortal Sin descend actually right down into Hell where they suffer the Pains of the Damned That nevertheless all Men shall rise and appear before the Tribunal of JESUS CHRIST to receive every one in their Body Reward or Punishment for what they have done and declares all those Hereticks that obstinately maintain any one of the contrary Articles As to the Contest of the Pope with Lewis of Bavaria Benedict XII before he would engage Benedict XII Confirms the Judgment of his Predecessors against Lewis of Bavaria and the Grey-Friars in the Contest with that Prince which his Predecessor had begun Exhorted him to return to his Duty and Obedience to the Church Lewis of Bavaria sent two Ambassadors to him in 1335. to desire Absolution which Benedict seemed ready to grant him if the Ambassadors of the King of France and Apulia and the Cardinals had not deterred him from it insomuch that the Ambassadors of Lewis returned without doing any thing In the next Year he sent other Ambassadors in the Name of the Princes of the Empire to desire it again The Pope received them kindly and told them that he wished he could do it but he feared the King of France Upon this Answer Lewis of Bavaria address'd himself to that King and sent his Ambassadors in 1337. to pray him to joyn with him that he might obtain Reconciliation The King of France sent his Ambassadors to the Pope with those of Lewis of Bavaria to demand Absolution The Pope hearing that answered That it being a Matter of Consequence he would consider of it and that he was not obliged to treat Lewis of Bavaria as an Heretick or Catholick at the King of France's Pleasure and when he had delayed them a long time he would give Lewis's Ambassadors no other Answer than this That their Master did not truely repent Thus this Business hung and Benedict would not recede any thing from what his Predecessors had done against that Prince When these Ambassadors were returned into Germany Lewis of Bavaria held a Synod at Francfort in August 1338. in which he made a Solemn Protestation against the Proceedings of John XXII which he proved before them to be null and void Benedict also maintained what John XXII had decided against the Grey-Friars concerning Poverty and we know that in his Papacy a Grey-Friar named Francis de Pestorio was Condemned to be Burnt at Venice for maintaining contrary to the Decision of John XXII That JESUS CHRIST and his Apostles had nothing their own He made during his Papacy several excellent Rules for the Reformation of the Church He Orders made by Benedict XII and his Death
revoked all the Commendams of Cathedral Churches and Abbies granted by his Predecessors to all Persons whatsoever except Cardinals and Patriarchs He compelled all Bishops to reside in their Churches forbad plurality of Benefices made void all Favours Expectant which were not agreeable to the Rules of the Civil Law he deprived all Persons unworthy of their Benefices and carefully put in fit Persons where he had Power he abolished the use of several Dispensations remedied many Abuses and Clancular Dealings made use of in gaining Bulls employ'd rightly the Revenues of the Church of Rome by giving Alms and bestowing Charity on the Poor during the Famine He took great pains to unite the Christian Princes and did all he could to procure Peace with all Kings He revoked the Tax of Tenths which his Predecessor had granted to Philip King of France for his Voyage into the Holy Land because that Prince could not go through with his Design He shewed his Zeal to Justice by causing those Officers to be punished severely who had deliver'd the Ambassadors of Edward King of England which were come to Avignon to the King of France He made a Reformation among the Black-Monks as well as Cistertians who lived loosely he appointed persons of Merit and Learning to visit their Monasteries that they might inform him of such Abuses as ought to be amended and made Constitutions for the Reformation of them He had also made several Rules for the Friars Mendicants if he had not been prevented by Death He only ordered that such Monks as were in his Court without any permission obtain'd should return to the Monasteries and forbad them leaving their Order to go over to the Cistertians or Cluniacks without the express permission of the Pope Lastly That Pope lived in a way suitable to so great a Bishop keeping close to his Duty being Zealous for Religion and for the Discipline and Reformation of the Church Virtuous Charitable free from Ambition and wordly Interests He did not as several other Popes have done raise his Nephews and Relations to the great Offices and Dignities of the Church nor enrich them with the Goods of the Church or by impoverishing private Men. He preferred but One of his Relations whom he made Archbishop of Arles for his Merit which he did not do without some difficulty at the earnest Request of the Cardinals He married but one of his Neices whom he bestowed upon a Merchant refusing several great Lords who offered themselves as being above her Quality This is the Relation which all the Historians of his Time give of his Piety and Virtue who are more to be relyed on than some Modern Authors who will have him to have been a Man of a disorderly Conversation He died at Avignon April 25. 1342. which was the Eighth Year of his Papacy This Pope Composed several Works Rainaldus has published his Opuscula or small Tracts The Works of Benedict XII concerning the Poverty of JESUS CHRIST and his Apostles and about the Vision of God There is a more considerable Treatise of this Pope's in the Vatican Library upon the last of these Subjects He also made a large Commentary upon the Gospel of St. Matthew which is yet in MS. in Mr. Colbert's Library with Three other Treatises against Ockham Most of his Letters and Bulls are extant in the Annalists and Register of Bulls Clement VI. was chosen Pope May 7. 1342. and Crowned the 9th of the same Month. He The Election of Clement VI. was called before Petrus Rogerius Born in the Castle of Maumont in the Diocess of Limoges He was a Monk of the Abby of Casa-Dei in Auvergne and having taken his Degrees in Divinity he went to the Court of John XXII at Avignon This Pope gave him the Abby of Fescamp and made him afterward Bishop of Arras He received as much Favour at the Court of France as Avignon for there he was admitted into the Council of that King who had a particular respect for him insomuch that he was translated from the Bishoprick of Arras to the Arch-bishoprick of Sens and in the next Year to that of Rouen and lastly was raised to the Dignity of a Cardinal of the Title of S. Nereus and Achilleus by Benedict XII The First thing that he did after his rise to the Papal Dignity was to send his Legatees to Rules made by Clement about the Affairs of Italy make way for a Peace between the Kings of France and England He sent also a Cardinal-Legate into Italy to appease the Troubles and Wars which were in that Country Robert King of Apulia died about that time and his Kingdom fell to Jane his Daughter then an Infant who was married to Andrew King of Hungary The Pope took upon him the Government of that Realm till that Prince came to take Possession of it which he was scarce come to do but he was Slain by Treachery The Romans sent to the Pope 18 of their principal Citizens to desire Three Things of him I. To make the Senators Governor and other Magistrates of their City Friends who presented themselves to him as Petrus Rogerius and not as Clement VI. who was Pope for his Life only II. To come and make his Residence at Rome III. That since the Life of Man is so short that few lived to an Hundred Years to which Age Boniface VIII had annexed a Plenary Indulgence for those who visited the Church of S S. Peter and Paul at Rome he would please to reduce that time to the Fiftieth Year The Pope granted the First and Last of their Demands for he reconciled the Magistrates presented to him upon Condition that it should be no Prejudice to his Rights and brought the Jubilee to the 50th Year appointing That every 50th Year there should be a Jubilee but for the Second he put it off by declaring That the design which he had of coming to Rome he could not put in Execution for the present and he could not tell them when he should be able to do it Lewis of Bavaria used all his Endeavours in this Papacy to be reconciled to the Church and Lewis of Bavaria Excommunicated a-new by Clement prayed the King of France to intercede for him This Prince told him That he must submit himself and humbly beg Absolution The Ambassadors of Lewis desired such a Form as the Pope would accept but they gave him such an intolerably severe one that he would not subscribe it when he was in Prison for it signified that he gave Power to Humbertus the Dauphin's Uncle to the Provosts of Augsburg and Bemberg and to Henry his Arch-Chancellor to confess all the Errors and Heresies that he was accused of to make a Renunciation of the Empire with a Promise never to resume it but by the Pope's consent and to put his Children and Goods into the hands of his Holiness They annexed also other Clauses which concerned the Empire These Ambassadors approved of this Proposal but when