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The critical history of the religions and customs of the eastern nations written in French by the learned Father Simon ; and now done into English, by A. Lovell ...; Histoire critique de la creance et de coutumes des nations du Levant. English
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Simon, Richard, 1638-1712.; Lovell, Archibald.
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the_o year_n 1622._o wherein_n he_o be_v depose_v from_o his_o patriarchate_n and_o banish_v to_o the_o isle_n of_o rhodes_n another_o patriarch_n be_v choose_v in_o his_o place_n who_o by_o letter_n submit_v himself_o to_o the_o court_n of_o rome_n that_o have_v forward_v his_o election_n but_o see_v cyrill_n still_o entertain_v a_o party_n in_o constantinople_n and_o that_o the_o dutch_a supply_v he_o with_o great_a sum_n of_o money_n it_o be_v not_o long_o before_o he_o be_v restore_v to_o his_o patriarchate_n then_o it_o be_v that_o he_o revenge_v himself_o on_o the_o jesuit_n and_o those_o who_o have_v espouse_v the_o interest_n of_o the_o court_n of_o rome_n and_o that_o calvinism_n reign_v at_o constantinople_n this_o bring_v great_a disorder_n into_o that_o church_n for_o cyrill_n set_v every_o thing_n to_o sale_n that_o he_o may_v pay_v the_o money_n which_o he_o have_v borrow_v of_o the_o dutch._n the_o jesuit_n and_o court_n of_o rome_n find_v that_o cyrill_n have_v 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postel_n and_o i_o wonder_v that_o protestant_n shall_v still_o dare_v to_o object_n to_o catholic_n that_o pretend_v confession_n grotius_n give_v a_o better_a judgement_n of_o it_o in_o a_o book_n that_o he_o publish_v some_o time_n after_o that_o confession_n come_v abroad_o in_o the_o word_n wherein_o he_o frank_o say_v antichrist_n say_v nuper_fw-la constantinopoli_fw-it cyrillus_n sine_fw-la patriarchis_fw-la sine_fw-la metropolitis_fw-la sine_fw-la episcopis_fw-la novum_fw-la nobis_fw-la propinavit_fw-la symbolum_n grot._n de_fw-fr antichrist_n that_o cyrill_n forge_v a_o new_a symbol_n without_o the_o assistance_n of_o any_o patriarch_n archbishop_n or_o bishop_n now_o after_o all_o i_o have_v relate_v the_o history_n of_o this_o cyrill_n with_o all_o the_o exactness_n i_o can_v without_o any_o regard_n to_o what_o the_o dutch_a have_v write_v of_o he_o nor_o to_o what_o leo_n allatius_n have_v say_v who_o also_o exceed_v the_o bound_n of_o moderation_n i_o have_v scarce_o 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that_o there_o be_v but_o one_o power_n and_o virtue_n in_o he_o he_o reconcile_v those_o two_o opinion_n that_o seem_v at_o first_o so_o different_a by_o the_o explication_n which_o he_o give_v of_o that_o mystery_n the_o oriental_n or_o nestorian_n say_v he_o according_a to_o the_o two_o nature_n that_o be_v in_o christ_n distinguish_v in_o their_o mind_n two_o person_n but_o with_o their_o eye_n they_o see_v but_o one_o christ_n who_o be_v only_o the_o parsopa_n or_o appearance_n of_o one_o filiation_n and_o it_o be_v in_o that_o sense_n also_o that_o the_o nestorian_n acknowledge_v but_o one_o power_n or_o virtue_n in_o christ_n because_o they_o look_v upon_o he_o but_o as_o one_o parsopa_n or_o visible_a person_n and_o so_o by_o reason_n of_o that_o real_a and_o perfect_a union_n which_o make_v but_o one_o compositum_fw-la of_o two_o nature_n the_o divine_a and_o humane_a they_o distinguish_v not_o a_o double_a power_n or_o virtue_n make_v the_o term_n to_o rest_n on_o the_o unity_n of_o filiation_n whereas_o in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n these_o power_n or_o virtue_n be_v distinguish_v into_o divine_a and_o humane_a because_o they_o be_v consider_v with_o relation_n to_o the_o nature_n and_o it_o may_v easy_o be_v conclude_v from_o thence_o that_o this_o diversity_n of_o judgement_n be_v only_o apparent_a since_o in_o effect_n the_o nestorian_n confess_v with_o the_o latin_n that_o there_o be_v two_o nature_n in_o christ_n and_o that_o each_o nature_n have_v its_o power_n and_o its_o virtue_n and_o beside_o both_o church_n acknowledge_v that_o there_o be_v no_o mixture_n nor_o confusion_n of_o those_o two_o nature_n each_o retain_v the_o attribute_n which_o be_v proper_a to_o they_o in_o fine_a for_o a_o great_a illustration_n of_o his_o opinion_n he_o add_v these_o word_n as_o the_o father_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n acknowledge_v one_o