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constantius_n lucifer_n calaritanus_n come_v to_o antioch_n consecrate_a pauâ—inus_n bishop_n of_o that_o city_n which_o when_o he_o see_v the_o orthodox_n bishop_n and_o particular_o eusebius_n of_o vercelles_n disapprove_v of_o it_o give_v the_o first_o occasion_n to_o lucifer_n to_o begin_v that_o sect_n which_o from_o he_o take_v its_o denomination_n meletius_n at_o his_o return_n from_o exile_n under_o julian_n find_v 13._o socr._n l._n 3._o c._n 9_o sozom._n l_o 5._o c._n 13._o the_o church_n of_o antioch_n divide_v into_o three_o party_n one_o that_o follow_v euroius_n the_o arian_n bishop_n another_o that_o communicate_v with_o paulinus_n and_o a_o three_o that_o adhere_v still_o to_o himself_o as_o their_o lawful_a bishop_n the_o arian_n have_v possess_v themselves_o of_o all_o the_o church_n within_o the_o city_n but_o one_o of_o the_o small_a church_n which_o they_o allow_v paulinus_n so_o that_o he_o be_v force_v to_o hold_v his_o assembly_n without_o the_o gate_n meletius_n suffer_v a_o second_o banishment_n under_o valens_n and_o when_o he_o be_v restore_v by_o gratian_n paulinus_n be_v then_o ancient_a 5._o socr._n l._n â—_o c._n 5._o those_o who_o be_v of_o meletius_n communion_n endeavour_v to_o have_v the_o difference_n so_o compose_v that_o both_o he_o and_o paulinus_n may_v together_o preside_v in_o that_o see_n but_o paulinus_n refuse_v to_o agree_v to_o it_o allege_v that_o meletius_n have_v receive_v his_o ordination_n from_o arian_n bishop_n upon_o this_o the_o people_n be_v in_o a_o ferment_n and_o cause_v meletius_n to_o resume_v the_o throne_n in_o one_o of_o the_o church_n without_o the_o city_n this_o breed_v great_a contention_n between_o the_o party_n but_o at_o last_o they_o come_v to_o this_o agreement_n that_o whosoever_o of_o these_o two_o bishop_n shall_v die_v first_o the_o survivor_n shall_v be_v the_o sole_a bishop_n of_o the_o see_v and_o there_o be_v six_o man_n then_o in_o antioch_n who_o upon_o the_o death_n of_o they_o may_v probable_o make_v pretension_n to_o the_o succession_n they_o be_v all_o swear_v to_o this_o agreement_n and_o thus_o the_o difference_n be_v compose_v only_o the_o luciferian_o will_v by_o no_o mean_n be_v prevail_v with_o to_o communicate_v with_o he_o but_o set_v up_o separate_a congregation_n thus_o it_o be_v according_a to_o the_o account_n socrates_n give_v of_o this_o matter_n but_o as_o theodorite_n relate_v it_o sapores_fw-la who_o the_o emperor_n have_v send_v to_o inspect_v and_o regulate_v this_o business_n see_v the_o great_a equity_n and_o condescension_n of_o meletius_n put_v he_o into_o possession_n 3._o theod._n l._n 5._o c._n 3._o of_o the_o bishopric_n for_o he_o make_v no_o mention_n of_o any_o agreement_n between_o he_o and_o paulinus_n but_o only_o say_v that_o meletius_n have_v the_o see_v deliver_v up_o to_o he_o and_o paulinuus_n remain_v bishop_n only_o of_o that_o party_n which_o adhere_v to_o he_o this_o be_v the_o case_n since_o meletius_n be_v so_o eminent_a a_o defender_n of_o the_o orthodox_n faith_n as_o he_o be_v confess_v by_o all_o to_o have_v be_v and_o have_v twice_o suffer_v banishment_n for_o it_o and_o during_o his_o first_o banishment_n have_v one_o irregular_o place_v in_o his_o see_n and_o do_v afterward_o notwithstanding_o so_o great_a a_o provocation_n use_v all_o the_o condescension_n that_o can_v be_v expect_v in_o such_o a_o case_n it_o can_v be_v no_o just_a prejudice_n against_o he_o that_o he_o be_v at_o first_o make_v bishop_n by_o the_o arian_n or_o rather_o by_o the_o semi-arians_a or_o acacian_o who_o upon_o occasion_n will_v subscribe_v 25._o scer_n l._n 3._o c._n 25._o the_o nicene_n creed_n and_o pretend_v to_o have_v no_o exception_n to_o the_o doctrine_n contain_v in_o it_o but_o be_v for_o take_v away_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o not_o be_v find_v in_o scripture_n as_o if_o the_o difference_n have_v be_v only_o in_o term_n contrive_v in_o the_o mean_a time_n all_o the_o way_n possible_a to_o undermine_v the_o faith_n by_o their_o own_o exposition_n but_o it_o do_v not_o appear_v that_o meletius_n ever_o be_v a_o arian_n himself_o on_o the_o contrary_a the_o orthodox_n father_n never_o mention_v he_o but_o with_o the_o great_a commendation_n and_o he_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v impose_v upon_o by_o the_o acacian_o and_o semi-arians_a for_o a_o while_n who_o disguised_z and_o dissemble_v their_o opinion_n for_o when_o he_o be_v call_v to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o his_o faith_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o constantius_n himself_o in_o the_o synod_n 31._o theod._n l._n 2._o c._n 31._o at_o antioch_n he_o declare_v himself_o to_o the_o entire_a satisfaction_n of_o the_o orthodox_n bishop_n and_o it_o be_v no_o more_o than_o they_o expect_v from_o he_o and_o be_v before_o well_o assure_v of_o which_o make_v they_o so_o desirous_a to_o have_v he_o advance_v to_o the_o see_v of_o antioch_n and_o though_o socrates_n 44._o socr._n l._n 2._o c._n 44._o say_v that_o meletius_n subscribe_v the_o form_n of_o faith_n which_o acacius_n produce_v in_o the_o synod_n of_o selencia_fw-la yet_o this_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o mistake_n which_o perhaps_o the_o partiality_n which_o he_o plain_o enough_o discover_v for_o paulinus_n may_v betray_v he_o to_o for_o meletius_n name_n be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v among_o the_o subscription_n to_o the_o creed_n of_o acacius_n set_v down_o in_o epiphanius_n 73._o epiphan_n haer._n 73._o now_o it_o be_v determine_v in_o this_o case_n in_o a_o council_n at_o alexandria_n 75._o alexandria_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d athanas_n epiâ—t_fw-la ad_fw-la ruhnianum_fw-la inter_fw-la ejus_fw-la open_fw-mi tom._n 2._o p._n 40._o &_o apud_fw-la conc._n nicen._n 2._o act._n 1._o col._n 75._o that_o the_o worst_a of_o heretic_n the_o very_a principal_a and_o lead_a man_n among_o they_o upon_o the_o renounce_v their_o error_n and_o reconcile_a themselves_o to_o the_o church_n by_o repentance_n shall_v be_v receive_v to_o communion_n though_o not_o to_o officiate_v as_o clergyman_n but_o the_o less_o culpable_a who_o have_v be_v abuse_v and_o mislead_v be_v likewise_o to_o be_v permit_v the_o exercise_n and_o administration_n of_o their_o function_n which_o be_v no_o more_o than_o be_v practise_v in_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a itself_o towards_o the_o arian_n bishop_n who_o renounce_v their_o heresy_n and_o sign_v the_o nicene_n creed_n as_o s._n hierom_n urge_v in_o his_o dialogue_n adversus_fw-la luciferianos_fw-la where_o he_o dispute_v this_o point_n at_o large_a this_o be_v donatist_n conc._n nic._n can._n 8._o socr._n l._n 1._o c._n 9_o vale_n de_fw-fr schism_n donatist_n all_o along_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n towards_o the_o arian_n and_o novation_n and_o donatist_n and_o the_o meletian_o who_o be_v so_o denominate_v from_o meletius_n the_o african_a bishop_n to_o admit_v of_o their_o order_n upon_o their_o reconcile_a themselves_o to_o the_o church_n and_o thus_o it_o be_v confirm_v and_o establish_v in_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a and_o to_o the_o determination_n of_o this_o council_n of_o alexandria_n lucifer_n calaritanus_n himself_o have_v 13._o socr._n l._n 3._o c._n 9_o sozom._n l._n 5._o â—_o 13._o give_v his_o assent_n by_o his_o deacon_n who_o he_o have_v send_v thither_o for_o that_o purpose_n and_o luciferian_n and_o assensus_fw-la est_fw-la huic_fw-la sententiae_fw-la occidens_fw-la &_o per_fw-la tam_fw-la necessarium_fw-la concilium_fw-la satanae_n faucibus_fw-la mundus_fw-la â—reptus_fw-la est_fw-la hieron_n adv_fw-la luciferian_n all_o the_o western_a church_n approve_v of_o this_o decree_n as_o the_o only_a remedy_n against_o the_o arian_n heresy_n for_o the_o true_a reason_n why_o the_o western_a bishop_n espouse_v the_o cause_n of_o paulinus_n against_o meletius_n be_v not_o for_o any_o objection_n they_o have_v against_o his_o ordination_n which_o be_v make_v a_o objection_n by_o none_o but_o the_o luciferian_o but_o because_o he_o have_v be_v represent_v in_o the_o west_n as_o a_o heretic_n as_o s._n basil_n complain_v and_o 349._o basil_n ep._n 321._o 349._o as_o it_o appear_v from_o s._n hierom_n two_o epistle_n to_o damasus_n wherein_o he_o desire_v to_o know_v of_o he_o with_o who_o he_o shall_v communicate_v at_o antioch_n and_o paulinus_n be_v think_v little_o better_a of_o in_o the_o east_n for_o receive_v to_o communion_n the_o associate_n of_o marcellus_n but_o meletius_n 77._o â—d_a epist_n 74._o &_o epiphan_n haer._n 77._o be_v receive_v as_o patriarch_n of_o antioch_n in_o the_o general_n council_n of_o constantinople_n and_o die_v there_o s._n gregory_n nyssen_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o that_o venerable_a assembly_n celebrate_v his_o memory_n with_o the_o high_a praise_n in_o his_o funeral_n oration_n and_o upon_o his_o death_n flavianus_n be_v by_o unanimous_a consent_n choose_v 15._o epist_n synod_n c._n p._n apud_fw-la theod._n l._n 5._o c._n 9_o socr._n l._n 5._o c._n 15._o bishop_n of_o antioch_n and_o the_o choice_n confirm_v in_o that_o
general_n council_n though_o paulinus_n be_v yet_o live_v who_o thereupon_o nominate_v euagrius_n for_o his_o successor_n but_o he_o die_v soon_o after_o paulinus_n no_o other_o bishop_n be_v choose_v in_o his_o room_n but_o the_o state_n of_o this_o controversy_n as_o it_o lay_v between_o the_o meletian_o and_o luciferian_o be_v a_o direct_a confutation_n of_o the_o whole_a design_n of_o this_o author_n treatise_n for_o if_o all_o christian_n be_v oblige_v to_o look_v no_o further_o than_o to_o the_o bishop_n in_o possession_n paulinus_n be_v put_v into_o possession_n of_o the_o see_v of_o antioch_n whilst_o meletius_n be_v in_o banishment_n and_o he_o at_o his_o return_n be_v force_v to_o hold_v his_o assembly_n without_o the_o city_n yet_o the_o meletian_o never_o think_v this_o any_o reason_n for_o their_o compliance_n nor_o do_v the_o adherent_n of_o paulinus_n ever_o urge_v it_o upon_o they_o they_o urge_v that_o meletius_n have_v be_v make_v bishop_n by_o arian_n and_o that_o plea_n be_v overrule_v by_o the_o determination_n of_o a_o council_n hold_v at_o alexandria_n whereas_o if_o our_o author_n notion_n have_v then_o be_v good_a doctrine_n it_o must_v soon_o have_v decide_v the_o question_n for_o no_o man_n can_v deny_v but_o paulinus_n be_v actual_a bishop_n in_o the_o absence_n of_o meletius_n which_o be_v a_o better_a pretence_n than_o if_o he_o have_v be_v turn_v out_o to_o make_v way_n for_o he_o and_o so_o it_o be_v impossible_a but_o this_o argument_n must_v have_v be_v insist_v upon_o if_o this_o have_v be_v then_o a_o approve_a doctrine_n and_o it_o have_v be_v at_o least_o a_o good_a argument_n in_o the_o eastern_a church_n where_o our_o author_n will_v make_v we_o believe_v it_o be_v always_o the_o custom_n to_o communicate_v with_o the_o bishop_n for_o the_o time_n be_v however_o he_o come_v to_o be_v so_o and_o it_o be_v incredible_a that_o in_o so_o weighty_a a_o controversy_n which_o be_v so_o long_o depend_v no_o man_n shall_v once_o think_v of_o the_o thing_n which_o can_v alone_o decide_v it_o when_o it_o be_v so_o obvious_a to_o all_o capacite_n and_o be_v suppose_v to_o have_v be_v receive_v into_o the_o constant_a practice_n of_o the_o church_n in_o all_o such_o case_n st._n chrysostom_n himself_o after_o the_o 3._o socr._n l._n 6._o c._n 3._o death_n of_o meletius_n for_o three_o whole_a year_n will_v not_o communicate_v with_o either_o side_n and_o at_o last_o as_o all_o but_o socrates_n testify_v be_v ordain_v presbyter_n by_o flavianus_n that_o be_v he_o espouse_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o meletian_o and_o take_v direct_o the_o contrary_a side_n to_o that_o which_o he_o ought_v to_o have_v take_v by_o these_o principle_n for_o it_o be_v a_o receive_a maxim_n that_o regular_o there_o can_v be_v but_o one_o bishop_n of_o one_o church_n at_o the_o same_o time_n for_o if_o a_o bishop_n appoint_v his_o own_o successor_n and_o take_v he_o in_o his_o life_n time_n for_o a_o assistant_n to_o he_o this_o be_v a_o extraordinary_a case_n and_o he_o retain_v the_o authority_n still_o to_o himself_o or_o it_o be_v at_o his_o own_o choice_n whether_o he_o will_v part_v with_o any_o of_o it_o and_o if_o the_o bishop_n in_o possession_n be_v to_o be_v the_o one_o bishop_n meletius_n have_v be_v preclude_v by_o paulinus_n when_o he_o return_v from_o banishment_n and_o paulinus_n be_v afterward_o leave_v in_o possession_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o meletius_n it_o be_v plain_a then_o that_o this_o doctrine_n be_v unknown_a to_o the_o whole_a church_n at_o that_o time_n and_o particular_o to_o s._n chrysostom_n upon_o who_o account_n this_o be_v bring_v and_o who_o case_n come_v now_o to_o be_v consider_v the_o author_n observe_v that_o upon_o the_o 2._o pag._n 2._o depose_v of_o s._n chrysostom_n arsacius_n be_v place_v in_o his_o see_n who_o in_o fourteen_o month_n time_n must_v be_v suppose_v to_o ordain_v bishop_n priest_n and_o deacon_n or_o if_o he_o do_v not_o yet_o atticus_n succeed_v he_o whilst_o s._n chrysostom_n be_v yet_o alive_a and_o in_o exile_n atticus_n sit_v as_o patriarch_n twenty_o year_n and_o yet_o all_o his_o ordination_n be_v never_o question_v but_o be_v receive_v by_o the_o church_n as_o if_o they_o have_v be_v canonical_a atticus_n be_v succeed_v by_o sisinnius_n and_o he_o by_o nestorius_n and_o both_o atticus_n and_o sisinnius_n be_v own_v as_o patriarch_n by_o celestine_n bishop_n of_o rome_n in_o a_o epistle_n to_o nâ—storius_n and_o in_o the_o general_n council_n of_o ephesus_n no_o exception_n be_v make_v to_o the_o promotion_n of_o the_o patriarch_n of_o coâ—stantinople_n only_a nestorius_n himself_o be_v depose_v for_o heresy_n to_o enforce_v all_o this_o yet_o further_o the_o writer_n of_o the_o preface_n cite_v some_o passage_n out_o of_o the_o life_n of_o s._n chrysostom_n write_v by_o palladius_n to_o show_v what_o the_o opinion_n of_o that_o father_n be_v in_o his_o own_o case_n and_o how_o far_o he_o be_v from_o insist_v upon_o any_o right_n he_o have_v to_o be_v acknowledge_v still_o as_o patriarch_n when_o he_o be_v once_o depose_v for_o say_v he_o s._n chrysostom_n advise_v and_o charge_v the_o bishop_n his_o friend_n more_o than_o once_o that_o as_o they_o love_v christ_n none_o of_o they_o shall_v leave_v his_o church_n upon_o his_o account_n that_o they_o must_v keep_v communion_n with_o his_o deposer_n and_o not_o rend_v and_o divide_v the_o church_n and_o he_o enjoin_v some_o devout_a woman_n that_o attend_v there_o that_o as_o they_o hope_v to_o obtain_v mercy_n from_o god_n they_o shall_v pay_v the_o same_o service_n and_o good_a will_n to_o his_o successor_n by_o a_o fair_a election_n that_o they_o have_v do_v to_o himself_o for_o the_o church_n can_v not_o be_v without_o a_o bishop_n but_o this_o notwithstanding_o upon_o examination_n we_o shall_v find_v that_o s._n chrysostom_n be_v clear_o of_o another_o mind_n than_o he_o be_v here_o represent_v to_o be_v of_o and_o that_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o his_o case_n which_o will_v in_o the_o least_o favour_n this_o author_n doctrine_n i_o have_v already_o observe_v how_o much_o contrary_a s_n chrysostom_n act_v to_o these_o principle_n in_o the_o case_n of_o meletius_n and_o i_o shall_v now_o make_v it_o appear_v that_o he_o be_v evident_o against_o they_o in_o his_o own_o the_o account_n palladius_n give_v we_o be_v â—â—_o palâ—aâ—vit_fw-la châ—â—â—_n p._n â—â—_o this_o s._n chrysostâ—m_n before_o his_o first_o banishment_n when_o he_o perceive_v what_o violent_a method_n his_o adversary_n will_v take_v speak_v to_o the_o forty_o bishop_n who_o be_v meet_v with_o he_o that_o as_o they_o love_v christ_n none_o of_o they_o will_v leave_v his_o church_n upon_o his_o account_n for_o say_v he_o i_o be_o nâ—w_o ready_a to_o be_v offer_v and_o the_o time_n of_o my_o departure_n be_v at_o hand_n in_o s._n paul_n be_v word_n i_o shall_v undergo_v many_o suffering_n i_o see_v and_o so_o depart_v this_o life_n and_o afterward_o to_o i_o to_o 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suppose_v to_o be_v eustathius_n late_a bishop_n of_o sebastia_n but_o in_o the_o greek_a and_o latin_a edition_n eustathius_n late_a bishop_n of_o antioch_n 4._o p._n 4._o and_o a_o note_n be_v subjoin_v to_o inform_v we_o that_o both_o socrates_n and_o sozomen_n say_v that_o eustathius_n bishop_n of_o antioch_n live_v till_o the_o reign_n oâ—_n valens_n and_o that_o the_o argument_n which_o baronius_n and_o valesius_fw-la bring_v to_o the_o contrary_a be_v not_o of_o weight_n enough_o to_o be_v set_v against_o the_o authority_n of_o these_o two_o historian_n baronius_n argue_v that_o eustathius_n of_o antioch_n never_o live_v to_o be_v recall_v from_o banishment_n by_o jovian_a but_o die_v in_o exile_n under_o constantius_n for_o if_o he_o have_v be_v recall_v it_o can_v be_v suppose_v that_o no_o mention_n shall_v be_v make_v of_o he_o in_o the_o synod_n of_o antioch_n which_o be_v hold_v at_o that_o time_n by_o the_o orthodox_n and_o beside_o neither_o meletius_n nor_o paulinus_n will_v have_v be_v suffer_v by_o the_o people_n of_o antioch_n to_o be_v confecrate_v and_o reside_v there_o as_o their_o bishop_n if_o he_o have_v be_v still_o live_v without_o their_o divide_v into_o party_n about_o it_o since_o a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o orthodox_n from_o their_o great_a zeal_n and_o affection_n for_o he_o be_v denominate_v eustathian_n and_o if_o eustathius_n have_v survive_v his_o banishment_n there_o be_v no_o question_n but_o both_o meletius_n and_o paulinus_n will_v have_v resign_v the_o see_v to_o he_o at_o his_o return_n for_o meletius_n be_v put_v into_o that_o see_v at_o the_o earnest_a desire_n of_o the_o orthodox_n bishop_n after_o the_o banishment_n of_o eustathius_n and_o he_o who_o be_v so_o condescend_v to_o paulinus_n will_v have_v yield_v much_o more_o to_o eustathius_n himself_o for_o all_o the_o pretence_n that_o paulinus_n can_v have_v be_v to_o be_v bishop_n over_o a_o party_n of_o man_n who_o for_o the_o great_a veneration_n they_o have_v for_o eustathius_n be_v call_v eustathian_n and_o who_o will_v not_o live_v in_o communion_n with_o meletius_n because_o he_o have_v be_v ordain_v by_o arian_n and_o it_o be_v absurd_a to_o think_v that_o paulinus_n the_o chief_a of_o the_o eustathian_a party_n will_v retain_v his_o bishopric_n if_o eustathius_n himself_o have_v be_v yet_o live_v unless_o perhaps_o we_o say_v that_o eustathius_n have_v whole_o relinquish_v his_o see_n to_o he_o and_o that_o he_o live_v conceal_v at_o constantinople_n or_o in_o some_o other_o place_n from_o the_o time_n of_o his_o first_o banishment_n as_o socrates_n and_o sozomen_n say_v he_o do_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o valens_n till_o he_o be_v a_o second_o time_n banish_v but_o to_o put_v this_o out_o of_o all_o controversy_n theodorite_n express_o 4._o express_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theod._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 4._o say_v that_o eustathius_n be_v dead_a before_o meletius_n succeed_v he_o in_o