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that_o of_o pisa_n the_o decree_n of_o that_o council_n of_o constance_n and_o of_o that_o of_o basil_n upon_o the_o same_o point_n the_o approbation_n of_o these_o decree_n by_o the_o pope_n martin_n v._n and_o eugenius_n iu._n p._n 241_o chap._n xxii_o of_o the_o write_n of_o the_o sieur_n emmanuel_n schelstrate_v against_o the_o two_o decree_n of_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n the_o declaration_n which_o the_o clergy_n of_o france_n meet_v in_o the_o year_n 1682._o make_v of_o their_o opinion_n touch_v these_o two_o decree_n which_o they_o hold_v to_o be_v of_o infallible_a authority_n approve_v by_o pope_n and_o for_o those_o time_n when_o there_o be_v no_o schism_n as_o well_o as_o during_o a_o schism_n the_o sieur_n emmanuel_n schelstrate_n undertake_v to_o refute_v these_o three_o article_n in_o the_o three_o chapter_n of_o his_o dissertation_n p._n 256_o chap._n xxiii_o a_o refutation_n of_o the_o first_o chapter_n of_o the_o dissertation_n of_o m._n schelstrate_a the_o 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council_n over_o the_o pope_n what_o in_o signify_v in_o m._n schelstrate_n manuscript_n that_o the_o pope_n elect_v can_v be_v bind_v the_o judgement_n of_o the_o university_n of_o paris_n and_o of_o the_o gallican_n church_n concern_v the_o superiority_n of_o a_o council_n over_o the_o pope_n p._n 317_o chap._n xxvi_o the_o state_n of_o the_o question_n touch_v the_o power_n that_o some_o doctor_n have_v attribute_v to_o pope_n over_o the_o temporal_a the_o distinction_n of_o the_o direct_a and_o indirect_a power_n p._n 341_o chap._n xxvii_o what_o jesus_n christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n have_v teach_v we_o as_o to_o that_o a_o false_a distinction_n of_o buchanan_n refute_v it_o be_v upon_o a_o obligation_n of_o conscience_n and_o not_o through_o weakness_n that_o christian_n obey_v infidel_n emperor_n and_o persecutor_n the_o allegiance_n that_o subject_n owe_v to_o their_o sovereign_n be_v of_o divine_a right_n with_o which_o pope_n can_v dispense_v all_o the_o passage_n cite_v 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