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cur_n provoces_fw-la ad_fw-la orientis_fw-la antistites_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v s._n augustine_n epistle_n 261._o write_v to_o celestine_n bishop_n of_o rome_n in_o his_o old_a age_n as_o appear_v in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o epistle_n si_fw-la meam_fw-la senectutem_fw-la fueris_fw-la consolatus_fw-la and_o probable_o after_o the_o contest_v of_o the_o african_a council_n about_o appeals_n that_o council_n be_v hold_v 419._o and_o celestine_n make_v bishop_n of_o rome_n 423._o who_o outlive_v s._n austin_n who_o die_v 430._o ludou._n de_fw-fr angelis_n lib._n 4._o c._n 6._o it_o be_v write_v concern_v one_o antonius_n for_o who_o s._n austin_n have_v procure_v the_o bishopric_n of_o fussala_n a_o place_n former_o in_o his_o own_o diocese_n but_o be_v very_o remote_a from_o hippo_n he_o obtain_v that_o a_o new_a bishopric_n may_v be_v erect_v there_o which_o antonius_n for_o some_o miscarriage_n be_v by_o the_o neighbour_a bishop_n of_o numidia_n remove_v from_o that_o bishopric_n 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apostoli_fw-la petri_n memoriam_fw-la qui_fw-la christianorum_fw-la praepositos_fw-la populorum_fw-la monuit_fw-la ne_o violent_a dominentur_fw-la inter_fw-la fratres_n etc._n etc._n this_o he_o say_v against_o the_o executores_fw-la clericos_fw-la of_o the_o roman_a see_v many_o time_n use_v unjust_a violence_n but_o we_o see_v he_o decline_v not_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n judgement_n but_o hope_n to_o have_v it_o favourable_a to_o his_o cause_n see_v likewise_o his_o epistle_n 157._o to_o optatus_n wherein_o he_o mention_n a_o legation_n impose_v upon_o he_o and_o some_o other_o bishop_n for_o some_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n to_o caesarea_n in_o mauritania_n quo_fw-la nos_fw-la say_v he_o injuncta_fw-la nobis_fw-la a_o venerabili_fw-la papa_n zosimo_n apostolicae_fw-la sedis_fw-la episcopo_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la necessitas_fw-la traxerat_fw-la of_o which_o also_o thus_o possidonius_fw-la vit._n aug._n 14._o c._n in_o coesarinsem_fw-la mauritaniae_fw-la civitatem_fw-la venire_fw-la venerabilis_fw-la mentoriae_fw-la augustinum_n cum_fw-la aliis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la sedis_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la literae_fw-la compulerunt_fw-la ad_fw-la terminandas_fw-la viz._n aliquas_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la necessitate_v &c_n &c_n which_o show_v what_o authority_n the_o roman_a bishop_n use_v over_o the_o african_a in_o this_o father_n time_n where_o s._n austin_n do_v many_o good_a office_n for_o that_o province_n and_o have_v successful_a dispute_n with_o emeritus_n the_o bishop_n of_o that_o city_n see_v possid_n vit_fw-mi aug._n 14._o c._n aug._n the_o gest_n cum_fw-la emerit_fw-la see_v the_o epistle_n of_o cyril_n bishop_n of_o alexandria_n 5._o §_o 23._o n._n 5._o to_o celestin_n bishop_n of_o rome_n wherein_o he_o say_v concern_v nestorius_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n before_o condemn_v by_o any_o general_a council_n at_o quamvis_fw-la res_fw-la ita_fw-la habeat_fw-la non_fw-la prius_fw-la tamen_fw-la illius_fw-la communionem_fw-la confidenter_fw-la disserere_fw-la ausi_fw-la fuimus_fw-la quam_fw-la haec_fw-la ipsa_fw-la pietati_fw-la tuus_fw-la indicaremus_fw-la
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quae_fw-la ad_fw-la vniversalis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la statum_fw-la pertinent_a aut_fw-la dubie_n agatur_fw-la aut_fw-la segniter_fw-la cum_fw-la residentibus_fw-la vobis_fw-la quibus_fw-la executionem_fw-la nostrae_fw-la dispositionis_fw-la injunximus_fw-la ea_fw-la possint_fw-la agi_fw-la cuncta_fw-la moderation_n etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr his_fw-la autem_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la causa_fw-la gravius_fw-la peccavere_fw-la si_fw-la fort_n resipiscunt_fw-la horum_fw-la satisfactio_fw-la maturioribus_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la sedis_fw-la conciliis_fw-la reservetur_fw-la ut_fw-la examinatis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la &c_n &c_n quid_fw-la constitui_fw-la debeat_fw-la aestimetur_fw-la and_o afterward_o si_fw-mi de_fw-la aliquibus_fw-la amplius_fw-la fuerit_fw-la deliberandum_fw-la celeriter_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la relatio_fw-la dirigatur_fw-la ut_fw-la pertractata_fw-la qualitate_fw-la causarum_fw-la nostra_fw-la quid_fw-la observari_fw-la debeat_fw-la solicitudo_fw-la constituat_fw-la and_o see_v the_o rescript_n of_o the_o emperor_n valentinian_n the_o three_o quote_v by_o baron_n anno_fw-la 445._o inter_v novel_a theod._n tit_n 24._o in_o the_o time_n of_o leo_n a_o little_a before_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n send_v to_o aelius_n his_o vicegerent_n in_o france_n about_o quiet_v the_o difference_n between_o the_o archbishop_n of_o arles_n and_o vienna_n after_o that_o the_o cause_n upon_o appeal_n have_v be_v decide_v by_o leo_n against_o arles_n wherein_o the_o emperor_n have_v these_o word_n cum_fw-la sedis_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la primatum_fw-la s._n petri_n mâ—ritum_fw-la sacra_fw-la etiam_fw-la synodi_fw-la firmarit_fw-la authoritas_fw-la ne_fw-la quid_fw-la praeter_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la sedis_fw-la illius_fw-la inlicitum_fw-la praesumptio_fw-la attentare_fw-la nitatur_fw-la hinc_fw-la enim_fw-la demum_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la pax_fw-la ubique_fw-la servabitur_fw-la si_fw-la rectorem_fw-la suum_fw-la agnoscat_fw-la vniversitas_fw-la haec_fw-la cum_fw-la hactenus_fw-la inviolabiliter_fw-la fuerint_fw-la constituta_fw-la hilarius_n contumaci_fw-la ausu_fw-la etc._n etc._n his_fw-la talibus_fw-la per_fw-la ordinem_fw-la religiosi_fw-la viri_fw-la vrbis_fw-la papae_fw-la cognition_n discussis_fw-la certa_fw-la in_o eundem_fw-la hilarium_fw-la lata_fw-la sententia_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la erat_fw-la ipsa_fw-la quidem_fw-la sententia_fw-la per_fw-la gallias_n etiam_fw-la sine_fw-la imperiali_fw-la sanctione_n valitura_fw-la sed_fw-la nostram_fw-la quoque_fw-la praeceptionem_fw-la haec_fw-la ratio_fw-la provocavit_fw-la ne_fw-la ulterius_fw-la cviquam_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la rebus_fw-la arma_fw-la miscere_fw-la as_o it_o
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tale_n esse_fw-la romanos_fw-la quorum_fw-la fides_fw-la apostolo_n praedicante_fw-la laudata_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la quos_fw-la persidia_fw-la habere_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la accessum_fw-la add_v to_o these_o in_o the_o 46th_o epistle_n the_o confession_n of_o those_o who_o return_v to_o cornelius_n from_o the_o schism_n of_o novatianus_n make_v in_o this_o form_n nos_fw-la cornelium_n episcopum_fw-la sanctissimae_fw-la catholicae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la electum_fw-la a_o christo_fw-la domino_fw-la nostro_fw-la scimus_fw-la
etc._n etc._n conclude_v nec_fw-la enim_fw-la ignoramus_fw-la unum_fw-la deum_fw-la esse_fw-la unum_fw-la christum_fw-la unum_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la unum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la in_o catholica_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la esse_fw-la debere_fw-la vnum_fw-la i._n e._n i_o suppose_v unum_fw-la supereminent_a in_o power_n to_o the_o rest_n the_o better_a to_o preserve_v the_o church_n unity_n §_o 33_o last_o the_o passage_n of_o those_o ancient_n who_o be_v in_o some_o difference_n with_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n which_o upbraid_v he_o for_o challenge_v such_o power_n seem_v to_o i_o good_a argument_n that_o such_o power_n and_o authority_n over_o other_o church_n and_o bishop_n be_v then_o so_o early_o assume_v by_o he_o so_o tertullian_n the_o pudicitia_n c._n 21._o live_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o three_o age_n when_o now_o a_o montanist_n and_o rigid_o oppose_v the_o absolution_n and_o restitution_n to_o the_o church_n of_o lapse_v christian_n though_o penitent_n which_o thing_n be_v practise_v by_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n mention_n there_o in_o irony_n his_o title_n of_o pontifex_n maximus_n and_o episcopus_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la and_o thus_o expostulate_v with_o he_o vnde_fw-la hoc_fw-la jus_o ecclesiae_fw-la i._n e._n of_o absolve_v such_o sinner_n usurpa_v si_fw-mi quia_fw-la dixerit_fw-la petro_n dominus_fw-la super_fw-la hanc_fw-la petram_fw-la aedificabo_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la meam_fw-la tibi_fw-la dedi_fw-la clave_n regni_fw-la coelorum_fw-la vel_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la alligaveris_fw-la etc._n etc._n qualis_fw-la es_fw-la evertens_fw-mi atque_fw-la commutans_fw-la manifestam_fw-la domini_fw-la intentionem_fw-la personaliter_fw-la hoc_fw-la petro_n conferentem_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o note_n that_o tertullian_n here_o in_o the_o protestant_n judgement_n err_v absolution_n of_o sinner_n penitent_a being_n not_o personal_a to_o peter_n or_o the_o apostle_n but_o common_a not_o only_o to_o the_o roman_a bishop_n but_o all_o the_o successive_a clergy_n for_o ever_o so_o firmilianus_n bishop_n of_o caesarea_n cappadociae_fw-la in_o his_o epistle_n to_o st._n cyprian_n the_o 75th_o among_o cyprian_n when_o very_o passionate_a in_o the_o matter_n of_o rebaptise_v those_o former_o baptise_a only_a by_o heretic_n and_o as_o it_o seem_v by_o eus_n ec._n h._n l._n 7._o c._n 4._o either_o punish_v or_o threaten_v with_o excommunication_n by_o stephen_n bishop_n of_o rome_n for_o it_o and_o also_o be_v his_o opposite_a in_o the_o controversy_n about_o easter_n thus_o inveigh_v against_o he_o ego_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la just_a indignor_fw-la quod_fw-la qui_fw-la sic_fw-la de_fw-fr episcopatus_fw-la svi_fw-la loco_fw-la gloriatur_fw-la &_o se_fw-la successionem_fw-la petri_n tenere_fw-la contendit_fw-la super_fw-la quem_fw-la fundamenta_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la collocata_fw-la sunt_fw-la multas_fw-la alius_fw-la petras_n inducat_fw-la &_o ecclesiarum_fw-la multarum_fw-la nova_fw-la aedificia_fw-la constituat_fw-la dum_fw-la esse_fw-la illic_fw-la i.e._n heretical_a church_n baptisma_fw-la sva_fw-la authoritate_fw-la defendit_fw-la stephanus_n qui_fw-la per_fw-la successionem_fw-la cathedram_fw-la petri_n habere_fw-la se_fw-la praedicat_fw-la nullo_n adversus_fw-la haereticos_fw-la zelo_fw-la exeitatur_fw-la etc._n etc._n i.e._n in_o disallow_v and_o null_v their_o baptism_n eos_n autem_fw-la qui_fw-la romae_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la ea_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la observare_fw-la quae_fw-la sint_fw-la ab_fw-la origine_fw-la tradita_fw-la &_o frustra_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la praetendere_fw-la scire_fw-la quis_fw-la etiam_fw-la inde_fw-la potest_fw-la etc._n etc._n where_o he_o blame_v their_o keep_n of_o easter_n different_o from_o other_o in_o the_o asian_a church_n qui_fw-la gloriatur_fw-la qui_fw-la praedicat_fw-la qui_fw-la praetendit_fw-la therefore_o such_o title_n and_o such_o gloriation_n there_o be_v and_o such_o authority_n challenge_v by_o the_o roman_a bishop_n which_o he_o call_v in_o that_o epistle_n ruptio_fw-la pacis_fw-la long_o before_o the_o nicen_n council_n and_o the_o judgement_n and_o the_o pretend_a apostolical_a tradition_n of_o these_o bishop_n though_o by_o these_o mistake_a man_n censure_v and_o oppose_v yet_o by_o the_o orthodox_n follow_v and_o embrace_v §_o 34_o as_o for_o the_o two_o place_n urge_v out_o of_o s._n cyprian_n against_o the_o acknowledgement_n of_o any_o such_o power_n or_o superiority_n of_o one_o bishop_n over_o another_o and_o consequent_o of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n the_o one_o out_o of_o the_o council_n of_o carthage_n in_o his_o work_n wherein_o be_v precedent_n he_o say_v neminem_fw-la judicantes_fw-la aut_fw-la a_o jure_fw-la communionis_fw-la aliquem_fw-la si_fw-la diversum_fw-la senserit_fw-la amoventes_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la quisquam_fw-la nostrum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la se_fw-la esse_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la constituit_fw-la aut_fw-la tyrannico_fw-la terrrore_fw-la ad_fw-la obsequendi_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la collegas_fw-la suos_fw-la adigit_fw-la quando_fw-la habeat_fw-la omnis_fw-la episcopus_fw-la pro_fw-la licentia_fw-la libertatis_fw-la &_o potestatis_fw-la suae_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la proprium_fw-la tamque_fw-la judicari_fw-la ab_fw-la alio_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la quam_fw-la nec_fw-la ipse_fw-la potest_fw-la judicare_fw-la sed_fw-la expectemus_fw-la universi_fw-la judicium_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la qui_fw-la unus_fw-la &_o solus_fw-la habet_fw-la potestatem_fw-la de_fw-la actu_fw-la nostro_fw-la judicandi_fw-la and_o the_o other_o in_o the_o close_a of_o he_o and_o the_o council_n epistle_n to_o stephen_n epistle_n 72._o where_o he_o say_v haec_fw-la ad_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la tuam_fw-la frater_fw-la charissime_fw-la i.e._n stephano_n pertulimus_fw-la credentes_fw-la etiam_fw-la tibi_fw-la pro_fw-la religionis_fw-la tuus_fw-la &_o fidei_fw-la veritate_fw-la placere_fw-la quae_fw-la &_o religiosa_fw-la pariter_fw-la &_o vera_fw-la sunt_fw-la caeterum_fw-la scimus_fw-la quosdam_fw-la quod_fw-la semel_fw-la imbiberint_fw-la nolle_fw-la disponere_fw-la nec_fw-la proposstum_fw-la sâ—um_fw-la facile_fw-la mutare_fw-la sed_fw-la salvo_fw-la inter_fw-la collegas_fw-la pacis_fw-la &_o concordiae_fw-la vinculo_fw-la quaedam_fw-la propria_fw-la retinere_fw-la qua_fw-la in_o re_fw-la nec_fw-la nos_fw-la vim_o cviquam_fw-la facimus_fw-la aut_fw-la legem_fw-la damus_fw-la cum_fw-la habeat_fw-la in_o ecclesiae_fw-la administratione_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la suae_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la iberum_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la praepositus_fw-la or_o bishop_n rationem_fw-la actus_fw-la svi_fw-la domino_fw-la redditurus_fw-la in_o the_o first_o of_o these_o place_n the_o father_n speak_v of_o all_o bishop_n have_v their_o free_a vote_n in_o the_o council_n none_o lord_v it_o over_o the_o rest_n nor_o they_o to_o give_v account_n of_o such_o vote_n save_v to_o god_n alone_o this_o seem_v clear_a from_o the_o word_n immediate_o precede_v superest_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-la hac_fw-la ipsa_fw-la re_fw-la singuli_fw-la quid_fw-la sentiamus_fw-la proferamus_fw-la neminem_fw-la judicantes_fw-la etc._n etc._n which_o word_n they_o be_v please_v not_o to_o mention_v with_o the_o rest_n in_o the_o second_o he_o only_o say_v of_o himself_o and_o the_o council_n that_o they_o do_v not_o vim_o facere_fw-la nor_o legem_fw-la dare_v cviquam_fw-la collegarum_fw-la by_o which_o colleague_n he_o mean_v not_o stephen_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n or_o any_o foreign_a but_o only_o some_o african_a bishop_n who_o have_v no_o such_o former_a custom_n of_o rebaptise_v any_o dissent_v from_o that_o council_n judgement_n as_o may_v be_v collect_v both_o from_o the_o word_n precede_v here_o credimus_fw-la tibi_fw-la placere_fw-la and_o from_o the_o former_a epistle_n 71._o to_o quintus_n where_o he_o say_v nescio_fw-la qua_fw-la praesumptione_n ducuntur_fw-la quidam_fw-la de_fw-la collegis_fw-la nostris_fw-la ut_fw-la putent_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la apud_fw-la haereticos_fw-la tincti_fw-la sunt_fw-la quando_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la venerint_fw-la baptizari_fw-la non_fw-la oportere_fw-la this_o being_n speak_v of_o his_o colleague_n et_fw-la qui_fw-la hoc_fw-la illis_fw-la patrocinium_fw-la de_fw-la authoritate_fw-la sva_fw-la praestat_fw-la cedit_fw-la illis_fw-la &_o consentit_fw-la &c._n &c._n this_o being_n speak_v of_o stephen_n who_o countenance_v his_o african_a colleague_n but_o be_v these_o colleague_n who_o they_o please_v of_o they_o i_o ask_v be_v they_o subordinate_a and_o subject_a to_o this_o council_n or_o not_o if_o they_o be_v then_o legem_fw-la non_fw-la damus_fw-la must_v not_o be_v make_v equivalent_a to_o non_fw-la licet_fw-la dare_v and_o in_o doubtful_a matter_n as_o this_o must_v needs_o be_v on_o cyprian_n side_n go_v against_o the_o former_a general_a practice_n of_o the_o church_n except_o that_o of_o his_o predecessor_n it_o be_v many_o time_n great_a prudence_n legem_fw-la non_fw-la dare_v where_o there_o be_v a_o legislative_a power_n or_o if_o they_o be_v not_o subordinate_a then_o indeed_o non_fw-la licuit_fw-la legem_fw-la illis_fw-la dare_v but_o this_o rule_n non_fw-la licet_fw-la etc._n etc._n can_v be_v extend_v to_o other_o governor_n where_o there_o be_v a_o subordination_n of_o other_o to_o they_o now_o as_o there_o be_v bishop_n and_o council_n coequal_a who_o therefore_o may_v not_o give_v the_o law_n to_o one_o another_o as_o the_o bishop_n of_o one_o diocese_n or_o one_o provincial_a council_n can_v regulate_v another_o so_o there_o be_v bishop_n and_o council_n superior_a to_o other_o as_o above_o a_o ordinary_a bishop_n be_v metropolitans_n primat_n patriarch_n above_o council_n provincial_a be_v patria_fw-la shall_fw-mi general_n therefore_o either_o s._n cyprian_n word_n must_v not_o be_v so_o far_o extend_v as_o to_o assert_v
indeed_o with_o application_n thereof_o to_o the_o pope_n as_o guilty_a therein_o to_o rebel_v against_o the_o catholic_n church_n and_o its_o representative_a a_o general_n council_n which_o be_v the_o last_o visible_a judge_n of_o controversy_n and_o the_o supreme_a ecclesiastical_a court_n either_o be_v gross_a schism_n or_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o schismatical_a pravity_n in_o the_o world_n to_o rebel_v against_o such_o a_o council_n i._n e._n against_o the_o constitution_n thereof_o in_o affair_n mere_o spiritual_a therefore_o if_o their_o canon_n establish_v such_o and_o such_o patriarchates_n to_o rebel_v against_o these_o will_v be_v schism_n so_o p._n 269._o he_o say_v in_o case_n that_o be_v indeed_o spiritual_a or_o mere_o ecclesiastical_a such_o as_o concern_v the_o doctrine_n of_o faith_n or_o administration_n of_o the_o sacrament_n or_o the_o ordain_v or_o degrade_n of_o ecclesiastical_a person_n i_o add_v or_o those_o mention_v but_o now_o §_o 38._o which_o relate_v not_o to_o the_o civil_a state_n but_o mere_o to_o the_o well_o governance_n of_o the_o church_n sovereign_a prince_n have_v and_o have_v only_o a_o architectonical_a power_n to_o see_v that_o clergyman_n do_v their_o duty_n i._n e._n according_a to_o such_o church-decree_n else_o have_v prince_n in_o such_o matter_n a_o negative_a or_o destructive_a power_n this_o will_v be_v the_o right_n of_o heathen_a potentate_n also_o and_o the_o primitive_a church_n guilty_a of_o rebellion_n in_o disobey_v in_o these_o thing_n their_o strict_a prohibition_n again_o p._n 257._o he_o say_v thus_o neither_o the_o papal_a power_n which_o we_o have_v cashier_v nor_o any_o part_n of_o it_o be_v ever_o give_v to_o any_o patriarch_n by_o the_o ancient_a canon_n and_o by_o consequence_n the_o separation_n be_v not_o schismatical_a therefore_o it_o seem_v it_o have_v be_v schismatical_a have_v such_o power_n be_v give_v he_o by_o the_o canon_n §_o 40_o now_o to_o view_v dr._n hammond_n &_o c._n 3._o p._n 54._o he_o say_v it_o be_v manifest_a that_o as_o the_o several_a bishop_n have_v praefecture_n over_o their_o several_a church_n and_o over_o the_o presbyter_n deacon_n and_o people_n under_o they_o such_o as_o can_v not_o be_v cast_v off_o by_o any_o without_o the_o guilt_n and_o brand_n of_o schism_n so_o the_o bishop_n themselves_o of_o the_o ordinary_a inferior_a city_n be_v for_o the_o preserve_n of_o unity_n and_o many_o other_o good_a use_n subject_v to_o the_o high_a power_n of_o archbishop_n or_o metropolitans_n nay_o we_o must_v yet_o ascend_v one_o degree_n high_o from_o this_o of_o archbishop_n or_o metropolitan_o to_o that_o supreme_a of_o primate_fw-la or_o patriarch_n the_o division_n of_o which_o be_v thus_o clear_v etc._n etc._n and_o p._n 60._o the_o uppermost_a of_o the_o stand_a power_n in_o the_o church_n be_v archbishop_n primate_fw-la and_o patriarch_n to_o who_o the_o bishop_n themselves_o be_v appoint_v in_o many_o thing_n to_o be_v subject_a and_o this_o power_n i_o add_v and_o the_o particular_a see_v to_o who_o it_o shall_v belong_v and_o subjection_n define_v and_o assert_v by_o the_o ancient_a canon_n and_o most_o ancient_a even_a immemorial_n apostolical_a tradition_n and_o custom_n be_v avouch_v for_o it_o i_o add_v especial_o for_o the_o eminency_n of_o the_o roman_a see_n as_o may_v appear_v conc._n nicaen_fw-la can._n 4_o 6._o conc._n antioch_n c._n 9_o c._n 20._o conc._n chalc._n c._n 19_o etc._n etc._n after_o all_o which_o p._n 66._o of_o the_o same_o chapter_n the_o title_n of_o which_o be_v of_o the_o several_a sort_n of_o schism_n he_o conclude_v that_o there_o may_v be_v a_o disobedience_n and_o irregularity_n and_o so_o a_o schism_n even_o in_o the_o bishop_n in_o respect_n of_o their_o metropolitan_o and_o of_o the_o authority_n which_o these_o have_v by_o canon_n and_o primitive_a custom_n over_o they_o which_o be_v therefore_o to_o be_v add_v to_o the_o several_a species_n of_o schism_n set_v down_o in_o the_o former_a chapter_n where_o though_o the_o doctor_n be_v please_v not_o to_o name_v particular_o patriarch_n yet_o the_o quotation_n p._n 54._o we_o must_v yet_o ascend_v etc._n etc._n and_o p._n 60._o show_v you_o that_o he_o upon_o the_o same_o reason_n of_o church-canon_n and_o primitive_a custom_n do_v and_o must_v hold_v that_o there_o may_v be_v a_o schism_n also_o in_o the_o metropolitan_o and_o consequent_o in_o all_o those_o under_o the_o metropolitan_o in_o respect_n of_o their_o patriarch_n the_o unite_n as_o of_o several_a diocese_n in_o one_o metropolitan_a and_o of_o several_a province_n and_o metropolitan_o in_o one_o primate_n so_o of_o many_o nation_n and_o primate_fw-la in_o one_o patriarch_n exceed_o conduce_v to_o the_o peaceable_a government_n and_o cohesion_n of_o the_o church_n catholic_n and_o suppression_n of_o heresy_n and_o schism_n oftener_o national_a than_o diocesan_n only_o or_o provincial_a quae_fw-la vero_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la say_v grotius_n in_o his_o first_o reply_n upon_o rivet_n ad_fw-la art_n 7._o cur_n qui_fw-la opinionibus_fw-la dissident_n inter_fw-la catholicos_fw-la maneant_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la corpore_fw-la non_fw-la rupta_fw-la communione_fw-la contra_fw-la qui_fw-la inter_fw-la protestant_n dissident_n idem_fw-la facere_fw-la nequeant_fw-la vicunque_fw-la multa_fw-la de_fw-la dilectione_n fraterna_fw-la loquantur_fw-la hoc_fw-la qui_fw-la recte_fw-la expender_n it_z inveniet_fw-la quanta_fw-la sit_fw-la vis_fw-la primatus_fw-la which_o primacy_n st._n hierom_n observe_v even_o among_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o adversus_fw-la jovinianum_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 14._o super_fw-la petrum_fw-la fundatur_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la licet_fw-la id_fw-la ipsum_fw-la in_o alio_fw-la loco_fw-la super_fw-la omnes_fw-la apostolos_fw-la fiat_fw-la &_o cuncti_fw-la clave_n regnorum_fw-la coeli_fw-la accipiant_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la aequo_fw-la super_fw-la eos_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la fortitudo_fw-la solidetur_fw-la tamen_fw-la 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a_o canon_n of_o a_o council_n valid_a which_o concern_v matter_n pure_o spiritual_a nay_o not_o disaccept_v they_o decree_v unanimous_o by_o the_o father_n but_o all_o the_o world_n look_v upon_o he_o as_o a_o unjust_a and_o tyrannical_a encroacher_n to_o this_o dr._n hammond_n ans_fw-fr to_o schism_n disarm_v p._n 203._o speak_v thus_o for_o the_o appendage_n etc._n etc._n i_o need_v not_o reply_v have_v never_o pretend_v or_o seem_v to_o pretend_v what_o he_o charge_v on_o i_o concern_v the_o emperor_n negative_a voice_n in_o the_o council_n what_o i_o pretend_v i_o speak_v out_o in_o plain_a word_n thou_o the_o canon_n have_v be_v most_o set_v out_o and_o receive_v their_o authority_n by_o the_o emperor_n and_o this_o receive_n their_o authority_n be_v i_o suppose_v in_o order_n to_o their_o powerful_a reception_n in_o their_o dominion_n and_o this_o he_o acknowledge_v and_o so_o we_o be_v friend_n thus_o dr._n hammond_n now_o all_o that_o which_o s._n w._n there_o acknowledge_v 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non_fw-la isto_fw-la modo_fw-la judicium_fw-la fieri_fw-la etc._n etc._n be_v also_o find_v urge_v by_o innocentius_n among_o s._n augustine_n epistle_n ep._n 91._o quod_fw-la illi_fw-la i._n e._n patres_fw-la non_fw-it humana_fw-la sed_fw-la divina_fw-la decrevere_fw-la sententia_fw-la ut_fw-la quicquid_fw-la de_fw-la disjunctis_fw-la remotisque_fw-la provinciis_fw-la ageretur_fw-la non_fw-la prius_fw-la ducerent_fw-la finiendum_fw-la nisi_fw-la ad_fw-la huius_fw-la sedis_fw-la notitiam_fw-la perveniret_fw-la
communione_fw-la consocior_fw-la super_fw-la illam_fw-la petram_fw-la aedificatam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la scio_fw-la quicunque_fw-la extra_fw-la hanc_fw-la domum_fw-la agnum_fw-la comederit_fw-la profanus_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n ideo_fw-la hic_fw-la colleg_n as_o tuos_fw-la aegyptios_n confessores_fw-la sequor_fw-la communicate_v with_o they_o non_fw-la novi_fw-la vitalem_fw-la meletium_fw-la respuo_fw-la ignoro_fw-la paulinum_n there_o be_v much_o division_n and_o distraction_n in_o the_o church_n of_o antioch_n under_o which_o st._n hierom_n live_v between_o meletius_n and_o paulinus_n successive_o bishop_n thereof_o and_o vitalis_n a_o presbyter_n cui_fw-la apud_fw-la antiochiam_fw-la debeam_fw-la communicare_fw-la significes_fw-la decernite_fw-la si_fw-la placet_fw-la obsecro_fw-la non_fw-la timebo_fw-la tres_fw-la hypostasis_n dicere_fw-la si_fw-la jubetis_fw-la and_o in_o the_o second_o epistle_n in_o tres_fw-la part_n scissa_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la rapere_fw-la i_o festinat_fw-la ego_fw-la interim_n clamito_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la cathedrae_fw-la petri_n jungitur_fw-la meus_fw-la est_fw-la meletius_n vitalis_n atque_fw-la paulinus_n every_o one_o of_o they_o though_o of_o several_a tenant_n tibi_fw-la haerere_fw-la se_fw-la dicunt_fw-la possum_fw-la credere_fw-la si_fw-la unus_fw-la only_o one_o of_o they_o hoc_fw-la assereret_fw-la nunc_fw-la vero_fw-la aut_fw-la duo_fw-la aut_fw-la omnes_fw-la mentiuntur_fw-la idcirco_fw-la obtestor_fw-la ut_fw-la mihi_fw-la literis_fw-la tuis_fw-la apud_fw-la quem_fw-la in_o syria_n debeam_fw-la communicare_fw-la significes_fw-la thus_o s._n hierom._n to_o which_o bellarmin_n add_v erasmus_n a_o moderate_a man_n his_o comment_n upon_o it_o videri_fw-la sibi_fw-la hieronymum_n his_o verbis_fw-la asserere_fw-la omnes_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la subjectas_fw-la esse_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la sedi_fw-la at_o lest_o it_o seem_v in_o time_n of_o schism_n and_o division_n this_o father_n think_v it_o for_o the_o season_n mention_v the_o safe_a way_n to_o adhere_v to_o the_o rom._n see_v yet_o speak_v he_o not_o of_o the_o b._n of_o rome_n as_o judge_v single_o who_o he_o think_v liable_a to_o heresy_n saying_n in_o catalogo_fw-la scriptorum_fw-la some_o such_o thing_n of_o liberius_n subscribe_v arrianism_n though_o indeed_o much_o apology_n may_v be_v make_v for_o liberius_n in_o this_o matter_n yet_o not_o such_o as_o can_v free_v he_o from_o all_o fault_n he_o subscribe_v only_o and_o that_o when_o he_o be_v tire_v out_o with_o banishment_n and_o other_o cruelty_n the_o sirmian_n creed_n which_o only_o omit_v consubstantialis_fw-la see_v part_v 2._o §_o 41._o but_o of_o he_o join_v with_o his_o council_n or_o with_o his_o western_a bishop_n therefore_o he_o say_v apud_fw-la vos_fw-la solos_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o decernite_fw-la si_fw-la placet_fw-la obsequor_fw-la etc._n etc._n therefore_o the_o more_o strict_a vindicator_n of_o the_o roman_a inerrability_n in_o matter_n of_o faith_n take_v not_o the_o bishop_n thereof_o single_o and_o unsynodical_o as_o his_o private_a judgement_n may_v inform_v or_o passion_n incline_v he_o especial_o upon_o some_o violence_n and_o terror_n use_v as_o in_o liberius_n it_o be_v but_o as_o assisted_z with_o his_o council_n he_o weigh_v judge_v and_o define_v such_o matter_n see_v bell._n de_fw-fr rom._n pont._n l._n 4._o c._n 2_o 3_o 4._o in_o a_o time_n when_o a_o general_a council_n be_v not_o nor_o can_v so_o convenient_o be_v have_v in_o which_o interval_n it_o may_v be_v presume_v christ_n be_v not_o want_v to_o the_o supreme_a guide_n of_o the_o church_n use_v what_o help_v he_o have_v at_o hand_n consider_v what_o he_o say_v mat._n 18.19_o 20._o and_o dr._n field_n in_o answer_n to_o these_o place_n of_o hierom_n p._n 547._o go_v thus_o far_o three_o we_o say_v it_o be_v more_o than_o probable_a that_o the_o whole_a western_a church_n shall_v never_o lose_v or_o forsake_v the_o true_a profession_n and_o therefore_o he_o may_v true_o be_v judge_v a_o profane_a person_n that_o eat_v the_o paschal_n lamb_n out_o of_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o same_o though_o sometime_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n in_o person_n be_v a_o heretic_n other_o of_o his_o colleague_n continue_v faithful_a but_o then_o i_o ask_v according_a to_o this_o when-as_a not_o none_o at_o all_o or_o a_o few_o but_o most_o of_o his_o western_a colleague_n be_v join_v with_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n in_o which_o communion_n no_o instance_n in_o antiquity_n can_v show_v he_o to_o have_v be_v heretical_a and_o only_o a_o few_o in_o the_o west_n divide_v from_o he_o which_o will_v seem_v safe_a to_o those_o who_o will_v be_v guide_v by_o authority_n in_o st._n hierom_n opinion_n to_o adhere_v to_o cathedra_fw-la petri_n or_o the_o cathedra_fw-la elsewhere_o oppose_v it_o as_o for_o what_o be_v urge_v by_o dr._n field_n ibid._n out_o of_o st._n hierom_n epist_n ad_fw-la evagrium_fw-la to_o counterbalance_v these_o of_o a_o deprave_a custom_n in_o rome_n when-as_a this_o be_v no_o way_n patronise_v by_o any_o episcopal_a constitution_n and_o of_o his_o hold_a presbyter_n and_o bishop_n and_o again_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n and_o tanais_n ejusdem_fw-la meriti_fw-la &_o sacerdotit_fw-la when-as_a he_o mean_v ratione_fw-la ordinis_fw-la not_o jurisdictionis_fw-la or_o jure_fw-la divino_fw-la not_o ecclesiastico_fw-la for_o so_o he_o say_v in_o the_o same_o epistle_n quod_fw-la postea_fw-la unus_fw-la electus_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la caeteris_fw-la praeponeretur_fw-la in_fw-la schismatum_fw-la remedium_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la i._n e._n by_o the_o apostle_n or_o the_o council_n which_o sufficient_o justify_v his_o allowance_n of_o and_o submission_n to_o patriarchal_a authority_n these_o place_n seem_v to_o i_o of_o no_o force_n to_o null_n or_o to_o qualify_v his_o former_a expression_n to_o damasus_n see_v optatus_n who_o dispute_v thus_o l._n 2._o against_o the_o schismatical_a donatist_n bishop_n videndum_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la &_o ubi_fw-la prio_fw-la cathedrâ_fw-la sederet_fw-la negare_fw-la non_fw-la potes_fw-la scire_fw-la te_fw-la in_o urbe_fw-la roma_fw-it petro_n primo_fw-la cathedram_fw-la episcopalem_fw-la esse_fw-la collatam_fw-la in_o qua_fw-la una_fw-la cathedra_fw-la unitas_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la servaretur_fw-la ne_fw-la caeteri_fw-la apostoli_fw-la singulas_fw-la cathedras_fw-la sibi_fw-la cuique_fw-la defenderent_fw-la ut_fw-la jam_fw-la schismaticus_fw-la &_o peccator_fw-la esset_fw-la qui_fw-la contra_fw-la singularem_fw-la cathedram_fw-la i_o e._n petri_n alteram_fw-la collocaret_fw-la ergo_fw-la cathedra_fw-la unica_fw-la sedit_fw-la prio_fw-la petrus_n cvi_fw-la successit_fw-la linus_n lino_n clemens_n etc._n etc._n damasus_n damaso_n siricius_n hodie_fw-la qui_fw-la noster_fw-la est_fw-la socius_fw-la cum_fw-la quo_fw-la nobis_fw-la totus_fw-la orbis_fw-la commercio_fw-la formatarum_fw-la in_fw-la una_fw-la communionis_fw-la societate_fw-la concordant_a vestrae_fw-la cathedrae_fw-la vos_fw-la originem_fw-la reddite_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o habere_fw-la vos_fw-la in_o urbe_fw-la roma_fw-it partem_fw-la aliquam_fw-la dicitis_fw-la quid_fw-la est_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la pars_fw-la vestra_fw-la in_o urbe_fw-la roma_fw-it episcopum_fw-la civem_fw-la habere_fw-la non_fw-la potuit_fw-la vnde_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la clave_n regni_fw-la vobis_fw-la usurpare_fw-la contenditis_fw-la qui_fw-la contra_fw-la cathedram_fw-la petri_n vestris_fw-la praesumptionibus_fw-la &_o audaciis_fw-la sacrilegio_fw-la militatis_fw-la probatum_fw-la est_fw-la nos_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la sancta_fw-la catholica_fw-la apud_fw-la quos_fw-la &_o symbolum_fw-la trinitatis_fw-la est_fw-la &_o per_fw-la cathedram_fw-la petri_n quae_fw-la nostra_fw-la est_fw-la &_o caeteras_fw-la dote_v apud_fw-la nos_fw-la esse_fw-la etiam_fw-la sacerdotium_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o hope_v none_o will_v say_v that_o optatus_n argue_v thus_o because_o st._n peter_n chair_n happen_v in_o his_o time_n to_o be_v orthodox_n but_o because_o he_o take_v it_o for_o grant_v that_o it_o must_v be_v orthodox_n and_o so_o all_o the_o church_n join_v to_o it_o because_o st._n peter_n chair_n see_v damasus_n epist_n 5._o ad_fw-la africanos_n 3._o §_o 23._o n._n 3._o instituta_fw-la esse_fw-la majorum_fw-la ut_fw-la cuncta_fw-la quae_fw-la possit_fw-la aliquam_fw-la recipere_fw-la dubitationem_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la quasi_fw-la ad_fw-la caput_fw-la ut_fw-la semper_fw-la fuit_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la defer_v non_fw-la dubitetis_fw-la of_o who_o thus_o spalatensis_n l._n 7._o c._n 5._o n._n 23._o exit_fw-la non_fw-la apocryphis_fw-la damasum_fw-la primum_fw-la observo_fw-la qui_fw-la talis_fw-la svi_fw-la privilegii_fw-la metionem_fw-la fecit_fw-la ipsum_fw-la vero_fw-la ad_fw-la sola_fw-la majorum_fw-la instituta_fw-la refert_fw-la see_v the_o epistle_n of_o siricius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n a._n d._n 389_o to_o the_o metropolitan_a bishop_n of_o tarracon_n in_o spain_n c._n 15._o explicuimus_fw-la ut_fw-la arbitror_fw-la frater_fw-la charissime_fw-la universa_fw-la quae_fw-la digesta_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o querelam_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la singulas_fw-la causas_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la ad_fw-la romanam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la utpote_fw-la ad_fw-la caput_fw-la svi_fw-la corporis_fw-la retulisti_fw-la sufficientia_fw-la quatuor_fw-la opinor_fw-la responsa_fw-la reddidimus_fw-la nunc_fw-la fraternitatis_fw-la tuus_fw-la animum_fw-la ad_fw-la servandos_fw-la canon_n &_o tenenda_fw-la decretalia_fw-la constituta_fw-la magis_fw-la ac_fw-la magis_fw-la invitamus_fw-la ut_fw-la haec_fw-la in_o omnium_fw-la coepiscoporum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la perfâ—rri_fw-la facias_fw-la notionem_fw-la ad_fw-la universos_fw-la carthaginenses_n atque_fw-la baetico_v lusitano_n atque_fw-la gallicos_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v the_o
digneris_fw-la proinde_fw-la quid_fw-la hic_fw-la sentias_fw-la declarare_fw-la quo_fw-la liquid_a nobis_fw-la constet_fw-la communicare_fw-la ne_fw-la nos_fw-la cum_fw-la illo_fw-la oporteat_fw-la a_o vero_fw-la libere_fw-la eidem_fw-la denunciare_fw-la neminem_fw-la cum_fw-la illo_fw-la communicare_fw-la qui_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la erroneam_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la fovet_fw-la &_o praedicat_fw-la again_o see_v the_o great_a authority_n that_o celestin_n bishop_n of_o rome_n use_v against_o the_o same_o nestorius_n which_o authority_n be_v approve_v and_o submitted-to_a by_o cyril_n and_o the_o alexandrian_a and_o also_o the_o ephesine_n the_o 3d._a general_n council_n thus_o celestin_n write_v in_o his_o epistle_n to_o cyril_n nostrae_fw-la sedis_fw-la authoritate_fw-la ascita_fw-la nostraque_fw-la vice_n &_o loco_fw-la cum_fw-la potestate_fw-la usus_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la sententia_fw-la exequeris_fw-la nempe_fw-la ut_fw-la nisi_fw-la decem_fw-la dierum_fw-la intervallo_fw-la ab_fw-la huius_fw-la nostroe_v admonitionis_fw-la die_fw-la numerandorum_fw-la nefariam_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la svam_fw-la conceptis_fw-la verbis_fw-la anathematizet_fw-la &c_n &c_n illico_fw-la sanctitas_fw-la tua_fw-la illi_fw-la ecclesioe_fw-la prospiciat_fw-la thus_o celestin_n to_o nestorius_n post_fw-la unam_fw-la &_o alteram_fw-la admonitionem_fw-la &c_n &c_n nisi_fw-la nunc_fw-la tandem_fw-la quae_fw-la perverse_a docuisti_fw-la per_fw-la te_fw-la corrigantur_fw-la in_fw-la posterum_fw-la &_o a_o nostro_fw-la consortio_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la omnium_fw-la christianorum_fw-la coetu_fw-la alienum_fw-la te_fw-la fore_fw-la nihil_fw-la quicquam_fw-la dubites_fw-la upon_o this_o thus_o cyril_n and_o his_o alexandrian_a council_n to_o nestorius_n quod_fw-la sane_fw-la nisi_fw-la juxta_fw-la tempus_fw-la in_o literis_fw-la celestini_n sacratissimi_fw-la reverendissimique_fw-la romanorum_fw-la episcopi_fw-la expressum_fw-la praestiteris_fw-la certo_fw-la scias_fw-la nullam_fw-la tibi_fw-la deinceps_fw-la cum_fw-la episcopis_fw-la &_o sacerdotibus_fw-la dei_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la nullum_fw-la sermonem_fw-la nullum_fw-la denique_fw-la inter_fw-la eos_fw-la locum_fw-la futurum_fw-la esse_fw-la all_o which_o proceed_n see_v approve_v in_o the_o act_n of_o the_o ephesine_n council_n tom._n 2._o c._n 5._o and_o then_o see_v the_o sentence_n of_o the_o council_n against_o nestorius_n run_v thus_o per_fw-la sacros_fw-la canon_n sanctissimique_fw-la romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la episcopi_fw-la celestini_n patris_fw-la nostri_fw-la literas_fw-la lachrymis_fw-la suffusi_fw-la &_o pene_fw-la inviti_fw-la ad_fw-la lugubrem_fw-la hanc_fw-la sententiam_fw-la urgemur_fw-la see_v the_o like_a thing_n relate_v by_o evagrius_n 1._o l._n 4._o c._n see_v the_o epistle_n of_o s._n chrysostom_n 6._o §_o 23._o n._n 6._o bishop_n of_o constantinople_n in_o banishment_n be_v depose_v by_o a_o synod_n hold_v there_o appeal_n to_o innocentius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o send_v to_o he_o some_o of_o his_o bishop_n wherein_o he_o bespeak_v he_o thus_o quamobrem_fw-la ne_fw-la confusio_fw-la haec_fw-la omnem_fw-la quae_fw-la sub_fw-la coelo_fw-la est_fw-la nationem_fw-la invadat_fw-la obsecro_fw-la ut_fw-la scribas_fw-la quod_fw-la haec_fw-la tam_fw-la inique_fw-la facta_fw-la &_o absentibus_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o non_fw-la declinantibus_fw-la judicium_fw-la non_fw-la habeant_fw-la robur_fw-la sicut_fw-la neque_fw-la natura_fw-la sva_fw-la habent_fw-la illi_fw-la autem_fw-la qui_fw-la adeo_fw-la impune_fw-la egisse_fw-la deprehensi_fw-la sunt_fw-la poenae_fw-la ecclesiasticarum_fw-la legum_fw-la subjaceant_fw-la upon_o which_o suit_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n call_v a_o synod_n of_o his_o bishop_n and_o pronounce_v the_o proceed_n of_o theophilus_n patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n to_o be_v against_o the_o canon_n and_o void_a see_v field_n p._n 536._o and_o epist_n innocent_a apud_fw-la binnium_n and_o be_v say_v by_o baronius_n a.d._n 407._o who_o quote_v for_o it_o many_o 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not_o account_v so_o authentic_a and_o unrepealable_a that_o a_o general_n council_n may_v not_o review_v examine_v and_o if_o seem_v to_o they_o erroneous_a reverse_v it_o upon_o which_o judgement_n of_o the_o council_n concur_v with_o his_o leo_n thus_o answer_v theodoret_n quae_fw-la nostro_fw-la prius_fw-la ministerio_fw-la dominus_fw-la desinierat_fw-la universae_fw-la fraternitatis_fw-la i._n e._n of_o the_o council_n irrefragabili_fw-la firmavit_fw-la assensu_fw-la ut_fw-la veer_fw-mi a_o se_fw-la prodiisse_fw-la ostenderet_fw-la quod_fw-la prius_fw-la a_o prima_fw-la omnium_fw-la sede_n firmatum_fw-la totius_fw-la christiani_n orbis_fw-la judicium_fw-la recepisset_fw-la ut_fw-la in_fw-la hoc_fw-la quoque_fw-la capiti_fw-la membra_fw-la concordent_fw-la nam_n ne_fw-la aliarum_fw-la sedium_fw-la ad_fw-la cam_fw-la quam_fw-la caeteris_fw-la omnibus_fw-la dominus_fw-la statuit_fw-la praesidere_fw-la consensus_fw-la videretur_fw-la assentatio_fw-la inventi_fw-la prius_fw-la 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former_o in_o the_o want_n of_o that_o communion_n they_o have_v refuse_v some_o obedience_n and_o submission_n to_o he_o after_o these_o clear_a evidence_n of_o
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imperialibus_fw-la imperialem_fw-la metropolitani_n nominis_fw-la honore_fw-la decoratae_fw-la sunt_fw-la nomine_fw-la solo_fw-la perfruantur_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la ejus_fw-la civitatis_fw-la regit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la i._n e._n nomine_fw-la solo_fw-la metropolitani_n perfruatur_fw-la salvis_fw-la scilicet_fw-la verae_fw-la metropoli_fw-la privilegiis_fw-la suis_fw-la privilegio_fw-la metropolitano_n episcopo_fw-la jure_fw-la proprio_fw-la reservato_fw-la can._n 17._o statutum_n est_fw-la or_o decrevimus_fw-la alius_fw-la singularem_fw-la ecclesiasticarum_fw-la rusticas_fw-la parochias_fw-la per_fw-la singulas_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la rusticanas_fw-la parochias_fw-la sive_fw-la possessiones_fw-la manere_fw-la immobiles_fw-la apud_fw-la eos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la qui_fw-la eas_fw-la retinent_fw-la etc._n etc._n si_fw-la vero_fw-la quaelibet_fw-la civitas_n per_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la imperialem_fw-la renovata_fw-la est_fw-la aut_fw-la si_fw-la renovetur_fw-la in_o posterum_fw-la civilibus_fw-la &_o publicis_fw-la ordinationibus_fw-la etiam_fw-la ecclesiasticarum_fw-la parochianarum_fw-la sequatur_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la in_o another_o copy_n si_fw-la qua_fw-la vero_fw-la civitas_fw-la potestate_fw-la imperiali_fw-la novata_fw-la est_fw-la i._n e._n noviter_fw-la constructa_fw-la aut_fw-la si_fw-la protinus_fw-la innovetur_fw-la civiles_fw-la dispositiones_fw-la &_o publicas_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la quoque_fw-la parochiarum_fw-la ordines_fw-la subsequantur_fw-la conc._n constant_a in_o trullo_n can_v 38._o canonem_fw-la qui_fw-la a_o patribus_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la refer_v to_o this_o canon_n conc._n chalc._n nos_fw-la quoque_fw-la observamus_fw-la qui_fw-la sic_fw-la edicit_fw-la si_fw-la qua_fw-la civitas_fw-la a_o regius_fw-la potestate_fw-la innovata_fw-la est_fw-la vel_fw-la innovabitur_fw-la civilem_fw-la ac_fw-la publicam_fw-la formam_fw-la ecclesiasticarum_fw-la quoque_fw-la rerum_fw-la ordo_fw-la consequatur_fw-la in_o the_o first_o 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the_o monk_n require_v subjection_n to_o this_o bishop_n not_o only_o of_o the_o saxon_n as_o convert_v by_o he_o but_o also_o of_o the_o britain_n who_o be_v christian_n before_o subjection_n not_o upon_o this_o title_n of_o conversion_n but_o from_o the_o submission_n which_o be_v think_v otherwise_o due_a to_o this_o prime_a apostolic_a see_n the_o judgement_n and_o action_n of_o which_o holy_a man_n by_o this_o nation_n to_o be_v have_v in_o eternal_a veneration_n ought_v not_o so_o easy_o to_o be_v condemn_v or_o slight_v since_o he_o be_v bless_v here_o with_o such_o success_n and_o honour_v by_o god_n with_o so_o many_o miracle_n of_o which_o miracle_n of_o he_o and_o his_o companion_n gregory_n who_o send_v he_o overjoy_v write_v thus_o to_o the_o patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n ep._n 7._o l._n indict_v 1.30_o ep._n jam_fw-la nunc_fw-la de_fw-la ejus_fw-la augustini_fw-la salute_v &_o opere_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la scripta_fw-la pervenerunt_fw-la quia_fw-la tantis_fw-la 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