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the_o caranz_n the_o council_n constantinop_n 6._o can._n 7._o fol._n 311._o caranz_n six_o council_n of_o constantinople_n and_o so_o a_o archpresbyter_n as_o a_o dean_n rural_a be_v usual_o style_v shall_v be_v superior_a to_o a_o archdeacon_n but_o as_o doctor_n 492._o doctor_n doct._n field_n of_o the_o church_n l._n 5._o c._n 25._o p._n 492._o field_n observe_v notwithstanding_o all_o the_o canon_n to_o the_o contrary_n &_o they_o be_v many_o as_o we_o may_v have_v occasion_n to_o note_v elsewhere_o and_o the_o violent_a opposition_n of_o hierome_n and_o other_o worthy_n of_o those_o time_n they_o be_v lift_v up_o not_o only_o above_o presbyter_n but_o above_o archpresbyter_n also_o and_o that_o come_v to_o pass_v as_o he_o observe_v for_o divers_a cause_n first_o because_o there_o be_v few_o deacon_n than_o presbyter_n and_o so_o 334._o so_o diaconos_fw-la paucitas_fw-la honorabiles_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la tutba_fw-la contemptibiles_fw-la facit_fw-la hier._n ad_fw-la evagr._fw-la tom_n 2._o pag._n 334._o paucity_n make_v the_o one_o sort_n to_o be_v honourable_a and_o multitude_n the_o other_o rather_o contemptible_a second_o because_o deacon_n have_v the_o charge_n of_o the_o treasure_n of_o the_o church_n which_o kind_n of_o employment_n be_v usual_o much_o set_v by_o three_o because_o they_o be_v often_o use_v by_o the_o bishop_n for_o view_v of_o such_o part_n of_o his_o diocese_n as_o he_o can_v not_o convenient_o visit_v himself_o and_o we_o may_v conceive_v the_o reason_n of_o that_o to_o be_v because_o the_o deacon_n be_v a_o close_a adherent_a to_o the_o side_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o that_o so_o necessary_o as_o epiphanius_n conceive_v that_o as_o q._n as_o 3._o partic._n doubt_v pag._n 20._o light_v q._n before_o we_o have_v note_v under_o another_o title_n he_o say_v 2._o say_v sine_fw-la diacono_fw-la impossibile_fw-it est_fw-la esse_fw-la episcopum_fw-la epiphan_n heres_fw-la 75._o l._n 3._o tom_n 1._o p._n 215._o col_fw-fr 2._o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o a_o bishop_n to_o be_v without_o a_o deacon_n whereupon_o in_o tract_n of_o time_n as_o the_o cardinal_n by_o their_o propinquity_n to_o the_o pope_n overtop_v the_o bishop_n who_o at_o first_o be_v so_o far_o inferior_a to_o they_o 1._o they_o refertur_fw-la multos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la praetermissos_fw-la fuisse_fw-la cardinalari_n ne_o sie_n dignitate_fw-la minucrentur_fw-la fulu._n pacian_n tractat._n de_fw-fr probationibus_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 28._o fol._n 94_o p._n 1._o col_fw-fr 1._o that_o a_o bishop_n will_v not_o be_v a_o cardinal_n because_o he_o will_v not_o submit_v to_o a_o diminution_n of_o dignity_n so_o the_o archdeacon_n by_o their_o nearness_n to_o the_o bishop_n come_v to_o be_v exalt_v above_o the_o presbyter_n which_o as_o doctor_n 492_o doctor_n doct._n field_n of_o the_o church_n l._n 5._o c._n 25._o p._n 492_o field_n conceive_v be_v in_o saint_n hieromes_n time_n but_o though_o there_o be_v then_o a_o archdeacon_n above_o the_o deacon_n who_o do_v not_o only_o officiate_v himself_o but_o prescribe_v unto_o other_o what_o they_o shall_v do_v yet_o a_o archdeacon_n with_o allow_a jurisdiction_n over_o presbyter_n be_v of_o a_o late_a institution_n bishop_n 191._o bishop_n archidiaconatus_fw-la gradus_fw-la est_fw-la novus_fw-la bish_n andrâ—n_o respâ—ad_v 3._o epist_n pet._n moulin_n p._n 191._o andrew_n say_v a_o archdeaconship_n be_v a_o new_a degree_n which_o i_o suppose_v he_o will_v not_o have_v say_v if_o it_o have_v be_v authorize_v in_o saint_n hieromes_n time_n when_o if_o it_o be_v in_o use_n it_o be_v without_o the_o approbation_n of_o the_o best_a as_o have_v be_v note_v we_o may_v well_o conceive_v then_o that_o saint_n stephen_n the_o protomartyr_n be_v not_o a_o archdeacon_n as_o he_o be_v call_v in_o the_o decree_n of_o 1._o of_o decret_n lucii_n pap._n a_o 255._o caranz_n sum_fw-la council_n fol._n 28._o pag._n 1._o pope_n lucius_n for_o the_o archdeacon_n jurisdiction_n it_o be_v so_o diverse_o set_v down_o in_o ecclesiastical_a constitution_n that_o it_o be_v very_o hard_a to_o tell_v what_o by_o rule_n their_o office_n or_o government_n be_v as_o will_v appear_v to_o he_o who_o will_v take_v pain_n to_o peruse_v the_o quotation_n in_o the_o 1571._o the_o council_n aurel._n 5._o can._n 20._o p._n 473._o decret_a l._n 1._o de_fw-la officio_fw-la archidiac_n fol._n 56._o p._n 1._o col_fw-fr 1._o liadw_n provinc_fw-la constit_fw-la lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr offic_n archidiac_n fol._n 36._o col_fw-fr 2._o à _fw-la reformat_fw-la leg_n eccles_n de_fw-fr eccles_n &_o minist_n c._n 6._o fol._n 48._o b._n azor._fw-la instit_fw-la tom_fw-mi 2._o l._n 3._o cap._n 43._o col_fw-fr 448._o doct._n cous_fw-la de_fw-fr pol._n eccles_n angl._n c._n 6._o certain_a canon_n contain_v some_o point_n of_o discipline_n approve_v in_o the_o synod_n 1571._o margin_n so_o that_o from_o constitution_n their_o authority_n fly_v for_o refuge_n to_o prescription_n of_o which_o doctor_n field_n say_v thus_o 509._o thus_o doct._n field_n of_o the_o church_n l._n 5._o c_o 29._o pag_n 509._o the_o archdeacon_n which_o at_o first_o may_v not_o sit_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o a_o presbyter_n but_o be_v will_v by_o he_o so_o to_o do_v in_o the_o end_n become_v by_o reason_n of_o their_o employment_n by_o the_o bishop_n to_o be_v great_a not_o only_o then_o the_o ordinary_a presbyter_n but_o then_o the_o archpresbyter_n themselves_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v confess_v by_o all_o that_o the_o archdeacon_n have_v none_o authority_n or_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n by_o virtue_n of_o his_o degree_n and_o order_n but_o by_o prescription_n only_o nor_o can_v he_o claim_v more_o than_o he_o can_v prescribe_v for_o and_o it_o may_v be_v he_o may_v prescribe_v for_o that_o which_o be_v not_o commendable_a haply_o not_o lawful_a as_o for_o that_o which_o the_o council_n of_o challon_n severe_o condemn_v 560._o condemn_v can._n 15._o apud_fw-la symps_n of_o the_o church_n p._n 560._o it_o be_v report_v by_o some_o say_v the_o council_n that_o archdeacon_n use_n domination_n over_o the_o presbyter_n and_o take_v tribute_n from_o they_o which_o smell_v rather_o of_o tyranny_n then_o of_o order_n prescription_n and_o custom_n may_v prevail_v against_o right_n and_o truth_n as_o many_o time_n they_o do_v as_o tertullian_n say_v tert._n say_v quicquid_fw-la adversus_fw-la veritatem_fw-la sapit_fw-la id_fw-la haeresis_fw-la est_fw-la etiam_fw-la vetus_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la tert._n whatsoever_o be_v set_v up_o against_o that_o be_v heresy_n though_o it_o be_v a_o old_a custom_n in_o this_o diocese_n the_o archdeacon_n have_v for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v but_o titular_a since_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o bishopric_n into_o which_o be_v incorporate_v two_o archdeaconry_n the_o one_o of_o chester_n the_o other_o of_o richmond_n and_o of_o late_a some_o rural_a deanery_n as_o before_o we_o have_v observe_v be_v assign_v unto_o they_o and_o some_o of_o we_o have_v hear_v your_o lordship_n say_v that_o their_o jurisdiction_n be_v such_o and_o so_o much_o as_o you_o be_v please_v
archbish_n whitg_n out_o of_o master_n fox_n note_v that_o about_o the_o year_n 180._o the_o three_o archistamine_n of_o the_o pagan_a britain_n be_v change_v into_o three_o archbishopricke_n the_o one_o of_o london_n the_o other_o of_o york_n the_o three_o of_o glamorgan_n none_o of_o cant._n archb._n whitg_n reply_n to_o master_n cartwr_n pag._n 323._o it_o be_v like_o the_o most_o of_o england_n be_v under_o london_n the_o rest_n and_o scotland_n under_o york_n as_o bishop_n godwin_n write_v and_o under_o glamorgan_n wales_n godw._n catal_a of_o bish_n p._n 181_o 182._o london_n and_o glamorgan_n or_o 504._o or_o see_v godw._n his_o catal._n of_o bishop_n pag._n 503_o 504._o saint_n david_n and_o for_o london_n it_o continue_v so_o from_o the_o year_n 300._o or_o thereabouts_o though_o stowe_n say_v it_o be_v the_o same_o archbishopricke_n with_o canterbury_n only_o local_o change_v until_o gregory_n his_o time_n who_o be_v pope_n about_o the_o year_n 600._o and_o the_o king_n may_v 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that_o in_o a_o 647._o a_o ibid._n cap._n 49._o pag._n 647._o council_n of_o lateran_n
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