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 propterea_fw-la inter_fw-la duodecim_fw-la unus_fw-la eligitur_fw-la ut_fw-la capite_fw-la constituto_fw-la schismatum_fw-la tollatur_fw-la occasio_fw-la capite_fw-la that_o be_v not_o only_o in_o dignity_n but_o also_o in_o some_o authority_n else_o can_v such_o head_n not_o remedy_n schism_n patriarch_n therefore_o as_o well_o as_o metropolitan_o much_o conduce_v to_o the_o remove_n of_o schism_n and_o preserve_v the_o church_n unity_n i_o suppose_v whatever_o the_o prince_n or_o emperor_n shall_v attempt_v against_o such_o metropolitan_a or_o patriarch_n either_o to_o oppose_v he_o in_o the_o manage_n of_o those_o spiritual_a matter_n and_o to_o deny_v he_o to_o exercise_v either_o by_o himself_o or_o his_o minister_n his_o jurisdiction_n in_o any_o province_n which_o be_v by_o church_n canon_n subject_v unto_o he_o or_o to_o depose_v he_o from_o his_o see_n or_o to_o transfer_v his_o authority_n and_o jurisdiction_n on_o some_o other_o who_o he_o more_o approve_v of_o as_o if_o valentinian_n much_o affect_v to_o the_o arrian_n shall_v have_v transfer_v st._n ambrose_n his_o archiepiscopal_a jurisdiction_n upon_o auxentius_n a_o arrian_n bishop_n who_o he_o much_o affect_v as_o his_o mother_n justina_n i_o think_v actual_o do_v want_v only_a possession_n of_o the_o church_n which_o ambrose_n assist_v also_o by_o the_o people_n stout_o resist_v yet_o still_o according_a to_o dr._n hammond_n judgement_n as_o long_o as_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n remain_v the_o same_o it_o will_v be_v schism_n in_o any_o to_o disobey_v such_o metropolitan_a or_o to_o side_n with_o the_o prince_n and_o schism_n in_o the_o prince_n himself_o as_o well_o as_o in_o the_o rest_n again_o s._n w._n reply_v thus_o upon_o these_o word_n of_o he_o schis_fw-la p._n 125._o the_o canon_n of_o council_n have_v most_o be_v set_v out_o and_o receive_v their_o authority_n by_o the_o emperor_n that_o never_o be_v it_o hear_v that_o a_o emperor_n claim_v a_o negative_a voice_n in_o make_v 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 be_v that_o the_o supreme_a secular_a power_n be_v oblige_v to_o see_v that_o the_o church_n decree_n be_v receive_v and_o put_v in_o execution_n by_o dr._n hammond_n consent_n then_o a_o negative_a
and_o cease_v to_o be_v any_o long_o catholic_n if_o then_o the_o former_a or_o present_a difference_n between_o the_o roman_a and_o greek_a church_n be_v such_o as_o have_v be_v by_o former_a church-authority_n superior_a to_o both_o canonical_o decide_v and_o determine_v as_o suppose_v by_o the_o lateran_n council_n under_o innocent_a iii_o or_o of_o that_o of_o lion_n under_o gregory_n x._o or_o that_o of_o florence_n under_o eugenius_n iu._n and_o the_o eastern_a church_n disobey_v these_o act_n have_v separate_v from_o or_o thereupon_o be_v reject_v by_o the_o roman_a communion_n observe_v they_o or_o again_o if_o the_o greek_a church_n have_v make_v a_o discession_n and_o rent_n from_o the_o prime_a patriarch_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o chair_n of_o st._n peter_n in_o deny_v any_o of_o those_o privilege_n and_o that_o authority_n which_o right_o belong_v to_o he_o over_o the_o whole_a church_n of_o christ_n in_o order_n to_o the_o preserve_v the_o perpetual_a peace_n and_o unity_n thereof_o thing_n which_o it_o concern_v i_o not_o here_o to_o determine_v the_o greek_a church_n by_o this_o separation_n from_o the_o roman_a must_v stand_v guilty_a of_o a_o schism_n from_o the_o catholic_n church_n and_o cease_v to_o be_v any_o true_a member_n thereof_o neither_o indeed_o have_v these_o church_n since_o this_o division_n like_o wither_a branch_n retain_v any_o dignity_n authority_n growth_n or_o extent_n equal_a to_o the_o roman_a or_o such_o as_o they_o have_v former_o this_o indeed_o hap'n_v to_o they_o from_o the_o opression_n of_o a_o open_a enemy_n to_o christianity_n but_o yet_o perhaps_o the_o same_o also_o a_o instrument_n of_o god_n displeasure_n against_o they_o §_o 79_o last_o as_o for_o the_o late_a division_n of_o the_o reform_a party_n in_o the_o west_n muchwhat_a the_o same_o may_v be_v say_v of_o it_o as_o be_v but_o now_o of_o the_o arian_n it_o be_v know_v when_o that_o single_a person_n stand_v alone_o who_o begin_v it_o and_o it_o spread_v afterward_o by_o the_o support_n of_o the_o secular_a power_n against_o church-authority_n and_o when_o in_o its_o great_a growth_n but_o a_o inconsiderable_a part_n in_o comparison_n of_o the_o whole_a which_o also_o have_v cast_v it_o off_o from_o her_o communion_n condemn_v it_o by_o her_o council_n and_o permit_v not_o any_o of_o her_o member_n to_o have_v any_o external_a communion_n with_o it_o and_o though_o at_o first_o by_o reason_n both_o of_o foreign_a invasion_n from_o the_o turk_n and_o many_o civil_a war_n in_o christian_a state_n it_o make_v especial_o in_o climate_n more_o remote_a from_o the_o residence_n and_o superintendency_n of_o the_o chief_a hierarchy_n of_o the_o church_n a_o very_a great_a and_o speedy_a increase_n yet_o the_o vigour_n of_o its_o age_n may_v be_v think_v already_o past_a and_o it_o be_v a_o long_a time_n that_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v in_o its_o wane_n and_o decadency_n expect_v still_o and_o prophesy_v to_o itself_o the_o fall_n of_o antichrist_n till_o itself_o by_o little_a and_o little_o be_v sink_v down_o into_o its_o grave_n so_o many_o part_n therefore_o as_o fall_v off_o once_o from_o their_o union_n with_o the_o main_a body_n can_v be_v account_v no_o long_o any_o member_n of_o the_o church-catholick_n nor_o yet_o lawful_o continue_v a_o church-communion_n or_o succession_n of_o clergy_n among_o themselves_o because_o there_o can_v be_v but_o unum_fw-la corpus_fw-la as_o unus_fw-la dominus_fw-la christus_fw-la eph._n 4.5_o from_o which_o body_n any_o part_n separate_v straight_o wither_v and_o separate_v from_o the_o body_n be_v so_o also_o from_o the_o head_n christ_n though_o all_o among_o these_o be_v not_o real_o cut_v off_o from_o the_o head_n or_o body_n that_o the_o church_n external_o separate_v from_o it_o by_o her_o censure_n which_o proceed_v upon_o these_o according_a to_o the_o outward_a profession_n which_o only_o the_o church_n see_v but_o can_v discern_v the_o inward_a affection_n and_o disposition_n which_o secret_o may_v still_o continue_v some_o of_o those_o to_o the_o body_n who_o her_o censure_n remove_v from_o it_o such_o be_v the_o invincible_o ignorant_a or_o those_o that_o without_o malice_n be_v involve_v in_o such_o schism_n especial_o where_o the_o fundamental_a faith_n be_v not_o diminish_v by_o any_o heresy_n add_v to_o schism_n but_o though_o this_o plea_n of_o ignorance_n invincible_a do_v seem_v good_a and_o credible_a for_o many_o in_o the_o present_a greek_a church_n if_o these_o church_n may_v be_v conclude_v schismatical_a keep_v in_o so_o much_o slavery_n illiterature_n and_o darkness_n yet_o it_o be_v to_o be_v fear_v it_o will_v fail_v many_o in_o the_o reform_a church_n where_o too_o much_o presumption_n of_o knowledge_n seem_v to_o be_v the_o chief_a thing_n that_o have_v destroy_v their_o obedience_n and_o conformity_n to_o the_o whole_a finis_fw-la the_o three_o treatise_n of_o the_o first_o part_n of_o ancient_a church-government_n reflect_v on_o the_o late_a writing_n of_o several_a learned_a protestant_n bishop_n bramhall_n dr._n field_n dr._n fern_n dr._n hammond_n and_o other_o on_o this_o subject_n oxford_z print_v in_o the_o year_n m.dc.lxxxviii_o content_n svbordination_n of_o glergy_n §_o 1._o three_o patriarch_n only_o at_o the_o first_o §_o 2._o the_o first_o of_o these_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n §_o 3._o the_o extent_n of_o his_o patriarchate_n the_o second_o the_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n §_o 4._o the_o 3d._n the_o bishop_n of_o antioch_n §_o 5._o from_o whence_o their_o superiority_n over_o other_o bishop_n §_o 6._o the_o see_v of_o constantinople_n advance_v to_o a_o patriarchate_o in_o the_o next_o place_n to_o rome_n §_o 7._o the_o great_a extent_n of_o this_o patriarchate_o in_o latter_a time_n the_o see_v of_o jerusalem_n raise_v to_o a_o patriarchate_o in_o the_o 5_o place_n §_o 8._o the_o authority_n of_o patriarch_n and_o other_o ecclesiastical_a governor_n for_o the_o ordination_n or_o confirmation_n and_o for_o judge_v the_o cause_n upon_o appeal_n of_o their_o inferior_n §_o 9_o where_o concern_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o council_n of_o sardica_n §_o 11._o a_o digression_n concern_v the_o controversy_n between_o the_o bishop_n of_o africa_n and_o rome_n about_o appeals_n §_o 12._o whether_o transmarine_a appeals_n in_o some_o case_n very_o necessary_a §_o 14._o those_z not_o subject_v to_o any_o patriarch_n for_o ordination_n yet_o subject_v for_o decision_n of_o controversy_n §_o 18._o the_o patriarch_n also_o subject_v to_o the_o judgement_n of_o a_o superior_a patriarch_n §_o 20._o the_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n not_o only_a primacy_n of_o dignity_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n above_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o patriarch_n and_o bishop_n ib._n this_o power_n exemplify_v in_o the_o primitive_a time_n to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o 6_o age_n the_o day_n of_o gregory_n the_o great_a §_o 21_o to_o 31._o a_o digression_n concern_v the_o meaning_n of_o that_o ancient_a canon_n sine_fw-la romano_n pontifice_fw-la nihil_fw-la finiendum_fw-la §_o 22._o a_o digression_n concern_v the_o title_n of_o universalis_fw-la epipiscopus_fw-la assume_v by_o the_o constantinopolitan_a and_o decline_v by_o the_o roman_a bishop_n §_o 26._o a_o digression_n concern_v the_o patriarchship_n of_o ravenna_n and_o justiniana_n prima_fw-la urge_v by_o dr._n hammond_n §_o 30._o the_o authority_n of_o this_o see_v of_o rome_n by_o protestant_n allow_v to_o be_v the_o more_o orthodox_n in_o all_o other_o division_n that_o have_v be_v make_v from_o it_o save_v only_o their_o own_o §_o 31._o n._n 2._o by_o the_o former_a clear_a allegation_n some_o other_o controvert_v saying_n of_o the_o father_n expound_v §_o 32._o etc._n etc._n the_o protestant_n ordinary_a reply_n to_o the_o authority_n above_o cite_v to_o i_o seem_v not_o satisfactory_a §_o 36._o that_o such_o power_n which_o be_v ancient_o exercise_v by_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v not_o exercise_v by_o he_o joint_o only_o with_o a_o patriarchal_a council_n which_o be_v by_o some_o pretend_a §_o 37._o that_o it_o be_v schism_n to_o deny_v obedience_n to_o any_o ecclesiastical_a power_n establish_v by_o the_o ecclesiastical_a canon_n and_o that_o no_o such_o power_n can_v be_v lawful_o dissolve_v by_o any_o power_n secular_a §_o 38._o the_o concession_n of_o bishop_n bramhal_o and_o dr._n hammond_n in_o this_o matter_n §_o 39_o several_a pretence_n to_o weaken_v such_o canon_n to_o i_o seem_v invalid_a §_o 41._o that_o obedience_n due_a may_v not_o be_v withdraw_v upon_o governor_n undue_a claim_n §_o 47._o that_o ecclesiastical_a council_n may_v change_v their_o former_a ecclesiastical_a law_n though_o lay-magistrate_n may_v not_o change_v they_o §_o 48._o that_o prelate_n and_o other_o stand_v oblige_v to_o those_o church-canon_n which_o in_o a_o superior_a council_n be_v make_v with_o the_o consent_n of_o their_o predecessor_n till_o such_o council_n shall_v reverse_v they_o §_o 49._o reflection_n upon_o what_o have_v he_o say_v that_o the_o
l._n 37._o c._n p._n 551._o without_o the_o patriarch_n assent_n none_o of_o the_o metropolitan_o subject_n unto_o they_o may_v be_v ordain_v and_o what_o the_o bring_v say_v he_o prove_v nothing_o that_o we_o ever_o doubt_v of_o for_o we_o know_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n have_v the_o right_a of_o confirm_v the_o metropolitan_o within_o the_o precinct_n of_o his_o own_o patriarchship_n as_o likewise_o every_o other_o patriarch_n have_v and_o that_o therefore_o he_o may_v send_v the_o pall_n to_o sundry_a part_n of_o greece_n france_n and_o spain_n as_o bellarmin_n allege_v be_v all_o within_o the_o compass_n of_o his_o patriarchship_n see_v bishop_n bramhal_o vindic_n 9_o c._n p._n 257._o etc._n etc._n what_o power_n the_o metropolitan_a have_v over_o the_o bishop_n of_o his_o own_o province_n the_o same_o have_v a_o patriarch_n over_o the_o metropolitan_o and_o bishop_n of_o sundry_a province_n within_o his_o own_o patriarchate_o and_o afterward_o wherein_o then_o consist_v patriarchal_a authority_n in_o ordain_v their_o metropolitan_o for_o with_o inferior_a bishop_n they_o may_v not_o meddle_v or_o confirm_v they_o in_o impose_v of_o hand_n or_o give_v the_o pall_n in_o convocate_a patriarchal_a synod_n and_o preside_v in_o they_o &c_n &c_n when_o metropolitical_a synod_n do_v not_o suffice_v to_o determine_v some_o emergent_a difference_n or_o difficulty_n thus_o he_o neither_o may_v any_o metropolitan_a upon_o any_o cause_n separate_v himself_o from_o the_o communion_n of_o his_o patriarch_n before_o the_o examination_n and_o sentence_n of_o a_o council_n first_o pass_v in_o his_o behalf_n see_v 8._o general_n council_n 10._o c._n who_o word_n be_v nullus_fw-la clericus_fw-la ante_fw-la diligentem_fw-la examinationem_fw-la &_o synodicam_fw-la sententiam_fw-la a_o communione_fw-la proprii_fw-la patriarchae_fw-la se_fw-la separet_fw-la licet_fw-la criminalem_fw-la quamlibet_fw-la causam_fw-la ejus_fw-la se_fw-la nosse_fw-la praetendat_fw-la nec_fw-la recuset_fw-la nomen_fw-la ipsius_fw-la refer_v inter_fw-la divina_fw-la mysteria_fw-la idem_fw-la statuimus_fw-la de_fw-la episcopis_fw-la erga_fw-la proprios_fw-la metropolita_n similiter_fw-la &_o de_fw-la metropolitis_fw-la circa_fw-la patriarcham_fw-la suum_fw-la qui_fw-la vero_fw-la contra_fw-la fecerit_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la sacerdotali_fw-la operatione_n &_o honore_fw-la decidat_fw-la ante_fw-la synodicam_fw-la sententiam_fw-la i._n e._n of_o a_o council_n superior_a to_o the_o metropolitan_a for_o the_o low_a can_v judge_v the_o high_a no_o not_o tho_o assemble_v together_o in_o a_o council_n see_v dr._n field_n l._n 5._o c._n 39_o p._n 567._o as_o a_o episcopal_a synod_n can_v judge_v the_o metropolitan_a and_o the_o firmly_a to_o bind_v and_o confine_v the_o inferior_a to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o superior_a order_n of_o the_o clergy_n the_o church_n make_v frequent_a canon_n against_o their_o start_n aside_o by_o appeal_n to_o the_o judgement_n of_o secular_o whether_o of_o other_o or_o also_o of_o the_o emperor_n himself_o see_v council_n antiochen_n 11._o c._n 12._o c._n council_n sardica_n 8._o c._n council_n chalced._n 9_o c._n si_fw-mi clericus_fw-la adversus_fw-la clericum_fw-la habeat_fw-la negotium_fw-la non_fw-la relinquat_fw-la suum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la saecularia_fw-la judicia_fw-la non_fw-la concurrat_fw-la etc._n etc._n conc._n melevitanum_n 19_o c._n placuit_fw-la ut_fw-la quicunque_fw-la ab_fw-la imperatore_n cognitionem_fw-la judiciorum_fw-la publicorum_fw-la i.e._n ecclesiasticorum_fw-la petierit_n honore_fw-la proprio_fw-la privetur_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o see_v conc._n generale_fw-mi 8._o c._n 17._o &_o 21._o this_o for_o patriarch_n superiority_n over_o and_o their_o cotfirmation_n of_o metropolitans_n next_o among_o the_o patriarch_n themselves_o §_o 10_o it_o seem_v the_o low_a receive_v no_o ordination_n from_o the_o high_a but_o yet_o some_o confirmation_n or_o approbation_n they_o seem_v ordinary_o to_o have_v have_v from_o their_o superior_n or_o at_o least_o from_o the_o roman_a patriarch_n by_o those_o word_n of_o leo_n ep._n 54._o ad_fw-la martianum_fw-la the_o then_o emperor_n concern_v anatolius_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n satis_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la praedicto_fw-la vestrae_fw-la pietatis_fw-la auxilio_fw-la &_o mei_fw-la favoris_fw-la assensu_fw-la episcopatum_fw-la tantae_fw-la vrbis_fw-la obtinuit_fw-la and_o custodire_fw-la debuit_fw-la ut_fw-la quod_fw-la nostro_fw-la beneficio_fw-la noscitur_fw-la consecutus_fw-la nullius_fw-la pravitatis_fw-la cupiditate_fw-la turbaret_fw-la nos_fw-la enim_fw-la vestrae_fw-la fidei_fw-la &_o interventionis_fw-la habentes_fw-la intuitum_fw-la cum_fw-la secundum_fw-la suae_fw-la consecrationis_fw-la authores_fw-la ejus_fw-la initia_fw-la titubarent_fw-la benigniores_fw-la circa_fw-la ipsum_fw-la quam_fw-la justiores_fw-la esse_fw-la voluimus_fw-la quo_fw-la perturbationes_fw-la omnes_fw-la quae_fw-la operante_fw-la diabolo_fw-it fuerunt_fw-la excitatae_fw-la adhibitis_fw-la remediis_fw-la leniremus_fw-la thus_o discourse_v the_o pope_n to_o the_o emperor_n conscious_a of_o all_o those_o proceed_n concern_v his_o establish_n of_o the_o constantinopolitan_a patriarch_n and_o by_o the_o suit_n make_v to_o the_o pope_n concern_v the_o settlement_n of_o flavianus_n in_o the_o patriarchy_n of_o antioch_n of_o which_o see_v theodoret_n hist_o eccles_n 5._o l._n 23._o c._n likewise_o concern_v the_o confirm_v of_o superior_a patriarch_n by_o the_o inferior_a that_o be_v true_a which_o dr._n field_n 5._o l._n 37._o c._n p._n 551._o say_v in_o answer_n to_o such_o place_n urge_v by_o bellarmin_n that_o the_o manner_n be_v that_o the_o patriarch_n shall_v upon_o notice_n give_v of_o their_o due_a ordination_n and_o synodal_n letter_n contain_v a_o profession_n of_o their_o faith_n mutual_o give_v assent_v one_o to_o another_o therefore_o cyprian_n antoniano_n ep._n 52._o speak_v thus_o concern_v the_o legitimate_a election_n of_o cornelius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n who_o novatianus_n endeavour_v to_o supplant_v factus_fw-la est_fw-la cornelius_n episcopus_fw-la cum_fw-la fabiani_n locus_fw-la vacaret_fw-la quo_fw-la loco_fw-la occupato_fw-la de_fw-fr dei_fw-la voluntate_fw-la atque_fw-la omnium_fw-la nostrûm_fw-la consensione_n firmato_fw-la quisquis_fw-la jam_fw-la episcopus_fw-la romae_fw-la fieri_fw-la voluerit_fw-la foris_fw-la fiat_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o that_o which_o dr._n field_n add_v there_o viz._n that_o the_o confirm_v of_o the_o great_a bishop_n of_o the_o world_n pertain_v not_o otherwise_o to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n than_o the_o right_n of_o confirm_v he_o pertain_v unto_o they_o can_v just_o be_v defend_v even_o from_o his_o own_o concession_n elsewhere_o 5._o l._n 34._o c._n p._n 528._o etc._n etc._n of_o which_o see_v more_o below_o §_o 24._o for_o no_o other_o bishop_n can_v be_v a_o lawful_a patriarch_n without_o the_o approbation_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n the_o prime_a patriarch_n who_o withdraw_v his_o communion_n from_o any_o be_v withdraw_v the_o communion_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n which_o have_v always_o continue_v unite_v to_o this_o apostolic_a chair_n and_o yet_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v lawful_o such_o without_o the_o approbation_n of_o every_o other_o patriarch_n so_o long_o as_o his_o election_n be_v not_o disallow_v by_o the_o conjunct_a hierarchy_n or_o the_o whole_a representative_a of_o the_o church_n gather_v togegether_o in_o a_o council_n as_o it_o happen_v in_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n he_o may_v have_v a_o authority_n over_o other_o bishop_n or_o patriarch_n single_a which_o none_o of_o they_o single_o have_v over_o he_o and_o yet_o all_o of_o they_o conjoin_v may_v have_v the_o same_o authority_n over_o he_o as_o he_o have_v over_o any_o of_o they_o single_a one_o singulis_fw-la major_n may_v be_v minor_fw-la universis_fw-la of_o which_o see_v more_o below_o §_o 22._o n._n 2._o and_o in_o 2._o part._n §_o 20._o 2._o §_o 11._o n._n 2._o likewise_o appeals_n be_v permit_v from_o inferior_a ecclesiastical_a to_o superior_a judge_n and_o court_n but_o not_o of_o all_o cause_n and_o person_n whatever_o to_o the_o supreme_a court_n lest_o so_o shall_v be_v no_o end_n of_o contention_n so_o the_o inferior_a clergy_n in_o their_o difference_n may_v appeal_v from_o their_o bishop_n to_o their_o metropolitan_a and_o his_o council_n provincial_a or_o national_a who_o be_v final_o to_o determine_v such_o controversy_n and_o such_o person_n to_o acquiesce_v in_o they_o again_o bishop_n may_v appeal_v from_o their_o metropolitan_a or_o from_o any_o inferior_a court_n to_o their_o patriarch_n and_o his_o council_n who_o final_a decision_n in_o ordinary_a contest_v they_o be_v to_o rest_v in_o and_o who_o from_o the_o remote_a of_o his_o province_n upon_o appeal_n may_v either_o bring_v the_o cause_n to_o be_v hear_v by_o himself_o if_o the_o moment_n of_o the_o business_n so_o require_v or_o send_v e_z latere_fw-la svo_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la to_o use_v the_o expression_n of_o the_o seven_o can_n of_o sardic_n conc._n or_o depute_v some_o other_o bishop_n of_o that_o or_o some_o other_o neighbour_a province_n to_o hear_v the_o matter_n where_o it_o be_v act_v or_o last_o command_v the_o appellant_n to_o acquiesce_v in_o the_o former_a sentence_n give_v see_v for_o both_o these_o the_o appeal_v of_o inferior_a clergy_n and_o also_o of_o bishop_n conc._n chalced._n can_v 9_o compare_v
so_o few_o in_o the_o council_n sure_o can_v not_o weaken_v its_o act_n which_o receive_v force_v not_o from_o all_o for_o what_o act_v almost_o have_v such_o universal_a consent_n but_o from_o the_o much_o major_a part_n thereof_o but_o if_o these_o canon_n without_o the_o concurrence_n of_o those_o person_n be_v invalid_a so_o be_v also_o the_o anti_fw-la arrian_n creed_n of_o this_o council_n and_o their_o sentence_n in_o the_o behalf_n of_o athanasius_n and_o indeed_o hence_o where_o there_o be_v any_o schism_n by_o some_o part_n no_o act_n of_o the_o church_n can_v thenceforward_a be_v valid_a for_o example_n what_o act_n of_o the_o church_n catholic_n can_v be_v valid_a at_o that_o time_n against_o the_o arian_n if_o these_o of_o sardica_n be_v not_o 3._o let_v it_o be_v grant_v that_o these_o canon_n reject_v at_o first_o by_o these_o schismatic_n be_v afterward_o for_o some_o time_n in_o the_o east_n omit_v by_o the_o catholic_n in_o their_o collection_n of_o the_o church_n canon_n yet_o it_o seem_v sufficient_a that_o the_o oriental_a church_n of_o latter_a time_n when_o the_o arian_n be_v crush_v acknowledge_v they_o as_o well_o as_o the_o west_n which_o we_o find_v do_v by_o the_o council_n constantinopolitan_n in_o trullo_n can._n 2._o obsignamus_fw-la reliquos_fw-la omnes_fw-la canon_n qui_fw-fr a_fw-fr sanctis_fw-la nostris_fw-la patribus_fw-la &c_n &c_n expositi_fw-la sunt_fw-la similiter_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la eye_v qui_fw-la sardicae_fw-la convenerunt_fw-la 4._o for_o the_o equity_n of_o these_o canon_n if_o we_o consider_v any_o obligation_n which_o they_o lie_v upon_o these_o western_a part_n of_o the_o church_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n it_o be_v no_o great_a than_o the_o acknowledged-general_n council_n of_o chalcedon_n lay_v on_o the_o east_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o constantinople_n can._n 9_o 5._o however_o it_o be_v the_o act_n of_o such_o a_o council_n wherein_o the_o western_a bishop_n be_v concede_v to_o have_v unanimous_o agree_v be_v obligatory_a to_o the_o west_n and_o particular_o to_o africa_n from_o whence_o be_v present_a therein_o 35_o bishop_n consent_v thereto_o and_o no_o dislike_n thereof_o afterward_o profess_v by_o the_o african_a church_n of_o that_o present_a time_n nay_o gratus_n primate_n of_o carthage_n who_o be_v present_a in_o this_o council_n quote_v the_o authority_n thereof_o in_o 1._o conc._n carthag_n 5._o can._n mamini_fw-la in_o sanctissimo_fw-la concilio_n sardicensi_fw-la statutum_fw-la c_o but_o have_v its_o canon_n be_v disallow_v by_o the_o african_a church_n his_o quote_v they_o will_v have_v prejudice_v his_o matter_n therefore_o to_o β_n i_o say_v neither_o be_v these_o canon_n oppose_v by_o the_o african_a council_n which_o contest_v with_o zosimus_n about_o they_o above_o 60_o year_n after_o as_o know_v to_o they_o to_o be_v sardican_a canon_n but_o only_o because_o they_o be_v utter_o ignorant_a thereof_o for_o it_o be_v clear_a by_o s._n augustine_n word_n contra_fw-la crescon_n 3._o l._n 34_o c._n and_o ep._n 163._o ad_fw-la eleusium_fw-la that_o he_o who_o may_v be_v presume_v as_o know_v as_o any_o other_o of_o that_o synod_n know_v of_o no_o sardican_n decree_v at_o all_o save_v those_o make_v by_o the_o separate_a arian_n i_o know_v not_o where_o and_o call_v by_o they_o sardican_n canon_n of_o which_o he_o come_v to_o have_v notice_n only_o casual_o from_o the_o donatist_n and_o peruse_v the_o book_n they_o show_v he_o find_v they_o to_o be_v make_v by_o the_o arian_n because_o say_v he_o legi_fw-la athanasium_fw-la &_o julium_n illo_fw-la conc._n sardicensi_fw-la fuisse_fw-la improbatos_fw-la ep._n 163._o but_o it_o have_v be_v some_o advantage_n to_o his_o matter_n then_o in_o hand_n have_v he_o produce_v any_o true_a and_o orthodox_n council_n of_o sardica_n opposite_a to_o this_o who_o defend_v athanasius_n but_o of_o this_o he_o be_v silent_a neither_o will_v this_o altogether_o seem_v so_o strange_a when_o 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quod_fw-la qui_fw-fr fuerat_fw-la super_fw-la haeresi_fw-la accusatus_fw-la propter_fw-la quam_fw-la solum_fw-la licitum_fw-la est_fw-la minoribus_fw-la majorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la motibus_fw-la resistere_fw-la vel_fw-la pravos_fw-la suos_fw-la sensus_fw-la libere_fw-la respuere_fw-la quamvis_fw-la &_o ibi_fw-la nec_fw-la patriarcharum_fw-la nec_fw-la caeterorum_fw-la antistitum_fw-la cuipiam_fw-la de_fw-la eo_fw-la quamlibet_fw-la fas_fw-la fuerit_fw-la proffer_v sententiam_fw-la nisi_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la primae_fw-la sedis_fw-la pontificis_fw-la consensus_fw-la proecessisset_fw-la and_o what_o that_o council_n say_v can._n 21._o sed_fw-la ne_fw-la alium_fw-la quenquam_fw-la conscriptiones_fw-la contra_fw-la sanctissimum_fw-la papam_fw-la senioris_fw-la romae_fw-la ac_fw-la verba_fw-la complicare_fw-la vel_fw-la componere_fw-la liceat_fw-la &c_n &c_n quod_fw-la &_o nuper_fw-la photius_n patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n who_o this_o council_n depose_v fecit_fw-la &_o multo_fw-la 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former_a violence_n towards_o the_o roman_a see_v and_o thus_o much_o of_o that_o old_a canon_n mention_v in_o the_o epistle_n of_o julius_n to_o the_o oriental_n assemble_v at_o antioch_n who_o since_o they_o make_v a_o arrian_n creed_n contrary_a to_o the_o nicene_n and_o condemn_v athanasius_n and_o some_o other_o orthodox_n bishop_n which_o thing_n be_v do_v if_o not_o by_o the_o major_a party_n yet_o by_o the_o prevail_a it_o be_v as_o reasonable_a to_o affirm_v that_o the_o same_o person_n only_o that_o do_v these_o thing_n write_v that_o letter_n to_o julius_n so_o invective_n against_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o roman_a see_v and_o not_o the_o major_a part_n who_o spalatensis_n to_o add_v the_o more_o authority_n to_o this_o letter_n contend_v to_o have_v be_v catholic_n see_v his_o 3._o l._n 8._o c._n 3._o n._n etc._n etc._n 4._o l._n 8._o c._n 11._o n._n &c._n &c._n however_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o julius_n his_o proceed_n be_v justify_v against_o they_o both_o by_o the_o occidental_a orthodox_n bishop_n and_o by_o athanasius_n and_o other_o orthodox_n bishop_n of_o the_o east_n and_o by_o the_o council_n of_o sardica_n and_o by_o the_o ecclesiastical_a historian_n see_v sozomen_n 3._o l._n 7._o c._n and_o 9_o c._n where_o the_o same_o person_n that_o write_v to_o julius_n the_o historian_n say_v contra_fw-la concilii_fw-la nicaeni_n decreta_fw-la res_fw-la gesserunt_fw-la and_o be_v accuse_v by_o julius_n 9_o c._n quod_fw-la clam_fw-la contra_fw-la fidem_fw-la concilii_fw-la nicaeni_n novas_fw-la res_fw-la moliti_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la see_v socrates_n 2._o l._n 7._o c._n their_o change_v the_o nicene_n creed_n thus_o much_o concern_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o ancient_a canon_n now_o to_o go_v on_o see_v in_o athanas_n apol._n 2._o and_o socrates_n 2._o l._n 19_o c._n and_o epiphan_n haer._n 68_o valens_n and_o vrsatius_n 1._o §_o 23._o n._n 1._o two_o bishop_n one_o in_o mysia_n the_o other_o in_o pannonia_n both_o very_a gracious_a with_o the_o emperor_n constantius_n and_o leader_n of_o the_o arrian_n faction_n upon_o repentance_n of_o their_o error_n and_o also_o calumny_n against_o athanasius_n repair_v to_o rome_n and_o deliver_v to_o julius_n libellum_fw-la poenitentiae_fw-la and_o beg_a pardon_n and_o reconciliation_n though_o afterward_o they_o relapse_v see_v the_o 3d_o four_o and_o seven_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o sardica_n set_v down_o before_o §_o 11._o in_o which_o great_a council_n be_v reckon_v by_o athanasius_n one_o present_a in_o it_o in_o 2._o apolog._n some_o bishop_n present_a from_o our_o britanny_n episcopi_fw-la hispaniarum_n galliarum_n britanniarum_n etc._n etc._n neither_o be_v this_o any_o wonder_n since_o they_o be_v also_o at_o conc._n arelat_n 11_o year_n before_o that_o of_o nice_n see_v hammond_n schism_n p._n 110._o which_o canon_n seem_v to_o confirm_v appeal_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o to_o authorise_v he_o to_o hear_v and_o decide_v the_o cause_n by_o himself_o or_o his_o legate_n of_o those_o bishop_n also_o who_o be_v not_o under_o his_o patriarchy_n for_o it_o be_v not_o limit_v to_o the_o western_a patriarchy_n but_o general_o propose_v si_fw-la in_o aliqua_fw-la provincia_n episcopus_fw-la etc._n etc._n can._n 3._o and_o the_o motive_n propose_v by_o hosius_n former_o precedent_n of_o nice_a be_v general_a not_o more_o concern_v one_o part_n of_o the_o church_n than_o another_o the_o honour_v of_o s._n peter_n memory_n and_o these_o canon_n be_v make_v by_o that_o council_n not_o long_o after_o athanasius_n a_o bishop_n not_o subject_a to_o the_o roman_a patriarchy_n but_o himself_o a_o patriarch_n his_o appeal_n to_o rome_n and_o the_o judgement_n of_o his_o cause_n by_o witness_n bring_v out_o of_o the_o east_n and_o his_o adversary_n counter-plea_n there_o which_o judgement_n and_o sentence_n as_o the_o eastern_a bishop_n at_o antioch_n much_o slight_v and_o undervalue_v so_o this_o sardican_a council_n approve_v and_o if_o these_o canon_n respect_v all_o in_o general_n then_o since_o the_o bishop_n of_o our_o britanny_n also_o be_v there_o this_o be_v their_o act_n as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o rest_n and_o oblige_v britanny_n to_o the_o same_o subordination_n with_o the_o rest_n see_v the_o epistle_n of_o st._n basil_n epist_n 52._o to_o athanasius_n 2._o §_o 23._o n._n 2._o about_o the_o suppression_n of_o arrianism_n in_o the_o east_n wherein_o he_o say_v visum_fw-la est_fw-la consentaneum_fw-la scribere_fw-la ad_fw-la episcopum_fw-la romanum_fw-la ut_fw-la videat_fw-la res_fw-la nostras_fw-la &_o decreti_fw-la svi_fw-la judicium_fw-la interponat_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la tribuat_fw-la delectis_fw-la viris_fw-la qui_fw-la acta_fw-la ariminensis_fw-la concilii_fw-la secum_fw-la ferant_fw-la ad_fw-la ea_fw-la rescindenda_fw-la quae_fw-la illic_fw-la violent_a acta_fw-la sunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v the_o two_o epistle_n of_o st._n hierom_n to_o damasus_n bishop_n of_o rome_n desire_v to_o know_v what_o he_o shall_v hold_v concern_v the_o word_n hypostasis_fw-la apply_v to_o the_o three_o person_n of_o the_o trinity_n and_o with_o who_o communicate_v in_o the_o east_n wherein_o thus_o he_o quoniam_fw-la vetusto_fw-la oriens_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la populorum_fw-la furore_fw-la collisus_fw-la etc._n etc._n ideo_fw-la mihi_fw-la cathedram_fw-la petri_n &_o rom._n 1.8_o sidem_fw-la apostolico_fw-la ore_fw-la laudatam_fw-la censui_fw-la consulendam_fw-la apud_fw-la vos_fw-la solos_fw-la incorrupta_fw-la patrum_fw-la servatur_fw-la haereditas_fw-la ego_fw-la nullum_fw-la primum_fw-la nisi_fw-la christum_fw-la sequens_fw-la beatitudini_fw-la tuus_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la cathedrae_fw-la petri_n
epistle_n of_o zosimus_n a_o bishop_n of_o rome_n in_o st._n augustine_n time_n ad_fw-la episc_n salonit_fw-la where_o prohibit_v the_o admit_v of_o monk_n and_o also_o laic_n immediate_o to_o be_v bishop_n without_o their_o pass_v through_o and_o continuance_n for_o some_o time_n in_o inferior_a ecclesiastical_a function_n he_o say_v hoc_fw-la autem_fw-la speeialiter_fw-la &_o sub_fw-la praedecessoribus_fw-la nostris_fw-la &_o nuper_fw-la a_o nobis_fw-la interdictum_fw-la constat_fw-la literis_fw-la ad_fw-la gallias_n hispaniasque_fw-la transmissis_fw-la ad_fw-la te_fw-la potissimum_fw-la scripta_fw-la direximus_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o omnium_fw-la fratrum_fw-la &_o coepiscoporum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la facies_fw-la ire_n notitiam_fw-la sciet_fw-la quisquis_fw-la hoc_fw-la postposita_fw-la patrum_fw-la &_o apostolicae_fw-la sedis_fw-la authoritate_fw-la neglexerit_fw-la a_o nobis_fw-la districtius_fw-la vindicandum_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v the_o epistle_n of_o the_o african_a bishop_n 4._o §_o 23._o n._n 4._o in_o the_o 5_o carthaginian_a and_o in_o the_o milevitan_n council_n hold_v there_o against_o pâ—lagianism_n among_o who_o be_v s._n austin_n send_v to_o pope_n innocent_a i_o and_o his_o answer_n to_o they_o be_v among_o s._n augustine_n epistle_n the_o 90_o 91_o 92_o 93._o where_o the_o 92._o the_o african_a bishop_n begin_v thus_o quia_fw-la te_fw-la dominus_fw-la gratiae_fw-la suae_fw-la praecipuae_fw-la munere_fw-la in_o sede_n apostolica_fw-la collocavit_fw-la talemque_fw-la in_o nostris_fw-la temporibus_fw-la praestitit_fw-la ut_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o see_v the_o close_a thereof_o and_o in_o epistle_n 90._o hoc_fw-la itaque_fw-la gestum_fw-la domine_fw-la frater_fw-la sancte_fw-la charitati_fw-la tuus_fw-la intimandum_fw-la duximus_fw-la ut_fw-la statutis_fw-la nostroe_v mediocritatis_fw-la etiam_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la sedis_fw-la adhibeatur_fw-la authoritas_fw-la and_o s._n austin_n retract_v 2._o l._n 49._o c._n speak_v of_o the_o same_o business_n in_o this_o language_n postea_fw-la quam_fw-la pelagiana_n haeresis_fw-la cum_fw-la suis_fw-la authoribus_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la romanoe_n prius_fw-la innocentio_n deinde_fw-la zosimo_n cooperantibus_fw-la conciliorum_fw-la africanorum_n literis_fw-la convicta_fw-la atque_fw-la damnata_fw-la est_fw-la scripsi_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o possidonius_fw-la s._n augustine_n collegiate_n in_o vita_fw-la august_n 18._o c._n thus_o et_fw-la cum_fw-la iidem_fw-la pelagiani_n perversi_fw-la sedi_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la per_fw-la svam_fw-la ambitionem_fw-la eandem_fw-la perfidiam_fw-la persuadere_fw-la conabantur_fw-la instantissime_fw-la etiam_fw-la conciliis_fw-la africanis_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la gestum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la so_o papae_fw-la vrbis_fw-la romae_fw-la &_o prius_fw-la venerabili_fw-la innocentio_n &_o postea_fw-la sancto_fw-la zosimo_n ejus_fw-la successori_fw-la persuaderetur_fw-la quod_fw-la illa_fw-la secta_fw-la catholica_fw-la fide_fw-la &_o abominanda_fw-la &_o damnanda_fw-la fuisset_fw-la at_o illi_fw-la tantae_fw-la sedis_fw-la antistites_fw-la suis_fw-la diversis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la eosdem_fw-la notantes_fw-la atque_fw-la a_o membris_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la i._n e._n catholicae_fw-la praecidentes_fw-la datis_fw-la literis_fw-la ad_fw-la africanas_fw-la orientis_fw-la &_o occidentis_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la eos_fw-la anathematizandos_fw-mi &_o devitandos_fw-mi ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la catholicis_fw-la censuerunt_fw-la et_fw-la hoc_fw-la tale_n de_fw-la illis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la dei_fw-la catholicae_fw-la probatum_fw-la judiâ—ium_fw-la where_o he_o seem_v to_o call_v the_o pope_n judgement_n the_o catholical_a etiam_fw-la pâ—issimus_fw-la imperator_fw-la honorius_n audience_n &_o sequens_fw-la suis_fw-la eos_fw-la legibus_fw-la damnatos_fw-la &_o inter_fw-la haereticos_fw-la habere_fw-la debere_fw-la constituit_fw-la and_o see_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n answer_n wherein_o he_o vindicate_v the_o universal_a authority_n of_o that_o see_v something_o of_o which_o be_v quote_v before_o §_o 21._o after_o which_o judgement_n in_o africa_n both_o pelagius_n and_o caelestius_n his_o chief_a disciple_n make_v their_o appeal_n to_o rome_n to_o zosimus_n the_o successor_n of_o this_o innocentius_n under_o such_o form_n as_o these_o si_fw-mi forte_fw-fr quispiam_fw-la ignorantiae_fw-la error_n obrepserit_fw-la vestra_fw-la sententia_fw-la corrigatur_fw-la and_o emendari_fw-la cupimus_fw-la a_o te_fw-la qui_fw-fr petri_n &_o fidem_fw-la &_o sedem_fw-la tenes_fw-fr and_o be_v upon_o a_o false_a relation_n of_o their_o tenant_n favour_v there_o to_o the_o great_a offence_n of_o the_o african_a bishop_n but_o afterward_o also_o condemn_v by_o that_o see_v and_o their_o condemnation_n publish_v from_o thence_o to_o all_o church_n see_v for_o what_o be_v say_v the_o authority_n in_o s._n austin_n and_o other_o quote_v by_o baronius_n a.d._n 418._o see_v s._n austin_n contra_fw-la julianum_fw-la 1._o l._n 2._o c._n where_o urge_v against_o julian_n the_o testimony_n of_o the_o occidental_a father_n for_o original_a sin_n he_o say_v thus_o a_o ideo_fw-la contemnendos_fw-la putas_fw-la quia_fw-la occidentalis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sunt_fw-la omnes_fw-la puto_fw-la tibi_fw-la eam_fw-la partem_fw-la orbis_fw-la sufficere_fw-la debere_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la primum_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la voluit_fw-la dominus_fw-la gloriosissimo_fw-la martyrio_fw-la coronare_fw-la cui_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la praesidentem_fw-la beatum_fw-la innocentium_n si_fw-la audire_fw-la voluisses_fw-la jam_fw-la tunc_fw-la periculosam_fw-la juventutem_fw-la tuam_fw-la pelagianis_fw-la laqueis_fw-la exuiss_n quid_fw-la enim_fw-la potuit_fw-la vir_fw-la ille_fw-la sanctus_n africanis_fw-la respondere_fw-la conciliis_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la antiquitus_fw-la apostolica_fw-la sedes_fw-la &_o romana_fw-la cum_fw-la caeteris_fw-la tenet_fw-la perseveranter_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ergo_fw-la 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 yet_o not_o utter_o degrade_v have_v appeal_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o have_v much_o threaten_v by_o this_o bishop_n power_n to_o procure_v a_o restorement_n to_o his_o place_n in_o this_o epistle_n thus_o s._n austin_n beseech_v the_o pope_n collabora_fw-la obsecro_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la &_o jube_fw-la tibi_fw-la quae_fw-la decreta_fw-la sunt_fw-la omne_fw-la recitari_fw-la existat_fw-la exemplo_fw-la ipsa_fw-la apostolica_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la judicante_fw-la vel_fw-la aliorum_fw-la judicia_fw-la firmante_fw-la quosdam_fw-la pro_fw-la culpis_fw-la nec_fw-la episcopali_fw-la spoliatos_fw-la honore_fw-la neque_fw-la relictos_fw-la omnimodo_fw-la impunitos_fw-la quia_fw-la ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n subveni_fw-la hominibus_fw-la opem_fw-la tuam_fw-la in_o christi_fw-la mesericordia_fw-la poscentibus_fw-la non_fw-la sinas_fw-la ista_fw-la fieri_fw-la i.e._n antonius_n to_o be_v restore_v by_o force_n obsecro_fw-la te_fw-la per_fw-la christi_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la per_fw-la 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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least_o threaten_a to_o some_o of_o the_o asian_a church_n in_o cyprian_n time_n that_o hold_v the_o necessity_n or_o rebaptisation_n upon_o the_o baptism_n of_o heretic_n concern_v which_o see_v euseb_n eccl._n hist_o l._n 4._o c._n 4.6_o see_v st._n augustine_n epistle_n 162_o the_o great_a care_n and_o superintendence_n which_o melchiade_n bishop_n of_o rome_n before_o sylvester_n in_o constantine_n time_n use_v over_o the_o african_a church_n in_o the_o schism_n of_o
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fundatam_fw-la propter_fw-mi potentiorem_fw-la principalitatem_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la omnem_fw-la convenire_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la undique_fw-la fideles_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la semper_fw-la ab_fw-la his_fw-la qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la undique_fw-la fideles_fw-la conservata_fw-la est_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n est_fw-la traditio_fw-la in_o qua_fw-la i._n e._n in_o union_n &_o adhaesione_fw-la ad_fw-la quam_fw-la apostolical_a tradition_n be_v more_o certain_o preserve_v in_o all_o other_o church_n let_v therefore_o potentiorem_fw-la principalitatem_fw-la if_o so_o you_o can_v make_v any_o sense_n be_v refer_v as_o it_o be_v by_o the_o reform_a to_o the_o roman_a empire_n not_o church_n yet_o the_o certain_a conservation_n of_o tradition_n apostolical_a which_o be_v the_o father_n reason_n of_o other_o church_n repair_v and_o conform_v to_o this_o that_o can_v be_v apply_v but_o only_o to_o the_o church_n not_o as_o seat_v in_o the_o imperial_a city_n but_o as_o found_v by_o the_o two_o most_o glorious_a apostle_n peter_n and_o paul_n of_o which_o church_n tertullian_n the_o prescript_n haereticorum_fw-la also_o say_v ista_fw-la quam_fw-la faelix_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la cvi_fw-la totam_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la apostoli_fw-la cum_fw-la sanguine_fw-la svo_fw-la profuderunt_fw-la and_o after_o he_o thus_o cyprian_n in_o his_o ep._n 45._o to_o cornelius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n not_o to_o urge_v any_o of_o those_o passage_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr unit_fw-la eccl._n cath._n which_o perhaps_o seem_v capable_a of_o the_o exposition_n which_o the_o reform_a give_v they_o nos_fw-la singulis_fw-la navigantibus_fw-la i.e._n from_o africa_n into_o italy_n rationem_fw-la reddentes_fw-la scimus_fw-la nos_fw-la hortato_n eos_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la catholicae_fw-la radicem_fw-la &_o matricem_fw-la i.e._n ecclesiam_fw-la romanam_fw-la agnoscerent_fw-la &_o tenerent_fw-la and_o afterward_o ne_o in_o urbe_fw-la in_o rome_n schisma_fw-la factum_fw-la animos_fw-la absentium_fw-la i.e._n of_o those_o in_o africa_n incerta_fw-la opinion_n confunderet_fw-la which_o party_n they_o shall_v adhere_v to_o placuit_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la episcopos_fw-la istic_fw-la positos_fw-la african_a bishop_n reside_v at_o rome_n literae_fw-la fierent_fw-la to_o the_o african_a province_n ut_fw-la te_fw-mi universi_fw-la collegae_fw-la nostri_fw-la &_o communicationem_fw-la tuam_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la catholicae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la unitatem_fw-la pariter_fw-la ac_fw-la charitatem_fw-la probarent_fw-la firmiter_fw-la ac_fw-la tenerent_fw-la and_o epist_n 52._o antoniano_n fratti_fw-la a_o bishop_n not_o communicate_v with_o novatianus_n scripsisti_fw-la etiam_fw-la ut_fw-la exemplum_fw-la earundum_fw-la literarum_fw-la ad_fw-la cornelium_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n collegam_fw-la nostrum_fw-la transmitterem_fw-la ut_fw-la depositum_fw-la omni_fw-la solicitudine_fw-la jam_fw-la sciret_fw-la te_fw-la secum_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la catholica_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la communicare_fw-la the_o like_a expression_n to_o which_o we_o find_v in_o ambrose_n orat._n in_o satyr_n where_o he_o say_v of_o his_o brother_n satyrus_n about_o to_o receive_v the_o communion_n that_o percunctatus_fw-la est_fw-la episcopum_fw-la si_fw-la cum_fw-la episcopis_fw-la catholicis_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la cum_fw-la romana_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la conveniret_fw-la and_o thus_o cyprian_a again_o in_o his_o epist._n 55._o ad_fw-la cornelium_n de_fw-fr fortunato_n &_o faelicissimo_fw-la haereticis_fw-la who_o condemn_v in_o africa_n appeal_v to_o rome_n post_fw-la ista_fw-la adhuc_fw-la insuper_fw-la navigare_fw-la audent_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la petri_n cathedram_fw-la atque_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la principalem_fw-la unde_fw-la unitas_fw-la sacerdotalis_fw-la exorta_fw-la est_fw-la a_fw-fr schismaticis_fw-la fortunato_n etc._n etc._n literas_fw-la far_o nec_fw-la cogitare_fw-la eos_fw-la i._n e._n 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
that_o no_o one_o bishop_n nor_o council_n have_v any_o power_n over_o another_o but_o all_o bishop_n leave_v to_o their_o supreme_a liberty_n only_o rationem_fw-la reddituri_fw-la domino_fw-la of_o their_o action_n contrary_a to_o the_o universal_a practice_n of_o the_o church_n such_o superior_a council_n ordinary_o censure_v and_o also_o anathematise_v bishop_n or_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o reform_a who_o also_o maintain_v such_o subordination_n s._n cyprian_n must_v be_v in_o a_o error_n now_o in_o the_o vacancy_n of_o any_o general_n or_o patriarchal_a council_n the_o patriarch_n at_o least_o for_o his_o own_o patriarchat_n as_o cyprian_n be_v within_o the_o roman_a patriarchat_n be_v the_o supreme_a judge_n and_o therefore_o cyprian_n not_o exempt_a from_o all_o subjection_n or_o subordination_n to_o he_o see_v for_o this_o dr._n field_n concession_n before_o §_o 18._o supreme_a judge_n for_o the_o execute_n of_o the_o former_a ecclesiastical_a canon_n and_o preserve_v of_o the_o doctrine_n former_o establish_v and_o determine_v by_o council_n supreme_a judge_n thus_o over_o provincial_n not_o only_o bishop_n but_o council_n for_o from_o these_o may_v be_v make_v appeal_n to_o he_o and_o a_o confirmation_n of_o their_o decree_n be_v fight_v for_o from_o he_o see_v that_o of_o milevis_n and_o of_o carthage_n in_o s._n augustine_n time_n before_o §_o 23._o n._n 4._o neither_o ought_v they_o to_o promulgate_v any_o doctrine_n not_o former_o determine_v by_o former_a council_n against_o his_o approbation_n and_o consent_n see_v before_o §_o 22._o therefore_o cyprian_n may_v not_o make_v a_o contrary_a decree_n to_o the_o western_a patriarch_n so_o as_o to_o necessitate_v those_o under_o his_o primacy_n to_o the_o obedience_n thereof_o as_o neither_o he_o do_v but_o how_o far_o on_o the_o other_o side_n they_o stand_v oblige_v to_o conform_v to_o the_o judgement_n of_o he_o or_o also_o of_o his_o provincial_a council_n when_o define_v any_o such_o new_a 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the_o former_a dignity_n which_o such_o have_v hold_v in_o the_o church_n concern_v this_o a_o council_n have_v be_v hold_v already_o in_o italy_n by_o anastasius_n and_o his_o bishop_n wherein_o it_o be_v decree_v that_o such_o donatist_n shall_v not_o be_v admit_v to_o their_o former_a honour_n and_o place_n and_o a_o letter_n be_v to_o this_o purpose_n send_v to_o the_o african_n by_o anastasius_n concern_v which_o letter_n first_o this_o council_n say_v recitatis_fw-la epistolis_fw-la beatissimi_fw-la fratris_fw-la &_o consacerdoti_fw-la nostri_fw-la anastasii_n quibus_fw-la nos_fw-la paternae_fw-la &_o fraternae_fw-la charitatis_fw-la solicitudine_fw-la &_o sinceritate_fw-la adhortatus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la &c_n &c_n gratias_fw-la agimus_fw-la domino_fw-la nostro_fw-la quod_fw-la illi_fw-la optimo_fw-la ac_fw-la sanâ—â—o_fw-la antâ—stiti_fw-la svo_fw-la tam_fw-la piam_fw-la curam_fw-la pro_fw-la membris_fw-la christi_fw-la qâ—amvis_fw-la in_fw-la diuâ—rsitate_fw-la 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contrary_a dissolvatur_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la illud_fw-la maneat_fw-la the_o council_n stand_v good_a cirea_v eos_fw-la qui_fw-la sic_fw-la transire_fw-la ad_fw-la catholicam_fw-la volunt_fw-la ut_fw-la nulla_fw-la per_fw-la eos_fw-la unitatis_fw-la compensatio_fw-la procuretur_fw-la i._n e._n who_o do_v not_o procure_v the_o unite_n of_o many_o other_o per_fw-la quos_fw-la autem_fw-la adjuvari_fw-la manifestis_fw-la fraternarum_fw-la animarum_fw-la of_o those_o under_o the_o donatist_n clergy_n spiritual_a conduct_n lucris_fw-la catholica_fw-la unitas_fw-la
visa_fw-la fuerit_fw-la non_fw-la eye_n obsit_fw-la quod_fw-la contra_fw-la honores_fw-la eorum_fw-la in_o transmarino_fw-it concilio_n statutum_fw-la est_fw-la then_o contract_v what_o be_v former_o say_v they_o conclude_v thus_o id_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la ordinati_fw-la in_o parte_fw-la donati_n si_fw-la ad_fw-la catholicam_fw-la correcti_fw-la transire_fw-la voluerint_fw-la non_fw-la suscipiantur_fw-la in_o honoribus_fw-la suis_fw-la secundum_fw-la transmarinum_fw-la concilium_fw-la exceptis_fw-la his_fw-la per_fw-la quos_fw-la catholicae_fw-la unitati_fw-la consuletur_fw-la now_o some_o difference_n there_o be_v between_o their_o writing_n to_o the_o pope_n and_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o former_a council_n ne_fw-la obsit_fw-la for_o some_o and_o maneat_fw-la for_o the_o rest_n and_o their_o decree_a against_o the_o pope_n and_o that_o council_n ne_fw-la obfuerit_fw-la for_o any_o now_o this_o close_a be_v thus_o english_v by_o the_o doctor_n our_o of_o balsamon_n that_o they_o that_o have_v be_v ordain_v on_o the_o part_n of_o the_o donatist_n shall_v not_o be_v proceed_v with_o according_a to_o the_o transmarine_a synod_n but_o shall_v the_o rather_o be_v receive_v as_o those_o that_o take_v care_n for_o the_o catholic_n unity_n how_o well_o i_o leave_v to_o your_o judgement_n §_o 36_o satisfactory_a the_o protestant_n ordinary_n reply_v to_o these_o to_o i_o seem_v not_o satisfactory_a now_o to_o these_o several_a instance_n which_o i_o have_v draw_v out_o of_o the_o primitive_a time_n the_o answer_n which_o be_v usual_o make_v by_o some_o for_o you_o must_v expect_v that_o nothing_o be_v say_v by_o any_o side_n which_o be_v not_o reply_v to_o by_o the_o other_o be_v such_o as_o these_o that_o such_o place_n as_o speak_v of_o the_o primacy_n and_o principality_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n speak_v only_o of_o that_o of_o order_n and_o dignity_n not_o of_o power_n or_o authority_n apostolicae_fw-la cathedrae_fw-la principatus_fw-la i._n e._n say_v they_o quoad_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la non_fw-la quoad_fw-la potestatem_fw-la rector_n domus_fw-la dei_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la catholicoe_n or_o universalis_fw-la episcopus_fw-la i.e._n say_v they_o vnus_fw-la erectoribus_fw-la domus_fw-la dei_fw-la unus_fw-la ex_fw-la episcopis_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o such_o place_n as_o mention_n appeal_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n speak_v of_o they_o as_o make_v to_o he_o non_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la judicem_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la fidei_fw-la fautorem_fw-la ut_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la fidei_fw-la professores_fw-la in_o communionem_fw-la svam_fw-la admitteret_fw-la non_fw-la ob_fw-la aliquam_fw-la jurisdicendi_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la sed_fw-la ob_fw-la amicam_fw-la communionis_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la societatem_fw-la that_o the_o like_a address_n be_v make_v to_o other_o patriarch_n and_o bishop_n for_o their_o communion_n and_o assistance_n as_o to_o he_o and_o that_o his_o letter_n be_v request_v and_o in_o behalf_n of_o sufferer_n direct_v to_o all_o part_n of_o chcistianity_n not_o by_o virtue_n of_o any_o authority_n he_o have_v to_o correct_v but_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o power_n he_o have_v from_o the_o reverence_n they_o give_v to_o the_o dignity_n of_o his_o place_n every_o where_n to_o persuade_v that_o such_o place_n of_o father_n or_o council_n as_o affirm_v that_o no_o public_a affair_n of_o the_o church_n may_v be_v transact_v without_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v not_o appropriate_v therefore_o only_o to_o he_o but_o verify_v as_o much_o of_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o patriarch_n as_o of_o he_o that_o those_o place_n which_o mention_v his_o censure_v excommunicate_a depose_v clergy_n that_o be_v not_o under_o his_o own_o patriarchy_n speak_v not_o of_o any_o authoritative_a or_o privative_a excommunication_n to_o use_v the_o bishop_n of_o derry_n expression_n vind._n c._n 8._o by_o way_n of_o jurisdiction_n exclude_v such_o from_o the_o communion_n of_o christ_n but_o only_o of_o a_o negative_a in_o the_o way_n of_o christian_a discretion_n by_o withdraw_a he_o or_o he_o from_o communion_n with_o they_o for_o fear_n of_o infection_n for_o declare_v his_o non-currence_a with_o or_o countenance_v of_o their_o fault_n etc._n etc._n there_o be_v great_a difference_n as_o dr._n field_n observe_v p._n 558._o between_o excommunication_n proper_o so_o name_v or_o authoritative_o forbid_v all_o man_n to_o communicate_v with_o such_o and_o such_o and_o the_o reject_v only_o of_o they_o from_o our_o communion_n and_o fellowship_n an_o i_o also_o confess_v and_o grant_v such_o negation_n of_o communicate_v with_o other_o ancient_o use_v and_o among_o rest_n use_v also_o by_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n who_o often_o prohibit_v his_o legate_n and_o other_o from_o communicate_v with_o some_o other_o bishop_n as_o with_o the_o bishop_n of_o constantinople_n when_o he_o use_v the_o stile_n of_o vniversalis_fw-la or_o from_o go_v to_o and_o be_v present_a at_o their_o celebration_n of_o divine_a service_n when_o he_o do_v not_o excommunicate_v the_o other_o nay_o when_o also_o he_o admit_v the_o minister_n of_o the_o other_o and_o those_o who_o communicate_v with_o the_o other_o to_o come_v to_o his_o communion_n and_o celebration_n of_o divine_a service_n see_v gregory_n 6._o l._n 31._o ep._n to_o eulogius_n and_o anastasius_n indulge_v this_o to_o those_o who_o be_v send_v from_o cyriacus_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n to_o he_o but_o that_o all_o the_o bishop_n excommunication_n of_o those_o without_o his_o patriarchy_n be_v only_o such_o this_o be_v the_o thing_n deny_v that_o the_o like_a may_v be_v say_v of_o his_o confirm_v or_o restore_v his_o fellow-bishop_n that_o it_o be_v do_v not_o by_o way_n of_o forensical_a justice_n but_o fraternal_a approbation_n and_o that_o all_o other_o patriarch_n use_v excommunicate_v depose_v acquit_v and_o restore_v in_o the_o same_o manner_n allow_v or_o withdraw_v their_o communion_n from_o their_o fellow-bishop_n as_o they_o see_v fit_a and_o that_o they_o confirm_v the_o roman_a bishop_n by_o their_o communicatory_a letter_n as_o he_o they_o which_o thing_n how_o well_o they_o agree_v with_o the_o above_o say_v form_n of_o such_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n and_o with_o other_o practice_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n towards_o other_o much_o differ_v from_o the_o practice_n of_o other_o patriarch_n either_o towards_o he_o or_o towards_o other_o how_o well_o they_o agree_v with_o the_o address_n make_v from_o both_o church-governor_n and_o council_n upon_o difference_n and_o contention_n in_o the_o church_n to_o rome_n address_v not_o use_v in_o the_o same_o manner_n to_o the_o other_o patriarch_n yet_o will_v have_v be_v do_v equal_o to_o they_o also_o have_v all_o patriarch_n be_v esteem_v in_o their_o power_n equal_a especial_o how_o they_o agree_v with_o what_o be_v say_v §_o 24._o and_o §_o 18._o upon_o review_v the_o instance_n i_o have_v give_v i_o leave_v to_o your_o judgement_n that_o the_o place_n which_o speak_v of_o his_o judge_a cause_n and_o inflict_v such_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n &c_n &c_n speak_v not_o of_o he_o single_o but_o as_o join_v with_o his_o western_a bishop_n they_o meaning_n by_o this_o not_o some_o of_o his_o western_a bishop_n only_o who_o assistance_n the_o roman_a bishop_n ordinary_o use_v in_o all_o his_o judgement_n but_o his_o whole_a patriarchal_a council_n that_o those_o place_n which_o do_v argue_v joining-with_a the_o roman_a to_o be_v join_v with_o the_o catholic_n communion_n see_v before_o §_o 23._o n._n 2._o and_o n._n 3._o and_o §_o 32._o as_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v that_o if_o god_n have_v appoint_v any_o person_n or_o council_n as_o a_o supreme_a guide_n who_o the_o rest_n ought_v to_o obey_v such_o member_n as_o do_v not_o obey_v can_v be_v catholic_n be_v speak_v only_o with_o respect_n to_o such_o a_o roman_a bishop_n at_o such_o a_o time_n who_o in_o their_o opinion_n hold_v the_o true_a profession_n and_o not_o that_o all_o 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obey_v her_o law_n neither_o by_o the_o one_o who_o so_o may_v easy_o hinder_v the_o propagation_n of_o christianity_n nor_o by_o the_o other_o who_o if_o happen_v at_o any_o time_n to_o be_v heretical_a or_o schismatical_a may_v easy_o hinder_v the_o profession_n of_o the_o orthodox_n faith_n or_o disturb_v the_o church_n peace_n thus_o grotius_n a_o great_a lawyer_n in_o rivet_n apol._n discuss_v p._n 70._o imperatorum_fw-la &_o regum_fw-la aliquod_fw-la esse_fw-la officium_fw-la etiam_fw-la circa_fw-la res_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la in_fw-la confesso_fw-la est_fw-la at_o non_fw-la tale_n quale_fw-la in_o saeculi_fw-la negotiis_fw-la ad_fw-la tutando_n non_fw-la ad_fw-la violandos_fw-la canon_n jus_o hoc_fw-la comparatum_fw-la est_fw-la nam_fw-la cum_fw-la principes_fw-la silij_fw-la sint_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la non_fw-la debent_fw-la vi_fw-la in_o matrem_fw-la uti_fw-la omne_fw-la corpus_fw-la sociale_a jus_o habet_fw-la quaedam_fw-la constituendi_fw-la quibus_fw-la membra_fw-la obligentur_fw-la hoc_fw-la jus_o etiam_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la competere_fw-la apparet_fw-la act._n 15.28_o heb._n 13.17_o where_o he_o quote_v facundus_n say_v of_o martianus_n cognovit_fw-la ille_fw-la quibus_fw-la in_o causis_fw-la uteretur_fw-la principis_fw-la potestate_fw-la &_o in_o quibus_fw-la exhiberet_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la christiani_n and_o obedite_fw-la praepositis_fw-la etiam_fw-la regibus_fw-la dictum_fw-la see_v this_o discourse_v more_o large_o in_o success_n clerg_n §_o 64_o 65._o 2._o and_o further_o that_o it_o be_v schism_n to_o deny_v obedience_n to_o any_o ecclesiastical_a power_n so_o establish_v and_o never_o since_o by_o the_o same_o ecclesiastical_a law_n reverse_v i_o say_v here_o concern_v matter_n ecclesiastical_a not_o civil_a therefore_o let_v that_o proposition_n of_o dr._n hammond_n schism_n 6._o c._n p._n 129._o for_o i_o stand_v good_a that_o a_o law_n though_o make_v by_o a_o general_n council_n and_o with_o the_o consent_n of_o all_o christian_a 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nation_n who_o have_v make_v resistance_n to_o their_o patriareh_n in_o some_o injunction_n conceive_v by_o they_o not_o canonical_a yet_o continue_v still_o their_o obedience_n in_o the_o rest_n consider_v the_o late_o contest_v of_o the_o state_n of_o venice_n and_o the_o present_a opposal_n both_o of_o france_n and_o spain_n in_o some_o matter_n see_v vind._n 7._o c._n how_o can_v the_o bishop_n then_o reasonable_o make_v use_n of_o those_o example_n wherein_o vindic._n 7._o c._n he_o have_v copious_o show_v other_o prince_n cast_v off_o the_o pope_n usurpation_n and_o oppression_n to_o have_v retain_v still_o submission_n to_o his_o supremacy_n to_o prove_v or_o countenance_n that_o hen._n 8._o might_n lawful_o cast_v off_o both_o those_o and_o also_o his_o supremacy_n especial_o since_o it_o can_v be_v show_v but_o that_o it_o be_v absolute_o in_o his_o power_n who_o have_v the_o sword_n to_o cast_v off_o only_o so_o much_o as_o he_o please_v and_o retain_v the_o rest_n unless_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 of_o these_o conc._n chalc._n c._n 12._o there_o be_v the_o emperor_n by_o his_o letter_n make_v another_o city_n upon_o the_o ambition_n and_o solicitation_n of_o the_o bishop_n thereof_o metropolitan_a in_o a_o province_n wherein_o there_o be_v a_o metropolitan_a already_o but_o this_o fact_n of_o the_o emperor_n disallow_v by_o the_o council_n as_o a_o thing_n against_o canon_n which_o canon_n be_v as_o the_o doctor_n acknowledge_v that_o there_o shall_v be_v but_o one_o metropolitan_a of_o one_o province_n and_o order_v that_o for_o the_o future_a whatever_o bishop_n seek_v such_o a_o thing_n shall_v be_v degrade_v and_o for_o what_o be_v already_o past_a that_o the_o city_n and_o bishop_n shall_v enjoy_v the_o title_n of_o metropolitan_a but_o none_o of_o the_o privilege_n but_o that_o these_o be_v still_o retain_v to_o the_o former_a metropolitan_a when-as_a the_o doctor_n pretend_v it_o be_v the_o prince_n right_a both_o to_o confer_v the_o title_n and_o the_o privilege_n of_o metropolitan_a on_o what_o city_n he_o please_v one_o will_v think_v then_o according_a to_o this_o the_o doctor_n say_v that_o the_o council_n if_o the_o bishop_n be_v faulty_a and_o offend_v against_o the_o canon_n in_o solicit_v such_o a_o thing_n shall_v punish_v he_o only_o another_o person_n who_o they_o approve_v be_v substitute_v in_o his_o place_n to_o enjoy_v the_o right_n which_o the_o prince_n have_v confer_v upon_o it_o and_o not_o that_o they_o shall_v by_o their_o authority_n as_o if_o these_o thing_n be_v in_o their_o disposal_n not_o in_o the_o prince_n continue_v the_o title_n only_o and_o reverse_v the_o privilege_n and_o fix_v they_o to_o their_o former_a possessor_n the_o bishop_n may_v have_v be_v punish_v and_o yet_o not_o the_o emperor_n act_n rescind_v by_o they_o as_o to_o the_o new_a metropolitan_o power_n or_o privilege_n as_o it_o be_v plain_a it_o be_v yet_o dr._n hammond_n make_v use_v of_o this_o canon_n by_o show_v such_o thing_n be_v then_o do_v by_o prince_n to_o prove_v that_o suppose_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v patriarch_n of_o france_n yet_o the_o king_n of_o france_n may_v lawful_o make_v the_o bishop_n of_o paris_n patriarch_n and_o confer_v the_o pope_n privilege_n on_o he_o this_o s._n w._n reply_v upon_o his_o treatise_n of_o schism_n wonder_v at_o and_o the_o doctor_n endeavour_v to_o clear_v all_o in_o follow_v balsamon_n judgement_n and_o distinguish_v between_o the_o prince_n erect_v such_o a_o metropolitanship_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o his_o own_o motion_n when_o he_o say_v it_o stand_v good_a or_o upon_o base_a solicitation_n when_o the_o council_n it_o seem_v may_v reverse_v it_o but_o i_o ask_v when_o such_o a_o thing_n be_v do_v of_o his_o own_o inclination_n stand_v it_o good_a if_o against_o the_o canon_n that_o there_o shall_v be_v but_o one_o metropolitan_a in_o one_o province_n if_o so_o what_o mean_v he_o to_o say_v answ_n p._n 164._o a_o prince_n power_n to_o erect_v metropoles_fw-la if_o exercise_v so_o by_o he_o as_o to_o thwart_v know_v canon_n and_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n this_o certain_o be_v a_o abuse_n and_o again_o p._n 165._o '_o such_o power_n stand_v valid_a to_o all_o effect_n if_o due_o exercise_v by_o he_o without_o wrong_n to_o any_o i._n e._n other_o metropolitan_a as_o for_o that_o which_o be_v urge_v from_o the_o canon_n of_o a_o council_n hold_v under_o alexius_n comnenus_n a_o eastern_a
emperor_n after_o 1080_o what_o be_v establish_v by_o such_o a_o synod_n not_o general_n be_v too_o weak_a to_o overthrow_v any_o former_a right_n of_o the_o church_n neither_o be_v balsamon_n a_o late_a greek_a writer_n authority_n much_o to_o be_v stand_v upon_o in_o this_o controversy_n neither_o speak_v he_o home_o in_o this_o point_n whether_o the_o patriarch_n be_v to_o admit_v what_o the_o emperor_n do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d after_o he_o have_v represent_v to_o the_o emperor_n that_o it_o be_v against_o the_o canon_n thus_o much_o of_o the_o 12_o canon_n in_o the_o 17_o canon_n and_o the_o 38th_o in_o trullo_n here_o be_v only_o upon_o the_o emperor_n building_n a_o new_a city_n or_o perhaps_o upon_o his_o transfer_v the_o civil_a right_n and_o privilege_n of_o have_v the_o seat_n of_o judicature_n etc._n etc._n from_o one_o city_n in_o a_o province_n unto_o another_o and_o upon_o this_o subject_n some_o other_o inferior_a city_n or_o town_n call_v parochia_n when_o be_v the_o jurisdiction_n of_o a_o ordinary_a bishop_n see_v hammond_n schism_n p._n 57_o unto_o it_o the_o subject_n also_o of_o the_o bishop_n of_o those_o parochiae_fw-la under_o that_o city_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o that_o city_n where_o note_n first_o that_o these_o canon_n speak_v only_o of_o the_o subject_n of_o parochial_a bishop_n to_o new_a metropolitan_o where_o new_a city_n be_v build_v and_o not_o of_o alter_v any_o thing_n in_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o old_a which_o the_o 12_o canon_n of_o the_o same_o council_n so_o express_o oppose_v second_o only_o of_o subject_v parochial_a bishop_n to_o new_a metropolitan_o not_o of_o subject_v metropolitans_n to_o new_a patriarch_n nor_o yet_o to_o new_a primate_fw-la for_o it_o be_v most_o clear_a that_o this_o very_a council_n that_o make_v this_o canon_n never_o dream_v of_o any_o power_n the_o emperor_n have_v to_o erect_v a_o new_a patriarch_n as_o i_o have_v show_v before_o §_o 43._o and_o much_o less_o leo_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n who_o confirm_v these_o canon_n yet_o vehement_o oppose_v the_o council_n seek_v to_o erect_v constantinople_n into_o a_o patriarchy_n much_o more_o will_v he_o have_v oppose_v the_o emperor_n three_o whatever_o privilege_n the_o emperor_n here_o receive_v methinks_v their_o order_n that_o such_o a_o thing_n shall_v be_v do_v subsequatur_fw-la be_v far_o from_o sound_v that_o they_o yield_v such_o a_o thing_n to_o belong_v to_o the_o emperor_n by_o right_n as_o dr._n hammond_n expound_v it_o schis_fw-la p._n 119._o but_o then_o if_o the_o emperor_n hold_v such_o privilege_n from_o the_o church_n the_o church_n when_o they_o please_v may_v resume_v this_o power_n for_o so_o himself_o argue_v concern_v any_o privilege_n which_o secular_a prince_n have_v former_o concede_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o then_o hear_v what_o the_o 21th_o canon_n of_o the_o 8_o general_n council_n say_v if_o we_o will_v trust_v late_a council_n not_o far_o distant_a in_o time_n better_o to_o understand_v the_o concession_n of_o former_a definimus_fw-la neminem_fw-la prorsus_fw-la mundi_fw-la potentium_fw-la quenquam_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la patriarchalibus_fw-la sedibus_fw-la praesunt_fw-la inhonorare_fw-la aut_fw-la movere_fw-la a_o proprio_fw-la throno_fw-la tentare_fw-la sed_fw-la omni_fw-la reverentia_fw-la &_o honore_fw-la dignos_fw-la judicare_fw-la praecipue_fw-la quidem_fw-la sanctissimum_fw-la papam_fw-la senioris_fw-la romae_fw-la etc._n etc._n §_o 45_o as_o for_o the_o thing_n mention_v afterward_o by_o the_o doctor_n p._n 120_o etc._n etc._n the_o power_n of_o change_v the_o seat_n of_o a_o bishop_n or_o divide_v one_o province_n into_o many_o as_o likewise_o the_o presenting_z of_o particular_a person_n to_o several_a dignity_n in_o the_o church_n which_o also_o private_a patron_n do_v without_o claim_v any_o superiority_n in_o church-matter_n some_o of_o which_o seem_v of_o small_a consequence_n as_o to_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n yet_o be_v not_o these_o thing_n just_o transact_v by_o the_o prince_n sole_a authority_n without_o the_o approbation_n first_o of_o church-governor_n but_o the_o same_o thing_n may_v be_v act_v by_o the_o church_n alone_o the_o prince_n gainsaying_n if_o he_o be_v either_o heathen_a or_o heretic_n which_o also_o show_v his_o power_n when_o orthodox_n in_o the_o regiment_n of_o the_o church_n to_o be_v only_o executive_a and_o dependent_a on_o the_o ecclesiastical_a magistrate_n no_o person_n be_v or_o at_o least_o ought_v to_o be_v put_v into_o any_o church-dignity_n without_o the_o authoritative_a consent_n and_o concurrence_n of_o the_o clergy_n who_o if_o they_o reject_v such_o person_n though_o present_v by_o prince_n as_o unorthodox_n or_o otherwise_o unfit_a they_o can_v be_v invest_v in_o such_o office_n hear_v what_o the_o 8_o general_n council_n say_v of_o this_o matter_n can._n 22._o sancta_fw-la &_o universalis_fw-la synodus_fw-la definit_a neminem_fw-la laicorum_fw-la principum_fw-la vel_fw-la potentum_fw-la semet_fw-la inserere_fw-la electioni_fw-la vel_fw-la promotioni_fw-la patriarchae_fw-la vel_fw-la metropolitae_n aut_fw-la cujuslibet_fw-la episcopi_fw-la ne_fw-la videlicet_fw-la etc._n etc._n praesertim_fw-la cum_fw-la nullam_fw-la in_o talibus_fw-la potestatem_fw-la quenquam_fw-la potestativorum_fw-la vel_fw-la caeterorum_fw-la laicorum_fw-la habere_fw-la conveniat_fw-la quisquis_fw-la autem_fw-la saecularium_fw-la principum_fw-la &_o potentum_fw-la vel_fw-la alterius_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la laicae_fw-la adversus_fw-la communionem_fw-la ac_fw-la consentaneam_fw-la atque_fw-la canonicam_fw-la electionem_fw-la ecclesiastici_fw-la ordinis_fw-la agere_fw-la tentaverit_fw-la anathema_n sit_v the_o transplant_n of_o bishopric_n and_o division_n of_o province_n probable_o be_v never_o order_v by_o prince_n but_o either_o first_o propose_v or_o assented-to_a by_o the_o clergy_n see_v that_o instance_n of_o anselm_n hammond_n of_o schis_fw-la p._n 122._o or_o upon_o some_o more_o general_a grant_n indulgent_o make_v to_o some_o pious_a prince_n from_o the_o chief_a power_n of_o the_o church_n though_o historian_n common_o in_o relation_n of_o such_o fact_n mention_v only_o the_o king_n power_n as_o by_o who_o more_o apparent_a and_o effectual_a authority_n such_o thing_n be_v put_v in_o execution_n in_o which_o thing_n negative_a argument_n that_o such_o person_n as_o be_v not_o mention_v do_v not_o concur_v especial_o when_o they_o be_v mention_v to_o concur_v in_o some_o other_o act_n of_o the_o same_o nature_n be_v very_o fallacious_a but_o imagine_v we_o once_o the_o power_n of_o erect_v patriarchy_n and_o primacy_n and_o by_o consequence_n of_o the_o bestow_n and_o transfer_v the_o several_a privilege_n thereof_o sole_o cast_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o secular_a prince_n and_o then_o this_o prince_n not_o orthodox_n a_o supposition_n possible_a and_o what_o confusion_n and_o mischief_n must_v it_o need_v produce_v in_o such_o a_o body_n as_o the_o church_n strict_o tie_v in_o canonical_a obedidience_n to_o such_o superior_n and_o submit_v to_o their_o judgement_n and_o decision_n in_o spiritual_a matter_n by_o which_o the_o king_n may_v sway_v the_o controversy_n in_o religion_n within_o his_o own_o dominion_n what_o way_n he_o please_v unless_o we_o will_v imagine_v there_o shall_v be_v no_o ecclesiastic_n at_o all_o of_o his_o own_o persuasion_n who_o he_o may_v surrogate_v into_o the_o place_n of_o those_o who_o gainsay_v such_o be_v the_o time_n of_o constantius_n and_o by_o such_o violent_a and_o uncanonical_a expulsion_n and_o intrusion_n of_o prelate_n the_o face_n of_o religion_n be_v see_v change_v and_o rechanged_n so_o often_o here_o in_o england_n within_o a_o few_o year_n according_a to_o the_o fancy_n of_o the_o present_a prince_n as_o if_o there_o be_v in_o she_o no_o certain_a form_n of_o truth_n and_o the_o same_o thing_n we_o have_v see_v do_v before_o our_o eye_n in_o our_o own_o day_n the_o remove_n induct_a depose_v promote_a ecclesiastical_a person_n as_o the_o secular_a power_n please_v be_v also_o a_o change_n of_o the_o church_n doctrine_n as_o it_o please_v thus_o much_o to_o what_o dr._n hammond_n have_v say_v schis_fw-la p._n 120_o etc._n etc._n §_o 46_o last_o schis_fw-la p._n 125._o he_o make_v three_o instance_n in_o the_o fact_n of_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n in_o the_o fact_n of_o st._n paul_n and_o in_o the_o fact_n of_o the_o christian_a emperor_n tend_v to_o this_o purpose_n that_o their_o authority_n be_v supreme_a in_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n as_o well_o as_o civil_a and_o therefore_o may_v erect_v patriarchy_n his_o word_n there_o be_v the_o authority_n of_o king_n be_v supreme_a in_o all_o sort_n of_o cause_n even_o those_o of_o the_o church_n as_o well_o as_o civil_a as_o appear_v among_o the_o jewish_a king_n in_o scripture_n david_n order_v the_o course_n of_o the_o priest_n solomon_n consecrate_v the_o temple_n hezekiah_n 2_o chron._n 29._o 2_o king_n 18._o and_o josiah_n 2_o king_n 22._o order_v many_o thing_n belong_v to_o it_o and_o so_o st._n paul_n appeal_v from_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o chief_a priest_n to_o the_o tribunal_n of_o caesar_n so_o in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d
of_o temporal_a state_n if_o any_o thing_n happen_v to_o be_v unjust_o demand_v it_o excuse_v we_o not_o from_o pay_v just_n debt_n the_o office_n must_v not_o be_v violate_v for_o the_o fault_n of_o the_o person_n neither_o can_v never_o so_o many_o example_n bring_v for_o such_o thing_n do_v by_o prince_n §_o 48_o not_o that_o ecclesiastical_a council_n may_v change_v their_o former_a eccl._n law_n though_o lay-magistrate_n may_v not_o be_v a_o sufficient_a warrant_n to_o any_o prince_n to_o do_v the_o like_a much_o less_o to_o advance_v beyond_o such_o pattern_n and_o do_v something_o more_o see_v before_o §_o 42._o after_o these_o a_o three_o proposition_n must_v also_o be_v grant_v that_o though_o secular_o prince_n or_o other_o can_v yet_o council_n may_v change_v some_o former_a ecclesiastical_a law_n and_o custom_n and_o when_o they_o do_v so_o be_v to_o be_v obey_v in_o their_o change_n therefore_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o nicene_n council_n and_z jura_n quae_fw-la jam_fw-la inde_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la habent_fw-la serventur_fw-la and_z nullus_fw-la invadat_fw-la provinciam_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la prius_fw-la atque_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la sub_fw-la illius_fw-la fuerat_fw-la potestate_fw-la in_o the_o ephesine_fw-la council_n frequent_o press_v by_o dr._n hammond_n see_v sch._n p._n 61_o 65_o 100_o so_o far_o as_o these_o refer_v not_o to_o apostolical_a tradition_n but_o ecclesiastical_a constitution_n must_v be_v understand_v to_o oblige_v all_o the_o church_n subject_n only_o so_o long_o till_o the_o church_n shall_v think_v fit_a to_o change_v any_o thing_n in_o they_o nor_o do_v they_o hinder_v but_o that_o afterward_o she_o advance_v the_o roman_a church_n at_o last_o yield_v also_o her_o consent_n the_o see_v of_o constantinople_n contrary_a to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d both_o before_o alexandria_n and_o antioch_n into_o a_o supremacy_n the_o next_o to_o rome_n in_o who_o power_n it_o be_v as_o in_o secular_a 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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 author_n gennadius_n nicephorus_n glycas_n to_o which_o may_v be_v add_v georgius_n patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n in_o the_o edit_n savil._n of_o chrysostom_n 8._o tom._n p._n 248._o after_o he_o hear_v of_o chrysostom_n death_n in_o banishment_n to_o have_v excommunicate_v both_o arcadius_n the_o eastern_a emperor_n and_o eudoxia_n and_o theophilus_n his_o chief_a oppressor_n but_o this_o fact_n be_v deny_v by_o dr._n field_n upon_o the_o silence_n of_o historian_n more_o ancient_a in_o innocentius_n letter_n to_o arcadius_n we_o find_v these_o word_n itaque_fw-la ego_fw-la minimus_fw-la &_o peccator_fw-la cvi_fw-la thronus_fw-la magni_fw-la petri_n apostoli_fw-la creditus_fw-la est_fw-la segrego_fw-la &_o rejicio_fw-la te_fw-la &_o illam_fw-la a_o perceptione_n immaculatorum_fw-la mysteriorum_fw-la christi_fw-la dei_fw-la nostri_fw-la episcopumetiam_fw-la omnem_fw-la aut_fw-la clericum_fw-la ordinis_fw-la sanctae_fw-la christi_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la qui_fw-la administrare_fw-la aut_fw-la exhibere_fw-la ea_fw-la vobis_fw-la ausus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ab_fw-la ea_fw-la hora_fw-la qua_fw-la praesentes_fw-la vinculi_fw-la mei_fw-la legeritis_fw-la literas_fw-la dignitate_fw-la sva_fw-la excidisse_fw-la decerno_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o truth_n of_o this_o epistle_n i_o decide_v not_o but_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o s._n ambrose_n before_o this_o excommunicate_v the_o emperor_n his_o father_n and_o if_o arcadius_n his_o violence_n to_o holy_a chrysostom_n his_o bishop_n deserve_v the_o like_a ecclesiastical_a censure_n i_o know_v not_o who_o after_o chrysostom_n death_n can_v inflict_v it_o more_o proper_o than_o the_o first_o see_n which_o also_o be_v defend_v in_o it_o by_o honorius_n brother_n to_o arcadius_n and_o emperor_n in_o the_o west_n see_v the_o epistle_n of_o theodoret_n a_o syrian_a bishop_n appeal_n from_o the_o 2d_o ephesine_fw-la council_n by_o which_o he_o be_v in_o absence_n condemn_v and_o depose_v as_o a_o nestorian_a to_o leo_n bishop_n of_o rome_n who_o he_o sue_v to_o in_o these_o term_n post_fw-la tot_fw-la sudores_fw-la &_o labores_fw-la ne_fw-la in_o jus_o quidem_fw-la vocatus_fw-la sum_fw-la condemnatus_fw-la ego_fw-la autem_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la vestrae_fw-la sedis_fw-la expecto_fw-la sententiam_fw-la &_o supplico_fw-la &_o obsecro_fw-la vestram_fw-la sanctitatem_fw-la ut_fw-la mihi_fw-la opem_fw-la ferat_fw-la justum_fw-la vestrum_fw-la &_o rectum_fw-la appellanti_fw-la judicium_fw-la &_o jubeat_fw-la ad_fw-la vos_fw-la accurrere_fw-la for_o the_o emperor_n have_v confine_v he_o to_o cyrus_n the_o place_n of_o his_o bishopric_n &_o ostendere_fw-la meam_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la vestigia_fw-la apostolica_fw-la sequentem_fw-la and_o his_o epistle_n to_o renatus_n one_o of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n legate_n in_o the_o 2d_o ephesine_fw-la council_n te_fw-la precor_fw-la ut_fw-la sanctissimo_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la leoni_n persuadeas_fw-la ut_fw-la apostolica_fw-la utatur_fw-la authoritate_fw-la jubeatque_fw-la ad_fw-la vestrurn_n concilium_fw-la adire_fw-la tenet_n enim_fw-la sancta_fw-la ista_fw-la sedes_fw-la gubernacula_fw-la regendarum_fw-la cuncti_fw-la orbis_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la habet_fw-la enim_fw-la sanctissima_fw-la romana_fw-la sedes_fw-la omnem_fw-la per_fw-la orbem_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la principatum_fw-la cum_fw-la multis_fw-la aliis_fw-la de_fw-la causis_fw-la tum_fw-la maxim_n quod_fw-la haereticae_fw-la labis_fw-la immunis_fw-la permansit_fw-la this_o be_v long_o after_o the_o time_n of_o liberius_n by_o which_o it_o appear_v antiquity_n impute_v no_o arrianism_n to_o this_o see_v &_o apostolicam_fw-la gratiam_fw-la immaculatam_fw-la servavit_fw-la who_o cause_n pope_n leo_n according_o judge_v and_o clear_v he_o and_o afterward_o the_o general_n council_n of_o chalcedon_n after_o due_a examination_n some_o there_o also_o oppose_v theodoret_n do_v the_o like_a after_o examination_n i_o say_v for_o the_o pope_n and_o his_o assistant_n bishop_n sentence_n it_o seem_v be_v 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 sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la judiciis_fw-la nostris_fw-la ambigerent_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v socrates_n eccles_n hist_o 50_o l._n 15._o c._n where_o he_o speak_v thus_o concern_v the_o reconcile_n of_o flavianus_n patriarch_n of_o antioch_n to_o the_o roman_a see_n theophilus_n i._n e._n the_o patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n odio_fw-la in_o illum_fw-la i.e._n flavianum_n restincto_fw-la isidorum_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la misit_fw-la uti_fw-la damasi_fw-la siricii_n it_o shall_v be_v say_v baronius_n animum_fw-la in_o flavianum_n exulceratum_fw-la mitigaret_fw-la doceretque_fw-la in_o usu_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la esse_fw-la si_fw-la propter_fw-la populi_fw-la concordiam_fw-la peccatum_fw-la a_o flaviano_n commissum_fw-la remitteret_fw-la quocirca_fw-la communione_fw-la flaviano_n ad_fw-la hunc_fw-la modum_fw-la reddita_fw-la therefore_o he_o have_v be_v former_o by_o the_o roman_a bishop_n excommunicate_v populus_fw-la antiochenus_fw-la ad_fw-la concordiam_fw-la reducitur_fw-la therefore_o 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