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it_o in_o a_o synod_n of_o bishop_n and_o abbat_n when_o they_o make_v their_o second_o separation_n from_o nicephorus_n and_o drive_v from_o their_o monastery_n and_o the_o city_n as_o theophanes_n tell_v we_o though_o our_o author_n mention_v nothing_o it_o the_o bishop_n therefore_o force_v they_o to_o recant_v all_o the_o invective_n they_o have_v use_v against_o the_o patriarch_n not_o that_o they_o thereby_o intend_v to_o defend_v joseph_n but_o to_o assert_v their_o own_o authority_n as_o the_o only_a competent_a one_o in_o affair_n relate_v to_o communion_n against_o these_o monastical_a invasion_n st._n ambrose_n tell_v the_o great_a theodosius_n that_o his_o purple_n do_v not_o entitle_v he_o to_o the_o priesthood_n which_o yet_o be_v not_o more_o true_a of_o the_o purple_a than_o of_o the_o cowl_n thither_o therefore_o relate_v what_o our_o author_n observe_v from_o the_o patriarch_n methodius_n that_o if_o theodorus_n have_v not_o recant_v he_o have_v not_o be_v receive_v 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the_o real_a occasion_n for_o the_o synod_n ab_fw-la to_o make_v that_o canon_n the_o monk_n of_o constantinople_n be_v at_o that_o time_n admit_v into_o most_o debate_n where_o religion_n be_v concern_v we_o have_v see_v that_o they_o make_v a_o part_n in_o the_o synodi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d against_o eutychius_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o great_a justinian_n and_o now_o in_o the_o time_n of_o nicephorus_n against_o the_o schismatical_a studite_n we_o see_v they_o have_v a_o part_n in_o the_o elect_n their_o bishop_n by_o the_o opposition_n theophanes_n tell_v we_o this_o same_o theodorus_n with_o his_o studite_n make_v in_o the_o election_n of_o this_o same_o nicephorus_n we_o see_v they_o be_v consult_v by_o michael_n curopolate_v concern_v his_o war_n against_o the_o bulgarian_n and_o that_o they_o over_o rule_v he_o against_o his_o own_o inclination_n on_o account_n of_o the_o concern_v religion_n be_v suppose_v to_o have_v in_o that_o affair_n nor_o be_v it_o amiss_o that_o nothing_o shall_v be_v do_v without_o the_o consent_n at_o least_o of_o so_o great_a and_o so_o numerous_a body_n of_o person_n devote_v to_o the_o service_n of_o religion_n and_o this_o consideration_n it_o be_v that_o bring_v the_o mitre_a abbat_n also_o in_o the_o west_n into_o their_o synod_n and_o into_o their_o parliament_n but_o then_o this_o only_o give_v they_o in_o the_o original_a design_n of_o it_o a_o power_n of_o interpose_v and_o intercede_v like_o that_o of_o the_o tribune_n among_o the_o roman_n not_o of_o invade_v the_o sacred_a sacerdotal_a power_n but_o among_o the_o roman_n this_o power_n of_o intercede_v be_v grant_v first_o encourage_v the_o tribune_n afterward_o to_o aspire_v far_a to_o give_v law_n even_o to_o the_o senator_n themselves_o so_o it_o succeed_v with_o these_o monk_n the_o devotedness_n of_o their_o state_n make_v they_o to_o be_v look_v on_o somewhat_o above_o the_o ordinary_a laity_n and_o some_o sacerdotal_a act_n be_v indulge_v 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