Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	according_a	church_n	faith_n	2,037	5	5.0459	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81687	The clergies honour: or, the lives of St. Basil the Great, Archbishop of Neo-cæsarea, and St. Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople. Drawn by way of parallel	Dowell, John, ca. 1627-1690.	1681 (1681)	Wing D2055C; ESTC R223910	54,058	112

not possibly think that an Appeal to Rome was necessary since upon the account before-recited he refused to appear at Pera withall he Appeals to a General Council he acquainteth Innocent that he was not guilty and could wholly free himself from those crimes laid to his charge but that he would not appear before incompetent Judges an unlawful Judicature which consisted of his professed and implacable enemies but that he would appear before a General Council where in the presence of 1000 Bishops he could manifest his Innocency By which it is evident he Appealed not to Rome but addressed himself to the Western Bishops that as much as in them lay they would endeavour that a General Council might be called before whom he might appear all grievances redressed and Peace to the Church restored And that it was not an Appeal to Rome appeareth by the Epistle it self for though the title be to Innocent Bishop of Rome yet in the body of the Epistle we find that he addresseth himself to the Bishops of the West whom he calls most Reverend and most Holy Bishops Farther to evince that the Greek Church did not acknowledge the Roman Primacy we must attend to what Phocius averrs Innocent saith he laboured much on the behalf of John but all in vain he fent his Apocrisarii who were injuriously treated and scornfully sent back and what prayers so ever he used were to no purpose The persons to whom the Letters and Messengers of Innocent were sent were undoubtedly the Emperour Theophilus and the rest of the Holy Bishops If so this fact must needs manifest the opinion they had of the Roman Primacy That neither St. Basil nor St. Chrysostom did believe the Roman Primacy the case of Miletius and Paulinus evidently declares Miletius was thought to be an Arrian he was Bishop of Sebastia in Armenia Eudoxius the Arrian Bishop of Antioch being dead he was by the Arrians translated from Sebastia to Antioch then in every City of the East every Sect of Christians in it had its peculiar Bishop when Eudoxius governed the Arrian Church in Antioch the Catholick Christians had Eustachius for their Bishop The Antiochian Arrians hearing that Miletius was a person of a singular life and of very great Eloquence and that he was once of the same opinion with them they judged that the opinion the World had of this Person would be a means to draw to their Party the Inhabitants of Antioch There was so great a same of him that when he came to Antioch multitudes of persons went out to meet him both those which were followers of Arrius and those that were adherers to Paulinus When he came first to Antioch he preached publickly the moral Duties of Christianity afterwards he publickly taught the Faith of one substance There was then a Synod the Emperour commanded the Bishops to give their opinion After George of Laodicea had most heretically delivered and Acasius of Caesarea had not so blasphemously but not truly and Apostolically delivered his Miletius was commanded to make a profession of his Faith he contrary to the opinions of the Arrians according to the Nicene decree gave his belief with a great deal of exactness and truth upon which by the instigation of the Arrians he was banished Eustachius who from Perea in Syria was translated to Antioch a person famous for constancy soundness in the Faith and Religion was banished in the time of Constantius Paulinus a Presbyter of Antioch governed the Catholick Church in Antioch those of the people that were sound in the Faith notwithstanding the endeavours of the Arrians he retained and confirmed in the Catholick Doctrine The Bishops of the Church that were banished under Julian the Emperour being restored endeavoured to apply fit remedies for the redressing the disorders of the Church Lucifer a Bishop of Sardinia taking to himself two other Bishops ordained Paulinus Bishop of Antioch Miletius being by the Emperour Gratian recalled from Exile went to Antioch to take possession of his See Paulinus though ordained after Miletius would remain Shepherd of his own Flock and Bishop of Antioch Miletius would not forsake that honour which his Ordination conferred on him nor ought he do it for he was pre-ordained and was a person of that holiness that he judged his office of more concern to him then his dignity This was the great calamity that in a City in which there were so many evil opinions to the encouraging of Heresie two Catholick Bishops should contend one with another both were excellent persons both of admirable fame what cause should be assigned of their divisions both of them appeared by Characters given by excellent Historians to be very holy persons the Eastern sided with Miletius the Western Church with Paulinus perhaps there were heats and animosities failings to which retired and severe persons are obnoxious May I give a conjecture which may give some justification of them both Miletius advanced to the See of Antioch by the Arrians themselves when he discovered himself to be of a contrary opinion his Holiness Learning and Eloquence converted many of the Arrians these would never forsake him who was the instrument of their conversion Paulinus after the banishment of Eustachius being constant in the Faith continuing in Antioch administring the holy office to the Faithful he so obliged him that they would never forsake him Withall his adherents were offended with Miletius because he was ordained by Arrians Miletius was of so sweet a temper as he proffer'd amicable terms of reconciliation Let what will be said that can be said in favour of Paulinus Miletius had the better cause and the suffrage of the Western Church in his behalf doth make it fully appear that the Western Bishops refused the Roman Primacy The Roman Bishop and the West took the part of Paulinus the Grecian Bishops and those of the East that of Miletius If that the Eastern Church did believe the Primacy how durst they maintain that Bishop which was not approved by the Roman It was against the Ecclesiastical Canons that two Bishops should be in the same Church and yet there were two Catholick Bishops in Antioch one approved by the Western the other by the Eastern Church Miletius was a man of most singular Piety and of equal meekness he conversing with Paulinus thus bespeaks him When our Sheep are at union they feed in the same common Pasture and we contend about the right of governing of them Let us leave off our quarrelling and live in mutual concord If I die before you be you the only Pastor of the Sheep If God shall call you hence before me then to the utmost of my power and with my greatest care I will govern the Church of God This moderate proposal Sapores one of Gratians Generals who had in command from that Emperour to thrust all the Arrians out of the Churches and to restore the banished Catholicks being at Antioch seeing this dissention and knowing both of them to be Catholicks