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the_o assistance_n of_o those_o heretic_n who_o be_v condemn_v in_o the_o first_o four_o general_n council_n to_o help_v she_o to_o condemn_v those_o that_o be_v extant_a when_o she_o call_v the_o 5_o so_o do_v she_o not_o need_v the_o aid_n of_o they_o or_o of_o those_o that_o be_v condemn_v by_o the_o 5_o or_o 6_o to_o help_v she_o to_o condemn_v the_o iconoclast_n or_o photius_n in_o the_o seven_o or_o 8_o and_o thus_o we_o can_v show_v in_o follow_v age_n as_o error_n do_v arise_v still_o new_a council_n call_v as_o the_o first_o second_o three_o f._n see_v binins_n tom._n 7._o part_n 2._o pag._n 806._o f._n and_o four_o of_o lateran_n in_o which_o last_o the_o doctrine_n of_o transubstantiation_n be_v define_v against_o berengarius_fw-la and_o his_o follower_n the_o albigenses_n by_o 400._o bishop_n and_o 800._o father_n after_o these_o the_o first_o and_o second_o of_o lion_n the_o late_a of_o which_o condemn_v the_o error_n which_o the_o eastern_a church_n have_v fall_v into_o by_o the_o delusion_n of_o photius_n the_o condemn_a schismatic_n c._n ibi_fw-la compartunt_fw-la paleologus_fw-la impa_n constaniinopoliâ—â—nas_fw-la cuns_fw-la magno_fw-la comit_v u_fw-la qui_fw-la tertia_fw-la decima_fw-la vice_fw-la in_o sententiam_fw-la roman_a ecclesiae_fw-la graecos_n suos_fw-la toties_fw-la deficientes_fw-la conetilio_fw-la necessario_fw-la pertraxit_fw-la bin._n tom_n 7_o â—onc_fw-fr pag._n 891._o c._n and_o in_o which_o as_o binius_fw-la note_n from_o trithemius_n the_o grecian_n return_v the_o thirteen_o time_n to_o the_o roman_a catholic_n faith._n then_o follow_v that_o of_o vienna_n in_o france_n against_o the_o beguarde_n and_o the_o beguines_fw-la after_o which_o the_o council_n of_o florence_n anno_fw-la 1438._o in_o which_o the_o greek_n and_o the_o latin_n consent_v to_o these_o point_n the_o procession_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n from_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n the_o belief_n of_o a_o purgatory_n and_o the_o supremacy_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n though_o through_o the_o negligence_n of_o the_o emperor_n john_n palaeologus_n occasion_v by_o his_o too_o much_o solicitude_n for_o worldly_a concern_v and_o the_o calumny_n of_o mark_n the_o metropolitan_a of_o ephesus_n this_o council_n have_v not_o its_o wish_a effect_n after_o this_o the_o 5_o council_n of_o lateran_n anno_fw-la 1512._o for_o the_o reestablish_v the_o unity_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o condemnation_n of_o the_o schism_n begin_v by_o the_o unlawful_a assembly_n at_o pisa_n and_o last_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n anno_fw-la 1545._o against_o luther_n calvin_n and_o all_o the_o modern_a heresy_n this_o to_o be_v silent_a concern_v the_o vast_a number_n of_o provincial_a council_n we_o can_v show_v eighteeen_n ecumenical_a council_n rome_n all_o the_o general_a council_n that_o condemn_v error_n communicate_v with_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n general_o receive_v as_o such_o by_o all_o but_o those_o who_o error_n be_v either_o condemn_v in_o they_o 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that_o it_o establish_v the_o pope_n authority_n i_o have_v already_o mention_v that_o the_o second_o general_n council_n that_o of_o constantinople_n be_v call_v by_o the_o a._n the_o bin._n tom._n 1._o conc._n p._n 667._o a._n pope_n authority_n and_o this_o b._n this_o can._n 3._o bin._n tom._n 1._o conc._n p._n 661._o b._n council_n ordain_v that_o the_o patriarch_n of_o consiantinople_n shall_v have_v prime_a honour_n after_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n the_o three_o general_n council_n that_o of_o ephesus_n b._n ephesus_n bin._n tom._n 2._o conc._n p._n 282._o b._n depose_v nestorius_n as_o they_o say_v compel_v by_o the_o sacred_a canon_n and_o the_o epistle_n of_o pope_n celestine_n and_o refer_v the_o more_o difficult_a case_n of_o john_n d._n john_n ibid._n pag._n 353._o d._n patriarch_n of_o antioch_n to_o the_o pope_n the_o four_o beside_o what_o i_o have_v already_o mention_v that_o they_o admit_v â—he_v accusation_n bring_v against_o b._n against_o bin._n tom_n 3_o conc._n 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exempt_a from_o such_o jurisdiction_n they_o will_v have_v unanimous_o oppose_v it_o in_o some_o of_o the_o succeed_a general_n council_n after_o they_o have_v see_v such_o epistle_n from_o the_o pope_n challenge_v that_o authority_n but_o we_o find_v they_o so_o far_o from_o this_o that_o his_o plea_n be_v admit_v in_o those_o very_a council_n and_o not_o the_o least_o opposition_n make_v from_o what_o i_o have_v already_o say_v it_o will_v appear_v how_o easy_a a_o thing_n it_o may_v be_v to_o show_v he_o in_o the_o primitive_a father_n and_o council_n what_o be_v give_v by_o all_o catholic_n at_o present_a to_o his_o holiness_n or_o challenge_v by_o he_o as_o of_o necessary_a faith._n as_o to_o the_o pope_n be_v style_v universal_a bishop_n he_o know_v that_o st._n gregory_n the_o great_a decline_v that_o title_n in_o one_o sense_n though_o he_o challenge_v it_o in_o another_o that_o be_v he_o look_v not_o upon_o himself_o as_o universal_a bishop_n in_o this_o sense_n as_o if_o 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