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his_o successor_n and_o how_o pope_n be_v in_o another_o manner_n page_n 31_o chap._n iu_o of_o the_o primacy_n of_o st._n peter_n and_o that_o he_o have_v be_v establish_v by_o jesus_n christ_n head_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n the_o true_a interpretation_n of_o these_o word_n thou_o be_v peter_n and_o upon_o that_o rock_n will_v i_o build_v my_o church_n how_o the_o church_n be_v build_v upon_o jesus_n christ_n upon_o the_o confession_n of_o his_o divinity_n and_o on_o the_o person_n of_o st._n peter_n his_o primacy_n of_o jurisdicton_n over_o all_o believer_n proceed_v from_o the_o confession_n of_o faith_n which_o he_o make_v for_o all_o the_o rest_n all_o antiquity_n have_v acknowledge_v that_o primacy_n of_o st._n peter_n and_o of_o all_o his_o successor_n in_o the_o bishopric_n of_o rome_n page_n 37_o chap._n v._o of_o the_o right_n and_o advantage_n that_o the_o primacy_n give_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n over_o other_o bishop_n what_o the_o council_n of_o florence_n decide_v as_o to_o that_o the_o superintendence_n of_o the_o pope_n over_o all_o that_o concern_v the_o government_n and_o good_a of_o the_o church_n in_o general_n the_o right_n he_o have_v of_o call_v council_n for_o the_o spiritual_a and_o preside_v in_o they_o that_o appeal_n may_v be_v make_v to_o his_o tribunal_n and_o that_o he_o ought_v to_o judge_v of_o great_a cause_n a_o illustrious_a instance_n of_o that_o supreme_a authority_n of_o the_o pope_n in_o the_o history_n of_o pope_n agapetus_n of_o the_o patriarch_n anthimius_n and_o the_o emperor_n justinian_n the_o prodigious_a ignorance_n of_o calvin_n in_o ecclesiastical_a history_n the_o system_fw-la of_o his_o heresy_n quite_o contrary_a to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o antiquity_n what_o be_v the_o prerogative_n of_o pope_n that_o be_v dispute_v among_o catholic_n page_n 51_o chap._n vi_o the_o state_n of_o the_o question_n concern_v the_o infallibility_n of_o the_o pope_n whither_o or_o not_o when_o he_o define_v without_o a_o council_n and_o without_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o church_n he_o may_v err_v p._n 72_o chap._n vii_o what_o antiquity_n have_v conclude_v from_o that_o that_o st._n peter_n be_v reprove_v by_o st._n paul_n whither_o st._n peter_n be_v blame-worthy_a his_o action_n be_v call_v a_o error_n by_o st._n austin_n the_o opinion_n of_o st._n jerome_n refute_v by_o that_o holy_a doctor_n he_o compare_v the_o error_n of_o st._n cyprian_n with_o that_o of_o st._n peter_n the_o history_n of_o the_o error_n of_o vigilius_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o three_o chapter_n and_o his_o change_n compare_v by_o pelagius_n ii_o with_o the_o error_n and_o change_n of_o st._n peter_n the_o schism_n of_o the_o occidental_n found_v upon_o the_o constitution_n of_o vigilius_n according_a to_o pope_n pelagius_n for_o quench_v that_o schism_n the_o holy_a see_v be_v to_o be_v follow_v in_o its_o change_n as_o believer_n be_v oblige_v to_o imitate_v st._n peter_n in_o that_o which_o he_o make_v from_o evil_a to_o good_a st._n paul_n believe_v not_o st._n peter_n to_o be_v infallible_a it_o be_v before_o the_o council_n of_o jerusalem_n that_o st._n peter_n be_v reprove_v by_o st._n paul_n the_o true_a interpretation_n of_o that_o passage_n i_o have_v pray_v for_o thou_o peter_n that_o thy_o faith_n fail_v not_o p._n 77_o chap._n viii_o what_o follow_v natural_o from_o the_o great_a contest_v of_o pope_n victor_n with_o the_o bishop_n of_o asia_n different_a custom_n in_o the_o church_n concern_v the_o celebration_n of_o easter_n and_o of_o the_o fast_a before_o that_o feast_n the_o good_a intelligence_n betwixt_o pope_n st._n anicetus_n and_o st._n polycarp_n bishop_n of_o smyrna_n notwithstanding_o the_o diversity_n of_o their_o custom_n the_o decree_n of_o pope_n victor_n reject_v by_o polycrates_n bishop_n of_o ephesus_n and_o by_o the_o other_o asiatic_o st._n ireneus_fw-la in_o name_n of_o the_o gallican_n church_n oppose_v pope_n victor_n none_o of_o these_o bishop_n of_o the_o east_n 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