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A04474 A replie vnto M. Hardinges ansvveare by perusinge whereof the discrete, and diligent reader may easily see, the weake, and vnstable groundes of the Romaine religion, whiche of late hath beene accompted Catholique. By Iohn Iewel Bishoppe of Sarisburie. Jewel, John, 1522-1571.; Harding, Thomas, 1516-1572. Answere to Maister Juelles chalenge. 1565 (1565) STC 14606; ESTC S112269 1,001,908 682

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not_o prevail_v against_o it_o 16_o and_o unto_o thou_o i_o will_v geve_v the_o key_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n and_o what_o so_o ever_o thou_o bind_v upon_o earth_n shall_v be_v bind_v also_o in_o heaven_n and_o what_o so_o ever_o thou_o lowse_v on_o earth_n shall_v be_v lowse_v also_o in_o heaven_n behold_v he_o receive_v the_o key_n of_o the_o heavenly_a kingdom_n committitur_fw-la the_o power_n of_o bindinge_v and_o louse_v be_v give_v to_o he_o the_o charge_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n and_o principality_n be_v commit_v to_o he_o thus_o far_o gregory_n nonvocatur_fw-la but_o because_o our_o adversary_n though_o without_o just_a cause_n refuse_v the_o witness_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n in_o this_o article_n as_o unlawful_a witness_n in_o their_o own_o cause_n be_v they_o never_o so_o holy_a martyr_n or_o learned_a confessor_n they_o may_v understande_v we_o be_v able_a to_o allege_v sundry_a other_o authority_n to_o the_o confirmation_n hereof_o that_o be_v above_o 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word_n m._n hardinge_n think_v good_a to_o nip_n of_o in_o the_o mid_n such_o be_v his_o deal_n in_o the_o allegation_n of_o the_o ancient_a father_n if_o i_o list_v to_o use_v his_o own_o term_n i_o may_v well_o call_v this_o foystinge_n or_o cog_a or_o i_o know_v not_o what_o certain_o the_o holy_a father_n in_o the_o council_n of_o constantinople_n say_v thus_o non_fw-la convenit_fw-la orthodoxis_fw-la 8._o ita_fw-la circumtruncatas_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la patrum_fw-la voces_fw-la deflorare_fw-la haereticorum_fw-la potiùs_fw-la hoc_fw-la proprium_fw-la est_fw-la 8._o it_o be_v n●t_o meet_a for_o catholic_a man_n thus_o to_o chop_n and_o to_o pare_v the_o s●●einges_n of_o the_o holy_a father_n it_o be_v rather_o the_o very_a property_n of_o heretic_n m._n hardinge_n will_v say_v gregory_n mislike_v this_o name_n of_o universal_a bishop_n only_o in_o john_n the_o bishop_n of_o constantinople_n that_o so_o ambitiouse_o &_o so_o gready_o seek_v for_o it_o and_o yet_o nevertheless_o claim_v the_o same_o unto_o himself_o as_o a_o title_n only_o belonginge_v to_o the_o see_v of_o rome_n and_o that_o we_o therefore_o do_v wrongeful_o rack_n s._n gregory_n forcinge_v his_o word_n otherwise_o than_o he_o ever_o mean_v for_o answer_n hereunto_o it_o shall_v behoove_v we_o to_o consider_v both_o what_o s._n gregory_n have_v write_v in_o general_a of_o this_o title_n and_o also_o what_o special_a claim_n he_o have_v lay_v unto_o it_o for_o himself_o thus_o therefore_o general_o he_o write_v of_o it_o ego_fw-la fidenter_fw-la dico_fw-la quisquis_fw-la se_fw-la universalem_fw-la sacerdotem_fw-la vocat_fw-la 4._o vel_fw-la vocari_fw-la desiderat_fw-la in_fw-la elatione_fw-la sva_fw-la antichristum_n praecurrit_fw-la quia_fw-la superbiendo_fw-la se_fw-la coereris_fw-la praeponit_fw-la 30._o i_o speak_v it_o bold_o who_o so_o ever_o call_v himself_o universal_a bishop_n or_o desire_v so_o to_o be_v call_v be_v in_o his_o pride_n the_o forerunner_n of_o antichriste_n because_o in_o his_o pride_n he_o set_v himself_o before_o other_o hac_fw-la in_o re_fw-la à_fw-la fratre_fw-la &_o con●acerdo●e_fw-la meo_fw-la contra_fw-la euangelican_n sententiam_fw-la etc._n etc._n herein_o my_o brother_n and_o fellow_n bishop_n do_v against_o the_o meaning_n of_o the_o gospel_n 4._o against_o s._n peter_n the_o apostle_n against_o all_o church_n 34._o and_o against_o the_o ordinance_n of_o the_o canon_n in_o this_o pride_n of_o he_o what_o other_o thing_n be_v there_o token_a but_o that_o the_o time_n of_o antichrist_n be_v even_o at_o hand_n for_o he_o follow_v he_o that_o despisinge_v the_o equality_n of_o joy_n among_o the_o angel_n labour_v to_o break_v up_o to_o the_o top_n of_o singularity_n ▪_o saie_v thus_o i_o will_v avance_v my_o throne_n above_o the_o star_n of_o heaven_n i_o will_v sit_v in_o the_o mount_n of_o the_o testament_n even_o in_o the_o corner_n of_o the_o northe_a i_o will_v geate_v i_o up_o above_o the_o light_n of_o the_o cloud_n ▪_o and_o will_v be_v like_a unto_o the_o high_a again_o rex_fw-la superbiae_fw-la in_o foribus_fw-la est_fw-la exercitus_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o king_n of_o pride_n be_v even_o in_o the_o gate_n and_o a_o horrible_a thing_n to_o speak_v a_o army_n of_o priest_n be_v make_v ready_a for_o now_o they_o play_v the_o soldier_n and_o bear_v then_o head_n on_o high_a that_o be_v ordain_v to_o be_v captain_n of_o humility_n again_o exitus_fw-la i_o will_v have_v all_o man_n to_o be_v great_a and_o honourable_a so_o that_o there_o honour_n be_v no_o the_o derogation_n to_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n for_o who_o so_o will_v be_v honour_v against_o god_n shall_v not_o be_v honourable_a unto_o i_o again_o neither_o may_v you_o say_v that_o the_o usinge_n of_o this_o title_n be_v nothing_o for_o if_o we_o bear_v this_o matter_n quiet_o we_o overthrow_v the_o faith_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n the_o agree_v unto_o this_o wicked_a title_n be_v the_o loosinge_v of_o the_o faith_n 28._o thus_o therefore_o s._n gregory_n judge_v general_o of_o the_o name_n of_o universal_a bishop_n 24_o which_o name_v not_o withstand_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n have_v sithence_o choose_v 3●_n and_o take_v to_o themselves_o that_o be_v to_o say_v that_o it_o be_v vain_a and_o hurteful_a the_o confusion_n the_o poison_n and_o utter_v and_o universal_a destruction_n of_o the_o church_n the_o corruption_n and_o loosinge_v of_o the_o faith_n against_o the_o holy_a canon_n against_o s._n peter_n the_o apostle_n against_o the_o very_a sense_n and_o meaning_n of_o the_o gospel_n against_o all_o the_o church_n of_o god_n and_o against_o god_n himself_o that_o never_o good_a or_o holy_a man_n will_v use_v such_o title_n that_o who_o so_o ever_o use_v they_o in_o so_o dooinge_a follow_v lucifer_n and_o be_v the_o very_a forerenn●r_n and_o messinger_n of_o antichriste_n perhaps_o m._n hardinge_n will_v say_v this_o name_n belong_v peculiar_o and_o only_o to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o therefore_o gregory_n 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say_v 3_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o aphrica_n be_v as_o good_a as_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n cicero_n 18._o to_o blaze_v the_o nobility_n of_o that_o city_n call_v it_o lucem_fw-la orbis_fw-la terrarum_fw-la atque_fw-la arcem_fw-la omnium_fw-la gentium_fw-la the_o light_n of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o castle_n of_o all_o nation_n frontinus_n likewise_o roma_fw-la vibs_fw-la indiges_fw-la terrarumque_fw-la dea._n rome_n be_v a_o wantle_n city_n and_o the_o goddess_n of_o the_o world_n and_o s._n hierome_n of_o the_o same_o in_o his_o time_n say_v romanum_fw-la imperium_fw-la nunc_fw-la vniversas_fw-la gentes_fw-la tenet_fw-la the_o empery_n of_o rome_n n●we_o possess_v all_o nation_n 11._o and_o therefore_o in_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n the_o emperor_n of_o rome_n be_v call_v dominus_fw-la omnis_fw-la terrae_fw-la &_o dominus_fw-la vniversi_fw-la mundi_fw-la the_o lord_n of_o all_o the_o earth_n actio●●_n and_o the_o lord_n of_o the_o 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apud_fw-la italos_n duntaxat_fw-la id_fw-la factum_fw-la esse_fw-la intelligatur_fw-la cum_fw-la perdiu_fw-la ante_fw-la adventum_fw-la petri_n in_fw-la urbem_fw-la romam_fw-la apud_fw-la hierosolymos_fw-la sacerdotium_fw-la ritè_fw-la institutum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la liquid_a liqueat_fw-la lest_o any_o man_n hereby_o deceive_v himself_o it_o can_v in_o any_o other_o wise_a be_v say_v that_o the_o order_n of_o priesthood_n grow_v first_o from_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n onlesse_a we_o understande_v it_o only_o within_o italy_n for_o it_o be_v clear_a and_o out_o of_o question_n that_o priesthood_n be_v orderly_o appoint_v at_o jerusalem_n a_o good_a while_n before_o peter_n ever_o come_v to_o rome_n this_o commendation_n therefore_o by_o the_o judgement_n of_o polydore_n be_v give_v by_o s._n cyprian_n to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n in_o respect_n of_o italy_n and_o not_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n and_o therefore_o s._n augustine_n say_v 3._o civitas_fw-la quasi_fw-la mater_fw-la &_o caput_fw-la est_fw-la caeterarum_fw-la unde_fw-la etiam_fw-la metropolis_n appellatur_fw-la the_o city_n be_v as_o the_o mother_n and_o the_o head_n of_o other_o town_n and_o thereof_o in_o respect_n of_o such_o town_n it_o be_v call_v the_o mother_n city_n and_o in_o this_o sense_n chrysostome_n call_v the_o city_n of_o antioch_n metropolim_fw-la fide_fw-la the_o mother_n of_o the_o faith_n 17._o m._n hardinge_n say_v further_a the_o church_n be_v call_v the_o house_n of_o god_n the_o ruler_n whereof_o say_v s._n a●●rose_n in_o these_o day_n be_v damasus_n here_o be_v narrow_a seek_n to_o find_v out_o somewhat_o &_o yet_o the_o same_o somewhat_o will_v be_v worth_a nothing_o first_o what_o opinion_n s._n ambrose_n have_v herein_o 30._o it_o be_v easy_a else_o where_o of_o other_o his_o word_n to_o be_v see_v in_o his_o epistle_n unto_o the_o emperor_n valentinian_n he_o call_v damasus_n not_o prince_n of_o the_o people_n nor_o head_n of_o the_o church_n nor_o universal_a bishop_n but_o only_a bishop_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n 81._o and_o write_n unto_o siricius_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n he_o call_v he_o his_o brother_n but_o he_o call_v damasus_n by_o express_a word_n the_o ruler_n of_o god_n church_n he_o may_v have_v have_v the_o like_a witness_n of_o s._n hierome_n jovinianum_fw-la damasus_n virgo_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la virgin_n doctor_n est_fw-la damasus_n be_v a_o virgin_n be_v the_o teacher_n of_o the_o church_n that_o be_v a_o virgin_n and_o what_o will_v m._n hardinge_n gather_v hereof_o or_o what_o think_v he_o of_o ambrose_n himself_o and_o of_o other_o bishop_n be_v not_o every_o of_o they_o the_o ruler_n of_o the_o church_n of_o god_n uery_o s._n paul_n thus_o exhort_v the_o cleregie_n of_o ephesus_n at_o his_o depart_n thence_o take_v heed_n to_o yourselves_o 20._o and_o to_o the_o whole_a flock_n wherein_o the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v make_v you_o overseer_n to_o rule_v the_o church_n of_o god_n which_o he_o have_v get_v with_o his_o blonde_n there_o appear_v no_o other_o difference_n bytweene_n these_o word_n of_o s._n paul_n and_o the_o other_o of_o s._n ambrose_n savinge_v only_o that_o s._n ambrose_n say_v rector_n ecclesiae_fw-la and_o s._n paul_n say_v regere_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la yet_o do_v not_o s._n paul_n by_o his_o word_n appoint_v the_o minister_n of_o ephesus_n to_o rule_v over_o the_o whole_a church_n of_o god_n 32._o thus_o s._n hierome_n call_v origen_n magistrum_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la the_o master_n or_o teacher_n of_o the_o church_n thus_o theodoretus_n call_v chrysostome_n doctorem_fw-la orbis_n terrarum_fw-la the_o te●cher_n of_o all_o the_o world_n thus_o nazianzene_n call_v s._n basile_n the_o pillour_n and_o butresse_n of_o the_o church_n but_o mark_v well_o 〈◊〉_d gentle_a reader_n and_o thou_o shall_v see_v that_o m._n hardinge_n have_v pretty_o wre_v up_o this_o place_n of_o s._n ambrose_n quite_o out_o of_o tune_n and_o of_o a_o indefinite_a or_o a_o particular_a 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natural_a body_n for_o as_o it_o be_v true_a that_o god_n be_v make_v man_n even_o so_o and_o in_o like_a sense_n it_o be_v also_o true_a that_o man_n be_v make_v god_n without_o any_o change_n of_o substance_n of_o either_o nature_n and_o therefore_o the_o father_n say_v christ_n body_n be_v deify_v or_o make_v god_n for_o that_o it_o be_v unite_v in_o person_n and_o glory_n with_o the_o nature_n of_o god_n to_o this_o purpose_n 1._o although_o not_o altogether_o in_o like_a sense_n s._n augustine_n seem_v to_o say_v that_o man_n be_v deify_v and_o make_v god_n thus_o he_o write_v homines_fw-la dixit_fw-la deos_fw-la ex_fw-la gratia_n sva_fw-la deificatos_n non_fw-fr de_fw-fr substantia_fw-la sva_fw-la natos_fw-la he_o call_v man_n god_n as_o be_v deify_v and_o so_o make_v by_o his_o grace_n but_o not_o as_o bear_v so_o of_o his_o substance_n so_o say_v dionysius_n pontifex_fw-la ipse_fw-la mutatur_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la the_o bishop_n himself_o be_v turn_v into_o god_n likewise_o s._n cyprian_n call_v the_o scripture_n 〈◊〉_d scripturas_fw-la deificas_fw-la the_o scripture_n that_o make_v man_n god_n and_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n say_v sacrae_fw-la literae_fw-la nos_fw-la deificant_fw-la the_o holy_a scripture_n make_v we_o god_n 8._o by_o these_o and_o other_o like_a word_n be_v mean_v not_o that_o man_n be_v change_v from_o their_o own_o natural_a substance_n and_o in_o deed_n become_v god_n as_o the_o letter_n seem_v to_o import_v protreptico_fw-la but_o only_o that_o man_n be_v endue_v with_o godly_a virtue_n and_o quality_n and_o so_o make_v the_o child_n of_o god_n and_o so_o dionysius_n himself_o also_o say_v 1._o hae_fw-la mutatio_fw-la nostri_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la est_fw-la dei_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la similitudo_fw-la quantam_fw-la capere_fw-la natura_fw-la potest_fw-la this_o changinge_v of_o we_o into_o god_n be_v the_o likeness_n or_o image_n of_o god_n within_o we_o as_o far_o as_o nature_n can_v receive_v but_o s._n hierome_n say_v christ_n flesh_n 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such_o other_o that_o die_v for_o the_o safety_n and_o delivery_n of_o their_o country_n but_o in_o that_o his_o humanity_n be_v unite_v and_o join_v in_o one_o person_n with_o the_o nature_n of_o god_n 1._o his_o word_n be_v these_o quis_fw-la iste_fw-la aiunt_fw-la tantus_fw-la ac_fw-la talis_fw-la qui_fw-la possit_fw-la pretio_fw-la svo_fw-la totum_fw-la orbem_fw-la redimere_fw-la jesus_n christus_fw-la filius_fw-la dei_fw-la proprium_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la dedit_fw-la &_o nos_fw-la de_fw-la seruitute_fw-la eripiens_fw-la libertate_fw-la donavit_fw-la et_fw-la re_fw-la vera_fw-la si_fw-la historijs_fw-la gentilium_fw-la credimus_fw-la quòd_fw-la codrus_n &_o curtius_n &_o decci_n mure_n pestilentias_fw-la urbium_fw-la &_o fame_n &_o bella_fw-la suis_fw-la mortibus_fw-la represserint_fw-la quantò_fw-la magis_fw-la hoc_fw-la in_o dei_fw-la filio_fw-la possible_a iudicandum_fw-la est_fw-la quòd_fw-la cruore_fw-la svo_fw-la non_fw-la urbem_fw-la unam_fw-la purgaverit_fw-la sed_fw-la 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to_o perceive_v s._n hieromes_n meaning_n that_o be_v that_o we_o have_v our_o salvation_n in_o christ_n and_o do_v eat_v he_o and_o drink_v he_o and_o live_v by_o he_o not_o for_o that_o his_o flesh_n be_v mortal_a only_o and_o crucify_a upon_o the_o cross_n but_o for_o that_o it_o be_v spiritual_a and_o divine_a that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o flesh_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o herein_o stand_v that_o great_a contention_n that_o cyrillus_n and_o other_o godly_a father_n have_v against_o nestorius_n as_o it_o be_v well_o know_v unto_o the_o learned_a and_o therefore_o s._n paul_n saithe_v 2._o that_o i_o live_v now_o in_o the_o flesh_n i_o live_v in_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n therefore_o notwithstanding_o s._n augustine_n say_v 88_o christus_fw-la crucifixus_fw-la est_fw-la lac_n sugentibus_fw-la &_o cibus_fw-la proficientibus_fw-la christe_o crucify_a be_v milk_n unto_o the_o sucklinge_n and_o hard_a meat_n unto_o the_o strong_a 1._o and_o notwithstanding_o angelomus_n say_v christ_n body_n be_v hay_n whereby_o the_o gentile_n be_v feadde_a yet_o must_v both_o these_o and_o also_o all_o other_o like_o place_n be_v take_v not_o of_o bare_a mortal_a flesh_n alone_o but_o of_o the_o flesh_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n which_o s._n hierome_n call_v divine_a &_o spiritual_a for_o that_o it_o be_v personal_o and_o inseparable_o join_v with_o the_o godheade_n again_o s._n hieromes_n meaning_n be_v that_o the_o same_o flesh_n of_o christ_n be_v thus_o divine_a and_o spiritual_a must_v also_o spiritual_o be_v receive_v and_o not_o in_o any_o such_o carnal_a or_o fleash_o wise_a as_o be_v here_o imagine_v by_o m._n hardinge_n for_o notwithstanding_o christ_n body_n be_v spiritual_a yet_o be_v that_o no_o sufficient_a warrant_n to_o prove_v that_o therefore_o m._n hardinge_n opinion_n be_v not_o as_o he_o saithe_v over_o gross_a and_o carnal_a for_o the_o manichée_n and_o the_o messalian_a heretic_n have_v gross_a and_o carnal_a imagination_n of_o god_n himself_o notwithstanding_o god_n be_v only_a spirit_n and_o most_o spiritual_a and_o therefore_o s._n augustine_n say_v of_o they_o ecce_fw-la ego_fw-la derideo_fw-la carnales_fw-la homines_fw-la 23._o qui_fw-la nondum_fw-la possunt_fw-la spiritualia_fw-la cogitare_fw-la behold_v i_o laugh_v to_o scorn_v these_o carnal_a and_o fleash_o man_n that_o be_v not_o yet_o able_a to_o conceive_v thing_n spiritual_a for_o proufe_v hereof_o s._n hierome_n himself_o saithe_v hac_fw-la de_fw-fr hac_fw-la quidem_fw-la hoftia_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o christi_fw-la commemoratione_n mirabiliter_fw-la fit_a edere_fw-la licet_fw-la de_fw-fr illa_fw-la verò_fw-la quam_fw-la christus_fw-la in_o ara_n crucis_fw-la obtulit_fw-la secundum_fw-la se_fw-la nulli_fw-la edere_fw-la licet_fw-la of_o this_o oblation_n which_o be_v marvelous_o make_v in_o the_o remembrance_n of_o christ_n it_o be_v lawful_a to_o eat_v but_o of_o that_o oblation_n which_o christ_n offer_v upon_o the_o altar_n of_o the_o cross_n accord_v to_o itself_o that_o be_v to_o say_v in_o gross_a &_o fleash_o manner_n it_o be_v lawful_a for_o noman_n to_o eat_v by_o these_o word_n s._n hierome_n also_o show_v a_o great_a difference_n bitweene_n the_o sacrifice_n that_o be_v make_v in_o the_o remembrance_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o very_a sacrifice_n in_o deed_n that_o christ_n make_v upon_o the_o crosse._n so_o s._n chrysostome_n say_v 47._o si_fw-la carnaliter_fw-la quis_fw-la accipiat_fw-la nihil_fw-la lucratur_fw-la if_o a_o man_n take_v it_o fleash_o he_o gain_v nothing_o so_o likewise_o s._n augustine_n saithe_v 2._o as_o it_o be_v allege_v before_o it_o be_v a_o figure_n or_o form_n of_o speech_n willinge_v we_o to_o be_v partaker_n of_o christ_n passion_n and_o confortable_o to_o remember_v that_o christ_n have_v die_v for_o us._n this_o s._n hierome_n call_v the_o eatinge_v of_o the_o divine_a and_o spiritual_a flesh_n of_o christ_n therefore_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n saithe_v not_o only_o in_o like_a sense_n but_o also_o in_o like_a form_n of_o word_n duplex_fw-la est_fw-la sanguis_fw-la domini_fw-la alter_fw-la carnalis_fw-la quo_fw-la redempti_fw-la sumus_fw-la alter_fw-la
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athanasij_n add_v liberium_n sozomen_n li._n 4._o ca._n 8._o orientalium_fw-la epistola_fw-la ad_fw-la julium_n socr._n li._n 6._o ca._n 18._o leonis_fw-la epist._n 24._o sozomen_n li._n 3._o ca._n 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d council_n basilien_n athanas._o in_o apolog_n 2._o cassiodor_n li._n 4._o ca._n 34._o sozomen_n li._n ●_o ca._n 8._o cassiodor_n li._n 4._o ca._n 34._o the_o .114_o untruth_n for_o reconciliation_n be_v no_o necessary_a token_n neither_o of_o primacy_n nor_o of_o subjection_n subjection_n s._n augustine_n be_v one_o of_o these_o schismatic_n schismatic_n during_o the_o same_o time_n rome_n itself_o be_v six_o time_n sack_v which_o thing_n m._n hardinge_n have_v quite_o forget_v the_o .115_o untruth_n this_o story_n be_v here_o interlace_v with_o many_o untruethe_n reconciliation_n fumosum_fw-la saeculi_fw-la typhum_fw-la inter_fw-la decrete_a bonifa_n 2._o epist._n ●onifa_o 2._o ad_fw-la eulalium_fw-la s._n augustin_n condemn_v and_o accurse_a and_o set_v 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usage_n he_o shall_v have_v show_v for_o his_o credit_n sake_n what_o other_o usage_n they_o keapte_v that_o be_v not_o catholic_n for_o his_o word_n be_v not_o yet_o canonize_v the_o world_n will_v believe_v neither_o he_o nor_o ado_n without_o some_o proufe_v further_o to_o increase_v absurdity_n he_o saithe_v by_o these_o word_n per_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la be_v mean_v not_o the_o material_a church_n but_o the_o people_n of_o the_o church_n that_o be_v to_o say_v in_o plain_a term_n ecclesia_fw-la house_n be_v not_o a_o church_n but_o a_o private_a house_n i_o grant_v the_o greek_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d out_o of_o which_o our_o english_a word_n parish_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d seem_v to_o have_v be_v take_v signify_v a_o congregation_n or_o méetinge_v of_o neighbour_n or_o a_o company_n dwellinge_a within_o some_o space_n together_o whether_o it_o be_v in_o compass_n more_o or_o less_o so_o saithe_v eusebius_n 〈◊〉_d dionysius_n write_v unto_o basilides_n the_o bishop_n of_o the_o division_n of_o pentapolis_n arrian_n athanasius_n saithe_v that_o demetrius_n take_v upon_o he_o the_o bishopric_n of_o alexandria_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o division_n in_o egypte_n in_o these_o place_n and_o certain_a other_o that_o may_v be_v allege_v out_o of_o basile_n nazianzene_n and_o other_o greek_a father_n this_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d seem_v to_o signify_v a_o bishopric_n or_o a_o diocese_n and_o not_o a_o several_a parish_n 26._o and_o therefore_o irenaeus_n thus_o write_v unto_o victor_n bishop_n of_o rome_n the_o priest_n of_o rome_n meaning_n thereby_o the_o bishop_n there_o send_v the_o sacrament_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o they_o that_o come_v out_o of_o other_o diocese_n or_o division_n and_o eusebius_n thus_o write_v of_o hippolytus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v bishop_n of_o a_o other_o division_n thus_o much_o touchinge_v this_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v move_v thereto_o 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present_a ergo_fw-la two_o of_o they_o do_v not_o receive_v be_v utter_o unsensible_a and_o void_a of_o reason_n rather_o he_o may_v have_v conclude_v thus_o soter_n will_v that_o two_o be_v present_a ergo_fw-la much_o more_o he_o will_v that_o the_o same_o two_o do_v communicate_v it_o may_v also_o stand_v with_o reason_n and_o with_o the_o common_a practice_n of_o the_o church_n at_o that_o time_n that_o these_o two_o who_o presence_n soter_n require_v be_v priest_n or_o deacon_n glosa_n or_o otherwise_o of_o the_o clergy_n and_o that_o over_o and_o beside_o the_o company_n of_o the_o people_n as_o in_o deed_n it_o be_v determine_v by_o the_o gloze_v and_o so_o this_o decree_n of_o soter_n agree_v with_o a_o other_o decree_n of_o anacletus_fw-la make_v to_o the_o like_a purpose_n that_o be_v that_o the_o bishop_n at_o the_o ministration_n have_v about_o he_o a_o certain_a number_n of_o deacon_n deo_fw-la subdeacons_n and_o other_o minister_n besides_o the_o common_a multitude_n of_o the_o lie_v people_n and_o likewise_o with_o a_o other_o decree_n of_o the_o same_o soter_n illud_fw-la that_o be_v that_o every_o priest_n make_v the_o sacrifice_n have_v by_o he_o a_o other_o priest_n to_o assist_v he_o and_o to_o make_v a_o end_n of_o the_o ministration_n if_o any_o quame_fw-mi or_o sickness_n happen_v to_o fall_v upon_o he_o and_o this_o assistance_n of_o the_o priest_n be_v require_v notwithstanding_o the_o presence_n of_o other_o either_o of_o the_o clerk_n or_o of_o the_o laity_n now_o be_v priest_n or_o clerk_n and_o be_v present_a at_o the_o ministration_n the_o law_n special_o constrain_v they_o to_o receive_v the_o holy_a communion_n with_o the_o minister_n as_o it_o appear_v by_o this_o decree_n write_v in_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n apost_n if_o any_o bishop_n or_o priest_n 9_o or_o deacon_n or_o any_o other_o of_o the_o clerk_n after_o the_o oblation_n be_v make_v do_v not_o communicate_v either_o let_v he_o show_v cause_n thereof_o that_o if_o 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it_o be_v not_o likely_a that_o john_n the_o almonar_n be_v so_o holy_a a_o man_n will_v wilful_o break_v they_o all_o without_o cause_n neither_o in_o deed_n if_o m._n hardinge_n will_v thorough_o behold_v the_o matter_n shall_v he_o find_v here_o any_o mass_n speak_v of_o at_o all_o neither_o bread_n nor_o wine_n nor_o consecration_n nor_o oblation_n nor_o elevation_n nor_o altar_n nor_o uestiment_n nor_o any_o other_o thing_n to_o the_o mass_n belong_a and_o if_o we_o agree_v there_o be_v mass_n say_v there_o yet_o may_v there_o grow_v a_o other_o doubt_n which_o of_o these_o three_o say_v that_o mass_n i_o mean_v the_o bishop_n or_o the_o gentleman_n or_o the_o servant_n for_o here_o be_v no_o more_o note_v but_o that_o they_o say_v the_o lord_n prayer_n all_o three_o together_o which_o very_o be_v not_o the_o manner_n of_o private_a mass_n for_o there_o the_o priest_n as_o he_o receive_v alone_o so_o he_o saithe_v the_o pater_fw-la noster_fw-la himself_o alone_o but_o in_o the_o 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father_n again_o he_o say_v ecce_fw-la in_o praefatione_fw-la epistolae_fw-la etc._n etc._n behold_v even_o in_o the_o very_a preface_n of_o the_o epistle_n that_o you_o send_v unto_o i_o you_o have_v write_v the_o name_n of_o that_o presumptuous_a title_n call_v i_o the_o universal_a pope_n notwithstanding_o i_o have_v forbid_v it_o i_o beseech_v your_o holiness_n to_o do_v it_o no_o more_o for_o you_o do_v defraud_v yourself_o when_o you_o geve_v a_o other_o more_o than_o reason_n will_v the_o self_n same_o meaning_n m._n hardinge_n may_v have_v find_v twice_o write_v even_o in_o the_o same_o place_n of_o s._n gregory_n that_o he_o here_o allege_v if_o it_o have_v please_v he_o to_o consider_v either_o what_o go_v before_o or_o else_o what_o follow_v immediate_o after_o 4._o before_o he_o write_v thus_o non_fw-la mea_fw-la causa_fw-la sed_fw-la dei_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la solus_fw-la ego_fw-la sed_fw-la to●a_fw-la turbatur_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la 32._o quia_fw-la piae_fw-la 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reader_n and_o no_o simple_a or_o plain_o dealing_v but_o m._n hardinge_n seem_v to_o ground_n his_o error_n upon_o the_o mistakinge_a of_o these_o word_n of_o s._n cyprian_n error_n vnus_fw-la sacerdos_n and_o fraternitas_fw-la universa_fw-la that_o be_v one_o bishop_n and_z the_o whole_a brotherhood_n for_o where_o as_o s._n cyprian_n say_v there_o must_v be_v one_o bishop_n in_o a_o church_n he_o imagine_v there_o must_v be_v one_o bishop_n to_o rule_v over_o the_o whole_a universal_a church_n bishop_n and_o where_o as_o again_o s._n cyprian_n say_v the_o whole_a brotherhood_n must_v obey_v one_o bishop_n he_o geather_v that_o all_o christian_a people_n throughout_o the_o whole_a world_n which_o he_o untrue_o call_v the_o whole_a brotherhood_n must_v be_v obedient_a unto_o one_o universal_a bishop_n and_o thus_o he_o build_v one_o error_n upon_o a_o other_o but_o mistakinge_v of_o the_o doctor_n make_v no_o sufficient_a prouse_n it_o may_v soon_o appear_v s._n cyprian_n mean_v 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no_o more_o return_v unto_o cornelius_n the_o bishop_n there_o and_o so_o have_v rend_v one_o bishopric_n into_o two_o and_o make_v two_o bishop_n in_o one_o city_n cornelius_n complain_v thereof_o unto_o fabius_n the_o bishop_n of_o antioch_n 6._o and_o informinge_v he_o of_o the_o same_o 43._o write_v thus_o unto_o he_o novatus_fw-la nescit_fw-la unum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la in_o catholica_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la esse_fw-la debere_fw-la novatus_fw-la know_v not_o that_o there_o ought_v to_o be_v but_o one_o bishop_n in_o a_o catholic_a church_n not_o mean_v thereby_o the_o whole_a universal_a church_n throughout_o the_o world_n but_o only_o his_o own_o particular_a church_n of_o rome_n so_o when_o chrysostome_n the_o bishop_n of_o constantinople_n 6._o see_v sisinius_n bear_v himself_o as_o bishop_n within_o the_o same_o city_n 22._o he_o say_v unto_o he_o one_o city_n may_v not_o have_v two_o bishop_n so_o likewise_o s._n hierome_n saithe_v 1._o that_o notwithstanding_o the_o power_n of_o all_o priest_n by_o the_o authority_n of_o god_n word_n be_v one_o and_o equal_a yet_o man_n by_o policy_n to_o avoid_v contention_n appoint_v one_o priest_n in_o every_o city_n to_o order_n and_o to_o directe_v his_o brethren_n thus_o be_v the_o unity_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n preserve_v thus_o be_v all_o church_n as_o one_o church_n and_o all_o bishop_n as_o one_o bishop_n for_o who_o so_o dissent_v from_o one_o 4._o dissent_v from_o al._n so_o saithe_v s._n cyprian_n ecclesia_fw-la cohaerentium_fw-la sibi_fw-la inuicem_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la glutino_fw-la copulatur_fw-la 9_o the_o church_n be_v couple_v and_o join_v in_o one_o by_o consent_n of_o bishop_n agree_v together_o likewise_o again_o he_o saithe_v praelatorum_fw-la hanc_fw-la unitatem_fw-la firmiter_fw-la tenere_fw-la &_o vendicare_fw-la debemus_fw-la maximè_fw-la episcopi_n 1._o qui_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la praesidemus_fw-la ut_fw-la episcopatum_fw-la quoque_fw-la ipsum_fw-la unum_fw-la &_o indivisum_fw-la 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cause_n s._n cyprian_a saithe_n hereof_o spring_v schism_n and_o heresy_n for_o tha●_n the_o priest_n of_o god_n in_o every_o several_a diocese_n be_v not_o obey_v 9_o as_o likewise_o again_o he_o saithe_v to_o like_a purpose_n qui_fw-la cum_fw-la episcopo_n non_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la they_o that_o be_v not_o with_o the_o bishop_n philadelphien_n be_v not_o in_o the_o church_n so_o likewise_o ignatius_n they_o that_o be_v of_o christ_n be_v with_o the_o bishop_n 〈◊〉_d thus_o s._n cyprian_n speak_v these_o word_n general_o of_o the_o authority_n of_o all_o bishop_n in_o their_o several_a diocese_n and_o not_o of_o any_o special_a authority_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n as_o ●t_a be_v here_o untrue_o affirm_v by_o m._n hardinge_n but_o he_o will_v reply_v brotherhood_n s._n cyprian_n say_v vniversa_fw-la fraterni●as_fw-la that_o be_v the_o whole_a brotherhood_n ought_v to_o be_v obedient_a to_o that_o one_o bishop_n and_o that_o whole_a brotherhood_n must_v needs_o be_v the_o whole_a company_n of_o all_o christian_a people_n notwithstanding_o this_o
exposition_n seem_v very_o large_a yet_o if_o s._n cyprian_n himself_o have_v not_o open_v his_o own_o meaning_n otherwise_o universal_a perhaps_o some_o man_n either_o of_o simplicity_n or_o of_o ignorance_n may_v so_o take_v it_o but_o s._n cyprian_n that_o doubtless_o best_a know_v his_o own_o mind_n understand_v these_o word_n fraternitas_fw-la universa_fw-la not_o of_o all_o the_o universal_a company_n of_o all_o christian_a people_n throughout_o all_o the_o world_n as_o m._n harding_n doothe_v but_o of_o the_o whole_a brotherhood_n within_o every_o several_a and_o particular_a diocese_n for_o thus_o he_o write_v in_o the_o next_o epistle_n folowinge_v 1._o ferè_fw-la per_fw-la provincias_fw-la universas_fw-la tenetur_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la ordinationes_fw-la ritè_fw-la celebrandas_fw-la ad_fw-la eam_fw-la plebem_fw-la cvi_fw-la praepositus_fw-la ordinatur_fw-la episcopi_n 4._o ●iusdem_fw-la provinciae_fw-la proximi_fw-la quique_fw-la conveniant_fw-la &_o episcopus_fw-la deligatur_fw-la plebe_fw-la praesente_fw-la etc._n etc._n quod_fw-la &_o apud_fw-la nos_fw-la factum_fw-la vidimus_fw-la in_o sabini_n collegae_fw-la nostri_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-la universae_fw-la fraterni●atis_fw-la suffragio_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la ei_fw-la deferretur_fw-la this_o order_n be_v in_o manner_n keapte_v in_o all_o province_n that_o unto_o the_o dew_n orderinge_v or_o installinge_v of_o a_o bishop_n the_o bishop_n of_o the_o same_o province_n that_o dwell_v near_o come_v together_o to_o the_o people_n of_o that_o city_n unto_o which_o a_o new_a bishop_n be_v appoint_v and_o that_o the_o bishop_n be_v choose_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o people_n which_o thing_n we_o see_v do_v in_o the_o election_n and_o orderinge_v of_o our_o fellow_n bishop_n sabinus_n that_o the_o bishopric_n be_v bestow_v upon_o he_o by_o the_o consent_n and_o voice_n of_o the_o whole_a brotherhood_n here_o universa_fw-la fraternitas_fw-la undoubted_o be_v use_v for_o the_o 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emperor_n there_o with_o his_o power_n subdue_v nation_n but_o the_o gospel_n of_o christ_n subdue_v the_o emperor_n constantinus_n theodosius_n ualentinianus_fw-la and_o other_o emperor_n of_o rome_n with_o all_o their_o power_n confess_v themselves_o to_o be_v subject_n unto_o christ_n and_o s._n ambrose_n write_v unto_o valentinian_n the_o emperor_n 32._o quid_fw-la honorificentius_fw-la quàm_fw-la ut_fw-la imperator_fw-la dicatur_fw-la filius_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la what_o can_v be_v more_o honourable_a then_o that_o the_o emperor_n be_v call_v a_o child_n of_o the_o church_n this_o be_v the_o whole_a and_o only_a meaning_n of_o s._n ambrose_n and_o in_o that_o sense_n s._n augustine_n saithe_v augustin_n ostendatur_fw-la mihi_fw-la romae_fw-la in_o honore_fw-la tanto_fw-la templum_fw-la rom●li_fw-la in_fw-la quanto_fw-la ego_fw-la ibi_fw-la ostendo_fw-la memoriam_fw-la petri._n in_o petro_n quis_fw-la honoratur_fw-la nisi_fw-la ille_fw-la defunctus_fw-la pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la 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world_n as_o it_o be_v afterward_o for_o the_o gospel_n of_o christ_n but_o s._n ambrose_n say_v apostolici_fw-la sacerdo●ij_fw-la principa●um_fw-la the_o principality_n of_o the_o apostolic_a priesthood_n with_o which_o word_n worldly_a eye_n may_v soon_o be_v dazzle_a but_o m._n hardinge_n know_v that_o s._n peter_n be_v in_o rome_n have_v no_o manner_n show_v or_o state_n of_o princehoode_n his_o whole_a power_n be_v spiritual_a and_o stand_v only_o in_o the_o preachinge_a of_o the_o gospel_n 10._o with_o which_o armour_n god_n be_v able_a to_o pull_v down_o king_n and_o prince_n to_o the_o obedience_n of_o his_o christ_n 1._o thus_o say_v god_n unto_o hieremie_n constitui_fw-la ●e_n super_fw-la gentes_fw-la &_o regna_fw-la i_o have_v set_v the_o over_o nation_n and_o kingedome_n and_o s._n peter_n speak_v general_o unto_o all_o christian_a people_n 2._o say_v vos_fw-fr estis_fw-la regale_n sacerdotium_fw-la you_o be_v that_o kinge_o priesthood_n this_o principality_n and_o tower_n 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roman_a church_n 1._o the_o same_o s._n augustine_n speak_v to_o bonifacius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n this_o care_n say_v he_o complain_v of_o the_o pelagian_n be_v common_a to_o we_o all_o that_o have_v the_o office_n of_o a_o bishop_n albeit_o therein_o thou_o thyself_o have_v the_o preeminence_n over_o all_o be_v on_o the_o top_n of_o the_o pastoral_a watchetower_n in_o a_o other_o place_n he_o have_v these_o word_n word_n caeterum_fw-la magis_fw-la vereri_fw-la debeo_fw-la ne_fw-la in_o petrum_fw-la contumeliosus_fw-la existam_fw-la 17._o quis_fw-la enim_fw-la nescit_fw-la illum_fw-la apostolatus_fw-la principatum_fw-la cuilibet_fw-la episcopatui_fw-la praeferendum_fw-la but_o i_o ought_v rather_o to_o be_v afraid_a lest_o i_o be_v reprocheful_a toward_o peter_n for_o who_o be_v he_o that_o know_v not_o that_o that_o principality_n of_o apostleship_n be_v to_o be_v prefer_v before_o any_o bisshoprike_v that_o be_v an_o other_o most_o evident_a place_n he_o have_v in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr utilitate_fw-la credendi_fw-la ad_fw-la honoratum_fw-la cum_fw-la tamen_fw-la auxilium_fw-la dei_fw-la etc._n etc._n whereas_o say_v he_o we_o see_v so_o great_a help_v of_o god_n so_o great_a profit_n and_o fruit_n shall_v we_o stand_v in_o doubt_n whether_o we_o may_v hide_v ourselves_o in_o the_o lap_n of_o that_o church_n which_o though_o heretic_n bark_v at_o it_o in_o vain_a round_o about_o condemn_v partly_o by_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o people_n themselves_o arrogantiae_fw-la partly_o by_o the_o sadness_n of_o council_n and_o partly_o by_o the_o majesty_n of_o miracle_n even_o to_o the_o confession_n of_o mankind_n for_o the_o apostolic_a see_v by_o succession_n of_o bishop_n have_v obtain_v the_o top_n or_o high_a degree_n of_o authority_n to_o which_o church_n if_o we_o will_v not_o geve_v and_o grant_v the_o primacy_n sooth_o it_o be_v a_o point_n either_o of_o most_o high_a wickedness_n or_o of_o headlong_o arrogancy_n the_o b._n of_o sarisburie_n these_o 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the_o council_n of_o carthage_n and_o give_v his_o consent_n that_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o first_o see_v shall_v not_o be_v call_v neither_o the_o prince_n or_o chief_a of_o priest_n nor_o the_o high_a priest_n nor_o by_o any_o other_o like_o title_n he_o know_v also_o that_o s._n augustine_n afterward_o confirm_v the_o same_o in_o a_o council_n hold_v at_o hippo_n regius_n in_o his_o own_o diocese_n 27._o likewise_o he_o know_v that_o the_o same_o s._n augustine_n decree_v among_o other_o bishop_n to_o the_o number_n of_o 92._o 217._o in_o the_o council_n of_o aphrica_n that_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v lawful_a for_o any_o man_n of_o those_o country_n to_o seek_v for_o aid_n over_o the_o sea_n and_o to_o appeal_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o that_o whosoever_o so_o appeal_v shall_v stand_v excommunicate_a and_o so_o utter_o condemn_v that_o infinite_a dominion_n and_o universal_a power_n that_o so_o many_o have_v sithence_o dream_v of_o 13._o again_o write_n upon_o the_o 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spain_n ordain_v thus_o presbyteri_fw-la &_o clerici_fw-la ne_fw-la appellent_fw-la nisi_fw-la ad_fw-la aphricana_fw-la concilia_fw-la 17._o let_v it_o not_o be_v lawful_a for_o priest_n or_o clerk_n to_o appeal_v to_o rome_n but_o only_a to_o the_o council_n hold_v in_o aphrica_n so_o in_o the_o milevitane_n council_n 22._o si_fw-mi ab_fw-la episcopis_fw-la appellandum_fw-la putaverint_fw-la non_fw-la provocent_fw-la nisi_fw-la ad_fw-la aphricana_fw-la concilia_fw-la vel_fw-la ad_fw-la primate_fw-la provinciarum_fw-la suarum_fw-la ad_fw-la transmarina_fw-la autem_fw-la qui_fw-la putaverint_fw-la appellandum_fw-la à_fw-la nullo_n intra_fw-la aphricam_fw-la in_o communionem_fw-la recipiantur_fw-la if_o they_o think_v it_o meet_v to_o appeal_v from_o their_o bishop_n let_v they_o not_o appeal_v but_o only_o to_o the_o council_n of_o aphrica_n or_o unto_o the_o primate_fw-la of_o their_o own_o province_n but_o if_o they_o shall_v make_v their_o appeal_v beyond_o the_o sea_n that_o be_v 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episcopos_fw-la omnes_fw-la omninò_fw-la in_o ista_fw-la provincia_fw-la positos_fw-la literae_fw-la fierent_fw-la ut_fw-la te_fw-la universi_fw-la collegae_fw-la nostri_fw-la &_o communicationem_fw-la tuam_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la catholicae_fw-la unitatem_fw-la pariter_fw-la &_o charitatem_fw-la probarent_fw-la pariter_fw-la &_o tenerent_fw-la to_o allow_v thy_o consecration_n more_o authority_n be_v geather_v i_o think_v it_o good_a that_o letter_n shall_v be_v send_v unto_o all_o the_o bishop_n of_o this_o province_n that_o all_o our_o brother_n may_v both_o allow_v and_o hold_v both_o thou_o and_o thy_o communion_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o unity_n of_o the_o catholic_a church_n if_o m._n hardinge_n will_v say_v this_o be_v not_o the_o confirmation_n of_o the_o election_n of_o cornelius_n it_o follow_v immediate_o sic_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la tui_fw-la veritas_fw-la pariter_fw-la &_o dignitas_fw-la apertissima_fw-la luce_fw-fr &_o manifestissima_fw-la &_o 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dignitati_fw-la eius_fw-la mennae_fw-la accedere_fw-la credimus_fw-la quòd_fw-la à_fw-la temporibus_fw-la petri_n apostoli_fw-la nullum_fw-la alium_fw-la unquam_fw-la orientalis_n ecclesia_fw-la suscepit_fw-la episcopum_fw-la manibus_fw-la nostrae_fw-la sedis_fw-la ordinatum_fw-la and_o this_o be_v a_o augmentation_n of_o mennaes_n dignity_n that_o fithens_o the_o time_n of_o peter_n the_o apostle_n the_o east_n church_n never_o receive_v any_o other_o bishop_n consecrate_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o our_o see_n now_o advise_v thou_o self_n good_a reader_n whether_o thou_o will_v believe_v pope_n agapetus_n or_o m._n hardinge_n and_o let_v not_o m._n hardinge_n find_v fault_n for_o that_o i_o place_v the_o orderinge_v of_o bishop_n in_o steed_n of_o their_o confirmation_n for_o he_o himself_o seem_v to_o make_v confirmation_n and_o order_v both_o one_o thing_n or_o at_o least_o to_o join_v they_o both_o together_o these_o be_v his_o word_n leo_n will_v not_o in_o any_o wise_a order_n and_o confirm_v anatolius_n true_o liberatus_n 20._o saithe_v the_o manner_n be_v in_o alexandria_n that_o who_o so_o ever_o be_v choose_v bishop_n there_o shall_v come_v to_o the_o bear_n and_o lie_v his_o predecessor_n hand_n upon_o his_o head_n and_o put_v on_o s._n mark_v cloak_n and_o then_o be_v he_o sufficient_o confirm_a bishop_n without_o any_o mention_n make_v of_o rome_n and_o s._n cyprian_n write_v unto_o the_o bishop_n of_o spain_n 1_o that_o sabinus_n who_o they_o have_v lawful_o choose_v bishop_n shall_v so_o continue_v still_o 4._o yea_o notwithstanding_o cornelius_n be_v then_o bishop_n of_o rome_n mislike_v he_o and_o will_v not_o confirm_v he_o and_o that_o very_a counterfeit_n decree_n of_o anacletus_fw-la ▪_o that_o require_v all_o bishop_n once_o in_o the_o year_n to_o present_v themselves_o in_o rome_n extend_v not_o his_o commandment_n throughout_o all_o the_o world_n but_o only_o to_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o province_n of_o rome_n thus_o stand_v the_o word_n omnes_fw-la episcopi_n sanctorum_fw-la qui_fw-la huius_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la sedis_fw-la ordinationi_fw-la subiacent_a etc._n etc._n all_o bishop_n that_o be_v bind_v to_o have_v their_o order_n confirm_v by_o this_o apostolic_a see_n etc._n etc._n whereby_o it_o may_v be_v geather_v the_o other_z bishops_z be_v not_o subject_n to_o the_o ordinance_n of_o that_o see_n and_o this_o be_v the_o fault_n that_o gregory_n find_v in_o the_o bishop_n of_o salonae_n that_o be_v within_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o his_o province_n he_o be_v consecrate_v without_o his_o knowledge_n and_o that_o gregory_n mean_v it_o not_o of_o all_o bishop_n but_o only_o of_o y●_z bishop_n within_o his_o own_o charge_n it_o be_v evident_a by_o his_o word_n for_o thus_o he_o write_v episcopi_n mei_fw-la episcopi_n mihi_fw-la commissi_fw-la 4._o my_o bishop_n bishop_n be_v within_o my_o cure_n and_o that_o the_o city_n of_o salonae_n stand_a in_o illyricum_n 34._o be_v sometime_o within_o the_o province_n of_o rome_n it_o be_v plain_a by_o the_o epistle_n that_o damasus_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n send_v unto_o the_o bishop_n of_o illyricum_n 23._o these_o be_v his_o word_n par_fw-fr est_fw-fr omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o orbe_fw-la romano_n magistros_fw-la consentire_fw-la it_o be_v meet_v that_o all_o the_o teacher_n that_o be_v within_o the_o precinct_n of_o the_o roman_a jurisdiction_n agree_v together_o 〈◊〉_d where_o as_o it_o be_v allege_v that_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v require_v to_o ratify_v the_o election_n of_o flavianus_n anatolius_n and_o of_o the_o arrian_n bishop_n that_o be_v mean_v of_o a_o general_n allowance_n such_o as_o be_v common_a to_o all_o bishop_n special_o to_o the_o four_o principal_a patriarch_n and_o not_o only_o to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n neither_o be_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n admission_n think_v so_o necessary_a as_o if_o he_o only_o have_v a_o uoice_n negative_a to_o take_v in_o and_o to_o put_v out_o who_o he_o list_v but_o only_o 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the_o empress_n eudoxia_n to_o appoint_v a_o council_n august_n and_o yet_o can_v not_o obtain_v it_o afterward_o he_o desire_v the_o emperor_n theodosius_n that_o he_o will_v call_v a_o council_n to_o some_o place_n within_o italy_n and_o the_o emperor_n contrary_a to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n petition_n appoint_v it_o to_o be_v hold_v at_o ephesus_n 13._o after_o that_o he_o make_v the_o same_o request_n to_o the_o emperor_n martianus_n and_o the_o emperor_n likewise_o 50._o contrary_a to_o the_o bishop_n humble_a request_n command_v the_o council_n to_o be_v keapte_v at_o chalcedon_n ●8_o and_o where_o as_o leo_n have_v beseech_v both_o these_o emperor_n that_o it_o may_v please_v they_o to_o take_v a_o long_a day_n for_o the_o council_n for_o that_o the_o time_n of_o the_o summon_v seem_v very_o shortie_n and_o the_o way_n be_v lay_v with_o enemy_n and_o therefore_o dangerous_a for_o the_o bishop_n to_o travel_v yet_o will_v neither_o of_o they_o alter_v one_o day_n but_o charge_v each_o man_n to_o appear_v as_o they_o be_v summon_v and_o leo_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n with_o all_o his_o universal_a power_n be_v fain_o to_o yield_v hereby_o we_o may_v soon_o conjecture_v how_o true_a it_o be_v either_o that_o pope_n gelasius_n write_v that_o only_o the_o apostolic_a see_v of_o rome_n decree_v by_o her_o authority_n dardaniae_fw-la that_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n shall_v be_v summon_v or_o else_o that_o m._n hardinge_n will_v have_v we_o believe_v that_o all_o council_n be_v summon_v by_o the_o pope_n neither_o be_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n nor_o his_o legate_n in_o his_o absence_n evermore_o the_o precedent_n or_o chief_a of_o the_o council_n for_o it_o be_v know_v that_o in_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a eustathius_n the_o patriarch_n of_o antioch_n be_v the_o precedent_n and_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n legate_n uitus_n and_o uincentius_n sit_v in_o the_o four_o room_n beneath_o in_o the_o council_n of_o constantinople_n menna_n be_v the_o chief_a in_o the_o council_n of_o sardica_n osius_n of_o corduba_n in_o spain_n in_o the_o council_n of_o aquileia_n s._n ambrose_n of_o milan_n in_o the_o council_n of_o carthage_n aurelius_n the_o bishop_n there_o in_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n leo_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n legate_n have_v chief_a room_n but_o by_o way_n of_o entreaty_n only_o and_o by_o the_o emperor_n special_a grant_n &_o not_o of_o dew_n right_a or_o universal_a authority_n but_o say_v m._n hardinge_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n allow_v general_n counsel_n this_o be_v not_o deny_v so_o do_v others_z not_o only_o patriake_v or_o bishop_n but_o also_o civil_a prince_n in_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n it_o be_v write_v thus_o 1._o divae_fw-la memoriae_fw-la theodosius_n confirmavit_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la iudicata_fw-la sunta_fw-mi sancta_fw-la &_o vniversali_fw-la synodo_fw-la generali_fw-la lege_fw-la theodosius_n the_o emperor_n of_o godly_a memory_n have_v confirm_v all_o thing_n by_o a_o general_n law_n that_o be_v determine_v in_o the_o universal_a council_n 3._o so_o likewise_o the_o emperor_n martianus_n sacro_fw-la nostrae_fw-la serenitatis_fw-la edicto_fw-la venerandam_fw-la synodum_fw-la confirmamus_fw-la by_o the_o holy_a edicte_n of_o our_o ma●estie_n we_o confirm_v that_o reverend_a council_n so_o eusebius_n witness_v that_o the_o emperor_n constantinus_n confirm_v the_o determination_n of_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a constantini_n so_o the_o bishop_n in_o the_o council_n of_o constantinople_n write_v unto_o the_o emperor_n theodosius_n by_o these_o word_n 5._o rogamus_fw-la tuam_fw-la clementiam_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la literas_fw-la tuus_fw-la pietatis_fw-la ratum_fw-la esse_fw-la ●ubeas_fw-la confirmefque_fw-la concilij_fw-la decretum_fw-la we_o desire_v your_o favour_n by_o your_o highness_n letter_n to_o ratify_v and_o confirm_v the_o decree_n of_o the_o council_n now_o seinge_v it_o be_v lawful_a for_o prince_n and_o civil_a governor_n to_o confirm_v the_o decree_n &_o determination_n of_o counsel_n how_o can_v we_o doubt_v but_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o bishop_n also_o 2._o to_o do_v the_o same_o therefore_o theodoretus_n say_v the_o conclusion_n of_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a be_v send_v abroad_o to_o other_o bishop_n that_o be_v away_o and_o uictorinus_n say_v that_o many_o thousand_o of_o bishop_n allow_v that_o same_o council_n and_o agree_v unto_o it_o above_o all_o other_o the_o subscription_n and_o confirmation_n of_o the_o four_o principal_a patriarch_n be_v special_o require_v for_o that_o both_o their_o charge_n and_o also_o their_o countenance_n and_o credit_n be_v great_a than_o other_o emonge_n which_o four_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v ever_o the_o first_o and_o therefore_o his_o consent_n seem_v to_o bear_v great_a weight_n 60._o and_o for_o that_o cause_n the_o emperor_n martianus_n require_v leo_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n to_o write_v unto_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n and_o to_o declare_v that_o he_o give_v his_o consent_n to_o the_o rule_n of_o faith_n that_o be_v there_o determine_v chalcedon_n and_o in_o like_a sort_n the_o emperor_n theodosius_n require_v all_o bishop_n to_o subscribe_v and_o to_o geve_v their_o assent_n to_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a for_o it_o be_v a_o rule_n agreeable_a unto_o law_n and_o reason_n quod_fw-la omnes_fw-la tangit_fw-la iuris_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la debet_fw-la approbari_fw-la the_o thing_n that_o touch_v all_o aught_o to_o be_v allow_v by_o al._n and_o therefore_o julius_n be_v bishop_n of_o rome_n pronounce_v that_o all_o the_o act_n of_o the_o council_n of_o antioch_n be_v void_a and_o of_o no_o force_n for_o that_o he_o be_v one_o of_o the_o four_o patriarch_n be_v not_o call_v thither_o as_o well_o as_o other_o for_o it_o appear_v by_o eusebius_n constan_n theodoretus_n and_o other_o that_o to_o all_o general_a counsel_n all_o primate_fw-la and_o metropolitanes_n be_v special_o summon_v and_o this_o seem_v to_o be_v that_o canon_n 〈◊〉_d that_o julius_n allege_v that_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a to_o make_v rule_n and_o order_n for_o the_o whole_a church_n without_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v one_o of_o the_o four_o chief_a patriarch_n and_o have_v in_o his_o province_n one_o great_a portion_n of_o the_o church_n and_o therefore_o leo_n bishop_n of_o rome_n testify_v his_o consent_n to_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n by_o these_o word_n 61._o fraternitas_fw-la vestra_fw-la novit_fw-la i_o definitionem_fw-la sanctae_fw-la synodi_fw-la toto_fw-la cord_n complexum_fw-la esse_fw-la your_o brotherhood_n know_v that_o i_o have_v embrace_v with_o my_o whole_a heart_n the_o determination_n of_o that_o holy_a council_n and_o likewise_o unto_o the_o emperor_n martianus_n he_o write_v thus_o 59_o constitutionibus_fw-la synodalibus_fw-la libens_fw-la adieci_fw-la sententiam_fw-la meam_fw-la unto_o these_o constitution_n of_o the_o council_n i_o have_v glad_o give_v my_o assent_n the_o end_n hereof_o be_v not_o to_o show_v his_o sovereign_n power_n above_o all_o other_o but_o that_o the_o decree_n so_o ratify_v by_o he_o &_o other_o may_v be_v have_v in_o more_o estimation_n so_o leo_n himself_o write_v 59_o clementia_n vestra_fw-la arbitratur_fw-la malum_fw-la faciliùs_fw-la delendum_fw-la si_fw-la per_fw-la universas_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la definitiones_fw-la sanctae_fw-la synodi_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la sedi_fw-la placuisse_fw-la doceantur_fw-la your_o highness_n think_v this_o ●uil_n will_v the_o rather_o be_v suppress_v if_o it_o be_v declare_v throughout_o all_o church_n that_o the_o decree_n of_o the_o holy_a council_n be_v well_o like_v of_o the_o apostolic_a see_n but_o that_o the_o whole_a ratification_n of_o council_n depend_v not_o only_o of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n but_o also_o of_o other_o no_o less_o then_o of_o he_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o be_v prove_v the_o bishop_n in_o the_o roman_a council_n in_o the_o time_n of_o damasus_n 23._o condemn_v the_o council_n of_o the_o arian_n hold_v at_o ariminum_n for_o that_o neither_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n who_o mind_n shall_v have_v be_v know_v before_o all_o other_o nor_o uincentius_n nor_o any_o of_o the_o reaste_n have_v agree_v unto_o it_o likewise_o the_o council_n of_o carthage_n and_o of_o aphrica_n be_v allow_v for_o good_a not_o withstand_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n will_v not_o allow_v they_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n decree_v that_o the_o bishop_n of_o constantinople_n shall_v be_v in_o dignity_n next_o unto_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o shall_v consecrate_v the_o metropolitanes_n of_o asia_n 13._o pontus_n and_o thracia_n this_o decree_n leo_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n very_o much_o mislike_v and_o will_v never_o assent_v unto_o it_o yet_o that_o not_o withstand_v it_o be_v in_o force_n and_o continue_v stil._n 13._o liberatus_n thereof_o write_v thus_o cùm_fw-la anatolius_n consentiente_fw-la concilio_n primatum_fw-la obtinuisset_fw-la legati_fw-la verò_fw-la romani_fw-la episcopi_n contradicerent_fw-la à_fw-la ludicibus_fw-la &_o episcopis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la illa_fw-la contradictio_fw-la suscepra_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la licet_fw-la sedes_fw-la apostolica_fw-la nunc_fw-la
the_o emperor_n have_v lose_v their_o civil_a power_n and_o the_o pope_n have_v lose_v their_o holiness_n in_o old_a time_n the_o emperor_n confirm_v the_o pope_n now_o the_o pope_n confirm_v the_o emperor_n in_o old_a time_n the_o emperor_n call_v the_o pope_n to_o the_o council_n now_o contrariwise_o the_o pope_n call_v the_o emperor_n as_o touch_v the_o restoar_n of_o athanasius_n pope_n julius_n entreat_v themperour_n in_o his_o behalf_n which_o as_o it_o appear_v be_v his_o great_a request_n for_o thus_o he_o write_v unto_o liberius_n liberium_n precamur_fw-la ut_fw-la vestris_fw-la exhortationibus_fw-la tam_fw-la per_fw-la vos_fw-la quàm_fw-la per_fw-la apocrisiarios_fw-la vestros_fw-la adiwemur_fw-la we_o beseech_v you_o that_o through_o your_o good_a exhortation_n both_o by_o yourself_o and_o by_o other_o your_o agentes_fw-la we_o may_v be_v holpen_v more_o over_o for_o that_o he_o be_v a_o patriarch_n he_o summon_v a_o particular_a council_n and_o labour_v the_o bishop_n for_o the_o arian_n say_v 8._o there_o be_v on_o ecclesiastical_a canon_n that_o noman_n be_v once_o depose_v shall_v be_v restore_v again_o onlesse_a he_o have_v first_o clear_v himself_o before_o a_o council_n and_o that_o the_o bishop_n that_o will_v restore_v he_o aught_o to_o be_v more_o in_o number_n than_o be_v they_o that_o have_v depose_v he_o julium_n and_o therefore_o chrysostome_n be_v much_o blame_v of_o his_o adversary_n for_o that_o he_o be_v once_o depose_v have_v recover_v his_o room_n without_o a_o council_n of_o other_o bishop_n 18._o and_o therefore_o flavianus_n be_v wrongeful_o put_v from_o his_o bishopric_n offer_v up_o his_o bille_n of_o appeal_v not_o unto_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n alone_o but_o unto_o he_o with_o other_o bishop_n the_o truth_n hereof_o may_v well_o appear_v by_o these_o word_n of_o leo_n bishop_n of_o rome_n unto_o the_o emperor_n theodosius_n 24._o omnes_fw-la partium_fw-la nostrarum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la omnes_fw-la mansue●udini_fw-la 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depose_v pope_n eugenius_n 2._o yet_o eugenius_n continue_v pope_n stil._n the_o decree_n of_o bishop_n in_o such_o case_n without_o the_o emperor_n authority_n be_v then_o of_o small_a force_n 34._o and_o therefore_o athanasius_n himself_o report_v that_o the_o emperor_n give_v his_o consent_n to_o the_o determination_n of_o the_o council_n of_o sardica_n and_o so_o command_v he_o to_o be_v send_v for_o home_n but_o m._n harding_n will_v say_v the_o word_n be_v plain_a that_o julius_n restore_v athanasius_n it_o be_v true_a and_o not_o deny_v but_o the_o meaning_n of_o these_o word_n be_v that_o julius_n pronounce_v he_o clear_a in_o that_o he_o be_v accuse_v of_o and_o therefore_o worthy_a to_o be_v restore_v for_o it_o be_v certain_a and_o m._n hardinge_n well_o know_v 8._o that_o athanasius_n upon_o pope_n julius_n letter_n be_v not_o restore_v the_o like_a be_v also_o write_v of_o other_o cassiodorus_n 34._o say_v maximus_fw-la quoque_fw-la restituit_fw-la beato_fw-la athanasio_fw-la &_o communionem_fw-la &_o dignitatem_fw-la maximus_n also_o restore_v unto_o athanasius_n both_o his_o communion_n and_o also_o his_o dignity_n that_o be_v to_o say_v pronounce_v he_o worthy_a to_o be_v restore_v for_o maximus_n be_v not_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n these_o thing_n consider_v m._n hardinge_n may_v make_v up_o his_o reason_n thus_o the_o pope_n have_v no_o authority_n to_o restore_v they_o that_o be_v depose_v ergo_fw-la the_o pope_n be_v not_o head_n of_o the_o church_n or_o thus_o the_o emperor_n restore_v such_o as_o be_v depose_v ergo_fw-la the_o emperor_n be_v head_n of_o the_o church_n m._n hardinge_n the_o .28_o division_n concern_v the_o reconciliation_n of_o the_o prelate_n of_o the_o church_n both_o bishop_n and_o patriarch_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n 114_o subjection_n whereby_o his_o primacy_n be_v acknowledge_v and_o confess_v i_o need_v not_o say_v much_o the_o matter_n be_v so_o evident_a after_o that_o the_o whole_a church_n of_o aphrica_n have_v continue_v in_o schismatic_n schism_n and_o withdraw_v themselves_o from_o the_o obedience_n of_o the_o see_v apostolic_a through_o the_o entisement_n of_o aurelius_n archebishop_n of_o carthago_n for_o the_o space_n of_o one_o hundred_o year_n forget_v during_o which_o time_n by_o god_n punishment_n they_o come_v into_o captivity_n of_o the_o barbarous_a and_o cruel_a vandal_n who_o be_v arian_n at_o the_o length_n when_o it_o please_v god_n of_o his_o goodness_n to_o have_v pity_n on_o his_o people_n of_o that_o province_n send_v they_o bellisarius_fw-la the_o valiant_a captain_n that_o vanquish_v and_o destroy_v the_o vandal_n and_o likewise_o eulalius_n that_o godly_a archebishop_n of_o carthago_n that_o bring_v the_o church_n home_o again_o and_o join_v the_o divide_a member_n unto_o the_o whole_a body_n the_o catholic_a church_n a_o public_a instrument_n conteininge_v the_o form_n of_o their_o repentance_n and_o of_o their_o humble_a submission_n be_v offer_v and_o exhibit_v solemn_o to_o bonifacius_n the_o second_o then_o pope_n by_o eulalius_n in_o the_o name_n of_o that_o whole_a province_n which_o be_v joyful_o receive_v and_o he_o thereupon_o forthwith_o reconcile_v of_o this_o reconciliation_n and_o restoaringe_v of_o the_o african_a church_n to_o the_o catholic_a church_n the_o mystical_a body_n of_o christ_n bonifacius_n write_v his_o letter_n to_o eulalius_n bishop_n of_o thessalonica_n requiringe_v he_o with_o the_o church_n there_o about_o to_o geve_v almighty_a god_n thanks_n for_o it_o but_o here_o if_o i_o will_v show_v what_o bishop_n dividinge_v themselves_o through_o heresy_n schism_n or_o other_o enormity_n from_o the_o obedience_n of_o the_o see_v of_o rome_n have_v upon_o better_a advice_n submit_v themselves_o to_o the_o same_o again_o and_o thereupon_o have_v be_v reconcile_v i_o have_v a_o large_a field_n to_o walk_v in_o as_o inferior_a bishop_n of_o sundry_a province_n have_v do_v it_o so_o have_v the_o great_a 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church_n again_o and_o thus_o be_v he_o reconcile_v sundry_a the_o like_a reconciliation_n of_o the_o patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n and_o jerusalem_n to_o the_o see_v the_o rome_n in_o like_a case_n may_v easy_o be_v recite_v which_o for_o avoidinge_v of_o tediousness_n i_o pass_v over_o as_o likewise_o of_o the_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n which_o as_o we_o read_v in_o ancient_a story_n have_v forsake_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n twelve_o time_n and_o have_v be_v reconcile_v to_o the_o same_o again_o the_o b._n of_o sarisburie_n first_o m._n hardinge_n suppose_v that_o this_o latin_a word_n reconciliatio_fw-la can_v in_o no_o wise_n stand_v among_o equal_n and_o besides_o that_o touch_v the_o reconciliation_n of_o the_o church_n of_o antioch_n as_o it_o shall_v appear_v he_o misreport_v the_o whole_a story_n upon_o such_o ground_n these_o proof_n be_v build_v for_o m._n harding_n know_v that_o as_o submission_n be_v make_v by_o the_o subject_n towards_o his_o prince_n so_o 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with_o his_o fellow_n his_o fellow_n be_v s._n augustine_n alypius_n and_o two_o hundred_o and_o fifteen_o other_o bishop_n be_v set_v on_o by_o the_o devil_n in_o the_o time_n of_o my_o predecessor_n begin_v to_o bear_v himself_o disdainful_o against_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n the_o one_o of_o these_o by_o a_o public_a instrument_n under_o his_o hand_n and_o seal_n utter_o condemn_v and_o accurse_v s._n augustine_n devil_n with_o two_o hundred_o and_o sixtéene_n other_o godly_a bishop_n together_o with_o four_o general_a council_n of_o aphrica_n carthage_n milevitum_n and_o hippo_n the_o other_o saithe_v they_o be_v all_o set_v a_o work_n and_o prickte_v forth_o by_o the_o devil_n and_o live_v out_o of_o the_o church_n of_o god_n and_o die_v in_o schism_n if_o this_o be_v true_a than_o aught_o s._n augustine_n no_o long_o to_o be_v hold_v for_o a_o saint_n neither_o to_o have_v any_o room_n in_o the_o calendar_n but_o if_o all_o these_o godly_a father_n counsel_n that_o just_o and_o true_o defend_v the_o holy_a council_n of_o nice_a be_v leadde_a with_o the_o devil_n with_o what_o spirit_n then_o be_v he_o leadde_v that_o open_o and_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o all_o the_o world_n dare_v to_o corrupt_v and_o falsify_v the_o same_o council_n uery_o dionysius_n the_o bishop_n of_o corinthe_n complain_v thus_o rogatu_fw-la fra●rum_fw-la meorum_fw-la scripsi_fw-la epistolas_fw-la 〈◊〉_d sed_fw-la illas_fw-la apostoli_fw-la diaboli_fw-la alia_fw-la eximentes_fw-la alia_fw-la interserentes_fw-la impleverunt_fw-la zizanijs_fw-la quibus_fw-la vae_fw-la reponitur_fw-la at_o the_o request_n of_o my_o brethren_n i_o write_v certain_a epistle_n but_o the_o devil_n apostle_n by_o puttinge_v to_o and_o take_v fro_o have_v fill_v they_o full_o of_o tare_n and_o cockle_n but_o woe_n be_v unto_o they_o but_o in_o the_o mean_a while_n say_v m._n hardinge_n the_o country_n of_o aphrica_n even_o by_o the_o punishment_n of_o god_n be_v bring_v into_o subjection_n and_o spoil_v by_o the_o 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julij_fw-la è_fw-la sozomeno_fw-la sozomen_n lib._n 8._o cap._n 28._o socrat._v lib._n 1._o cap._n 33._o coram_fw-la i_o epist._n chrysost._n ●d_a innocen_n in_o tom._n 5._o m._n hardinge_n falsifi_v and_o untrue_o translate_v s._n chrysostome_n ad_fw-la innocen_n epistpriore_fw-la epist._n julij_fw-la in_o athanasij_n apol._n in_o apolog._n 2._o epistola_fw-la julij_fw-la ad_fw-la orientales_fw-la inter_fw-la decreta_fw-la julij_fw-la basil._n epis._n 48._o add_v athanasi_n basil._n ad_fw-la athan._n epis._n 52._o athanasi_n in_o epist_n ad_fw-la solitarid_fw-la vitam_fw-la agentes_fw-la epist._n julij_fw-la in_o apologia_fw-la athanasij_n 2._o nicephorus_n li._n 13._o ca._n 33._o optatus_n li._n 2._o inter_fw-la decreta_fw-la julij_fw-la council_n tomo_fw-la 1._o inter_fw-la decreta_fw-la innocentij_fw-la epistol_n 27._o sozomenus_n li._n 3._o ca._n 10._o council_n constantinopol_n quintum_fw-la actio_fw-la 1._o de_fw-fr officio_fw-la eius_fw-la cvi_fw-la mandata_fw-la est_fw-la 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matth._n 23._o s._n augustine_n speak_v general_o of_o all_o bishop_n and_o not_o one_o word_n namely_o of_o the_o b._n of_o rome_n m._n harding_n compare_v the_o pope_n with_o balaam_n and_o caiphas_n matth._n 23._o lucae_n 11._o numer_n 23._o &_o 24._o johan._n 11._o whether_o the_o pope_n may_v err_v august_n confession_n li._n 3._o ca._n 6._o retractat_fw-la li._n 1._o ca._n 7._o 2._o quaesti_fw-la 7._o qui_fw-la nec_fw-la luc._n 22._o miche_n 3._o hieremi_n 18._o miche_n 3._o 24_o quae._n 1._o in_o glosa_n alphons_n contra_fw-la haereses_fw-la li._n 1._o ca._n 4._o council_n constantino_n 6._o acti_fw-la 12._o council_n tomo_fw-la 1._o in_o vita_fw-la marcellini_fw-la gerson_n holcote_n in_o lib._n sapien._n lecti_fw-la 189_o dist._n 19_o anastasius_n abbas_n vrsperg_n in_o chronicis_fw-la council_n basilien_n in_o epist._n synodali_n dist._n 40._o si_fw-mi papa_n nic._n lyra_n in_o 16._o caput_fw-la matthae_fw-la irenae_n li._n 1._o ca._n 1._o de_fw-fr electi_fw-la &_o elect_v potestate_fw-la significasti_fw-la in_o glosa_n idem_fw-la albert._n pigghius_n li._n 6._o ca._n 13._o 13._o epist._n sixti_fw-la 2._o matthae_fw-la 3._o dist._n 40._o nonnos_fw-la dist._n 40._o si._n papa_n dist._n 19_o sic_fw-la o_n in_o glosa_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d actor_n 20._o dist._n 40._o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr facile_fw-la origen_n in_o matthae_n tractat_fw-la 1._o beda_n in_o lucam_n ca._n 22._o johan._n 17._o cyprian_a li._n 1._o epist._n 4._o dist._n 32._o nullus_fw-la esai_n 1._o 2._o timoth._n 4._o hieremie_n 7._o matth._n 21._o apocal._n 17._o daniel_n 9_o 2._o thessalonic_fw-la 2._o matth._n 16._o apocal._n 18._o irenae_n li._n 4._o ca._n 43._o augustin_n in_o johan._n tractat_fw-la 46._o the_o .109_o untruth_n for_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o east_n never_o yield_v such_o subjection_n to_o the_o pope_n nicolaus_n pp_n ad_fw-la michaelem_fw-la imperat._n nicol._n pp_n ad_fw-la michaelem_fw-la imperatorem_fw-la princeps_fw-la super_fw-la omnem_fw-la terram_fw-la council_n nicen._n can._n 6._o rufinus_n li._n 1._o c._n ●_o athanas._o in_o epist_n ad_fw-la solitariam_fw-la vitam_fw-la agen●es_fw-la metropolis_n romanae_fw-la ditionis_fw-la cassiodor_n li._n 4_o ca._n 24._o cyril_n epist._n 27._o pag._n 294._o sozom._n li._n 3._o c._n 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d socra●_n li._n 2._o c._n 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rufin_n li._n 1._o c._n 29._o rufinus_n li._n 1._o ca._n 30._o &_o 31._o basil._n epist._n 48._o cod._n de_fw-fr sacrosanctis_fw-la eccle._n lege_fw-la 6._o dist._n 22._o renovantes_fw-la in_o glosa_n cod._n de_fw-fr sacro_fw-la eccle._n lege_fw-la 6._o literae_fw-la synodicae_n greg._n li._n 1._o epis_fw-la 24._o 25._o &_o li._n 6._o epistol_n 5._o gregor_n li._n 7._o epist_n 30._o paulus_n aemylius_fw-la in_o historia_fw-la gallorum_n li._n 8._o council_n constantinopol_n 5._o act._n 1._o nicephor_n li._n 6._o ca._n 28._o ambros._n li._n 10._o epist._n 81._o council_n constantino_n 5._o actio_fw-la 5._o council_n chalcedon_n actio_fw-la 10._o nicephor_n li._n 13._o ca._n 24._o theodor._n li._n 6._o ca._n 18._o euagri_n li._n 4._o ca._n 40._o inter_fw-la decreta_fw-la innocen●ij_fw-la council_n constantinopol_n 5._o act._n 1._o council_n constantinopol_n 5._o act._n 4._o theodoret._n li._n 1._o cap._n 19_o authen_n de_fw-fr ecclesiast_fw-la diversis_fw-la capitulis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sozomen_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 11._o dist._n 21._o in_o tantum_fw-la ni●●phor_n li._n 17._o ca._n 26._o council_n constantinopolitan_n 6._o actio_fw-la 13._o sozomen_n li._n 3._o ca._n 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o .110_o untruth_n for_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n confirm_v the_o bishop_n of_o his_o own_o province_n but_o not_o all_o bishop_n throughout_o the_o world_n in_o vita_fw-la vigilij_fw-la vigilij_fw-la ambros._n li._n 10._o episi_fw-la 82._o 82._o theodoret._n li._n 5._o ca._n 23._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sozomen_n li._n 4._o ca._n 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gregor_n presb._n in_o vita_fw-la nazian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d anaclet_n epist._n 2._o gregor_n li._n 4._o epis._n 36._o sozomen_n li._n 3._o ca._n 11._o theodoret._n li._n 4._o ca._n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sozomen_n li._n 7._o ca._n 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gregorius_n presbyter_n in_o aquavitae_fw-la nazianzeni_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d anaclet_n epist._n 2._o cyprian_a li._n 1._o epist._n 4._o cyprian_a li._n 4._o epist._n 2._o cyprian_a li._n 4._o epist._n 8._o council_n constantinopol_n 5._o actio_fw-la 2._o liberatus_n c._n 20._o cyprian_a lib._n 1_o epist._n 4._o anaclet_n epist._n 3._o dist._n 93._o juxta_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la gregor_n li._n 4._o epist._n 34._o sozomen_n lib._n 6._o ca._n 23._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sozomen_n li._n 3._o ca._n 8._o sozomen_n li._n 7._o ca._n 8._o the_o .111_o untruth_n stand_v in_o the_o wilful_a falsifie_v of_o the_o text_n lib._n 4._o ca._n 19_o the_o .112_o untrueth_n for_o in_o those_o day_n the_o b._n of_o rome_n have_v no_o authority_n to_o summon_v council_n quas_fw-la romana_fw-la suscipiens_fw-la confirmavit_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la in_o praefatione_fw-la niceni_n concilij_fw-la ▪_o li._n ●5_n cassiodor_n li._n ●_o ca._n 19_o socrat._v li._n 2._o ca._n 17._o confirmation_n of_o counsel_n socrat._v lib._n 5._o in_o prooemio_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theodoret._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d inter_fw-la acta_fw-la concilij_fw-la constantinopol_n 5._o gregor_n lib._n 4._o epist._n 34._o leo_fw-la epist._n 23._o liberat._n ca._n 12._o genibus_fw-la provolutis_fw-la leo_n epist_n 11._o ad_fw-la theodos._n august_n leo_fw-la epist._n 13._o leo_fw-la epist._n 50._o leo_fw-la epist._n 13._o 44._o ●8_o epist._n gelasij_n ad_fw-la episcopos_fw-la dardaniae_fw-la council_n chalcedon_n action_n 1._o council_n chalcedon_n acti_fw-la 3._o eusebius_n in_o vit●_n constantini_n inter_fw-la acta_fw-la concilij_fw-la constan._n 5._o theodor._n li._n 1._o ca._n 9_o &_o li._n 2._o ca._n 8._o victorin_n li._n 2._o leo_fw-la epist._n 60._o inter_fw-la acta_fw-la con●cil_n chalcedon_n regula_n iuris_fw-la euseb._n oratio_fw-la 3._o de_fw-la vita_fw-la constan_n theodoret._n li._n 1._o ca._n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d leo_fw-la epist._n 61._o leo_fw-la epist._n 59_o leo_fw-la epist._n 59_o sozomen_n li._n 6._o ca._n 23._o leo_fw-la epist._n 13._o liberatus_n ca._n 13._o hieronym_n ad_fw-la euagrium_n the_o .113_o untrueth_n for_o the_o emperor_n restore_v athanasius_n and_o not_o the_o pope_n pope_n nicolas_n die_v in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 868._o i_o mayor_n &_o obedient_a unam_fw-la sanctam_fw-la extra_n de_fw-fr maior_n &_o obedien_fw-mi solitae_fw-la et_fw-la in_o glosa_fw-la carion_n in_o frederico_n epist._n decretalis_fw-la innocent_n 27._o gregor_n li._n 4._o epist._n 34._o leo_fw-la epist._n 45._o socrat._v li._n 1._o ca_fw-mi 25._o de_fw-fr ecclesiast_fw-la diver_n capitul_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d socrat._v li._n 2._o ca._n 3._o sozomen_n li._n 3._o ca._n 20._o theodoret._n li._n 2._o ca._n 8._o theodoret._n li._n 2._o ca._n 11._o cassiodor_n li._n 4._o ca._n 31._o cassiodor_n li._n 4._o ca._n 30._o cassiodor_n li._n 4._o ca._n 36._o theodoret._n li._n 2._o ca._n 17._o leo_fw-la epist._n 39_o platyna_n in_o adriano_n 2._o epistola_fw-la
avouch_v by_o these_o word_n 2._o tametsi_fw-la solus_fw-la sim_fw-la qui_fw-la scripsi_fw-la tamen_fw-la non_fw-la meam_fw-la solius_fw-la sententiam_fw-la sed_fw-la omnium_fw-la italorum_fw-mi &_o omnium_fw-la in_o his_o regionibus_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la scripsi_fw-la not_o withstand_v i_o alone_o write_v yet_o it_o be_v not_o my_o own_o mind_n only_o that_o i_o write_v but_o also_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o italy_n and_o of_o all_o other_o bishop_n of_o these_o country_n so_o likewise_o innocentius_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n 33._o be_v very_o desirous_a to_o restore_v chrysostome_n and_o to_o recover_v the_o unity_n of_o the_o church_n not_o of_o himself_o or_o by_o his_o own_o authority_n but_o by_o the_o decree_n and_o consent_n of_o a_o council_n hold_v in_o italy_n send_v messenger_n into_o the_o east_n and_o sittinge_n with_o other_o in_o the_o council_n he_o take_v not_o upon_o he_o that_o universal_a power_n that_o be_v now_o imagine_v but_o have_v his_o voice_n equal_a with_o his_o brethren_n as_o it_o appear_v by_o meltiades_n bishop_n of_o rome_n 2._o that_o sit_v with_o three_o bishop_n of_o gallia_n and_o fourteen_o other_o bishop_n of_o italy_n to_o determine_v the_o controversy_n between_o caecilianus_n and_o donatus_n a_o casis_fw-la nigris_fw-la now_o to_o come_v to_o the_o prosecution_n of_o the_o matter_n m._n hardinge_n know_v that_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o east_n understand_v not_o this_o singular_a authority_n or_o prerogative_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o therefore_o be_v call_v obey_v not_o the_o summon_n nor_o have_v any_o regard_n unto_o his_o sentence_n as_o it_o be_v many_o way_n easy_a to_o be_v see_v therefore_o they_o return_v unto_o julius_n this_o answer_n 1._o si_fw-mi nostris_fw-la placitis_fw-la assentiri_fw-la volueritis_fw-la pacem_fw-la vobiscum_fw-la &_o communionem_fw-la habere_fw-la volumus_fw-la sin_n verò_fw-la aliter_fw-la egeritis_fw-la &_o eye_v amplius_fw-la quàm_fw-la nobis_fw-la assentiri_fw-la iudicaveritis_fw-la contraria_fw-la celebrabimus_fw-la &_o deinceps_fw-la nec_fw-la vobiscum_fw-la congregari_fw-la nec_fw-la vobis_fw-la obedire_fw-la nec_fw-la vobis_fw-la vestrisue_n favere_fw-la volumus_fw-la if_o you_o will_v agree_v unto_o our_o order_n we_o will_v have_v peace_n and_o communion_n with_o you_o but_o if_o you_o will_v otherwise_o do_v and_o rather_o agree_v unto_o our_o adversary_n then_o unto_o we_o then_o will_v we_o publish_v the_o contrary_a and_o hencefoorthe_o neither_o will_v we_o ●itte_v in_o council_n with_o you_o nor_o obey_v you_o nor_o bear_v good_a will_v either_o to_o you_o or_o to_o any_o of_o you_o this_o imperfection_n and_o weakness_n of_o their_o own_o doing_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n themselves_o understand_v and_o confess_v for_o thus_o innocentius_n write_v unto_o s._n augustine_n alypius_n and_o other_o in_o aphrica_n touchinge_v pelagius_n 27._o si_fw-la adhuc_fw-la taliter_fw-la sentit_fw-la cum_o sciat_fw-la se_fw-la damnandum_fw-la esse_fw-la quibus_fw-la acceptis_fw-la literis_fw-la aut_fw-la quandose_fw-la nostro_fw-la iudicio_fw-la committet_fw-la quòd_fw-la si_fw-la accersendus_fw-la esset_fw-la id_fw-la ab_fw-la illis_fw-la melius_fw-la fieret_fw-la qui_fw-la magis_fw-la proximi_fw-la &_o non_fw-la jongo_fw-la terrarum_fw-la spatio_fw-la videntur_fw-la esse_fw-la disiuncti_fw-la if_o he_o continue_v still_o in_o one_o mind_n know_v that_o i_o will_v pronounce_v against_o he_o at_o what_o request_n of_o letter_n or_o when_o will_v he_o commit_v himself_o to_o our_o judgement_n if_o it_o be_v good_a he_o be_v call_v to_o make_v answer_n it_o be_v better_o some_o other_o call_v he_o that_o be_v near_o at_o hand_n etc._n etc._n and_o therefore_o julius_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n find_v his_o own_o infirmity_n herein_o write_v unto_o the_o emperor_n constans_n 10._o and_o open_v unto_o he_o the_o whole_a matter_n and_o beseech_v he_o to_o write_v unto_o his_o brother_n constantius_n that_o it_o may_v please_v he_o to_o send_v the_o bishop_n of_o the_o east_n to_o make_v answer_n to_o that_o they_o have_v do_v against_o athanasius_n even_o so_o the_o clergy_n of_o the_o city_n of_o antioch_n in_o the_o like_a case_n of_o trouble_n and_o spoil_v write_v unto_o john_n the_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n 1._o to_o entreat_v the_o emperor_n in_o their_o behalf_n it_o appear_v hereby_o that_o this_o infinite_a authority_n and_o prerogative_n power_n over_o all_o the_o world_n in_o those_o day_n be_v not_o know_v i_o think_v it_o hereby_o plain_o and_o sufficient_o prove_v first_o that_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n have_v no_o authority_n to_o receive_v appeal_n from_o all_o part_n of_o the_o world_n and_o that_o by_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a of_o tele_n of_o milevitum_n and_o of_o aphrica_n by_o s._n cyprian_n and_o by_o the_o emperor_n martian_a and_o justinian_n next_o that_o m._n hardinge_n the_o better_a to_o furnish_v his_o matter_n have_v notoriouse_o falsify_v 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