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You• doctors of Paris, have concluded thus, Articulo XXII. Quod autem magistri nostri dicū • de legitima congregatione, notandum est ad hoc, ut concilium legitimè congregetur, sufficere, quod solemnitas ⟨image 91⟩& forma juris solemniter sit seruata. Quia si quis trahere vellet hoc in disputationem, utrū praelati, qui ibi sedent, habeant rectam intentionem: & utrum sint docti, & utrum habeant scientiam sacrarum literarum, & animū obediendi sanae doctrinae, esset processus in infinitū. That is to say, where as our doctors speak of a lawful council, we must mark, that to this, that the council be lawfully gathered, it shall be sufficient that the solemnity, and form of law be solemnly observed. For if we should move question, whether the Bishops ye sit in council, have a godly meaning, & whether they be learned, and whether they have under stā ding of the scriptures, and whether they mind to submit them selves to sound doctrine, then should ⟨p. 90⟩we never have done. Thus it is decreed by your doctors, that nether godly meaning, nor learning, nor knowledge of the Scriptures, nor obedience unto sound doctrine, is to be weighed in y• Bishops that rule the council, but only a certain solemnity, and form of law. Dioscorus, that was President of the same council, and his words be reported in the council of Chalcedō, saith thus. Theodosius confirmavit omnia quae judicata sunt à sancta & universally synodo generally. Theodosius, saith he, hath confirmed all such things as were determined by this universal and general council.

You• doctours of Pa•yse, haue concluded thus, Articulo XXII. Quod autem magistri nostri dicū • de legitima congregatione, notandum est ad hoc, vt concilium legitimè congregetur, sufficere, quod solemnitas ⟨image 91⟩& forma iuris solemniter sit seruata. Quia si quis trahere vellet hoc in disputationem, vtrū praelati, qui ibi sedent, habeant rectam intentionem: & vtrum sint docti, & vtrum habeant scientiam sacrarum literarum, & animū obediendi sanae doctrinae, esset processus in infinitū. That is to say, where as our doctours speake of a lawfull councel, we must marke, that to this, that the councel be lawfully gathered, it shalbe sufficient that the solemnity, and fourme of law be solemly obserued. For if we shoulde moue question, whether the Bishops ye sit in councell, haue a godly meaning, & whether they be learned, and whether they haue vnder stā ding of the scriptures, and whether they mind to submit them selues to sound doctrine, then should