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Yea how much S. Gregory always abhorred that tyrannical supremacy,¹ which your Pope of long time hath usurped over the Church,² is manifest, in that he so often & so bitterly inveigheth against the name of universal Bishop: which he would not have done, condemning it wholly as most wicked, unlawful, ambitious, profane, Antichristian, if he had thought his own episcopal government and jurisdiction had extended over all Churches. For as John of Constantinople challenged that name, in the same sense & meaning doth Gregory reject it: but John meant only thereby to make himself a chief Bishop over all Bishops, and to bring under his jurisdiction the whole Church of Christ: and therefore it is evident, that S. Gregory utterly misliked, that any Bishop whosoever should have an universal authority over the whole Church, which is to bring the Church in subjection under him.

Yea how much S. Gregorie alwaies abhorred that tyrannicall supremacie,¹ which your Pope of long time hath vsurped ouer the Church,² is manifest, in that he so often & so bitterlie inueicth against the name of vniuersall Bishop: which he would not haue done, condemning it whollie as most wicked, vnlawfull, ambitious, profane, Antichristian, if he had thought his owne episcopall gouernment and iurisdiction had extended ouer all Churches. For as Iohn of Constaninople chalenged that name, in the same sense & meaning doth Gregorie reiect it: but Iohn meant onelie thereby to make himselfe a chiefe Bishop ouer all Bishops, and to bring vnder his iurisdiction the wholl Church of Christ: and therefore it is euident, that S. Gregorie vtterlie misliked, that anie Bishop whosoeuer should haue an vniuersall authority ouer the whol Church, which is to bring the Church in subiection vnder him.

1. 1Pag. 159. &c.
2. 2S. Gregory was not only himself no universal pope, but hath also in plain words condemned both that office & title universally.