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Church-history of the government of bishops and their councils abbreviated including the chief part…
Church-history of the government of bishops and their councils abbreviated including the chief part of the government of Christian princes and popes, and a true account of the most troubling controversies and heresies till the Reformation ... / by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed by B. Griffin for Thomas Simmons, 1680
Church-History OF BISHOPS And their COUNCILS ABRIDGED, &c. › Chapter 9
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Tharasius joyfully received all this, and Constantine Bishop of Constance in Cyprus said, That this Libel of Theodosius drew many tears from him, (I suppose of joy;) And now they all saw the way.
§ 60. But now cometh a Crowd more to do their Penance; Hypatius Bishop of Nice, Leo Rhodi, Gregory of Pisidia, Gregory of Pessinunt, Leo of Iconium, Nicolas of Hierapolis, Leo of Carpathium. And now Tarasius was sure of them, he groweth more upon them, and will know of them, Whence it was that in the last Council they did what they did against Images? whether it was through mere Ignorance,1 or by any reason that drew them to it: If through Ignorance, he bids them give a Reason how they came to be so ignorant: If upon any Reason, to tell what that Reason was, that it might be refuted.
§ 60. But now cometh a Crowd more to do their Pennance; Hypatius Bishop of Nice, Leo Rhodi, Gregory of Pisidia, Gregory of Pessinunt, Leo of Iconium, Nicolas of Hierapolis, Leo of Carpathium. And now Tarasius was sure of them, he groweth more upon them, and will know of them, Whence it was that in the last Council they did what they did against Images? whether it was through meer Ignorance,1 or by any reason that drew them to it: If through Ignorance, he bids them give a Reason how they came to be so ignorant: If upon any Reason, to tell what that Reason was, that it might be refuted.
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Leo, Bishop of Rhode, answered, [We have sinned before God, and before the Church, and before this holy Synod; Ignorance made us fall from the Truth, and we have nothing to say in our own defence.]