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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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§ 66. Tharasius professeth his consent to Adrian's Letters, yet professeth, [That he giveth the Worship called Latria to God alone, 1and placeth his belief in him alone.] Contrary to Aquinas and his Followers, and other such Roman Doctors. And the whole Council echoed their consent, and voted for Images; so much can one Woman do in Power.
§ 66. Tharasius professeth his consent to Adrian's Letters, yet professeth, [That he giveth the Worship called Latria to God alone, 1and placeth his belief in him alone.] Contrary to Aquinas and his Followers, and other such Roman Doctors. And the whole Council ecchoed their consent, and voted for Images; so much can one Woman do in Power.
- 1Crab. p. 485.
§ 67. In the 3d Action, Gregory Bishop of Neo-Caesarea is to receive his Absolution fully, and Tharasius puts in an Objection, that it's said that some Bishops in the late Persecution did scourge dissenting Bishops, and such were not to be received: But Gregory protested that he scourged none. But he is accused by others, to have been a Leader of the last Council against Images, and so he is deferred. And the Epistle of Tharasius to the Eastern Patriarchs is read, (and their Answers;) in which it is to be noted, that yet Image-worship was not owned: For he professeth in his Creed to them, that [We admit Pictures for no other use, but that they may the more perfectly be exhibited to the sight and eyes; as the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the World, &c.]