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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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§ 131. Valentine was next chosen Pope, (Collectis in unum Venerab. Episcopis & Gloriosis Romanorum Proceribus, omnique amplae urbis Populo in ⟨p. 252⟩Pal. Later. saith Anastasius) but he lived but 30 or 40 days, (Historians agree not of it.)
§ 132. Gregory the 4th succeeded, who, saith Platina, would not undertake the Papal Office, till Ludovicus the Emperor had considered of the choice, and confirmed it: [Which, (saith Platina) Ludovicus did not out of Pride, but lest he should lose the Rights of the Empire,* being by nature gentle and most humane, and had ever upheld the Rights of the Church. He settled Benefices on every Priest, that Poverty might not hinder them.] You see here that the great Friend of the Church yet took that for the right of the Empire, that none should be Pope against his consent.
§ 132. Gregory the 4th succeeded, who, saith Platina, would not undertake the Papal Office, till Ludovicus the Emperor had considered of the choice, and confirmed it: [Which, (saith Platina) Ludovicus did not out of Pride, but lest he should lose the Rights of the Empire,* being by nature gentle and most humane, and had ever upheld the Rights of the Church. He setled Benefices on every Priest, that Poverty might not hinder them.] You see here that the great Friend of the Church yet took that for the right of the Empire, that none should be Pope against his consent.
- *Mark that it is the Rights of the Empire.