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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 10
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Whether at that time there was a John the 8th or none till him that some call John the 9th after Adrian the 2d, is uncertain.
Whether at that time there was a Iohn the 8th or none till him that some call Iohn the 9th after Adrian the 2d, is uncertain.
§ 13. Leo dying, (if there was no John or Joan between) a Schism was made; the People most choosing Benedict, and the Agents of the Emperor, with part of the People and Bishops, choosing one Anastasius a Cardinal Presbyter, that had been Excommunicate by a former Pope. Anastasius thought his choice so sure, that entering Leonina, (the Roman Suburbs) he went into St. Peter's own Church, and broke down and burnt the Images, and with a Mattock cast down to the ground even the Image of Christ, and the Virgin Mary. They went on and imprisoned Benedict, (quem omnis Romana Plebs eligerat, saith Anast. in Bin. p. 659.) But while the great Men and Officers of the Emperor did their utmost to constrain the People to consent to Anastasius, they could not prevail, and so they were fain to yield to the multitude to end the Tumult and Confusion, and Benedict had the place.
§ 13. Leo dying, (if there was no Iohn or Ioane between) a Schism was made; the People most chusing Benedict, and the Agents of the Emperor, with part of the People and Bishops, chusing one Anastasius a Cardinal Presbyter, that had been Excommunicate by a former Pope. Anastasius thought his choice so sure, that entering Leonina, (the Roman Suburbs) he went into St. Peter's own Church, and broke down and burnt the Images, and with a Mattock cast down to the ground even the Image of Christ, and the Virgin Mary. They went on and imprisoned Benedict, (quem omnis Romana Plebs eligerat, saith Anast. in Bin. p. 659.) But while the great Men and Officers of the Emperor did their utmost to constrain the People to consent to Anastasius, they could not prevail, and so they were fain to yield to the multitude to end the Tumult and Confusion, and Benedict had the place.