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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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Epist. 247. The inclination of Stentopulcher a Pannonian Lord to the Church of Rome, brought down the Popes heart to dispense with Methodius, 1and changed his judgment to give very fair reason why Mass and Gospel and all might be used in the Slavonian and all tongues; only to keep up the honour of the Latin tongue (and his authority) he commandeth that though the rest be done in the Slavonian, yet the Gospel be first read in Latin, and then translated and read over again in the Slavonian.
Epist. 247. The inclination of Stentopulcher a Pannonian Lord to the Church of Rome, brought down the Popes heart to dispense with Methodius, 1and changed his judgment to give very fair reason why Mass and Gospel and all might be used in the Sclavonian and all tongues; only to keep up the honour of the Latine tongue (and his authority) he commandeth that though the rest be done in the Sclavonian, yet the Gospel be first read in Latine, and then translated and read over again in the Sclavonian.
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Epist. 250. 251. He approveth of Photius's restitution,
Epist. 256. He is fain to chide Auspert Bishop of Milan; that Instead of fearing his sentence, he laid in prison two Monks sent by the Pope, and taken on the high way. But his heart came down at last, and he speaks Auspertus fair, and alloweth of his ordination of Joseph Episc. Astensis, though irregular.