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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 11
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§. 72. Benedict 7. An. 975. drove away Boniface, and was Pope himself: And so here were again two Popes: Now Otho 2. had a great Overthrow by the Greeks in Calabria; and flying by Sea, was taken Prisoner by Pirates, and Redeemed by the Sicilians; dyed at Rome: And Otho the 3. was Chosen in his place by the Germans. Writers agree not of the time of Benedict's Reign. In his time they feign, that at a Council ⟨p. 334⟩at Winchester in the midst of their Disputes, the Image of our Lord spake out for the Monks against the secular Clergy, and so decided all the Controversies.
§. 72. Benedict 7. An. 975. drove away Boniface, and was Pope himself: And so here were again two Popes: Now Otho 2. had a great Overthrow by the Greeks in Calabria; and flying by Sea, was taken Prisoner by Pyrats, and Redeemed by the Sicilians; dyed at Rome: And Otho the 3. was Chosen in his place by the Germanes. Writers agree not of the time of Benedicts Reign. In his time they feign, that at a Council ⟨p. 334⟩at Winchester in the midst of their Disputes, the Image of our Lord spake out for the Monks against the secular Clergy, and so decided all the Controversies.
And a Synod was at Rome, about the Bishop of Magdeburg, accused.
§. 73. CCCXIX. Anno 975. At a Council at Constantinople, Basil the Patriarch is Accused as Criminal, and Antonius Studita put in his place.
§. 73. CCCXIX. Anno 975. At a Council at Constantinople, Basil the Partiarch is Accused as Criminal, and Antonius Studita put in his place.