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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The Papists would fain prove this the work of a Roman Synod, (to settle the Electors) that they may prove that it is they, that must make and unmake Emperors. But they can show us no such Council.
The Papists would fain prove this the work of a Roman Synod, (to settle the Electors) that they may prove that it is they, that must make and unmake Emperours. But they can shew us no such Council.
Onuphrius hath written a Treatise to prove that this was after done by Greg. 10th. For which Binius reprehends him, as believing Aventinus.
But this is a Controversy handled by so many, that I shall refer the Reader to them: and whether the seven Electors only, or all the Feudatories chose.
Baronius and Binius maintain, that all came from the Authority of the Pope; that Greg. 5th. Ordained the choice of the Emperor to be by all the Feudatories of the Empire; that the Council at Lyons, under Innocent 4th. settled it upon Seven, but not all the same that are now Electors; and that the Princes after settled it on these same Seven, they know not who nor when.