Church-history of the government of bishops and their councils abbreviated including the chief part…

§ 9. CCCXXXVIII. In a Council at Lyons, Baronius (after others) saith a miracle was done, viz. saith he [The heresy of Simony having seized on all Italy and Burgundy, the Pope sent Hildebrand a sub-Deacon to call a Council, where an Arch-Bishop accused of Simony bribed all his accusers the next day into silence:¹ Hildebrand bid him say [Glory be to the Father, Son and Holy Ghost•] He said the rest, but was not able to name the Holy Ghost: Whereupon he confessed his crimes, and besides seven and twenty other Prelates of the Churches, forty five Bishops consest themselves Simoniacs and renounced their places.] ⟨p. 347⟩What a case was the Church in when Popery grew ripe? Pet. Damian. mentioneth six Bishops deposed by Hildebrand for divers crimes.

§ 9. CCCXXXVIII. In a Council at Lyons, Baronius (after others) saith a miracle was done, viz. saith he [The heresie of Simonie having seized on all Italy and Burgundie, the Pope sent Hildebrand a sub-Deacon to call a Council, where an Arch-Bishop accused of Simony bribed all his accusers the next day into silence:¹ Hildebrand bid him say [Glory be to the Father, Son and Holy Ghost•] He said the rest, but was not able to name the Holy Ghost: Whereupon he confest his crimes, and besides seven and twenty other Prelates of the Churches, forty five Bishops consest themselves Simoniacks and renounced their places.] ⟨p. 347⟩What a case was the Church in when Popery grew ripe? Pet. Damian. mentioneth six Bishops deposed by Hildebrand for divers crimes.

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