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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 12
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§ 98. An. 1090. A Council of Urban's at Melfia decreed again, that no Bishop receive Investiture from any Lay-man; and that no Lay-man have right or authority over any Clerk. Also against false Penance (Hildebrand ⟨p. 372⟩before had decreed that Penance, and Baptism, (and so Absolution) profit not impenitent undisposed Receivers.)
§ 99. CCCLXXVI. A Council at Benevent condemned Pope Clement again.
§ 100. CCCLXXVII. Another at Troy did consult for Urban's interest.
§ 101. CCCLXXVIII. Another at Constance, An. 1094. against married Priests and Simoniacs, and about the number of Easter and Whitsun Holidays. And the Empress Praxes departed from the Emperor, accusing the Court of most filthy Fornication;1 perhaps the cause of their Calamities.