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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 4
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§. 3. Gratian (and Valentinian junior) coming to the Empire, Liberty of Conscience and Restoration was given to all Sects, except the Eunomians, Photinians, and Manichees (Socrat. l. 5. c. 2.) He took Theodosius into the Empire with him: And so the Orthodox Party got up again: and the Arians after this went every where down, save among the Goths.
§. 4. LXXI. Theodosius called a General Council at Constantinople, where the chief things done, were, 1. the setting up of Gregory Nazianzene as Bishop, 2. The condemning of the Macedonians, 3. The giving of the second Patriarchate to Constantinople, because it was the Imperial Seat; putting under him the Dioceses of Pontu•, Heraclea and Asia: 4. The putting down of Nazianzene again, and putting Nectarius in his stead. 5. The settling Flavianus at Antioch.
§. 4. LXXI. Theodosius called a General Council at Constantinople, where the chief things done, were, 1. the setting up of Gregory Nazianzene as Bishop, 2. The condemning of the Macedonians, 3. The giving of the second Patriarchate to Constantinople, because it was the Imperial Seat; putting under him the Diocesses of Pontu•, Heraclea and Asia: 4. The putting down of Nazianzene again, and putting Nectarius in his stead. 5. The setling Flavianus at Antioch.
§. 5. Some would persuade us that it was two Councils and not one that did these things: But the question is but de nomine. In the beginning they dispatched part of their work; and before they departed Meletius the Bishop of Antioch dying, the Bishops returned to Council, and more Egyptian Bishops came and did the rest.
§. 5. Some would perswade us that it was two Councils and not one that did these things: But the question is but de nomine. In the beginning they dispatch'd part of their work; and before they departed Meletius the Bishop of Antioch dying, the Bishops returned to Council, and more Egyptian Bishops came and did the rest.