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

§. 11. This Council added to the Nicene Creed some words about the Holy Ghost. The advancement of the Constantinopolitane Bishop by this Synod with the reasons of it, bred such a jealousy in the Bishops of Rome, as hath broken the Churches of the East and West, which are unhealed to this day.

§. 11. This Council added to the Nicene Creed some words about the Holy Ghost. The advancement of the Constantinopolitane Bishop by this Synod with the reasons of it, bred such a jealousie in the Bishops of Rome, as hath broken the Churches of the East and West, which are unhealed to this day.

§. 12. LXXII. Two Bishops, Palladius and Secundianus, complained to Gratian, that they were unjustly judged Arians, and desired a Council to try them. Ambrose persuaded him not to trouble all the World for two Men. A Council of 32 Bishops is called for them at Aquileia. They refuse to be accountable to so few, and are condemned.

§. 12. LXXII. Two Bishops, Palladius and Secundianus, complained to Gratian, that they were unjustly judged Arians, and desired a Council to try them. Ambrose perswaded him not to trouble all the World for two Men. A Council of 32 Bishops is called for them at Aquileia. They refuse to be accountable to so few, and are condemned.

§. 13. LXXIII. An. 381. Twelve Bishops met at Caesaraugusta against the Priscillianists: These Men had divers other Councils in those times. Ithacius and Idacius were the Leaders. The whole Story you may find in Sulpitius Severus in the Life of Martin, &c. The sum is this: Priscillianus, a rich Man, of much Wit and learning, was infected with the Heresy of the Gnostics and Manichees. Many followed him; his party was much in Fasting and Reading: The Bishops in Council excommunicated them. Yet they kept up. The Bishops in Council sought to the Emperor Gratian to suppress them by the Sword: A while they prevailed: But the Priscillianists quickly learned that way, and got a great Courtier to be their Friend, and Gratian restored them. Gratian being killed, when Maximus was chosen Emperor by his Army, the Bishops go to Maximus for help: The Arians having got Head against Ambrose at Milan, and these Sectaries troubling the Churches in France, Spain, and Italy, Maximus (a Man highly commended for Piety by most Writers, saw that being forced by his Army to accept the Empire, he was a Usurper) being once engaged, thought the defence of the Orthodox would strengthen him: So he forced Valentinian by Threats to forbear wronging Ambrose; And to please the Bishops he put Priscillian to death, and banished some of his Followers. Martin Bishop of Tome (being a Man of small learning, but of great Holiness, and austerity of Life, living like a Hermite in the poorest Garb and Cabin, lying on the Ground, faring hard, praying much, and working more Miracles, if Sulpitius, his Scholar and Acquaintance may be believed, than we read of any since the Apostles, even than Gregory Thaumaturgus) did abhor drawing the Sword against Heretics, and dissuaded