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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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§. 62. CIX. All this while the Schism continued at Rome, and Eulalius partly would not Communicate with the rest, each side saying, that theirs was the True Bishop, and the other an Usurper and Schismatic. But Theodosius was for Caelestine. In his time another Carthage Council made up their Canons 105. Among which are: 6. That no Bishop be called the chief Bishop. 33. To deal gentlier with the Donatists. 36. To send to them for peace. 53. That Bishops latelier ordained may not dare to prefer themselves before those that were Ordained before them. 68. For pacifying the Churches of Rome and Alexandria, &c.
§. 62. CIX. All this while the Schism continued at Rome, and Eulalius partly would not Communicate with the rest, each side saying, that theirs was the True Bishop, and the other an Usurper and Schismatick. But Theodosius was for Caelestine. In his time another Carthage Council made up their Canons 105. Among which are: 6. That no Bishop be called the chief Bishop. 33. To deal gentlier with the Donatists. 36. To send to them for peace. 53. That Bishops latelier ordained may not dare to prefer themselves before those that were Ordained before them. 68. For pacifying the Churches of Rome and Alexandria, &c.
§. 63. It fell out well for Austin against the Pelagians, that by the means of Prosper and Hilary Pope Caelestine was wholly on Austins side, and condemned the Pelagians. And among his own Decrees one was Nullus invitis detur Episcopus: Cleri, plebis & ordinis Come. sensus ac desiderium requiratur. Many Canons of those times show that the Bishops Churches were no bigger, than that All the Laity could meet to choose or accept the Bishop, and have personal Communion.
§. 63. It fell out well for Austin against the Pelagians, that by the means of Prosper and Hilary Pope Caelestine was wholly on Austins side, and condemned the Pelagians. And among his own Decrees one was Nullus invitis detur Episcopus: Cleri, plebis & ordinis Comm. sensus ac desiderium requiratur. Many Canons of those times shew that the Bishops Churches were no bigger, than that All the Laity could meet to choose or accept the Bishop, and have personal Communion.