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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 6
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§. 87. When Justinian resolved to set up the Council of Calcedon; he ⟨p. 130⟩Cursed Severus, and deposed the two Patriarchs, Anthimius of Constantinople, and Theodosius of Alexandria, for they were both Eutychians: Severus had persuaded them rather to forsake all worldly interest, than the Faith (as he called it.) But here I cannot see how the Historians (as Evagrius) will be reconciled with themselves; that say, Justin caused Severus Tongue to be pulled out; and yet, that he afterward persuaded Anthimius at Const. unless he did it only by writing.
§. 87. When Iustinian resolved to set up the Council of Calcedon; he ⟨p. 130⟩Cursed Severus, and deposed the two Patriarchs, Anthimius of Constantinople, and Theodosius of Alexandria, for they were both Eutychians: Severus had perswaded them rather to forsake all worldly interest, than the Faith (as he called it.) But here I cannot see how the Historians (as Evagrius) will be reconciled with themselves; that say, Iustin caused Severus Tongue to be pulled out; and yet, that he afterward perswaded Anthimius at Const. unless he did it only by writing.
§. 88. So far was Justinian's resolution, and power, from reconciling the Bishops of the Empire, that he could not keep Unity, in his own House or bed: For his Wife Theodora, was firm to the Eutychians; and cherished them, as he did the Orthodox, and both with so great constancy, that Evagrius suspecteth they did it politicly, by agreement, (for the peace of the Empire) that each party might be kept in dependence on them.
§. 88. So far was Iustinian's resolution, and power, from reconciling the Bishops of the Empire, that he could not keep Unity, in his own House or bed: For his Wife Theodora, was firm to the Eutychians; and cherished them, as he did the Orthodox, and both with so great constancy, that Evagrius suspecteth they did it politickly, by agreement, (for the peace of the Empire) that each party might be kept in dependance on them.