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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 7
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
§ 44. CLXXXV. M••veus Son and Heir to Chilperic King of France, marrying his Uncles Widow, offended his Father, and fled to St. Martin's Church ⟨p. 189⟩at Tours, and forced Bishop Gregory to give him the Sacrament. The King could not get the Bishop to deliver him up; he fled, and the King called a Synod at Paris to judge Pretextatus a Bishop, whom he accused for marrying him, and confederating with him.
§ 45. CLXXXVI. The two Bishops forenamed, Salonius and Sagittarius, being again accused of Adultery and Murder, and being freed by professing Repentance, King Guntheramus called a Cubilone Synod, and accused them of Treason, and so deposed and banished them.
§ 46. CLXXXVII. An. 582. King Gunthram called a Synod at Mascou, to revive the old Canons for restraining the Lust and Vices of the Bishops and Clergy.
§ 47. CLXXXVIII. An. 583. A Concil. Brenacense is called, to try Gregory Bishop of Tours, falsely accused of charging the Queen of living in Adultery with a Bishop; an Archdeacon and a Deacon bore false Witness: but all came to light, and Gregory was cleared by his Oath.