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§. 15. And here come in many other Church-distracting contentions: As 1. Whether any Bishops Ordination be valid that holdeth not his Power from the Pope? 2. Whether he be a true Bishop that is not Canonically ordained by three Bishops? 3. Whether he be a true Bishop that is not chosen or consented to by the people and Presbyters of his ⟨p. 208⟩Church? 4. Or if he have but the minor part? the rest not being allowed or called to choose? 5. Or if the major part be against him? 6. Or if three neighbour Bishops be for him and ordain him Bishop, and many more be against it, or forbid it? 7. Whether he be a true Presbyter that is not ordained by a Bishop of distinct and superior Order: And whether an uninterrupted succession of such ordination is necessary? 8. Whether he be a true Bishop that is ordained only by Presbyters? 9. Whether he may be a true Bishop or Presbyter that hath no Ordination? 10. Or he that hath no Election but the Kings or the Patrons, nor other proved Consent of the people? 11. Whether he be a true Bishop or Presbyter that the King alloweth not or forbiddeth? 12. Whether the Ordination of heretics be null? 13. Whether the Ordinations of prohibited, degraded or excommunicate Bishops be null? Abundance of such controversies ignorance and faction have torn the Churches with.

§. 15. And here come in many other Church-distracting contentions: As 1. Whether any Bishops Ordination be valid that holdeth not his Power from the Pope? 2. Whether he be a true Bishop that is not Canonically ordained by three Bishops? 3. Whether he be a true Bishop that is not chosen or consented to by the people and Presbyters of his ⟨p. 208⟩Church? 4. Or if he have but the minor part? the rest not being allowed or called to choose? 5. Or if the major part be against him? 6. Or if three neighbour Bishops be for him and ordain him Bishop, and many more be against it, or forbid it? 7. Whether he be a true Presbyter that is not ordained by a Bishop of distinct and superior Order: And whether an uninterrupted succession of such ordination is necessary? 8. Whether he be a true Bishop that is ordained only by Presbyters? 9. Whether he may be a true Bishop or Presbyter that hath no Ordination? 10. Or he that hath no Election but the Kings or the Patrons, nor other proved Consent of the people? 11. Whether he be a true Bishop or Presbyter that the King alloweth not or forbiddeth? 12. Whether the Ordination of hereticks be null? 13. Whether the Ordinations of prohibited, degraded or excommunicate Bishops be null? Abundance of such controversies ignorance and faction have torn the Churches with.