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The true history of councils enlarged and defended against the deceits of a pretended…
The true history of councils enlarged and defended against the deceits of a pretended vindicator of the primitive church, but indeed of the tympanite & tyranny of some prelates many hundred years after Christ, with a detection of the false history of Edward Lord Bishop of Cork and Ross in Ireland ... and a preface abbreviating much of Ludolphus's History of Habassta : written to show their dangerous error, who think that a general council, or college of bishops, is a supreme governor of all the Christian world ... / by Richard Baxter ... ; to which is added by another hand, a defence of a book, entitled, No evidence for diocesan churches ...The true history of councils enlarged and defended against the deceits of a pretended vindicator of the primitive church, but indeed of the tympanite & tyranny of some prelates many hundred years after Christ, with a detection of the false history of Edward Lord Bishop of Corke and Rosse in Ireland ... and a preface abbreviating much of Ludolphus's History of Habassta : written to shew their dangerous errour, who think that a general council, or colledge of bishops, is a supream governour of all the Christian world ... / by Richard Baxter ... ; to which is added by another hand, a defence of a book, entituled, No evidence for diocesan churches ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1682
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12. For the Arians possest Constantine himself with hard thoughts of Athanasius and his Adherents: And it could not be expected that Julian should countenance the best, when Constantius and Valeus had done so much against them, and got most of all the Churches headed by Arian Bishops; to say nothing yet of after times.
13. But now two things became matter of Contention among the Bishops and their Clergy, and increased the strife from time to time. The first and chief was the Old Cause greatly strengthened, viz. Who should be greatest? Who should have the largest, fattest, and most Ruling Diocese and Seat? The other was, Who should be taken for the most Orthodox, and whose Explications of the Faith should be taken for the soundest; especially about the description of the Person and immanent acts of Christ? Or briefly, 1. Jurisdiction and Greatness: 2. Wisdom and hard words.
13. But now two things became matter of Contention among the Bishops and their Clergy, and increased the strife from time to time. The first and chief was the Old Cause greatly strengthened, viz. Who should be greatest? Who should have the largest, fattest, and most Ruling Diocess and Seat? The other was, Who should be taken for the most Orthodox, and whose Explications of the Faith should be taken for the soundest; especially about the description of the Person and immanent acts of Christ? Or briefly, 1. Jurisdiction and Greatness: 2. Wisdom and hard words.
14. Now also Constantinople contended with Rome, and being the Seat of the Empire which they judged to be the true Reason of Church-preeminence, they at first modestly took the second place: And now the Trinity of Patriarchs was turned to five, Jerusalem being made the fifth. At all this Rome grudged.
14. Now also Constantinople contended with Rome, and being the Seat of the Empire which they judged to be the true Reason of Church-preheminence, they at first modestly took the second place: And now the Trinity of Patriarchs was turned to five, Jerusalem being made the fifth. At all this Rome grudged.