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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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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.
15. All this while the old Discipline of the Church was tolerably kept up; 1. Because though much of the world had got into the Church, yet a very great part were tenacious of their Heathenish Customs, and prejudiced against Christians by their Contentions, (odiously described by Am. Marcellinus, and many others, and prejudiced against Constantine for his Son Crispus and Sopater's death, &c. and against Constantius for the Murder of Julian's Relations; and being taken with the plausible parts of Julian, and with the great Learning and highly extolled Lives of Plotinus, Porphyrius, Jamblichus, Aedesius, Maximus, Proeresius, Libanius, Chrysanthius, and such others, described by Eunapius, &c. so that except Rome and Alexandria, for 200 years, and some few of the very great Churches for 400, the Churches were no greater than one Bishop and his Consessus, might tolerably govern by the Keys. 2. And all this while all the Presbyters were Church-Governors as well as the Bishop, though he was their Chief, and all Excommunications were to be done by joint consent; And so many Church-Governors may do more than one.
15. All this while the old Discipline of the Church was tolerably kept up; 1. Because though much of the world had got into the Church, yet a very great part were tenacious of their Heathenish Customs, and prejudiced against Christians by their Contentions, (odiously described by Am. Marcellinus, and many others, and prejudiced against Constantine for his Son Crispus and Sopaters death, &c. and against Constantius for the Murder of Julian's Relations; and being taken with the plausible parts of Julian, and with the great Learning and highly extolled Lives of Plotinus, Porphyrius, Jamblichus, Aedesius, Maximus, Proeresius, Libanius, Chrysanthius, and such others, described by Eunapius, &c. so that except Rome and Alexandria, for 200 years, and some few of the very great Churches for 400, the Churches were no greater than one Bishop and his Consessus, might tolerably govern by the Keys. 2. And all this while all the Presbyters were Church-Governours as well as the Bishop, though he was their Chief, and all Excommunications were to be done by joint consent; And so many Church-Governours may do more than one.