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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
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.
XI. A Carthage Council of 70 Bishops An. 306. set up the Donatists Schism, striving for the preeminence, who should be Bishop of Carthage.
XI. A Carthage Council of 70 Bishops An. 306. set up the Donatists Schism, striving for the preheminence, who should be Bishop of Carthage.
XII. An. 308. Another Donatists Council had 270 Bishops. Many more Councils they had.
XIII. The first General Council at Nice we honour, and assent to its Creed: But thank Constantine for burning all their Libels, and keeping peace by his presence and speech.
XIV. The Schism made by Meletius and Peter, Bishops, is well known.
XV. The Heresy of Arius (a Presbyter that would have been a Prelate) quickly infected Eusebius Nicomed. If not Eusebius Caesariensis, and divers other Bishops.