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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.
XVII. Eusebius Nicom. made Bishop of Constantinople (whom you tell us Valesius thinks was no Heretic) hired a Whore at Antioch, to father her Child on Eustathius the Bishop there, and got more Bishops to depose him, and the Emperor to banish him.
XVII. Eusebius Nicom. made Bishop of Constantinople (whom you tell us Valesius thinks was no Heretick) hired a Whore at Antioch, to father her Child on Eustathius the Bishop there, and got more Bishops to depose him, and the Emperour to banish him.
XVIII. A Council of Bishops at Tyre unjustly condemn and persecute Athanasius.
XIX. Three Bishops (saith Mr. M. overcome with too much Wine and persuasion) ordained Novatian falsely Bishop of Rome (before this aforementioned.)
XIX. Three Bishops (saith Mr. M. overcome with too much Wine and persuasion) ordained Novatian falsly Bishop of Rome (before this aforementioned.)
XX. A Council at Jerusalem An. 335. tried and approved Arius Faith, and restored him.