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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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LXXV. A new Controversy is stated whether Christs body was corruptible: The deniers had Gainas A. Bishop; The affirmers had Theodosius; The first were called Phantasiastae, the other Corrupticolae. Most were for Gainas, but the Soldiers for Theodosius: They fought many days, and the Soldiers killed many, and many of them were killed, and the Women with stones from the top of the houses, and the Soldiers with fire, continued the war: And the division continued in Liberatus's days: Justinian was so zealous for the Council of Calcedon, that he murdered thousands (as they say) in Egypt, and yet dyed a reputed Heretic himself, being for the Corrupticolae, and Evagrius saith, when he had set the whole world in tumult, he was damned himself. But God best knoweth that.
LXXV. A new Controversie is stated whether Christs body was corruptible: The denyers had Gainas A. Bishop; The affirmers had Theodosius; The first were called Phantasiastae, the other Corrupticolae. Most were for Gainas, but the Soldiers for Theodosius: They fought many daies, and the Soldiers killed many, and many of them were killed, and the Women with stones from the top of the houses, and the Soldiers with fire, continued the war: And the division continued in Liberatus's daies: Justinian was so zealous for the Council of Calcedon, that he murdered thousands (as they say) in Egypt, and yet dyed a reputed Heretick himself, being for the Corrupticolae, and Evagrius saith, when he had set the whole world in tumult, he was damned himself. But God best knoweth that.
LXXVI. A Council at Barcelona Decree that Priests must cut their beards, but not shave them.
LXXVII. By the Cheat of an Eutychian Bishop Justinian was persuaded that the condemning of some Writings of Theodore Mopsuest, Theodorite and Ibas, would reconcile the Bishops: He calls a General Council at C. P. to that end (usually called the 5th) His Letters are read opening the doleful divisions, that the Churches had no Communion with one another, &c. The three Bishops writings are read: Theodorite charged by this General Council with that salt Epistle against dead Cyril, and a like Speech at Antioch, and none vindicated him: Binius and Mr. Morris and others say the Letter is forged: I know not; But the Tria Capitula are condemned. And now this General Council hath made a new dividing snare. Many that were for the Calcedon Council feared this was a condemning of what they did in receiving Theodorite, &c. The Adversaries were never the more satisfied; but saith Binius himself [The end was not obtained, but a most grievous mischief added to the Church—The whole Catholic Church was torn by Schism, and worse, the Emperor stirred up Persecution,