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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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XCIII. The Schisms in Italy and Rome itself now grew so great and the Effects in Blood and Confusions so dismal, that I must not number them one by one.
XCIV. Constantine and Leo Isaur. Emperors, being dead, a Woman Irene, and her Infant Son are for Images, and call a General Council for them at Nice, where Tharasius Bishop of C. P. got the Bishops to carry it for Images and Relics, and the Chief Bishops that had condemned them before, now cried peccavimus, and condemned those that were against adoration of Images, &c. If Mr. Morris call me an Enemy to Repentance for reciting this, I cannot help it.
XCIV. Constantine and Leo Isaur. Emperours, being dead, a Woman Irene, and her Infant Son are for Images, and call a General Council for them at Nice, where Tharasius Bishop of C. P. got the Bishops to carry it for Images and Reliques, and the Chief Bishops that had condemned them before, now cryed peccavimus, and condemned those that were against adoration of Images, &c. If Mr. Morrice call me an Enemy to Repentance for reciting this, I cannot help it.
XCV. Yet more Schism: Two Bishops, Felix and Elipandus, say, That Christ as the eternal Word was Gods natural Son, but as Man he was but his adopted Son: (thinking that duo fundamenta, viz. Generatio aeterna, & temporalis, duas-faciunt Relations, filiationis in una persona.] But Councils condemned them as making two Sons. And the great Council at Frankford condemning the second Council of Nice, and Image-worship, condemn also these two Bishops, 1. For saying Christ was God's Adopted Son; 2. And that by Grace; 3. And that he was a Servant. Is any of this false, not excluding a higher title?
XCV. Yet more Schism: Two Bishops, Foelix and Elipandus, say, That Christ as the eternal Word was Gods natural Son, but as Man he was but his adopted Son: (thinking that duo fundamenta, viz. Generatio aeterna, & temporalis, duas-faciunt Relationes, filiationis in una persona.] But Councils condemned them as making two Sons. And the great Council at Frankford condemning the second Council of Nice, and Image-worship, condemn also these two Bishops, 1. For saying Christ was God's Adopted Son; 2. And that by Grace; 3. And that he was a Servant. Is any of this false, not excluding a higher title?