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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.
CV. A General Council at Const. called by the Papists, The Eighth General Council, condemned Photius again, and set up Ignatius, and the Changers cried, peccavimus, and make extreme Decrees for Images (But they well condemn subscribing to be true to their Patriarchs and Bishops;) but decree that all Princes and Subjects worship the Bishops, who must not fall down to them. Other horrid Elevations of Prelates above Princes they decreed—saying, A Bishop, though it be manifest that he is destitute of all Virtue of Religion, yet is a Pastor; and the Sheep must not resist the Shepherd.
CV. A General Council at Const. called by the Papists, The Eighth General Council, condemned Photius again, and set up Ignatius, and the Changers cryed, peccavimus, and make extreme Decrees for Images (But they well condemn subscribing to be true to their Patriarchs and Bishops;) but decree that all Princes and Subjects worship the Bishops, who must not fall down to them. Other horrid Elevations of Prelates above Princes they decreed—saying, A Bishop, though it be manifest that he is destitute of all Virtue of Religion, yet is a Pastor; and the Sheep must not resist the Shepherd.
CVI. A dangerous Rent between Rome and C. P. what Bishop should have the Bulgarians.
CVII. A Council at Metz called Praedaetorium, gave the Kingdom to Car. Calv. unjustly.