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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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§ 22. I think it not desirable or pleasant work to vindicate the credit of Socrates and Sozomen accusing Theophilus: But if his Conjectures in this case may serve against express History of such men, and so near, let him leave other Histories as loose to our Conjectures. Post•umianus Narrative in Sulpitius, is but of one piece of the Tragedy. He thinks it improbable that Origen should be accused for making God Incorporeal; and such Conjectures are his Confutation of History: But Origen had two sort of Accusers; the Bishops, such as Theophilus and Epiphanius had worse charges against him: But the Anthropomorphite Monks were they that brought that Charge against him (that God had no face, hands, eyes.) And Theophilus before them cried down Origen in general, to save his life, by deceiving them, that they might think he did it on the same account as they did. This is Socrates his Report of the Case.
§ 22. I think it not desirable or pleasant work to vindicate the credit of Socrates and Sozomen accusing Theophilus: But if his Conjectures in this case may serve against express History of such men, and so near, let him leave other Histories as loose to our Conjectures. Post•umianus Narrative in Sulpitius, is but of one piece of the Tragedy. He thinks it improbable that Origen should be accused for making God Incorporeal; and such Conjectures are his Consutation of History: But Origen had two sort of Accusers; the Bishops, such as Theophilus and Epiphanius had worse charges against him: But the Anthropomorphite Monks were they that brought that Charge against him (that God had no face, hands, eyes.) And Theophilus before them cryed down Origen in general, to save his life, by deceiving them, that they might think he did it on the same account as they did. This is Socrates his Report of the Case.
He saith, that the Impudent Mutinous Monks were not ashamed to tell all the world, that all that were against them were Anthropophites.