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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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§ 13. Whether good Isidore Pelusiota were a man [very easy to take any impressions, and upon false information chargeth Cyril with prosecuting his private quarrels with Nestorius under pretence of zeal for the faith] I leave all men to believe our Accuser as they see cause. And the same I say of that which is so great a Controversy among the Critical Historians, whether Theodorets Epistle to Job. Aut. against Cyril be Counterfeit, or ⟨p. 156⟩were written on a false rumour of Cyril's death. Their 5th General Council hath it. Baronius and Binnius say, some Eutychian knave hath corrupted the Acts of that Council. Must Councils be the Laws of all the world, and hath the Church and Tradition kept them no better, that we know not when we have them truly? Leave us then to the universal Laws of God.
§ 13. Whether good Isidore Pelusiota were a man [very easy to take any impressions, and upon false information chargeth Cyril with prosecuting his private quarrells with Nestorius under pretence of zeal for the faith] I leave all men to believe our Accuser as they see cause. And the same I say of that which is so great a Controversie among the Critical Historians, whether Theodorets Epistle to Job. Aut. against Cyril be Counterfeit, or ⟨p. 156⟩were written on a false rumour of Cyrils death. Their 5th General Council hath it. Baronius and Binnius say, some Eutychian knave hath corrupted the Acts of that Council. Must Councils be the Laws of all the world, and hath the Church and Tradition kept them no better, that we know not when we have them truly? Leave us then to the universal Laws of God.
§ 14. He saith truly that [the Council of Ephesus was chiefly directed by the authority of Cyril] Ans. And so was that at Trent by the authority of the Pope And when he hath confuted the credible History with tells us of the women's and Courtiers hatred of Nestorius, and proved that the Emperor and Pulcheria the Empress were but one, I will grant that the authority of the Court directed not Cyril; and that then and now Bishops neither were nor are directed by the Civil powers.