A vindication of the Animadversions on Fiat lux

when Cerberus as Baronius himself confesseth, ruled at Rome, An. 1044. n. 5. Three Popes at once domineering there, Uno contra duos, saith Sigibert, & duobus contraunum, de Papat• contendentibus, Rex contra eos vadit, eosque Canonica & Imperiali Censura deponit. One against two, and two against one contending about the Papacy, the King went against them all, and deposed them by Canonical and Imperial Censure. Or as Platina Vit. Greg. 6. Henricus habita Synodo, tria ist a teterrima monstra abdicare see magistratu coegit: Henry calling a Synod compelled those three filthy monsters (Benedict, Sylvester and Gregory) to renounce their Magistracy or Papacy. Have you not heard how many Synods and ⟨p. 440⟩Councils were convened against the Usurpations and Innovations of Gregory the seventh, as at Worms, Papia, Brixia, Ments, and elsewhere? what think you of the Assembly at Clarendon here in England, An. 1164. where it was decreed saith Matth. Paris, juxta antiquas Regni consuitudines non licere vel Archiepiscopis vel Episcopis vel aliis Personis exire Regnum absque licentia Regis, that according to the Ancient Customs of the Kingdom it was not Lawful for any Archbishops, Bishops or other persons to depart the Kingdom without the leave of the King; that is to go to Rome, and that in all Appeals, ultimo perveniendum ad Regem ita ut non debeat ulterius procedi sine assensu Domini Regis, the last is to be made unto the King, without whose assent no further process ought to be made. For opposition unto which Decree Thomas of Becket had the hap to become a Traitor and a Saint. The stories of the Patriarchs of Ravenna in times more remote, and in those of the Council of Constance and Basil in latter Ages are too well known to be particularly again insisted on. Were Princes more silent then Synods? Reconcile if you are able the Laws of Charles the Great and his Son Lewis with their Popes now claimed Authority. Henry the second of Germany both deposed Popes and limited their Power. Henry 3. attempted no less, though with less success. See Sigibert Chron. An. 1046. Platin. vita Gregor. 6. Sigon. de Reg. lib. 8. From that time forward until the Reformation no one age can be instanced in, wherein great, open and signal opposition was not made unto the Papal Authority, which you seek again to introduce.

when Cerberus as Baronius himself confesseth, ruled at Rome, An. 1044. n. 5. Three Popes at once domineering there, Vno contra duos, saith Sigibert, & duobus contraunum, de Papat contendentibus, Rex contra eos vadit, eosque Canonica & Imperiali Censura deponit. One against two, and two against one contending about the Papacy, the King went against them all, and deposed them by Canonical and Imperial Censure. Or as Platina Vit. Greg. 6. Henricus habita Synodo, tria ist a teterrima monstra abdicare se magistratu coegit: Henry calling a Synod compelled those three filthy monsters (Benedict, Silvester and Gregory) to renounce their Magistracy or Papacy. Have you not heard how many Synods and