7o Church-Hiforr of BiJ1ups and Bifhops could not agree , nor fcape the imputation of Herefie. §. o. Baronies andBinnius after him, fay, Nazianzenushanc,difcordiam fuâ abdicationecotnpofìtum iri arbitratas, fedi Conftantinopolitane cum con- fenfu Imperatoris, non fine magno Bonorumac populifletu renunciat, aty; ftatim Poft habits:in Synodo aliquot at- times, comitantibus optimis gxibufcung; Orienta- libus, in Cappadociam difcedit. Tom qui fupererant ibi Epifcopi ac Sacer. dotes Nundinarii, in locum Chrifiani perfellimi, Tbeolagi abfolutifmi, Mo. nachi caftifmi, Neetarium hominem nendumChriftianum fed adhuc Catechume- num, rerum Ecclefiafticarumpenitits imperitum, in voluptatibus faculi & carnis hdienìzs verfatum, fuffecerunt. S. r r. This Council added to the Nicene Creed fome words about the Holy Ghoft. The advancement of the Conftantinopolitane Bifhop by this Synod with the reafons of it, bred fuch a jealoufie in the Bithops of Rome, as hath broken the Churches of the Eaft and Weft, which are unhealed to this day. S. 12. LXXII. Two Bithops, Palladia: and Secundianus, complained to Gratian, that they were unjuftly judged Arians, and defired a Council to try them. Ambrofe perfwaded him not to trouble all the World for two Men. A Council of 32 Bithops is called for them at Aquileia. They re- fufe to be accountable to fo few, andare condemned. §. r 3. LXXIII. An. ;8 T. Twelve Bithops met at Cafaraugufta againft the Prifcillianifls : Thefe Men had divers other Councils in thofe times. ¡thacius and Idacius were the Leaders. The whole Story you may find in Sulpitius Severas in the Life of Martin, &c. The fum is this : Prifeillianxs, a rich Man, of much Wit and learning, was infelted with the ,Herefie of the Gnofticits and Manichees. Many followed him ; his party was much in Fafting and Reading : The Bifhops in Council excommunicated them. Yet they kept up. The Bithops in Council fought to the Emperour Gra- tian to fupprefs them by the Sword : A while they prevailed : But the Prifcillianifts quickly learned that way, and got a great Courtier to be their Friend, and Gratianreftored them. Gratian being killed, when Ma- ximus was chofen Emperour by his Army, the Bithops go to Maximus for help : The Arians having got Head againft Ambrofe at Milan, and thefe Seftaries troubling the Churches in France, Spain, and Italy, Maximal (a Man highly commendedfor Piety by molt Writers, fave that being forced by his Army to accept the Empire, he was a llfurper) being once engaged, thought the defence of the Orthodoxwould ftrengthenhim : So he forced Valentinian by Threats to forbear wrongingAmbrofe ; And to pleafe the Bifhops he put Prifcillian todeath, and banded fome of his Followers. -Martin Bifhop of Tours (beinga Man of (mall learning, but of great Ho- linefs, and aufterity ofLife, living like aHermite in the pooreft Garb and Cabbin, lying on theGround, faring hard, praying much, and working more Miracles, if Sulpitius, his Schollar and Acquaintance may be be- lieved, than we readof any fnce the Apoftles, even than Gregory Thau- maturgus) did abhor drawing the Sword againft Hereticks , and dif- fwaded
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