THE PEOPLE AND EMPERORS HAVE DEPOSED POPES. 303 plausible, is not to be ascribed to the authorityof popes as such. It might be done with their influence, not by their authority. So the synod of Sardica (not Pope Julius) cashiered the enemies of Athan- asius; so the synod of Chalcedon (not Pope Leo) deposed Dioscorus; so the Roman synod (not Pope Celestine) checked Nestorius, and that of Ephesus deposed him.' The whole western synod, whereof he was president, had a great sway. 11. If instances were arguments of right, there would be other pretenders to the deposing power. Particular bishops would have it, as we before showed. 12. The people would have the power; for they have sometimes deposed popes themselves with effect. So of Pope Constantine, Platina tells us, " At length he is deposed by the people of Rome, being very much provoked by the heinous- ness of the matter."' 13. There are many instances of bishopsbeing removed or deposed by the imperial authority. This power was, indeed, necessarily an- nexed to the imperial dignity; for all bishops being subjects of the emperor, he could dispose of their persons, so as not to suffer them to continue in a place, or put them from it, as they demeaned themselves, to his satisfaction or otherwise, in reference to public utility. It is reasonable, if they were disloyal or disobedient to him, that he should not suffer them to be in places of such influence, whereby they might pervert the people to disaffection. It is fit that he should deprive them of temporalities. [We might refer to] the example of Solomon deposing Abiathar, 1 Kings ii. 35. Constantine M. "commanded Eusebius and Theogonius to depart out of the cities over which they presided as bishops."3 Constantius deposed Paulus of Constantinople.' Constantius ejected all that would not subscribe to the creed of Ariminum.' `H áyia `Pvlsaiary oúvoñoç Qayspá sssúarwxs.-Cyril. ad Joh. Ant. Conc. Eph. pp. 197, 332; Syn., pp. 11, 60. '{laroosoxrzóç .9,62,2, za1 oúvA, ai.,, . Const. Sacr. in Syn. p. 11. .6.vdho, 19r1o,nr,e a 9rá0arç saiç vpp,Ç Teas cs íçarç (111144 70ií dzoo- soxrzañ 3pávou, &c. Ibid, p. 60. `Aardanç za.rá hire ouváóou.--Act. Eph., p. 332. Sit law in to fixa damnatio a me, et ab his qui sub me constituti episcopales sedes guber- nare noscuntur, &c. P. Felix adPetrum Antioch., apud Baron., ann. 483, § lxviii. 2 Tandem a sede dejicitur a populo Romano ira et indignitate rei percito. Plat., p. 223; P. Leo VIII., p. 291; Anastas., Plat., p. 131. Ebçí6rov 11 xa; ®sayóvra, psriysry zpaoisa4,sv äç iarweóarouv sráxstç. Soz. i. 21. Tors paiv oúsa xrtnpiAnoav, xai .rw, aáxam, i;nxdenoay.Theod. i. 20. He threatened Athana- sius todepose him là, ydp yvm r4 xszmxuxaç 411,4 aii.rm, .r% ixxxnoia5 pcssaaroroup ivouç, ri alxsip,aç .rñç siaóiou, daroossxm orapaxpñpsa .ri, zaAarpioovsá os ig ipsñç zsxsóasmç, xa; swv sáarav possaasiroaysa. Socr. i. 27; Athanas. Apol. ii., p. 778. 4 Ti, cllauxcav exoxán, ís is,çn.Socr. ii. 7. V», h ËxlOan ,4i5 ein yvedrtEianç i,. 'Aprpsmn vríassm5 ixixfa05v elf sirs arçì 'IrsAías ixxxn- aiaç izaripaaseta,, s,4náásç 'nil Fsñ ßouxopaivouç bvroypd(psry aúsñ, i stuoñ0.s ri 4 izzxno,i,, xal áç sobs suarou5 si.rwv isi1ouç dvstxadíosaoAar. Id. ii. 37.
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