OTHER ASSUMPTIONS BRIEFLY DISPOSED OF. 349 the synod against Paulus Samosatenus, " signified this (our choosing of Domnus into Paulus' room), that you may write to him, and re- ceive letters of communion from him."' And St Cyprian, " That you and our colleagues may know to whom they may write, and from whom they may receive letters."' Thus the bishops of Rome themselves acquainted other bishops with their election, their faith, &c.' So did Cornelius; whom, there- fore, St Cyprian asserts as established by the consent and approba- tion of his colleagues: " When the place of Peter and the sacer- dotal chair was void, which by God's will being occupied, and with all our consents confirmed, ' &c.; "and the testimony of our fellow- bishops, the whole number of which all over the world unanimously consented." The emperor confirmed bishops, as we see by that notable passage in the synod of Chalcedon, where Bassianus, bishop of Ephesus, pleading for himself says, "Our most religious emperor knowing these things, presently ratified it, and by a memorial published it, con- firming the bishopric; afterwards he sent his rescript by Eustathius, the silentiary [gentleman usher], again confirming it"6 XVII. It is a privilege of sovereigns to grant " privileges, exemp- tions, dispensations." This he claims, but against the laws of God and rights of bishops, against the decrees of synods, against the sense of good men in all times.' XVIII. It is a prerogative of sovereign power to erect [and] translate spiritual presidences. Wherefore, this the pope claims: " Cum ex illo," &c.8 But at first he had nothing to do therein, except in his own pro- vince or diocese. As Christianity grew and entered into cities, so the neighbour bishops ordained bishops there. Princes often, as they endowed so they erected episcopal sees, and did, as was suitable, change places. Pope Paschal II., by complaining, attests to this, writing to the ' 'ESnZddealcív ?E ú(.6îv SrOe ?oÚ?Ol yPífnTE, xai ?2 Ra LL ?oÚ?oU xalVWV/x2 Sixtieth ypd¡a- pwra, &c.Euseb. vii. 30. 2 Ut wires to et colleges nostri quibus scribere, et literas mutuo a quibus vos acci- pere oporteret, &c.Cypr., Ep. lv., adCornet. 3 Vid. P. Greg.; Tract de Unit. Eccl. c Cum locus Petri et gradua cathedrm sacerdotalis vacaret, quo occupato de Dei voluntate, atque omnium nostrûm consensione firmato, &c.Cypr., Ep. lii. 5 - et coepiacoporum testimonio, quorum numerus universus per totummundum concordi unanimitate consensit. /bid. 9 6 r,, Si ?aU?a á EÚOEbPÉr ?a?as 37lLWV ßOrratiq, Ett ; ?ou?Ó a'urt ÉßESaí sc, xa FPÉWj Slà imta¡crnProcoú ÉS4XwereV iv fpavyyw, ßvßa(Óiv l]v it,çxoarfjv 1.4E ?6: a-aim 659rlI?EIÀE Odxpav 9rÚÀIV óEá E1,07at1,, ?ow orvinrr,apIOU ßEßa,oiçov ?'ìv iarmxovraiv. Cone. Chale., Act xi. p. 404. 7 Vid. Bern. 8 P. Innoc. III. in Greg. Deer. lib. i., tit. 7, cap. 1, &c.
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