their Councils abridged. 2î7 " Alfa that be ernbraceth the venerable Images, which * the Oeconomy of dar The "Lord yefus Chrift, &c. and of the inviolateVirgin our Lady the Mother, of Verb is "God, and of the holy Apofiles, Prophets, Martyrs, and all Saints ; and giveth left out. " them due honour: Rejec`ling and curling with all his mind that celled the_ " 7th Synod (* ), that was gathered by,a depraved mind andmadnefs---- -a l *1 where ale Council, as alien to all Piety and Religion , im iou barking again; he was "f f $ p y $ $ . lately a " Ecclefïaftical Legation- reproaching venerableImages,andcommanding them Leader, " to be taken out of the Churches, &c. And to thewhis zeal, and lead others the way, he delivereth in nine Cur- fes or Anathemas. One againft thofe that demolifh Images. Another againft thofe that expound the Scripture words againft Idols and Gentile Images , as againft Chriflians Images. Next he execrateth all that embrace not Images, fo it is now become neceffary unto falvation.) Another Curfe is agamfl thofe that favour them that are againft Images, &c. ( Was not the Church ill ufed by her Bithops, when they are fure to be cured by them; one year curlingall that be for Images, and another curling all that be not for them? Was it fuch a curling Clergy, to 'make a curled Church, that Chrift ordain- ed ?) And that the Council might not fufpe& that this Bifhop wasa Tem- porizer, and changedhis Opinion with the Times, firft he profeilisth to de- clare all this, [With his whole Soul, Heart and Mind ; ] and next hewitheth, [That if ever by any means he revolt again from Images, he may be alienated from-Gad the Father, Sou and HolyGhoft,and the Catholick Church.] And thus he renotìnceth Repentance, curling himfelf if ever he repent. § gg. Tharafius and his Synod glorifie God for this excellent Confeilion : Andnext comethTheodore Bifhop of Myros, andhe doth the like, and is joy- fully received : And next cometh Theodofus Bifhop of Amorìum,and he more dolefully lamenteth, that [ being a firmer, and feduced, he had blattered out many evils untruly againft venerable Images ; and therefore confe ng his fault, be condemneth andcurfeth (or detefteth) himfelf, refolving hereafter todo the fame thing which he badcurled (or fpoken ill of) and to teach it to the world, and begging to be received amongChriftians though unworthy.' . Next he offer- eth his Libel, viz. "Firfb I approve, receive, falute and venerate before all " things, the intemerate Image of our Lord ; f efars Chrift our true God, and the " blefléd Mother Virgins, who brought himforth without feed' whole help, pro= * How . " tettion and intercefon Iprayfor night andday, that the may help me a finner, Was be "as having that power from him whom fhe brought into the world, Chr/" our hermfùb- "God. And I receive and venerate the Images of Saints, Apoftles, Prophets, Rance. "Martyrs, Fathers, Eremites, not as Gods, &c. And with all my mind I be- "fetch them to intercede with God for me, that Imayfind mercy in the day of "judgment. On the fame account I venerate the Reliques of Saints, Sohe proceedeth alto to his Curies, and "firft he anathematizeth all that "venerate not Images :. Then he curfeth thofe that reproach them: And next, " thatffreak evil of them : And next he curfeth thole that do notfrom their G g a " hearts
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