their Councils 'abridged, cc Laws of God * can do nothingagaing Kin s"; and that if any imitate Chry- They " foftom,andflied his Bloodfor Truth anduflice, he is not to be called a Mar- mean but "tyr: That Bifhops have "over to difppenfe withall the Canons.] Remember the Ca- that Papifts confefs all this to be wicked. We have not the A6sand Speeches ofnhe of thefe Councils preferved. Church, s oz. CCXXXVII. An. 809. A Council was held at Aqn f rang, about theProceíhon of the Holy Ghoft,and the word [Filioque ] in the Creed *. * A new Of which they fent fome Meffengers to the Pope, who approved the thing, Coniró- but diffuaded them from adding it to be lung in the Creed ; and after infcrt- çerfie. bed the without Filioque in Latin and Greek in two Silver Tables, to thew that it fhould not be changed : which yet after it was by the Pope's content. The French Annals fay, that in this.Council they treated of thefhate o f the Church, and converfation ofthe'Clergy, but determined nothingfor the .grear- nefles of the matter. § a o3. CCXXXVIII. An. s 13. (Yet under Charles theGreat) aCóun- cil was held (by his Command) at Arles, where many verygood Canons were made for the Reformation of the Bifhops and Priefts. § 104. CCXXXIX. The fame year the fame Charlesbad a Council at Tours , which made 5 e as honefl: Articles, as if Martin himfelf had been amongft them ; evenagainfl all kind of fin,and for all godly living. Among others, the 37th Canon tells us, that the cuflom of not kneeling in Prayer on any Lords-day, (nonot at the Sacrament) nor on any Week-day be- tween Eafterand'Whitfuntide, was yet in force ; on other days they required humble kneeling. § s o5. CCXL. Yet another Councildid Charles call the fame year at Cha- lons ( Cabillonenfe) in which he orderedSchools for the reftoring of Learn- ing, ( our Alcuin being his Perfuader greatly efteemed by him) Learning then being almoft worn away, (and Ignorance taking place) till he greatly revived it: no lefs than 67 Canons were here made, molt very good ones; but praying for theSouls oftheFaithful departed,andanointing the Sick, are there enjoined. § i of. Among many good Canons, the s 3th is againfl the Oath of Obe- thence o theBilhop, and to the Church. The words Tranflated are thefè : "[ It is reported of force Brethren ( Bifhops) that theyforce theta, that . they "'are about to ordain, to fyear, that they are worthy, and will not do contrary "to the Canons, andwill be obedient to the Bifhop that ordaineth them , and to " the Church in which they are ordained ; which Oath,becaufe it is very dangc- " rows, we all ordain (hall be forbidden.] § 107 The 15'th Canon;faith, " [ It is faid that in fme places the Arch- " deacons exeruife a; contttiaá-domination over thePanifosPtesbyzers;and take Fees " of the7'le; "evfichatla$neitter" of 2juanhyj 'rataher than bf order of Re itude Ii s. "For
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