2 4'4 Church-I-Vary of Difhops and '( For of the Biflups muff' not Lord it in the Clergy , but be Example: re she "Flocks, mach left.may thefe do it.. róá:: Thee, 5th Canoncomplaining how theoldExcommunicating and Reconciling was grown out of ufè *, they delired the Emperor's help how Cò"nc`]- they fhould be reftored. Carps For y x o Can. They fa " That Confeion to God and Man are both Cì mions, i- 3 3, y y,. talepiacç "good; but that Confefflon made to God, purgethfin ; and'that which macle "To thePriefl, teaçhetb how theirfns may be purged. § I r o., The 45th Canon, is againft them, that by going to holy places, Rome, or Tours, thinkto have their fins forgiven. §. i x:t: CCXLL Yet.another- Councilthe fame year 8 x 31 was held urn der Chartes M. at Mentz inGermany to the like purpofe, many godly Canons lieing=made. §, a:z.CCXLIL.. Yet-another under Charles -at Rhemes,for Inftruaingand (atechifing, and many good things, like the former. §..x x 3.. CCXLIII:; But we havenot done with Imagesyet,An.$ x4,There was aCouncil called atConf-usatinople,_whichdamned the°Còuncil of ice z; Irene having let up Images,and murdered the Emperor,her own Son, (as is aforefaid.) was depofed by Nicephorus, who Reigned near ten years , with Siauratius his Son ; : he was noFriend to the Clergies power,and was killed in Fight by theBulgarians, andhis wounded SonReigned a fewmonths. Me= chael Curopalates fucceeded, a Man of great Piety and Peace, but unfit for War, who being overcome bythe Bulgarians, he contented to give up the Empire to LeoArmemos, abetter and profperousSoldier. This Leo the 5th, was of the mind of the formerLeo': againft Images , andhis mind being - koown,the, Bifbops:conformed prefently, infomuch that in his zd year this Council called by him, Anathematized the Whops that would not renounce the ,Nicene Id Council;, and :when, they lay .proftrate on the earth, it's Paid - fome trod on Tome_ of them,and they turned them at a Back-door out of the Council For the PatriarchNaee.ehorus,that.was for Images,was depofed,and TbeodorusMelifenus,tbat:was againft them - put-in- his-place; and led the refl. 'hus-4idCouncil againfcCouncil thunder Anathema's,and curie each other byfeparating them from Chrift, till few were left uncurled. TheRulers of the ; Moaafteeies alto were called in , and thofe that- would - not content againft Images, were rejeaed. Nicetas Theodorus Studita were the Chan?. - pions for Images, and wereboth banifhed and imprifoned. Theodore wrote to the,Council for:Images, and tells them that. " {- To take away the venerable ír47°' "Adorationuf the.Images,.00f Chrift, and of, the. Mother of God, and of all "the Saints,,ìsuas.to ,overebrow , the °economy..,00f Cbrf.3 And, he- continued in Prifon topreach and write for Images: Thole Councils that pleáfed:not the Papifbs, we have not the- A&s' of; as wehave of fuch as Nic. z: , that pleated them. Had we all the Speechesand Arguments ufçd in this and,. other Councils, againft Images, as largely as . , thofe,
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