. their. Councils abridged. 263 CHAP. X. Of.the Councils about Ignatius and Photius , andfoine others. § t. N. 848. A Synod at Mentz na# under Raba condemned Go- CCLVII. . defcalcaes aPresbyter, and Monk of Rhyne', as a Predeftina- rian Heretick. Hincmarars Ep. adP. Nicol. reciteth his Herefies tobe, r. 'EThat as Godhathpredeftinatedforce to life eternal, fo others to death 0 eternal : That he would not have all Men Paved, but only thofe that are fa- ' ved, elfe he fhould have his Willfrufirate, and not beOmnipotent. 2. 'That Chrift dyed not for all, net; onlyfor the Eleét, who are the world ' that he redeemed; others he recleemethby Baptifm,but not bydying for them. 3. ' That no one(hall perifh that Chrifl dyed for. ¢ He addeth, ( how truly I know not,) ` That he afferteth a threefold 'Deity in the Trinity of Perfons. ] They laid him in Prifon, and Hincmarus wrote to the Pope to know what to do with him, faying , That he muFt ` employ a very able Man to keep him, for he wraps People , even the meanly learned, intoadmiration of him, recitingScripture and. Fathers diftortedwhole ` days together. Some Bifhops took his part. § a. They fay a Synod at Tours wrote an Admonition to one .Nomenoius the King's Lieutenant in Britany, for Tyranny and Oppreffion, and calling out theJuftBifhops, and putting in Mercenaries, Thieves and Robbers; Bin. p. 638. and for defpifingg the warnings of the Pope and Bifhops. 3. Canifos tells us of a ConciliumRegiaticinum, regulating Bifhops, and Cap. 6. ordaining that the Arch-Presbyter examine every Máfler of a Fami- ly perfonally, and take account of their Families and Lives,and receive their Confeffions : AndCap. 7. that a Presbyter in the abfence of the Bifhop,tnay reconcile a Penitent byhis command. Cap. I 3. That in theVillages Arch- Presbyters be kt over the Lower-Presbyters. C. i a. That none that are de- nied Communion, may have any Military or CivilOffice ; and fo every Bi- fhop is Mather of the Magiftrates. §4. CCLVIII. The Saracens in: Spain perfeçuting the Chriftians, forced the Bifhops to meet in Council at Corduba, and decree againfl Martyrdom, and the Memorial of Martyrs,faith Binnins, p. 64.3. '' [Holding a Satanical `Meeting,forbad Martyrdom, and took away the Honour of Martyrs, faying, ' That they that were not violently drawn to deny the Faith, but offered them- ' felves to danger of their own accord, are not to be ntembred with the Mar- ' tyrs, not working Miracles as the Martyrs did, nor their Bodies remaining an- ' corrupt. 5'. ASynod at Mentz;, An. 852,..did we know not what. But 853.. CCLIX. one at Söifns was approved by Pope Benedict, and reprobated by Pope Nicolas (Bin. p. 648.) ( yet both infallible. ) And it is no wonder, for it is about ahard Point, and in which the Papacy is much concerned, ,When Ebbo was depofed and banifhed, Lothariva reftored him for a while, and.
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