278 Church- ftoiïy of Bifhops and Q r. May a Prince fave his crown from filch? 2. May a man fave his Wife from fuch, or a woman refufe their copulation, or defend her Chaftity againft them? 3. What if fuch are drunk in the Pulpit, are the People bound to be fluently fùbmiffîve? d., Why did Pope Niche las decree that none fhould hear Mars from a Prieft that liveth in forni- cation? 5. Are Priefts above Kings, or are they lawlefs? Yet this very Synod ofBishops in theirEpiftie to Pope Hadrian (ayes [Cuiconftaa Synode,'qui taw impéritabanr, Michael et Bafilius nofler, prafdebant,] And Bajiilioes and Baancs were now among them. And ma- ny Princes, efpecially in France and FSpain have made ftritt Laws to a- mend the Bishops. § Go. One of the decrees of this Council was that Photons f e:aid not be called a Chriftian. Bin. p. 899. Col. 2. Yet the Apoftle- faith of the related; account himnot as an enemy, but admonifh him as a Bra -' ther. 2 Thef. 3, § 61. In Bin. p. 899. is an epiftleof Pope Stephens to the Emperor Bajlius which containeth the radical doctrine ofall the Bifhops rebellion and pride, viz, that Princes are only appointed for the things of the Body or this life, and prelates and Priefts for the matters of the Soul and life eternal, and therefore that the Prelates Empire is more excel- lent than the Princes, as heaven is above earth. ["&aandoquodem ver- "bis -qua adufum vita, id eft, rerum prafentium pertinent, Imperium a "Dee traditum eft, ita nobis per Principem Apoftolorum Petrum, rerum "divinarum procuratio eft commiffa: Accipe qunfo in eptimarnpartem qua r, e. "fubjicio Hæefont capita curaque Principis imperii veftri..Nofriveró pray you "curagregis tantopraftantior eft, panto altior eft terra queim ccelum.Audi give up as Dominum---Tu esPetrus- --de veftro imperio verò quid dicot--- Notice ti- "mere eos qui corpus occident- Obte f or g.tuamPietatem ut Prie- your Crown. "pum Apoftolorum inftitutafequare,magnaveneratione profegtlare. Omni. "um enim inerbe terrarum, envois orde et Pontificatus Ecclefiarum,d princi-. "pe Apofiolorum Petrooriginem et authoritatem acceperunt. (O horrid falfhood, as before confuted!) § 62. Yet this Council in Breviar. in Bin. p. 9o5. determine ofthe Pope, that being but one Patriarch, he cannotabfolve one that is con- demned by the other many Patriarchs. § 63. Laying all together I cannot perceive by hiftorical notice, but that both Ignatius and Photius were both better Bifhops than molt were to be found; the firftbeinga very pious man, and the other allo a man of great learning and diligence. But the old contention WHO SHOULD BE CHIEF or greateft, made them both the great calamity of the Church. I think it not in vain here to tranfcribe part ofthe fumm ofthe lifeof Ignatius as written by Nicetas, David, Paphlago who was devoted to him, though fomewhat laid already be repeated. Ignatius (being of the blood Royal) was in quiet pofheffìon, when denying entrance or Church
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