their Councils abridged. 2qj )efts,) Arnulphss abate fon of Carolomannus got an intereft in the tub-' jets, and they depofed the Emperor and fèt him up. Baronies and Saith Ba- Binnius afcribe it to Gods judgment for Charles his wronging of Richar- 'rum and Bi da a pure Virgin, yet repudiated :by B him. They fay that"he wasre- ttt in nnus, duced to tech poverty that he was fain to beg his bread of Arnulphus, the 12th. and dyed 888 in the 4th year of his Empire. faith Pia- , § 96. The Letter againft the Pope written by the Emperor Bathes tang, and m the $th. the Papifts will not let us fee:, But this Pope Sthephen's anfwer to it fayothérs they give tis, which runs on the old foundatiorl,trayterous _ to Magiftra- Whatcer- cy as fuch. Telling the Emperor that [" The Sacerdotal and Apoftoli- tainty ïs "cal dignity is .notfubjúlt to Kings , and that Kings are authorized to here? ['meddle only with worldly matters, and the Pope and Prielfs with fpiritual. "Andtherefare hisPlace isasfar more excellent than Emperors, as heaven "is above earth] He tells the Emperor that in reviling the Pope Of Rome "he blattered out blafpbemy againft the God ofall the world, andhis imma- calate Spotfe and Prieff and the Mother ofall Churches: And that he is "deceived that thinketh [that the Difciple (Princes) is above his waft Cter (the Priefls,) and the fervant above his Lord. He wondereth at his "taunts and Doffs againi the holy Pope, and the curfes or reproaches which "he loaded the Roman Church with, to which he ought with ail veneration "to be fubje(f, as King, who made him the-judge of Prelates whofedoflrine "he muff obey, and why he.Paid, Marinus was no Bfhop, &c. By this the reader may perceive whether yet all the Chriftian world obeyed the. Pope, or judged him to be their Governor. §. 97. How Pope. F+rmofus. fet up Wido Duke of Spoleto trayteroufly., as Emperor till he was forced.to:loyalty, is after to be tàid. § 98. CCXCVII. An.; 887., A Council at Celen under Charles -Craft fus,,made Canons againft Sacrilege and Adultery.. §. 99. CCXCVIII. An. 888: ACouncil at Mentz,)while they were all in diftrefs by tk.e depopulations of the Normans) firft decreed to pray for the King, and then tell him that, "Rexdicitura Regendo: And "ifhe rule pioufly, juftly and mercifully he isjufliy called a King,, but if "impioufly, unjuflly, and cruelly.he is.a Tyrant.. Can. io. "Whereas former Synodsforbad all women to dwell inthe houfe "'with Bishops, or Prieffs ,or Deacons,except Mothers or Stffers; they now ,ea forbid theft alfo, hearing oft ofthe wickednefs committed by them , and that "Bifhops (or Prieffs) lay with their own.Sifters, And begat Children -ofthem. But to fecure them from all convi6tion for any filch crime it is de-. creed Chap. the 12. "that no. Prefbyter açcufe any B fhop, nor any Dea "con a. Prefbyter, nor any.Subdeacon.a Deacon, &c. And that no Prelate "be condemned but under.feventy two witnefes; and the chief Prelate be judg- ed of no man. An.l a Cardinal.Presbytarnot under fortytwo witneffes;nor "a' Cardinal Deacon under twentyfix: Sobde aeons, Acolythes Exorcifls,, "Leelors, Doorkeepers, not Underfeven : and thefe without infamy having `'Wivws and ,Children ] And indeed that Bishop that would lie with his own.
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