3 2.0 Church-Hiftory of Bilhops dyed ; ,or as force fay, was killed by Romanus's -Sons. After him Nicephorus Phocas a fuccesful Warrior, but a bad Man, Ruled ; The Church`, called him bad for opprefling them with Taxes; His Wife rheophanon, and yobn Tritaifca. (who fucceeded) killed him. `Thus bath the World been Governed ; and this is the profit of 'Am- bition. 4. 27. The next Pope is Anaftatius>the -- 3d.'who fate two Years, and .. two Months. In this time the Rafters; Emperour Leo publifhed Conflitutions, .,which Baronius and Binius (p, ro53) deride as ridice.. Sous, in imitation of fuftinian, becaufe he prefumed to make Church Laws. S. 28. Lando was the next Pope, Anna 912. and fate 6. Months and 22. Days; fay Baronius and Binius, [This Alan' at the importu- nate inftarce, of that moß potene, moll noble, and molt impudent Whore Theodora, (who had proflitaeed one of her Daughters Marozia to Pope Sergius, and the other Theodora to Aldebert Marquefs of Tufcia, and hereby had obtained or kept the Monarchy of the City, (who was Pope if this Whore was Monarch) did create John whom Ilse mall fflthilydoted on, . a Pre,byter of Ravina, the Biifhop of Bononia, and Peter Arch-Bifhop of Ravenna being Dead, he made him there Arch-Bifhop, And a little af- ter fo filthy an ael, he Died. Luitpraud. 1. 2. c, 13. S. 29. Next comet-h thisfame Man, Anno 9127ohn._to: faith Platina and others, the Son of Pope Sergius (by the Whore Marozia 'fay Come, kut its not like, becaufe Marozia killed him.) But its more probable, as Onttphritts noteth, that it was not this rahn, but the next that was :Son to Sergius and Marozia. This Pope faith Baron. and Bin. is he that the famous Whore Theodora for great comelinefs of perfon doted on; and fa th Luitpraud, got him made Arch-Bifhop of Ravenna, and 17 after Pope of Rome, that the might not lye with 'him fo feldome, as the diftance between Rome and Ravenna would neceffitate. So [fay they, this impudent Man being powerful at Rome, -by the flrength of a Whore, is made a fa/fe Pope and wicked invader of the Seat] where they thew how this Whore obtained her power. But was this no interruption of the fuccclfion neither, nor a nullifying of the Papal Church, while he Tate 13. or as Onuphrius, 14. Years and more. No faith Baron. (and Bin.) He that was an Invader, Theif, and Robber, by the after Con- fent of ,the Replan Clergy, became the lawful Pope of Rome. -a. We fee then, what.the Romane Clergy were, that would have fuch a Pope. 2, But they .giveno proof of any fuch Content; but fay, It is veri- fínnle, ,3. And where was the Church till that Confent, or at leafì its Holinefs. 4. Can Such Mens Confent make a Pope of an uzcapable_ petfon? Will ro Wickednefs incapacitate? 4. ;o. Say the forefaid Authors, in this Popes time Sifevandus Bi- hop cifCompofiella, finding the great divetfity of the Roman and -Ma- arabsck, Liturgy, altered his by the Popes confent. After
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