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convertantur_fw-la unico_fw-la &_o legitimo_fw-la baptismate_fw-la baptizentur_fw-la cypr._n epist_n ad_fw-la jubaian_a if_o you_o take_v they_o literal_o that_o of_o saint_n cyprian_n will_v have_v all_o heretic_n to_o be_v rebaptise_v from_o what_o heresy_n soever_o they_o return_v and_o all_o that_o be_v out_o of_o the_o church_n and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o enough_o to_o lay_v hand_n upon_o they_o but_o the_o pope_n by_o he_o 14._o eo_fw-la quod_fw-la parum_fw-la sit_fw-la eye_n manum_fw-la imponere_fw-la stephanus_n baptismum_fw-la christi_fw-la in_o nullo_n iterandum_fw-la esse_fw-la censebat_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la facientibus_fw-la graviter_fw-la succensebat_fw-la august_n l._n the_o unic_n baptis_n c._n 14._o declare_v that_o it_o be_v sufficient_a and_o forbid_v any_o heretic_n to_o be_v re-baptised_n this_o st._n austin_n confirm_v when_o he_o express_o assure_v we_o that_o stephen_n will_v have_v no_o heretic_n to_o be_v rebaptise_v and_o that_o he_o be_v extreme_o offend_v 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council_n after_o that_o of_o agrippinus_n 6._o firmil_n epist_n ap_fw-mi cypr._n epist_n 75._o diony_n alexand._n apud_fw-la euseb_n l._n 7._o hist_o c._n 4._o &_o 6._o firmilian_a bishop_n of_o cesanea_n in_o cappadocia_n and_o most_o of_o the_o bishop_n of_o asia_n adhere_v unto_o he_o and_o have_v as_o well_o as_o those_o of_o africa_n decide_v against_o the_o baptism_n of_o heretic_n in_o the_o council_n of_o iconium_n and_o synnada_n and_o of_o many_o other_o city_n of_o asia_n where_o the_o bishop_n of_o cappadocia_n cilicia_n galatia_n phrygia_n and_o other_o province_n assemble_v for_o examine_v that_o question_n which_o have_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o so_o great_a a_o difference_n denis_n patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n a_o man_n of_o extraordinary_a merit_n singular_a learning_n and_o great_a authority_n ibid._n ibid._n make_v it_o also_o evident_a enough_o by_o his_o write_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o offer_v to_o condemn_v that_o doctrine_n which_o his_o bishop_n of_o 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cause_v his_o decree_n to_o be_v observe_v in_o so_o far_o 75._o diony_n alexand._n apud_fw-la euseb_n l._n 3._o c._n 4._o firmil_n ap_fw-mi cypr._n epist_n 75._o that_o he_o cut_v off_o from_o his_o communion_n all_o the_o bishop_n of_o asia_n who_o will_v not_o submit_v to_o it_o and_o this_o he_o do_v although_o denis_n of_o alexandria_n have_v write_v earnest_o to_o he_o to_o dissuade_v he_o from_o it_o represent_v to_o he_o that_o he_o may_v appease_v he_o that_o pope_n cornelius_n and_o the_o antipope_n novatian_n have_v write_v to_o these_o bishop_n to_o engage_v they_o several_o unto_o their_o party_n they_o have_v in_o fine_a all_o of_o they_o condemn_v novatian_n and_o his_o heresy_n which_o consist_v in_o this_o that_o he_o maintain_v that_o the_o church_n have_v not_o power_n to_o reconcile_v those_o who_o in_o time_n of_o persecution_n have_v fall_v off_o to_o idolatry_n cardinal_n baronius_n conclude_v from_o these_o word_n of_o the_o holy_a patriarch_n that_o the_o asiatic_n have_v quit_v their_o opinion_n concern_v the_o nullity_n of_o the_o baptism_n of_o heretic_n but_o without_o doubt_n that_o be_v a_o evident_a anachronism_n and_o manifest_a
declare_v in_o relation_n to_o the_o same_o controversy_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o sergius_n patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n one_o of_o the_o chief_a author_n of_o that_o heresy_n the_o judgement_n of_o st._n martin_n be_v approve_v in_o that_o council_n and_o that_o of_o honorius_n so_o severe_o censure_v that_o the_o pope_n be_v there_o anathematise_v whether_o these_o letter_n be_v well_o or_o ill_o understand_v it_o make_v nothing_o to_o our_o present_a purpose_n the_o council_n pass_v judgement_n upon_o he_o and_o no_o body_n ever_o object_v against_o it_o in_o antiquity_n this_o be_v sufficient_a to_o conclude_v invincible_o that_o the_o council_n be_v superior_a to_o the_o pope_n but_o be_v there_o any_o thing_n more_o convince_a and_o decisive_a for_o fix_v of_o this_o truth_n than_o what_o be_v do_v in_o the_o case_n of_o the_o donatist_n who_o by_o their_o schism_n trouble_v all_o the_o church_n of_o africa_n 5._o optat._n milevit_fw-la l._n 1._o contr_n parmen_fw-la euseb_n eccles_n hist_o l._n 10._o c._n 5._o they_o apply_v themselves_o to_o the_o emperor_n constantine_n who_o be_v then_o in_o gallia_n and_o desire_v of_o he_o judge_n choose_v from_o among_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o gallican_n church_n against_o cecilian_a bishop_n of_o carthage_n because_o they_o will_v shun_v the_o judgement_n of_o the_o pope_n who_o they_o disinherit_v saepe_fw-la august_n ep._n 162._o ad_fw-la gelor_n &_o eleus_n ep._n 165._o ad_fw-la generos_fw-la 166._o ad_fw-la donatist_n 167._o &_o alib_a saepe_fw-la the_o emperor_n nevertheless_o have_v protest_v that_o it_o belong_v not_o to_o he_o to_o meddle_v in_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n send_v they_o back_o to_o the_o pope_n to_o who_o as_o head_n of_o the_o church_n it_o belong_v to_o judge_v of_o great_a cause_n pope_n miltiades_n take_v for_o assessor_n in_o this_o judgement_n fifteen_o bishop_n of_o italy_n to_o who_o he_o join_v three_o famous_a bishop_n of_o the_o gallican_n church_n maternus_n of_o cologne_n rheticius_n of_o autun_n and_o marinus_n of_o arles_n who_o the_o emperor_n have_v send_v he_o to_o be_v of_o the_o number_n of_o the_o judge_n that_o the_o donatist_n may_v not_o have_v cause_n to_o say_v that_o every_o thing_n have_v be_v refuse_v they_o that_o cause_n be_v solemn_o judge_v in_o that_o council_n of_o rome_n donatus_n head_n of_o the_o schismatic_n appear_v there_o with_o ten_o bishop_n of_o his_o party_n and_o allege_v all_o that_o he_o have_v to_o say_v against_o against_o cecilian_a who_o appear_v also_o accompany_v with_o ten_o other_o african_a bishop_n and_o defend_v his_o cause_n and_o that_o of_o the_o church_n so_o well_o against_o the_o author_n of_o that_o schism_n that_o they_o be_v condemn_v they_o be_v very_o willing_a to_o be_v judge_v by_o this_o council_n imagine_v as_o st._n austin_n observe_v 162._o ep._n 162._o that_o either_o they_o may_v gain_v their_o cause_n by_o artifices_fw-la and_o calumny_n or_o that_o if_o they_o lose_v it_o yet_o they_o may_v still_o maintain_v their_o party_n by_o complain_v loud_o in_o all_o place_n that_o the_o pope_n and_o his_o bishop_n who_o be_v prejudice_v against_o they_o have_v judge_v partial_o the_o truth_n be_v they_o do_v so_o and_o press_v the_o emperor_n so_o hard_o to_o give_v they_o new_a judge_n and_o in_o great_a number_n that_o that_o good_a prince_n overcome_v by_o their_o extreme_a importunity_n cit_fw-la orabida_n furoris_fw-la audacia_fw-la opt._n loc_fw-la cit_fw-la which_o he_o call_v extreme_a fury_n grant_v their_o desine_fw-la and_o see_v he_o passionate_o desire_v to_o restore_v peace_n to_o the_o church_n and_o utter_o to_o abolish_v so_o fatal_a a_o schism_n by_o a_o supreme_a sentence_n that_o may_v for_o ever_o put_v a_o end_n to_o that_o great_a contest_v he_o call_v the_o great_a council_n of_o arles_n fest_n apud_fw-la arelatum_fw-la eandem_fw-la causam_fw-la diligentius_fw-la examinandam_fw-la terruinandamque_fw-la cuirass_n august_n ep._n 162._o euseb_n l._n 10._o c._n 5._o august_n ep._n 167._o ad_fw-la fest_n which_o st._n austin_n call_v a_o full_a and_o universal_a council_n because_o as_o eusebius_n assure_v we_o and_o after_o he_o that_o holy_a doctor_n there_o be_v there_o a_o infinite_a number_n of_o bishop_n of_o all_o the_o province_n of_o the_o empire_n 11._o exit_fw-la omnibus_fw-la mundi_fw-la partibus_fw-la &_o praecipue_fw-la gallicanis_fw-la council_n arelat_n 11._o ganls_n the_o legate_n of_o pope_n sylvester_n with_o the_o eighteen_o bishop_n who_o have_v be_v at_o the_o council_n of_o rome_n be_v present_a there_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o donatist_n be_v examine_v there_o afresh_o with_o the_o judgement_n which_o pope_n melchiade_n the_o predecessor_n of_o st._n sylvester_n have_v give_v against_o they_o and_o they_o be_v again_o condemn_v by_o a_o definitive_a sentence_n and_o without_o appeal_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a tribunal_n for_o the_o appeal_n which_o these_o schismatic_n who_o observe_v no_o measure_n bring_v to_o the_o tribunal_n of_o constantine_n 162._o august_n ep._n 162._o be_v most_o unjust_a as_o be_v frank_o acknowledge_v by_o that_o emperor_n who_o say_v that_o if_o he_o at_o length_n take_v cognizance_n of_o that_o cause_n to_o stop_v the_o mouth_n of_o these_o heretic_n and_o arrest_v the_o course_n of_o their_o fury_n he_o humble_o beg_v pardon_v of_o the_o bishop_n who_o authority_n in_o what_o concern_v the_o spiritual_a he_o shall_v invade_v whereupon_o st._n austin_n answer_v the_o complaint_n that_o the_o donatist_n of_o his_o time_n always_o make_v of_o pope_n melchiade_n ibid._n quae_fw-la vox_fw-la est_fw-la omnium_fw-la malorum_fw-la litigatorum_fw-la cum_fw-la fuerint_fw-la etiam_fw-la manifestissimâ_fw-la veritate_fw-la superati_fw-la ibid._n as_o their_o ancestor_n have_v do_v jeer_v they_o pleasant_o say_v that_o they_o act_v like_o bad_a lawyer_n who_o have_v lose_v their_o cause_n blame_v their_o judge_n and_o complain_v to_o all_o man_n that_o they_o have_v be_v unjust_o condemn_v when_o they_o have_v even_o be_v convict_v by_o the_o most_o manifest_a discovery_n of_o the_o truth_n ibid._n ecce_fw-la putemus_fw-la illos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la qui_fw-la romae_fw-la judicarunt_fw-la non_fw-la bonos_fw-es judices_fw-la fuisse_fw-la restabat_fw-la adhuc_fw-la plenarium_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la vniversalis_fw-la concilium_fw-la ubi_fw-la etiam_fw-la cumipsis_fw-la judicibus_fw-la causa_fw-la posset_n agitari_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la male_a judicasse_fw-la convicti_fw-la essent_fw-la torum_fw-la sententiae_fw-la solverentur_fw-la ibid._n then_o to_o confound_v they_o he_o add_v these_o great_a word_n which_o plain_o decide_v the_o question_n that_o we_o examine_v and_o to_o which_o nothing_o can_v be_v reply_v suppose_v that_o the_o judge_n who_o condemn_v your_o ancestor_n at_o rome_n have_v judge_v amiss_o be_v not_o there_o still_o the_o full_a council_n where_o that_o cause_n may_v be_v again_o examine_v with_o the_o same_o judge_n who_o have_v already_o judge_v it_o that_o if_o it_o have_v be_v find_v that_o their_o judgement_n be_v not_o just_a their_o sentence_n may_v have_v be_v rescind_v i_o free_o confess_v that_o i_o can_v see_v how_o it_o can_v be_v better_o make_v out_o that_o the_o pope_n tribunal_n be_v subject_a to_o that_o of_o a_o full_a and_o general_a council_n which_o may_v confirm_v or_o rescind_v a_o sentence_n pass_v at_o rome_n as_o a_o supreme_a court_n can_v confirm_v or_o rescind_v the_o judgement_n of_o a_o inferior_a so_o when_o the_o same_o st._n austin_n say_v in_o another_o place_n speak_v of_o the_o pelagian_o 10._o jam_fw-la enim_fw-la do_v hac_fw-la causâ_fw-la duo_fw-la concilia_fw-la missa_fw-la sunt_fw-la ad_fw-la sedem_fw-la apostolicam_fw-la inde_fw-la etiam_fw-la rescripta_fw-la venerunt_fw-la causa_fw-la finita_fw-la est_fw-la august_n serm._n 2._o de_fw-fr verb._n dom._n c._n 10._o we_o have_v rescript_n come_v from_o rome_n the_o cause_n be_v end_v that_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v that_o it_o be_v end_v at_o rome_n whither_o these_o heretic_n after_o they_o have_v be_v condemn_v in_o the_o council_n of_o africa_n appeal_v to_o the_o pope_n and_o think_v to_o have_v gain_v their_o cause_n by_o their_o artifice_n which_o have_v once_o succeed_v with_o they_o it_o be_v not_o judge_v supreme_o but_o in_o the_o council_n of_o ephesus_n we_o must_v then_o of_o necessity_n conclude_v that_o it_o can_v more_o clear_o he_o see_v than_o in_o those_o instance_n which_o i_o have_v now_o allege_v of_o universal_a council_n which_o have_v judge_v the_o sentence_n of_o pope_n that_o it_o be_v believe_v in_o the_o ancient_a church_n before_o saint_n austin_n and_o in_o his_o time_n and_o after_o he_o without_o the_o least_o doubt_v that_o a_o general_a council_n be_v above_o the_o pope_n and_o that_o be_v the_o thing_n i_o be_v to_o prove_v chap._n xix_o that_o the_o ancient_a pope_n have_v always_o acknowledge_v and_o protest_v that_o they_o be_v 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