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that_o their_o empire_n when_o it_o be_v at_o the_o large_a be_v not_o so_o large_a as_o the_o bound_n and_o limit_n of_o christian_a religion_n s._n leo_n himself_o be_v witness_v in_o these_o word_n pauli_n sermon_n 1._o in_o nativit_fw-la ss_z apost_n petri_n &_o pauli_n rome_n be_v make_v head_n of_o the_o world_n by_o the_o chair_n of_o s._n peter_n do_v rule_n over_o more_o country_n by_o heavenly_a religion_n then_o by_o earthly_a dominion_n again_o since_o the_o emperor_n become_v christian_a not_o one_o hundred_o year_n together_o scarce_o do_v one_o emperor_n command_v over_o all_o the_o empire_n but_o light_o one_o govern_v in_o the_o east_n another_o over_o the_o west_n i_o will_v then_o glad_o know_v to_o whether_o of_o they_o it_o belong_v to_o call_v general_a counsel_n or_o whether_o the_o church_n of_o god_n must_v be_v destitute_a of_o such_o counsel_n until_o that_o matter_n be_v agree_v upon_o further_o the_o call_n of_o national_a &_o provincial_a counsel_n do_v according_a unto_o s._n augustine_n and_o antiquity_n 8._o aug._n ep._n 217._o cal._n lib._n 4._o instit_fw-la c._n 7._o n._n 8._o allow_v therein_o by_o m._n caluin_n and_o the_o great_a hundred_o of_o 534._o of_o centur._n 4._o c._n 7._o col_fw-fr 534._o magdeburge_n appertain_v unto_o the_o primate_fw-la and_o metrapolitans_n of_o the_o same_o nation_n and_o province_n therefore_o by_o the_o like_a proportion_n it_o do_v not_o appertain_v to_o the_o emperor_n but_o unto_o the_o chief_a patriarch_n of_o the_o church_n to_o call_v a_o general_a council_n that_o s._n leo_n on_o who_o authority_n m._n abbot_n here_o do_v stand_v take_v s._n peter_n first_o and_o after_o he_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n to_o be_v such_o i_o will_v brief_o prove_v thus_o he_o write_v out_o of_o the_o whole_a world_n one_o peter_n be_v choose_v sva_fw-la serm._n tert_n de_fw-fr assumptione_n sva_fw-la to_o have_v chief_a charge_n of_o the_o vocation_n of_o the_o gentile_n and_o be_v place_v over_o the_o other_o apostle_n and_o all_o the_o father_n of_o the_o church_n so_o that_o albeit_o there_o be_v among_o the_o people_n of_o god_n many_o priest_n and_o many_o pastor_n yet_o do_v peter_n peculiar_o govern_v they_o over_o who_o christ_n do_v principal_o reign_v so_o that_o all_o temporal_a prince_n who_o will_v not_o deny_v christ_n to_o reign_v over_o they_o must_v by_o s._n leos_n verdict_n acknowledge_v themselves_o subject_a in_o spiritual_a case_n to_o s._n peter_n and_o his_o successor_n the_o same_o he_o do_v confirm_v at_o large_a in_o a_o epistle_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o province_n of_o vienna_n where_o he_o conclude_v in_o these_o word_n to_o which_o s._n peter_n whosoever_o do_v deny_v the_o primacy_n 87._o epistola_fw-la 87._o he_o can_v in_o any_o sort_n diminish_v his_o dignity_n but_o puff_v up_o with_o the_o spirit_n of_o pride_n he_o do_v drown_v himself_o in_o the_o gulf_n of_o hell_n now_o lest_o any_o man_n shall_v take_v exception_n against_o s._n peter_n successor_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n though_o he_o will_v grant_v the_o supremacy_n unto_o s._n peter_n i_o add_v that_o s._n leo_n in_o that_o second_o place_n do_v rather_o speak_v of_o his_o own_o authority_n under_o the_o name_n of_o s._n peter_n impugn_a then_o by_o hilarius_n bishop_n of_o vienna_n then_o of_o s._n peter_n own_o time_n yet_o for_o more_o clear_a demonstration_n of_o it_o suae_fw-la sermon_n 2._o de_fw-la anniversario_fw-la assumptionis_fw-la suae_fw-la take_v these_o his_o word_n the_o disposition_n and_o order_n of_o truth_n do_v continue_v and_o bless_a peter_n persevere_v in_o the_o fortitude_n of_o a_o rock_n have_v not_o forsake_v the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n which_o he_o undertake_v peter_n i_o say_v do_v to_o this_o day_n hold_v on_o and_o continue_v still_o and_o live_v in_o his_o successor_n which_o he_o confirm_v in_o a_o hundred_o place_n of_o his_o epistle_n by_o i_o for_o brevity_n sake_n omit_v content_v myself_o with_o that_o which_o 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theodosius_n first_o and_o after_o unto_o martianus_n the_o emperor_n that_o they_o will_v command_v a_o general_a council_n to_o be_v hold_v in_o italy_n which_o they_o will_v not_o do_v but_o choose_v rather_o another_o place_n be_v it_o so_o for_o sometime_o such_o mighty_a monarch_n take_v more_o state_n upon_o they_o than_o christian_a duty_n do_v permit_v and_o as_o for_o theodosius_n the_o young_a though_o he_o be_v a_o good_a emperor_n at_o the_o first_o yet_o afterward_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o he_o assist_v the_o heretic_n eutiche_n &_o his_o patron_n dioscorus_n too_o far_o in_o that_o wicked_a assembly_n at_o ephesus_n 12._o see_v actionem_fw-la primam_fw-la council_n chalced._n &_o liberatus_n cap._n 12._o the_o place_n by_o he_o assign_v for_o that_o general_a council_n the_o reason_n that_o move_v s._n leo_n to_o request_v those_o emperor_n to_o call_v a_o council_n be_v not_o for_o that_o he_o doubt_v of_o his_o own_o authority_n therein_o but_o for_o diverse_a 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