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the_o rest_n in_o egypt_n in_o which_o manner_n they_o write_v also_o another_o epistle_n to_o all_o church_n in_o general_a without_o attend_v any_o leave_n from_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n of_o the_o other_o among_o the_o patent_n of_o constantine_n who_o be_v present_a at_o this_o council_n which_o epistle_n we_o have_v in_o eusebius_n socrates_n gelasius_n theodoret_n 1._o euseb_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la constant_n lib._n 13._o socrat._n lib._n 1._o and_o other_o whereby_o he_o ordain_v that_o easter_n day_n shall_v be_v keep_v upon_o the_o day_n which_o they_o appoint_v and_o that_o the_o book_n of_o arrius_n shall_v be_v burn_v in_o all_o place_n which_o decree_n be_v publish_v only_o to_o authorise_v and_o to_o put_v in_o execution_n the_o canon_n agree_v upon_o and_o enact_v in_o the_o council_n and_o those_o patent_n of_o the_o emperor_n be_v direct_v sometime_o to_o the_o bishop_n and_o people_n and_o sometime_o to_o the_o church_n
have_v receive_v say_v he_o his_o synodall_n epistle_n 34._o epist_n 34._o wherein_o he_o require_v we_o not_o to_o trouble_v the_o peace_n of_o the_o church_n and_o i_o have_v likewise_o advertise_v he_o of_o that_o superstitious_a and_o haughty_a name_n of_o universal_a bishop_n that_o he_o can_v have_v no_o peace_n with_o we_o unless_o he_o do_v reform_v the_o haughtiness_n of_o this_o word_n etc._n etc._n otherwise_o say_v he_o we_o corrupt_v the_o faith_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n etc._n etc._n and_o not_o to_o speak_v of_o the_o wrong_n which_o he_o do_v unto_o we_o elevationem_fw-la elevationem_fw-la if_o there_o be_v one_o call_v universal_a bishop_n then_o must_v the_o universal_a church_n go_v to_o the_o ground_n if_o he_o which_o be_v universal_a happen_v to_o fall_v but_o never_o may_v such_o foolery_n befall_v we_o never_o may_v this_o weakness_n come_v unto_o my_o ear_n but_o to_o cyriacus_n himself_o he_o write_v request_v he_o at_o his_o first_o entry_n to_o abolish_v that_o word_n of_o pride_n by_o which_o there_o be_v so_o great_a scandal_n give_v in_o the_o church_n for_o whosoever_o say_v he_o be_v desirous_a of_o honour_n contrary_n to_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n shall_v never_o be_v account_v honourable_a by_o i_o term_v this_o title_n of_o universality_n a_o thing_n contrary_n to_o god_n and_o to_o his_o honour_n and_o because_o antichrist_n that_o enemy_n of_o the_o almighty_a 28._o epist_n 28._o be_v now_o at_o hand_n my_o earnest_a desire_n say_v he_o be_v that_o he_o may_v find_v nothing_o of_o his_o own_o or_o any_o way_n appertain_v to_o he_o either_o in_o the_o manner_n or_o in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o priest_n and_o when_o the_o emperor_n maurice_n command_v that_o for_o a_o frivolous_a name_n there_o shall_v not_o such_o scandal_n arise_v between_o they_o consider_v say_v he_o unto_o the_o emperor_n that_o when_o antichrist_n shall_v call_v himself_o god_n the_o matter_n itself_o be_v but_o small_a and_o frivolous_a yet_o most_o pernicious_a if_o you_o look_v to_o the_o quality_n of_o the_o word_n it_o consist_v only_o of_o two_o syllable_n but_o if_o you_o regard_v the_o weight_n of_o iniquity_n which_o depend_v thereon_o you_o shall_v see_v a_o universal_a enemy_n wherefore_o i_o speak_v it_o bold_o that_o whosoever_o call_v himself_o or_o desire_v to_o be_v call_v by_o other_o the_o universal_a priest_n or_o bishop_n be_v in_o his_o elation_n of_o mind_n the_o forerunner_n of_o antichrist_n because_o that_o in_o like_a pride_n he_o prefer_v himself_o before_o other_o like_v i_o say_v for_o that_o as_o that_o wicked_a one_o will_v seem_v as_o god_n above_o all_o man_n so_o will_v this_o man_n exalt_v himself_o above_o all_o bishop_n and_o in_o like_a manner_n write_v he_o to_o eulogius_n bishop_n of_o alexandria_n 30._o epist_n 30._o and_o that_o no_o man_n may_v say_v that_o gregory_n go_v to_o take_v away_o that_o from_o another_o which_o he_o yet_o reserve_v as_o due_a unto_o himself_o in_o his_o 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to_o the_o death_n 5._o distinct_a 99_o c._n ecce_fw-la in_o praefatio_fw-la 5._o all_o which_o part_n of_o his_o epistle_n be_v insert_v in_o the_o decret_a which_o gregory_n the_o thirteen_o in_o his_o reformation_n of_o the_o canon_n law_n know_v not_o how_o to_o redress_v but_o only_o by_o give_v s._n gregory_n the_o flat_a lie_n now_o we_o may_v not_o for_o all_o this_o think_v that_o gregory_n will_v lose_v any_o thing_n of_o his_o own_o or_o be_v careless_a to_o set_v foot_n and_o to_o encroach_v upon_o another_o man_n for_o it_o appear_v by_o his_o epistle_n that_o he_o spread_v his_o wing_n as_o far_o and_o far_o than_o his_o nest_n will_v give_v he_o leave_v take_v all_o occasion_n to_o gain_v credit_n and_o to_o be_v deal_v not_o only_o in_o italy_n but_o also_o in_o other_o more_o remote_a province_n of_o the_o west_n make_v himself_o sometime_o arbitrator_n between_o party_n and_o sometime_o judge_n of_o controversy_n between_o church_n and_o church_n and_o eftsoon_o a_o 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the_o same_o time_n with_o gregory_n the_o great_a sufficient_o teach_v we_o that_o the_o authority_n of_o our_o prelate_n and_o archbishop_n depend_v not_o of_o the_o pope_n neither_o do_v they_o ever_o hear_v talk_n of_o that_o pall_n which_o be_v more_o than_o probable_a 52._o greg._n li._n 4._o epist_n 51._o &_o 52._o because_o that_o in_o so_o many_o change_n of_o bishop_n and_o metropolitan_o as_o we_o read_v of_o we_o find_v no_o mention_n at_o all_o make_v thereof_o wherefore_o those_o word_n 9_o idem_fw-la ad_fw-la interroga_fw-la augustin_n ca._n 9_o quod_fw-la iuxta_fw-la antiquum_fw-la morem_fw-la pallij_fw-la usum_fw-la ac_fw-la vice_n apostolicae_fw-la sedis_fw-la postulasti_fw-la and_o cum_fw-la priscam_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la fraternitas_fw-la vestra_fw-la repetat_fw-la by_o which_o they_o say_v that_o virgilius_n request_v of_o gregory_n the_o use_n of_o the_o pall_n and_o the_o vicarship_n of_o the_o roman_a see_v according_a to_o the_o ancient_a custom_n be_v ill_o 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to_o pass_v so_o long_o as_o he_o stand_v upright_o yet_o zonaras_n 718._o an._n 718._o though_o a_o monk_n and_o a_o great_a maintainer_n of_o image_n say_v no_o such_o matter_n no_o more_o do_v cedrenus_n but_o the_o pope_n must_v have_v some_o colour_n for_o so_o hauâ—_n a_o enterprise_n gregory_n hereupon_o call_v in_o the_o lombard_n against_o the_o exarch_n who_o post_v to_o rome_n in_o all_o haste_n but_o be_v repulse_v by_o the_o lombard_n and_o fain_o to_o return_v unto_o ravenna_n and_o there_o break_v off_o the_o peace_n between_o the_o exarche_n and_o the_o lombard_n which_o have_v continue_v ever_o since_o rhotharis_n his_o time_n to_o the_o final_a ruin_n of_o both_o estate_n and_o first_o of_o that_o of_o the_o exarche_n who_o chief_a seat_n and_o city_n ravenna_n luitprand_a king_n of_o the_o lombard_n take_v and_o sack_v but_o gregory_n like_v not_o this_o sudden_a increase_n of_o the_o lombard_n power_n and_o therefore_o alter_v his_o course_n and_z carrying_z the_o matter_n very_o close_o get_v aid_n of_o the_o venetian_n and_o thereby_o sudden_o reestablish_v paul_n in_o the_o exarchat_n of_o ravenna_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n the_o emperor_n leo_n cease_v not_o to_o exhort_v gregory_n to_o forbear_v the_o maintenance_n and_o support_v of_o image_n in_o the_o church_n gregory_n reply_v that_o it_o belong_v not_o to_o the_o emperor_n to_o innovat_fw-la any_o thing_n in_o matter_n of_o faith_n for_o so_o he_o term_v the_o use_n of_o image_n neither_o stay_v he_o here_o but_o far_o as_o the_o history_n report_n he_o solicit_v the_o venetian_n and_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o ravenna_n to_o rise_v in_o arm_n against_o the_o emperor_n and_o his_o exarch_n cause_v city_n and_o town_n to_o thrust_v out_o their_o lawful_a magistrate_n 3._o blond_n dec._n 1._o li._n 10._o sigon_n de_fw-fr reg._n ital._n li._n 3._o and_o to_o put_v other_o of_o their_o own_o choice_n in_o their_o room_n persuade_v the_o citizen_n of_o rome_n to_o abandon_v he_o as_o a_o heretic_n if_o he_o persist_v in_o those_o his_o opinion_n and_o in_o the_o end_n absolve_v the_o people_n of_o italy_n from_o their_o oath_n and_o allegiance_n to_o he_o free_v their_o conscience_n forbid_v they_o to_o pay_v their_o tribute_n or_o to_o yield_v he_o obedience_n in_o any_o kind_n the_o people_n feel_v the_o reins_n to_o lie_v lose_v upon_o their_o neck_n present_o murder_v paul_n exarch_v of_o ravenna_n pull_v out_o peter_n eye_n who_o be_v duke_n of_o rome_n kill_v exhilarate_v duke_n of_o campania_n and_o his_o son_n 1_o zonar_n p._n 8._o 85._o to_o 3._o cedren_n p._n 373._o 1_o fill_v every_o corner_n of_o italy_n with_o sedition_n and_o blood_n and_o in_o conclusion_n find_v themselves_o so_o far_o engage_v in_o these_o disorder_n that_o they_o see_v no_o hope_n of_o reconciliation_n leave_v they_o with_o the_o emperor_n they_o shake_v off_o and_o first_o of_o all_o the_o citizen_n of_o rome_n the_o yoke_n of_o the_o emperor_n take_v a_o solemn_a oath_n to_o become_v liege_n servant_n obedient_a in_o all_o point_n and_o to_o all_o purpose_n 34._o baron_fw-fr 9_o a_o 726_o art_n 34._o to_o the_o pope_n and_o here_o say_v baronius_n be_v a_o end_n of_o those_o duke_n and_o governor_n which_o the_o emperor_n be_v wont_a to_o send_v to_o command_v in_o rome_n and_o place_n near_o adjoin_v this_o revolt_n will_v he_o fain_o justify_v constant_a onuphr_n in_o annot_n ad_fw-la plat._n in_o constant_a under_o colour_n of_o conspiracy_n make_v against_o the_o pope_n which_o no_o author_n report_v but_o anastasius_n a_o domestic_a of_o the_o pope_n and_o therefore_o sigonius_n say_v also_o that_o rome_n and_o the_o dukedom_n of_o rome_n be_v translate_v from_o the_o grecian_n to_o the_o pope_n of_o rome_n by_o reason_n of_o their_o wicked_a heresy_n and_o impiety_n what_o impiety_n save_v only_o that_o pretend_a sin_n against_o the_o use_n of_o image_n but_o he_o go_v on_o and_o set_v down_o a_o beadroll_n of_o place_n which_o come_v to_o the_o 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