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that_o our_o saviour_n change_v the_o name_n of_o peter_n from_o simon_n to_o peter_n john_n 1_o tu_fw-la es_fw-la simon_n filius_fw-la jonae_fw-la tu_fw-la vocaberis_fw-la cephas_n thou_o be_v simon_n the_o son_n of_o ionas_n thou_o shall_v be_v call_v cephas_n but_o it_o be_v answer_v it_o prove_v nothing_o first_o many_o have_v new_a name_n give_v they_o and_o yet_o be_v not_o oecumenick_n bishop_n yea_o other_o apostle_n also_o as_o paul_n be_v once_o call_v saul_n also_o the_o son_n of_o zebedeus_n james_n and_o john_n have_v the_o name_n of_o boanerges_n give_v unto_o they_o bellarmin_n instance_v many_o way_n vex_v himself_o and_o his_o reader_n so_o do_v stapleton_n &_o toletus_n but_o nothing_o to_o the_o purpose_n weary_v both_o themselves_o and_o their_o reader_n with_o extravagant_a fantasy_n fall_v again_o upon_o tu_fw-la es_fw-la petrus_n which_o we_o dispute_v to_o the_o full_a before_o the_o second_o prerogative_n be_v this_o when_o the_o name_n of_o the_o apostle_n 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answer_v this_o be_v a_o great_a prerogative_n in_o peter_n indeed_o show_v only_o the_o
presbyter_n be_v borrow_v by_o a_o metaphor_n from_o the_o civil_a administration_n they_o who_o rule_v city_n of_o old_a among_o the_o jew_n and_o grecian_n be_v call_v presbyter_n and_o ruler_n of_o province_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bishop_n overseer_n as_o appear_v by_o 1_o maccab._n 1_o all_o other_o church_n minister_n be_v call_v deacon_n or_o minister_n simple_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n bishop_n be_v call_v presbyter_n and_o presbyter_n bishop_n so_o tit._n 1._o those_o who_o be_v call_v presbyter_n verse_n 5._o be_v call_v bishop_n verse_n 7._o it_o appear_v also_o by_o philip._n 1._o and_o 1_o tim._n 3._o and_o act_n 20._o that_o the_o ruler_n of_o church_n in_o one_o city_n be_v call_v bishop_n in_o the_o plural_a number_n which_o can_v not_o be_v if_o presbyter_n be_v not_o call_v bishop_n since_o there_o can_v be_v but_o one_o bishop_n in_o one_o city_n as_o all_o know_v those_o also_o who_o live_v at_o the_o same_o time_n with_o the_o 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than_o the_o authority_n of_o some_o other_o father_n who_o declare_v they_o heretic_n who_o maintain_v the_o antipode_n avertinus_n lib._n 3._o anal._n augustinus_n also_o seem_v to_o call_v aerius_n a_o heretic_n but_o it_o be_v very_o like_a that_o he_o call_v he_o so_o for_o some_o other_o reason_n then_o deny_v the_o divine_a right_n of_o bishop_n other_o thing_n be_v lay_v to_o the_o charge_n of_o aerius_n how_o just_o be_v doubt_v it_o may_v be_v also_o that_o augustinus_n take_v heresy_n in_o a_o large_a sense_n as_o it_o comprehend_v schism_n for_o he_o profess_v himself_o in_o that_o place_n he_o know_v not_o what_o be_v the_o regular_a distinction_n of_o heresy_n that_o schismatic_n be_v sometime_o call_v heretic_n appear_v by_o the_o six_o canon_n of_o the_o first_o council_n of_o constantinople_n which_o in_o codice_fw-la canonum_fw-la be_v 169._o that_o augustine_n call_v not_o aerius_n a_o heretic_n for_o deny_v the_o divine_a right_n of_o bishop_n but_o only_o for_o 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