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spread_v itself_o over_o all_o cappadocia_n xxxv_o 9_o origen_n give_v name_n to_o the_o origanist_n who_o error_n begin_v to_o spread_v anno_fw-la dom._n 247._o under_o aurelian_a the_o emperor_n and_o continue_v about_o three_o hundred_o thirty_o four_o year_n they_o be_v condemn_v first_o in_o the_o council_n of_o alexandria_n two_o hundred_o year_n after_o his_o death_n and_o again_o in_o the_o five_o general_n council_n of_o constantinople_n under_o justinian_n the_o first_o they_o hold_v a_o revolution_n of_o soul_n from_o their_o estate_n and_o condition_n after_o death_n into_o their_o body_n again_o they_o hold_v the_o devil_n and_o reprobate_n after_o one_o thousand_o year_n shall_v be_v save_v that_o christ_n and_o the_o holy_a church_n do_v no_o more_o see_v the_o father_n than_o we_o see_v the_o angel_n that_o the_o son_n be_v coessential_a with_o the_o father_n but_o not_o coeternal_a because_o say_v they_o the_o father_n create_v both_o he_o and_o the_o spirit_n that_o 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the_o council_n of_o nice_a reject_v their_o baptism_n as_o none_o and_o order_v they_o shall_v be_v rebaptise_v who_o be_v baptize_v by_o they_o he_o deny_v the_o divinity_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n allow_v circumcision_n take_v away_o such_o psalm_n as_o be_v sing_v in_o honour_n of_o christ_n and_o instead_o thereof_o order_v some_o in_o honour_n of_o himself_o to_o be_v sing_v in_o church_n by_o woman_n in_o the_o synod_n of_o antioch_n he_o be_v convict_v by_o malchion_n a_o presbyter_n and_o condemn_v anno_fw-la 273._o this_o heresy_n be_v also_o embrace_v by_o photinus_n gelatian_n bishop_n of_o sirmium_n and_o propagate_v by_o he_o anno_fw-la 323._o and_o thence_o they_o take_v the_o name_n of_o photinian_o xxxvii_o 11._o manis_n a_o persian_a by_o birth_n and_o a_o servant_n by_o condition_n be_v father_n of_o the_o manichoran_n seat_n he_o be_v flay_v alive_a for_o poison_v the_o king_n of_o persia_n son_n yet_o his_o wicked_a opinion_n rage_v in_o the_o world_n for_o three_o hundred_o and_o forty_o year_n after_o his_o death_n he_o hold_v two_o principal_n or_o god_n one_o good_a one_o bad_a condemn_a eat_v of_o flesh_n egg_n and_o milk_n hold_v that_o god_n have_v member_n and_o be_v substantial_o in_o every_o thing_n how_o base_a soever_o but_o be_v separate_v from_o they_o by_o christ_n come_v and_o the_o elect_a manichoran_n he_o reject_v the_o old_a testament_n and_o curtail_v the_o new_a by_o exclude_v christ_n genealogy_n he_o hold_v christ_n be_v the_o serpent_n which_o deceive_v our_o first_o parent_n say_v that_o he_o feign_v to_o die_v and_o rise_v again_o and_o that_o it_o be_v real_o the_o devil_n who_o true_o be_v crucify_v he_o deny_v the_o resurrection_n and_o hold_v transmigration_n he_o affirm_v that_o he_o be_v the_o comforter_n who_o christ_n promise_v to_o send_v they_o worship_v the_o sun_n and_o moon_n and_o other_o idol_n they_o condemn_v marriage_n and_o permit_v promiscuous_a copulation_n they_o reject_v baptism_n as_o needless_a and_o all_o work_n of_o charity_n they_o teach_v that_o our_o will_n to_o sin_n be_v natural_a and_o not_o acquire_v by_o the_o fall_n that_o sin_n be_v a_o substance_n and_o not_o a_o quality_n communicate_v from_o parent_n to_o their_o child_n they_o say_v they_o can_v sin_v deny_v the_o last_o judgement_n and_o affirm_v that_o their_o soul_n shall_v be_v take_v up_o to_o the_o globe_n of_o the_o moon_n xxxviii_o 12._o arrius_n whence_o spring_v the_o arrian_n be_v a_o lybian_a by_o birth_n by_o profession_n a_o presbyter_n of_o alexandria_n his_o heresy_n break_v out_o two_o hundred_o and_o ninety_o year_n before_o christ_n and_o overran_a a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o christian_a world_n they_o hold_v christ_n to_o be_v a_o creature_n that_o he_o have_v a_o man_n body_n but_o no_o humane_a soul_n the_o divinity_n supply_v the_o room_n thereof_o they_o also_o hold_v the_o holy_a ghost_n a_o creature_n proceed_v from_o a_o creature_n that_o be_v christ_n their_o doxology_n be_v glory_n be_v to_o the_o father_n by_o the_o son_n in_o the_o holy_a ghost_n they_o rebaptise_a the_o orthodox_n christian_n this_o heresy_n be_v condemn_v by_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a under_o constantine_n and_o arrius_n himself_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o pomp_n seize_v with_o a_o disentery_n void_v his_o gut_n in_o the_o draught_n and_o so_o dye_v thirty-nine_o 13._o macedonius_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n give_v name_n to_o the_o macedonian_n they_o hold_v that_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v a_o creature_n and_o the_o servant_n of_o god_n and_o that_o by_o the_o holy_a spirit_n be_v mean_v only_o a_o power_n create_v by_o god_n and_o communicate_v to_o the_o creature_n this_o heresy_n spring_v up_o or_o rather_o be_v stiff_o maintain_v under_o constantius_n the_o son_n of_o constantine_n three_o hundred_o and_o twelve_o year_n after_o christ_n and_o be_v condemn_v in_o the_o second_o ecumenical_a council_n at_o
constantinople_n under_o theodosius_n the_o great_a macedonius_n himself_o be_v deprive_v by_o the_o arrian_n bishop_n die_v private_a at_o pylas_n xl._n 14._o the_o aerian_o so_o call_v from_o aerius_n the_o presbyter_n who_o live_v under_o valentinian_n the_o first_o three_o hundred_o and_o forty_o year_n after_o christ_n he_o hold_v that_o there_o be_v no_o difference_n between_o a_o bishop_n and_o a_o presbyter_n that_o bishop_n can_v not_o ordain_v that_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o set_n or_o anniversary_n feast_n and_o they_o admit_v none_o to_o their_o communion_n but_o such_o as_o be_v continent_n and_o have_v renounce_v the_o world_n they_o be_v also_o call_v sillabici_n as_o stand_v captious_o upon_o word_n and_o syllable_n the_o occasion_n of_o his_o maintain_v his_o heresy_n be_v his_o resentment_n that_o eustathius_n be_v prefer_v before_o he_o to_o a_o bishopric_n xli_o 15._o florinus_n or_o florianus_n a_o roman_a presbyter_n live_v under_o commodus_n the_o roman_a 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tertullian_n that_o famous_a lawyer_n and_o divine_a be_v the_o leader_n of_o the_o tertullianist_n he_o live_v under_o severus_n the_o emperor_n about_o one_o hundred_o and_o seventy_o year_n after_o christ_n be_v excommunicate_v by_o the_o roman_a clergy_n as_o a_o montanist_n he_o fall_v into_o these_o heretical_a tenet_n that_o god_n be_v corporal_a but_o without_o declination_n of_o member_n that_o man_n soul_n be_v not_o only_o corporal_a but_o also_o distinguish_v into_o member_n and_o have_v corporal_a dimension_n and_o increase_v and_o decrease_v with_o the_o body_n that_o the_o original_n of_o soul_n be_v by_o traduction_n that_o soul_n of_o wicked_a man_n after_o death_n be_v convert_v into_o devil_n that_o the_o virgin_n mary_n after_o christ_n birth_n do_v marry_v once_o they_o brag_v much_o of_o the_o paraclete_n or_o spirit_n which_o they_o say_v be_v pour_v on_o they_o in_o great_a measure_n than_o on_o the_o apostle_n they_o condemn_v war_n among_o christian_n and_o reject_v second_o marriage_n as_o no_o better_a than_o adultery_n xliv_o 18._o nestorius_n bear_v in_o germany_n and_o by_o fraud_n make_v patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o nestorian_n he_o broach_v his_o heresy_n under_o theodosius_n the_o young_a four_o hundred_o year_n after_o christ_n he_o teach_v that_o in_o christ_n be_v two_o distinct_a person_n the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o the_o son_n of_o mary_n that_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n in_o christ_n baptism_n descend_v into_o the_o son_n of_o mary_n and_o dwell_v there_o as_o a_o lodger_n in_o a_o house_n he_o make_v the_o humanity_n of_o christ_n equal_a with_o his_o divinity_n and_o so_o confound_v their_o property_n and_o operation_n a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o eastern_a bishop_n be_v of_o his_o persuasion_n his_o heresy_n be_v condemn_v in_o the_o council_n of_o ephesus_n under_o theodosius_n the_o young_a in_o which_o cyril_n bishop_n of_o alexandria_n be_v precedent_n and_o the_o author_n nestorius_n depose_v and_o banish_v into_o the_o thebean_a desert_n where_o his_o blasphemous_a tongue_n be_v eat_v out_o with_o worm_n zeno_n the_o emperor_n raze_v to_o the_o ground_n the_o school_n in_o edessa_n call_v persica_fw-la where_o the_o nestorian_a heresy_n be_v teach_v xlv_o 19_o eutyches_n abbot_n of_o constantinople_n from_o whence_o come_v the_o eutychian_o in_o the_o year_n after_o christ_n 413._o set_v forth_o his_o heresy_n hold_v opinion_n quite_o contrary_a to_o nestorius_n to_o wit_n that_o christ_n before_o the_o union_n have_v two_o distinct_a nature_n but_o after_o the_o union_n only_o one_o to_o wit_n the_o divinity_n which_o swallow_v up_o the_o humanity_n so_o confound_v the_o property_n of_o the_o two_o nature_n affirm_v that_o the_o divine_a nature_n suffer_v and_o die_v and_o that_o god_n the_o word_n do_v not_o take_v from_o the_o virgin_n humane_a nature_n this_o heresy_n condemn_v first_o in_o a_o provincial_a synod_n at_o constantinople_n be_v set_v up_o again_o by_o dioscarus_fw-la bishop_n of_o alexandria_n at_o last_o condemn_v in_o the_o general_n council_n of_o chalcedon_n under_o marcian_n the_o emperor_n xlvi_o 20._o eunonius_n bishop_n of_o cyzicum_n embrace_v the_o heresy_n of_o arrius_n he_o say_v blasphemous_o god_n of_o his_o essence_n understand_v no_o more_o than_o we_o do_v whatsoever_o we_o know_v of_o it_o the_o same_o know_v he_o and_o look_v what_o his_o capacity_n reach_v to_o the_o same_o thou_o shall_v find_v in_o we_o his_o follower_n rebaptise_v orthodox_n professor_n and_o baptize_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n uncreated_a the_o son_n create_v and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n create_v by_o the_o son_n they_o affirm_v the_o trinity_n to_o be_v three_o different_a substance_n as_o gold_n silver_n and_o brass_n he_o be_v a_o cappadocian_n by_o birth_n and_o live_v under_o valens_n the_o emperor_n xlvii_o 21._o novatus_n father_n of_o the_o novatian_o be_v a_o african_a bear_v he_o live_v under_o decius_n 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these_o who_o live_v in_o cell_n and_o cave_n and_o murder_v all_o they_o meet_v that_o be_v not_o of_o their_o religion_n xlix_o 23._o pelagius_n a_o britain_n by_o birth_n and_o a_o monk_n at_o rome_n be_v the_o ringleader_n of_o the_o pelagian_o he_o be_v afterward_o a_o presbyter_n under_o theodosius_n the_o young_a three_o hundred_o eighty_o two_o year_n after_o christ_n thence_o he_o go_v into_o england_n and_o poison_a the_o whole_a island_n with_o his_o opinion_n which_o be_v such_o as_o these_o that_o death_n be_v not_o the_o wage_n of_o sin_n but_o that_o adam_n shall_v have_v dye_v though_o he_o have_v not_o sin_v that_o adam_n sin_n be_v hurtful_a only_o to_o himself_o and_o not_o to_o his_o posterity_n that_o concupiscence_n be_v no_o sin_n that_o infant_n do_v not_o draw_v original_a sin_n from_o their_o parent_n that_o infant_n may_v be_v save_v without_o baptism_n that_o they_o shall_v have_v eternal_a life_n but_o out_o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n that_o man_n 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