A counterblast to M. Hornes vayne blaste against M. Fekenham Wherein is set forthe: a ful reply to M. Hornes Answer, and to euery part therof made, against the declaration of my L. Abbat of Westminster, M. Fekenham, touching, the Othe of the Supremacy. By perusing vvhereof shall appeare, besides the holy Scriptures, as it vvere a chronicle of the continual practise of Christes Churche in al ages and countries, fro[m] the time of Constantin the Great, vntil our daies: prouing the popes and bishops supremacy in ecclesiastical causes: and disprouing the princes supremacy in the same causes. By Thomas Stapleton student in diuinitie.

The .7. Chapter: Of Theodosius the first, and his dealing in causes Ecclesiasticall.

Stapleton.

THis Theodosius had no greater care to further true religiō, then ye haue to slāder and hinder it: and that by notable lying, as it will, al other things set a parte appere, by the heape of lyes, that in this story of this one Emperour, ye gather here together. And first that ye call Flauian the godly bisshop of Antioche: For albeit, he stode very stowtly in the defence of the Catholike faith and suf∣fred

much for it, yet in that respecte for the which, he is here by you alleaged, he was not godly. As one that came to his bisshoprike, againste the canons and contrarye to [ 1] the othe taken, that he woulde neuer take vppon him to be bisshop of Antioche, Paulinus lyuing: and ministring by this meanes an occasiō of a greate schisme to the Church, which continued many yeares. And for this cause the A∣rabians, the Cyprians, the Aegiptians with Theophilus Pa∣triarche of Alexandria, and the west Churche, with Pope Damasus, Siricius, and Anastasius, would not receiue hī in∣to their cōmuniō. Neither could he be setled quietly, ād re∣ceiued as Bisshop, vntil he had recōciled hīself to the Pope, and that his fault was by him forgeuē. For the which pur∣pose he sente to Rome a solēpne ambassade: And so it appe¦reth, that the .2. lyne after ye adioyne a freshe lie, that the bisshop of Rome did falsly accuse him of many crimes, who layde to him, no lesse crimes, then al the world did beside, which was periury, and schisme. Then as though ye would droppe lies, or lie for the whetstone, ye adde that by his su∣preame [ 2] authority he set peace and quietnes in the Church [ 3] for this matter, shufflīg in by your supreame lyīg authority these words supreame authority, which neither your author Theodoretus hath, nor any other: yea directly contrary to the declaratiō of Theodoretus, who in the verye chapter by you alleaged reciteth the ambassade I speake of, which is a good argumēt of the Popes Supremacy: and may be ad∣ded to other exāples of M. Doctor Hardings, and of myne in my Return &c. agaīst M. Iewel in the matter of recōci∣liatiō. For as fauorable as themperour was to him, and for al the Emperours supremacy: the Emperour himself com∣maūded hī to go to Rome, to be recōciled, he being one of

the foure patriarches. And Flauianus was fayn also, to desire Theophilus bisshop of Alexandria to sende some body to Pope Damasus, to pacifie ād mollifie his anger, ād to pardō hī: who sent Isidorus for that purpose. And as I haue said, Flauianus hīself afterward sent Acatius and others his am∣bassadours. Which Acatius pacified the schismes that had cōtinued .17. yeres, and restored, as your own author Theo∣doret{us} saith, peace to the Church, pacē (saith he) Ecclesiis re∣stituit. Which words though Theodoretus, doth speake of [ 4] thēperor Theodo▪ yet he speaketh the like of Acati{us} which ye guilefully apply to Theodosi{us} ōly, ād as falsely conclude therof, that Theodosi{us} therfore should be supreme head of the Church. For so by that reason Acati{us} should also be su∣preme head of the Church. Now foloweth M. Horns nar∣ratiō of certain coūcels holdē vnder this Theodosi{us}, so disor¦derly, so cōfusely, so vnperfectly, and so lyingly hādled, as a mā may wel wōder at it. He maketh of two coūcels kepte at Cōstātinople three: wheras the .1. ād .2. is al one (beīg the [ 5] secōd famouse general coūcel) ād properly to cal a coūcell the third is none, but rather a conference or talke. The first Coūcel, which he telleth vs of, was called (he saith) to electe [ 6] ād order a bisshop in the sea of Cōstantinople. Which (in case [ 7] he cā proue thē distincted Councels) was don in the Coū∣cel general, and in the secōde as he placeth it ād not in the first. As also the electiō ād ordinatiō of Nectari{us}. He saieth that Gregory Naziāzene was neuer bisshop of Cōstantino∣ple, but did vtterly refuse it. Whereas after he had taught there .12. yeares, to the great edifying of the Catholikes against the Arians, not enioyinge the name of a Bisshop all this while, he was at the lengthe, sette in his bisshoply see, by the worthy Meletius bisshop of Antioche, and by the whole nōber of the bisshops assēbled at the general cūcell.

Though in dede he did not longe enioye it, but voluntari∣ly, and much against this good Emperours mynde, gaue it ouer, to auoyde a schisme, that grewe vppon his election. For whome Nectarius (that M. Horne speaketh of) was chosen, being at that tyme vnbaptized. And so chosen by the Emperour, as M. Horne saieth, that the Bisshops though they meruailed at the Emperours iudgement, yet they coulde not remoue him. Wherein ye may note two vntruthes, the one that M. Horne woulde gather Theodosius suprema∣cy by this electiō. Of the which electiō or rather naminge (for the Emperour only pricked him) I haue alredy answe∣red in my Returne against M. Iewel, and said there more at large. And the bisshoppes, with common consent of the whole Synod, doe pronounce him and creat him bisshop, as also intheir letters to Pope Damasus they professe. The other that the Bisshops could not remoue him. Yes M. Horn that they might, aswel by the Apostolical, the Nicene, and other canons of the Churche, as by the very plaine holye scripture, and by S. Paule by expresse wordes forbidding it, for that he was Neophytus. Suerly of you that would seame to be so zelouse a keper of the sincere worde of God, and so wel a scriptured man, this is nothing scripturelye spo∣ken: And therefore this your sayinge muste needes make vppe the heape. Yea and therefore they might lawfullye haue infringed and annichilated this election: sauing that, they bore with this good graciouse Emperour, that ten∣dred Christes Church and faith so tenderlye, euen as Mel∣chiades before rehearsed bore with the good Constantin.

Here may we now adde this also to the heape, that ye woulde inferre this Soueraynety in Theodosius, because the Fathers of this general Councel desired him to con∣firme

their decrees and canons. Which is a mighty great copiouse argumente with you throughout your booke, all in fewe words easie to be answered and auoyded. For this kind of confirmation is not, nor euer was required, as though their ordinaunces were voyde and frustrate with∣out it: as al that ye now doe, haue don, or shal doe in your synodes and conuocations without the ratification of the Quenes Maiesty. Which thīg for decrees of the Churche, ye doe not, ye haue not, nor euer shal be able to proue. But to this ende, were the Emperours required to confirme Councels that the willing and towarde people might haue the better lyking in them, and be the more allured careful∣ly and exactly to obserue them, vpon the good lyking of their prince: And withal that the frowarde and malignāte people, that make no great accompte of the censures of the Churche, because yt doth not presently touche the bo∣dy, or any temporal losse, might for feare of ciuil and tem∣porall punishement, be brought the soner to keepe and ob∣serue thē. And this litle short, but so true an answere, as ye shal neuer with al your cūning honestly shift it of, may suf∣fice to euacuate and emptye a great part of your boke res∣ting in this point.

But to shew in this place, ones for al, how emperors haue dealed ād may deale in General Coūcels, either for calling them, or for confirming them, or for their demeanour in them, I wil put certayne points or Articles, and note there∣by what the practise of the Churche hath bene in this be∣halfe: to thentent that the Reader maye knowe, what it is that we defende, and what had bene your part to haue proued, least walking alwaies in generalities, we spende words without fruit, and bring the cause to no certaine is∣sew.

And this I professe to take of one of your own special authors M. Horne, the Cardinal of Cusa, out of whō you al¦leage afterwarde a longe processe, as one that made who∣ly for you. And in very dede he speaketh as much for the Emperour, and for his prerogatiue in ordering of generall Councels, as he could possibly finde by the continual pra∣ctise of the Church from Constantines tyme down to his, which was to the late Councell of Basil vnder Sigismunde the Emperour, in the yere. 14.32.

The first poīt thē is, that Kīgs ād Prīces, ought to be careful and diligēt that Synods ād Coūcels may be had, as the especial aduocates of the Church, and as of greatest power to pro∣cure quiet paisible passage to Coūcels, abyding there ād re∣turnīg home againe. Exāple in an admonitiō of S. Gregory to Theodorike the Frēche King, exhorting to see a Synod called in his realme for the repressing of Simony.

The seconde point is, that to such Synods Princes ought to come with all mekenesse, reuerence and humility, and with gentle exhortations. Examples are Riccharedus, Sisenādus, and Chintillanus Kīgs of Spayne, as we shal hereafter more largely declare, in certain of the Toletane Councels.

The third point is, that as Kīgs and Prīces for their own prouinces do cal prouincial Synods, so the Emperorus for the whole corps of Christēdō do cal General Coūcels. Nō {quod} coactiuè sed exhortatoriè colligere debeat. Not that by force or cōstraint, but by way of exhortatiō he ought to cal thē. Examples are the Councel of Aquileia vnder S. Ambrose: the 4. General Councell vnder Pope Leo: the sixt vnder Agatho: the 7. vnder Adriā the first with the rest, as of eche in their places we shal declare.

The fourth: that the Emperor in case of a general schisme, ought first to certifie the Pope of the necessity of a Councel, and

require his consent to haue it in some certain place assembled. So did Valentiniā and Martiā the Emperours to Pope Leo for the Chalcedon. So did Constantin the 4. to Pope Aga∣tho for the sixt general Councel.

The fift point is, that the Pope summoneth and calleth al general Coūcels, far otherwise thē do the Emperours. For the Pope as the chiefest, and as hauīg power to cōmaund ouer al other bisshops for the principality of his priesthood, by the power cōmitted to him ouer the vniuersal Church, hath to cōmaund al faithful Christiās, especially bisshops and priests to assemble and mete in Councel. But the Emperour exhorteth and inuiteth bisshops, but cōmaundeth the lay, to a Councel. And the Canons do cōmaūde, that without the Authority of the bisshop of Rome no Councel cā be holdē. Not so in the Emperor. For the Ephe∣sin cōuēticle was disanulled, because Leo his legates were reiected, though Theodosi{us} the yōger, did cōfirm it and al∣low it. So the great Coūcel of Ariminū was cōdemned, be∣cause Pope Damasus sent not thither, though Constantius themperour summoned it and allowed it. And the greate Coūcel of Sardica preuailed, because by Pope Iulius it was called and allowed, though Cōstātius thē Emperor resisted it and refused it. And thus much for the first beginninges of the Coūcel. Now in the Coūcel it self, what is the Princes part, ād what the bisshops, it shal appeare. Let thē the sixt point be, that at the Councel being, the Princes office and care ought to be, to prouide that altumult ād d••sorder be auoy∣ded and to remoue such as are to be remoued▪ So did the iudges in the Chalcedō Coūcel, remoue Dioscor{us} frō the bēch, ād admit Theodoret, the one by pope Leo cōdēned, the other recōciled. So when the parties waxed warm, they did their best to brīg thē to a calm. So did also Cōstātī in his own per∣son

in the first Nicene Councel, as M. Horne hath himself alleaged, and as Eusebius reporteth.

Seuenthly the Lay Magistrates or Princes: being pla∣ced in the Councel in the roomes of Emperours and kings, Non habent vocem Synodicam, sed solum audire debent: haue no voice as a parte of the Synod, but ōly are there to heare. This practise is clere in al the Councels, as it shall appere in the particulars hereafter. The iudges therefore and Princes delegates mencioned in the Chalcedon and other Councels, are in the Councels, much after a sorte, as the Speaker in our Parliaments. To open and set forth to the Councel all matters to be treated vpon. To appointe (by the aduise of the Councel) the next metings, to breake of the present session, to promulge the Councels Sētence: and such like matters as belong to more orderlye and quiet proceding in al things.

Eightly the force and Vigour of the Sentence in Coū∣cel dependeth only of the Bisshops, which make the Coū∣cel, & non ex Imperiali commissione, and not of the Empe∣rours Commission, whose Authority is inferiour to the Sy∣nod, saieth Cusanus. And so the Continuall practise will proue.

Ninthly the Emperour, the Princes, and their Oratours do subscribe as witnesses of that is done: but as iudging and determining, only the bisshops in all Councels haue sub∣scribed.

Tenthly for the ende and consummation of all Coun∣cels, the Emperours and Princes ought to prouide, that such things as are decreed and determined by the holy Councels, may be obserued, and by lawes and penaltyes they ought to force their subiects to the obseruation thereof. But to confirme by

waye of Ecclesiastical Authority and Supremacy, it hath euer belonged only to the bisshops of Rome, as by the continual practise of the Church it hath and shal yet better appeare. In this sence, and as I haue already saied, Empe∣rours haue confirmed, and by their edictes established the Councels, lawes, and decrees of the Churche. And thus you see M. Horne particularly and plainly what we attri∣bute to Emperours and Ciuil Princes in the calling, orde∣ring and confirming of Councels, and what we deny most iustly vnto them. If you proue that which we graunte, you shewe your selfe a slender scholer, and a weake aduersa∣ry, that will take vpon you to confute that practise, the limites and conditions where of you knowe not, which is altogether to fight in darkenesse or with your owne shadowe. If you can proue that which we deny, lette the truthe goe on your side. But you neither haue in this booke, neither shall euer be able to proue it. To auoyde therefore hereafter the superfluyte of vnfruteful talke, as well for myne, as for the Readers ease, in al your like ob∣iections of Emperours calling and confirming of Coun∣cels, I wil referre you to the answeres and distinctions pre∣sently made.

To returne nowe to Theodosius, and to you M. Horne, we haue one vntruthe more to charge you withal: for that you would establishe this peerlesse and Supreme Authori∣ty in Theodosius, because he hauing receiued in writinge the faith as wel of the Catholikes, as of the Eunomians, Arians, and other heretiks, after the reading of them, ren∣ted all the shedules, sauing that which was deliuered by the Catholiks, whereupon the heretikes departed ashamed and dashte out of countenauce. Whome he had, as ye also

write, before examined of their faith, and that after such sorte, that they were not only astonyed, but began to fall out amōges themselues, some lyking, some mislykīg the Emperours purpose. But alas good M. Horne, whie are ye your self, nowe as ye seame to me so sodenly dasshed out of countenance? Yea and whiche is maruayle in so harde a metall, me thinketh somwhat asshamed to, and wonderfullye astonied withall. Why man? Pluck vp your harte, and be of good cowrage. You wil perchaunce say I borde with yowe, and am sette vpon my mery pynnes. I woulde to God the matter were suche as yt myght be better lawghed at, then pitied. And that it might serue more for Democrytus, thē Heraclytus, and yet to say the truth, there is cause and to muche for them bothe. Perchaunce nowe some mā wil think I doe but ieste when I speake of shame: I would God yt were or myght ons be truelye sayde of youe, yt were a goodly sparcle of grace growing. Wel I put of that to other mēs iudgement. But that ye are dashed out of countenance, yea that ye are wonderfully astonied, and that euen for the same cause, and after the same maner as the Arians and other heretikes thē were, I dare say it, and proue yt to. For if the Arians were asshamed and dasshed out of countenaunce, vpō these doinges of Theodosius onely, how much more are yowe asshamed and dasshed out of countenaunce, whose heresies are cōdem∣ned, by so many Kings and Catholyke Emperours? Or yf ye say ye are not asshamed, then must I replie, ô shamelesse fellowe, and more impudente then the Arians. I nowe ad∣de, that ye are more astonied then the Arrians and other heretikes with this facte of Theodosius, and therfore full slylie and wylilye, what was the doinges of the Emperour ye haue ouerhipped, whyche yf ye had put in, would haue

serued, aswel againste yowe, as yt did againste them. And therfore the memorie of yt so astonied yowe, that ye durst not for shame name the matter, and yet for folly coulde ye not forbeare to patche yt in, as a speciall matter aduaun∣cyng your supreamacy. For first, as Theodosius did not al∣lowe, the open disputations of the Arians, Macedonians, Eunomians, whiche were verie redie to the same, so yf he had bene lyuing of late, he woulde not (ād euē for the same cause he disalowed the other) allowed your late westmyn∣ster disputations: beinge more mete to leade the common people out of the truthe, then to confirme them in truthe, whereof we haue alredie somwhat towched. But nowe I praye yowe M. Horn tel vs what was the Emperours pur∣pose that some heretyks lyked, some mislyked? wherin as yt were the dogge drinking in Nilus, as the olde peruerbe is, for feare of stinging ye dare not tary. Wel because ye are astonied at the memory of yt, I wil tel it for you. The Em∣peror demaūded of the heads of the secte, whether they did allowe and receyue, the fathers of the Churche, that wrote be∣fore the diuision beganne: Yea marye, say they, what else? we reuerence and honour them as our maysters: for feare (saieth the story) least yf they had sayde otherwyse, the people would wonderfully haue misliked theyre doings: wel sayd. sayeth the Emperour. Are ye then cōtente, for this matters cōtrouersed to stād to their sayings and testimonie? Here they beganne the one to stare vpon the other, and wiste nere what in the world to answere, and fynally fell owt as your self write, amongs thē selues. Now let the Emperor cal the Anabaptists, the Zwin∣glians, the Lutherans, and demaūde of them, the same que∣stion, woulde not the matter so fall out thinke you? Yea hath yt not alreadye so fallen out, and daylye so falleth

out more and more against you and your Brethern, to your great shame? And thincke you, that yf Theodosius were lyuing now, he would not deale with your Billes, as he dealed with theirs? Woulde he not teare a sonder the she∣dules, of al your false faithlesse faith? Yes that he would as∣suredly. The greauouse remembrance of this did, so astone you, that it caused you, thus to leaue the matter it self, that was by some liked, and by some misliked, and to tel a liking or mislikinge of I can not tel what.

Now how so euer ye haue maymed the narration of the storye, and making the beste ye can of the matter for your purpose, primacy can ye make none of it. For the doinge of Theodosius reacheth not to the determination of anye thing in question alredy not determined, but to the exe∣cution of the Nicene Councel: commaunding by expresse decree, that al should obeye the faith of Damasus Pope of Rome, and of Peter Patriarche of Alexandria, both defen∣ders of the Nicene Councel.

Let me now a while after al this your miserable wre∣sting and writhing, ād liberal lying to, deale shortly ād sim∣ply with you: and see whether I can pycke out any thinge of Theodosius and these coūcels doings for the Popes pri∣macy. Why then? Ys it not Theodosius that referreth the decisiō of Ecclesiastical causes to the Bisshops? Was it not he, of whō S. Ambrose saied: Ecce quod Christianus cōstituit Imperator. Noluit iniuriā facere sacerdotibus. Ipsos interpretes cōstituit sacerdotes. Behold what the Christiā Emperor hath appointed. He would not doe iniury to the Priestes. He hath appointed the Priests them selues to examine the mat∣ter? Was it not this Theodosius the great, M. Horne? Yes surely it was he. Was it not Theodosius, to whome Saint

Ambrose enioyned penance, which he most humbly obei∣ed? Where was Theodosius Ecclesiasticall supremacye then? Is it not Damasus the Pope, that calleth these Bis∣shops assembled at Constantinople, euen to Rome, there to aide and assist him in keping of a Councel? What? Saied they to him, Syr we haue nothing to doe with you, ye are a forrain Bishop to vs of the East? Nay nay, they confesse that he called them as his members (thē must he needs be the head) to the Councell at Rome. Yea they confesse, that by his letters they came to the Councel at Constantinople: they declare their good wil and readines to come to Rome too: but for their excuse they alleage many reasonable causes, none of those that the Protestants alleage at this day. And finally in the name of the whole, thei send certaine of their Bishops thither. Now further, doe not these Fathers de∣cree at this their general Councel, that the Church of Cō∣stantinople, shoulde be the first and chiefe of al other after Rome? Do they not then therin acknowledge the Popes Primacie? It is writen, M. Horne: Sapientis oculi in ca∣pite eius, stultus in tenebris ambulat. The eies of a wise man are in his head alwaies opē, and in a readines to direct him in his way: whereas the folish man walketh in darcknesse, being vncertaine and vnsure which way to take or to goe. Now whether your eyes priyng and seking forth this story of Theodosius were opened or shutte, I leaue the iudge∣ment to the indifferent Reader: But this dare I firmely a∣uouche, that these things whiche I haue nowe last rehear∣sed, beside other, that I willingly omitte, drawe much nea∣rer to make the Pope supreme head of the Churche, then anye thinge ye haue broughte foorth, for the doinges of Theodosius, to make him Supreame Head. Which when

ye haue al sayde and done be nothing agreable to the arti∣cles in question betwene vs, concernyng our princes regi∣ment. And therfore yf the matter were much stronger of your side, touching Theodosius, yet did ye nothing touche that ye owght to touche.

M. Horne. The .42. Diuision. pag. 27. b.

Theodosius left his tvvoo sonnes Emperours; of the vvhich I vvil say but litle: yet vvherein it may moste (.116.) manifestly appeare, that the su∣preme gouernement in causes Ecclesiastical belonged to the Emperours.

Archadius the Emperour, vvhen Nectarius the bishop of Constanti∣nople vvas dead, and so the sea vacant (.117.) vvas certified thereof he cau∣seth Iohn Chrysostome to be called from Antioch: he commaundeth the other bishoppes collected into a Synode, that they admonish Chrysostome of Goddes graces, and vvhat belongeth to suche a chardge, and that they choose and order him to be the bishop of Constantinople. In which dooinge, (saith Theodoretus) the Emperour declared what careful ende∣uour, he had about the holy (.118.) Churche matters. But this su∣preme authoritie, to care, appoint, and procure vvoorthy and good Pastours or bishoppes, vvhen the seas vvere vacant, appeareth more plainly in Ho∣norius the Emperour, brother to Archadius, vvhome the bishop of Rome him selfe in his decrees, and his Glosars on the same, cōfesse and acknovvledge to haue the ouersight, rule and gouernement in the elections and orderinge of bishops, yea (119.) ouer the bishoppe of Rome him selfe.

After the death of Pope Sozimus, vvere tvvoo Popes choosen at ones in a great Schisme, the one Bonifacius primus, the other Eulalius, vvhe∣reof vvhen the Emperour Honorius, had notice beinge at Millayne, he cau∣sed them bothe to be banished Rome: But after seuen monethes, Bonifacius vvas by the Emperours cōmaundement, called againe and cōfirmed (.120.) by his authoritie in the Apostolicall sea. This Bonifacius beinge novve settled in the Papacy, by humble suite to the Emperour, prouideth a remedie against

suche mischiefes in time to come. The case vvas this, saith the Glosator, Bo∣niface the first, did beseeche Honorius the Emperour to make a Lawe, whereby it might appeare, what were to be done, when twoo Popes were chosen at ones by the vndiscreetnes of the Electours, contendinge amōgest them selues. Honorius did than constitute, that neither of those twaine shoulde be Pope, but that in a newe Election a thirde shoulde be chosen by cōmon cōsente. If twoo (saithe the Emperour in his Lavve made at the humble sute of Bonifacius) by chaunce againste righte be cho∣sen, thorough the vndiscreete cōtention of the Electours: wee permitte neither of them to be Priest or Pope: but wee iudge him to remaine in the Apostolike sea, whom the diuine iudge¦mente, and the common consente dothe appointe frō amon∣gest the Clergy in a newe Election. Vppon this vvoorde, vvhere the Emperour saithe (wee permitte) the Glosar saith, and so the Empe∣rour dothe not onely abrogate the clayme of bothe those that be chosen in the contention, but dothe make them bothe for that time vnable, and dothe decree an other to be takē out of the Clergie for that time. Againe the Glosar interpretinge this (the diuine iudgement) saithe: this is the meaninge that the Empe∣rours wil and election muste stande, the Clergy and the whole people acceptinge with thankefull minde whome the Empe∣rour doth choose. For the Emperours were called in those daies holy, and their rescriptes and iudgementes Diuine. Here you see by the (.121) Popes decrees and Glosars, that the Emperour had the supreme rule and gouernement in Churche causes, and this vvas the (.122.) continual practise of the Churche for the most parte, yea euen the bishoppes of Rome before they vvere ordered and consecrated, had their election ratified and confirmed by the Emperours, their Lieutenant, or other Princes.

Notes

• A heap of lies ga∣thered together in the one story of Theo∣sius.
• Socra. lib. 5. cap. 15. Theo. li. 5 cap. 23. Sozo. li. 7. cap. 11. Vide Amb. epist. 78. tripart. li. 9. cap. 26. & 44.
• Theod. lib. 5. cap. 23.

  The popes pri¦macy pro¦ued euen by M. Hornes ovvne storye. Reconci∣liation to the pope▪
• Socra lib 5. cap. 6. Theod. lib. 5. cap. 8. Gre. Niss. in vita Greg. Na∣zianzen. Nicep. lib. 12. cap. 11.
• Sozom. li. 7. cap. 8. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Theod. lib. 5. cap. 9. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.
• Can. apos. 79. Can. Nic. ••. La••d can. 3. Aurel 2. can. 1. 1. Tim. 3.
• VVhye and to what end the Em∣perours confirme the lawes of the Churche.
• Hovve Empe∣rors haue and may deale in Generall Coūcels.
• Horne fo. 85. col. 1. c.
• Cusanus lib. 3. c. 9. de Cōcor∣dia Catho¦lica.

  Lib. 9. epi. 54.
• Cusan li. 3. cap. 10.
• Cap. 13.
• In epist. praeambu. Cha••c. cō∣cil. In 6. Syn. Act. 1.
• Cap. 15.
• Tripart. hist. lib. 4. cap. 9. & 19.
• Athanaes. Apolog. 2.
• Cap. 14.
• Fol. 24. a. Lib. 3. De vit. Const Cap. 13. Cap. 17.
• Cap. 18.
• Ibidem.
• Cap. 22.
• The one of them euer law∣hed, the other e∣uer wepte
• M. Horne no lesse astonied in the tel∣ling of this storie then the Ariās and other he∣retiks thē vvere vvhē the thing vvas don.
• VVhy M. Horne hath lefte out the principal matter of his ovvn storye.

  Tanquam cauis bibēs in Nil••.

  Hovv Theodo∣sius the Emperor dashed the Here¦tikes out of coūte∣nance.

  Socrat. li. 5. cap. 10. The He∣retiks fell at diuisiō before Theodo∣si{us}, vvhe•• vpon he teareth their she∣duls of their faith vvhich they of∣fred.
• Ye maye see the ful ansvvere of this, in the Con∣futation of the Apology fol. 31. Cod. Om∣nis vtrius∣que sexus.

  The Popes Primacie proued by the doinges of Theo∣dosius, ād the Coū∣cels by M Horne alleaged. Vide Tō. 1. Concil. in Concil. A∣quil. pag. 397. col. 1. b
• Tripart. li. 9. ca. 30.
• 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.
• Theod. li. 5. cap. 9.
• Can. 5.
• Ecclesiast. cap. 2.
• The .116. vntruthe That vvil neuer ap∣peare.
• The 117. vntruthe. Such cer∣tification appeareth not in the story.
• The 118. vntruthe. False trās∣lation, as shall ap∣pere. Li. 5. ca 27
• The 119. vntruthe. No such rule, or go¦uernemēt confessed by the Bi∣shop of Rome. Luith∣prand.
• The 120. vntruthe. He vvas then to the temporalties of the bishoprike restored, but he vvas the true Pope before.
• Dist. 79. Si duo.
• Gratian. dist. 63.
• The 121. vntruthe. Carolus Molineus is none of the Popes Glosars.
• The 122. vntruthe, vtterly vnproued