A new history of ecclesiastical writers containing an account of the authors of the several books of the Old and New Testament, of the lives and writings of the primitive fathers, an abridgement and catalogue of their works ... also a compendious history of the councils, with chronological tables of the whole / written in French by Lewis Ellies du Pin.

A General INDEX of the Principal Matters con∣tained in this Volume.

A.

• ABbots, whom they may ordain, 7. Of their Promotion, 181.
• Abbesses, not to go out of their Monastery, 125.
• Abortion, the Punishment imposed upon Women that procure it, 131.
• Absolution granted by a Letter, 52. Granted to Photius on condition, 101, Means of obtaining it, 129. How granted to sick Persons that have lost their Speech, 152.
• Acts and Records necessary in Ecclesiastical Af∣fairs, 28.
• Adalgarius, the Deputy of Charles the Bald to the Pope, who granted him the Pall, 181.
• Adegarius, a Priest of the Diocess of Sens; his De∣sign to leave his Cure to become a Monk, 170. Au∣thorities that confirmed him, ibid.
• Adelard, Bishop of Verona; the Cause of his Excom∣munication, 181.
• Adventius, Bishop of Mets, declared Charles the Bald King of Lorrain, 123.
• Adultery; all Commerce with any Person besides a Husband or Wife is Adultery before the Sentence of Dissolution, 47. When it gives Liberty to marry ano∣ther Woman, 128. And when it hinders, 139. When it makes Marraige void, 137. Penances for Adul∣tery, 139.
• Adulterers; Punishments ordained for them, 130, 131.
• Aeneas, Bishop of Paris, his Election and Ordina∣tion, 171.
• Affairs Ecclesiastical; Formalities required about them, 28.
• Afflictions and Sufferings profitable for the Godly, 171
• Agius, Bishop of Autun, his Ordination confirm∣ed, 12••.
• Agobard, Archbishop of Lyons, his Deposition, 143. His restoration, ibid.
• Almsgiving; the Punishment of those that do not give the Alms of the Sick, 136. To be given accord∣ing to Men's Ability, 137 Two sorts, according to Rabanus, 162.
• Altar-Cloath, washed by Chance, loseth not its Con∣secration, 6.
• Amalphitans, excommunicated, 185 And forced to break their League with the Saracens, ibid.
• Anastasius, a Priest of the Church of Rome, depo∣sed in a Council. Another Priest of Rome, his Affronts offered to Benedict III. Pope, 127.
• Anathema may be pronounced for other Causes be∣sides Heresie, 96. The Ceremonies used before it is pronounced, 122, 130.
• Aniana, an Abby, its Foundation, 168.
• Ansegisus, Archbishop of Sens, the Pope's Vicar in France and Germany, 50, 188. The Deputy of Charles the Bald to the Pope, who blames his Carriage, 181.
• Anspertus, Archbishop of Milan; the Reproofs and Orders given to him by John VIII. 183. Cited often to the Synods at Rome, 183, 184. Suspended from his Episcopal Office for refusing, 184. Excommunicated; which he solicited to be taken off, 184, 185. His De∣position in a Synod, and the Pope's Orders to chuse another in his Place, 185. Joseph Bishop of Vercellae was first ordained, but soon excluded from that Dig∣nity, ibid. Then the Bishop of Ast was ordained; and that Ordination was approved, 186.
• Antichrist, his Life and Actions, 164.
• Antiphonies; reasons for correcting them, 159.
• Apostates, how to be dealt with, 178.
• Appeals to the Holy See, 25, 29, 44, 51. The Pope's Pretensions to Appeals, 44. From Bishops to Metro∣politans, and from these to the Patriarch, 98.
• Arles; the Archbishop of Arles made the Pope's Vi∣car in France, 182. Privileges granted to him upon that account, 182. His Commission to judge 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Bi∣shops, 182.
• Arms; Churchmen not to use them, 135.
• Arts; Schools established for them by a Council, 128.
• Asylum: The Right of the Asyla preserved to Churches, of Advantage to those that fly to Churches,
• Assemblies of Secular Persons not to be in Churches, or Church-porches, 135. A Rule for the Publick Assemblies of this Age, 1••6 Days forbidden to them, 137. Nuns or Widows not to be at Publick Assem∣blies, without the Allowance of the Bishop, 1••9.
• Assemblies of Priests in the Deanaries, 152.
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• ... Athanasius, Bishop of Naples, excommunicates his Brother, and assumes the Government of that City, 181. Excommunicated himself, and why, 187.
• Autun; the Charters which confirmed the Gift of the Revenues of that Church, 133.

B.

• BAptism; allowed Monks to administer, 7. In what Cases Laymen may baptize, ibid. Whether a Priest that communicates with Hereticks may baptize, 7. Forbidden to be done by Sprinkling, 118. Ought to be administred only at the time set apart by the Canon, 119. Persons baptized at other times may not be ordained, ibid. Ought to be administred in such Places only as have Fonts, 121. Ought to be ad∣ministred according to the Rites used at Rome, 114. Time of baptizing solemnly, 131, 136. Without Dipping, 131, 136. The Questions of Charles the Great about Baptism, 157. Answered by several Bi∣shops of France, ibid. In the Name of the Trinity, and may not be repeated, 66, 178. Its Administration, 167. By Dipping or Sprinkling, 167 Baptism of Adul∣terers, ibid. In what Cases it may be administred out of the solemn Times, 178. The validity of Baptism confer∣red by the Jews, 179. Or a Father to his Child, 184.
• Barbarous, the Pope's Complaint to the Empe∣ror, because he called the Latin Tongue a barbarous Language, 90.
• Barcelona's Attempts against the Rights of that Church condemned, 124.
• Baudrius, a Priest of the Diocess of Sens, how hardly he obtained Leave of his Bishop to leave his Cure and become a Monk, 170. Authorities against such Permission, ibid.
• Beati Immaculati, forbidden to be sung the Saturday before Quasi modo, 7.
• Beggars, their wicked Devices to get Mony, 150. How to discover them, ibid.
• Bernard, Count, why excommunicated, 182.
• Bernus, Bishop of Autun, his Ordination, 171.
• Bells, the bigger call'd Campanae and lesser Nolae, 166.
• Bertram, a Name confounded with Ratramnus, 73.
• Bertulphus, Archbishop of Treves, his Ordination by Hincmarus of Rheims, 205.
• Besancon, Pope John VIII. Advice to the Bishop of it, 182.
• Blessings; different Uses of Blessings in the Church, 163. Of the Blessing of Tables, 178.
• Blood; some Remarks upon our Saviour's sweating Blood, 107.
• Birds; why they may be eaten on Days of Absti∣nence, 162.
• Bishops, their Ordination, 23, 51, 128, 161, 181. The Signification of their Staff and Ring, 161. 3 Sorts, according to Rabanus, ibid. To be ordained 3 Months after their Election, 132. The Punishment upon them that are not, ibid. The Causes reserved to them, ibid. Rules for their Life, Carriage and Du∣ties, 97, 98, 114, 116, 118, 120, 122, 124, 125. Their Duties, 39, 117, 146, 175. Not to revenge them∣selves on their Priests, 122. What they may exact of their Curates, and the manner how they may take it, ibid. Their way of Living, and how they ought to visit, ibid. To observe the Canons, under great Pe∣nalties, ibid. To maintain their Rights and Privileges 123. Their Ordination, 130. To visit Monasteries, ibid. To go to the Synod, under Pain of Excommu∣nication, 131. Their manner of Visiting Monasteries, 127. Not to overcharge their Curates, 116, 120, 128. To give their Goods to the Poor after their Death, 117. Their Offices, 118. Their Judicial Power, 25, 26. Cannot appeal from the Judges they have cho∣sen, 26. Ought not to be tryed by the Pope at first, ibid. But by their Metropolitan or a Synod of the Pro∣vince, 38. The Pretences of the Pope as to the Cau∣ses of the Bishops, 26, 27. Ceremonies required in their Election and Ordination, 27. Cannot leave their Diocess without the Consent of their Metropolitan, 35. Obliged to, celebrate Divine Service on Sun∣days and Festivals, 125. Rules for their Diet, ibid. Not to be tryed before Lay-Judges about Ecclesiastical Affairs, 35. Ought to be subject to their Metropo∣litans, 38. Can only be cited by Bishops, 87. Rules about their being deposed, 136. How they ought to be restored after several Censures, 93, 94. An abso∣lute Liberty required in their Ministry, 121. Ought not to take an Oath about Sacred Things, ibid. Rules for the Function, 124. Cannot chuse their Successor, 142. Translations of Bishops, 52, 53. The Popes Brethren, 147. Ought not to prefer the Popes Com∣mands before their Princes, 147, 148. When Private Men may separate themselves from the Bishops, Bi∣shops from the Metropolitan, and Metropolitan from their Patriarch, 88. A Rule for the Ordination of Bishops, ibid. Princes not to concern themselves with their Election, 98. Ought not to ordain or execute their Function in the Churches which are not in their Diocess, ibid. Ought to preserve the Sign of their Profession, if they have been Monks, ibid. Women not to go into their Houses, 121. Prayers for a Bed∣rid Bishop, 127.
• Books, Canonical; Opinions about their Compo∣sure and Translations, 145. What are necessary for Priests, 141, 152
• Boson and Engeltrude; their Estate given to their Children, 182, 183.
• Bread, after it is blessed may be given to the Peo∣ple, 139.
• Bretagne, the Bishop, put under the Jurisdiction of their Metropolitan, 129. Threatned with Excom∣munication if they did not submit, 183. Admoni∣tions to them to call a Council, 129.
• Bulgaria; the Rights of the Church of Rome over Bulgaria, contested by the Greek Church, 99, 100. P. Nicolas's Answer to them, 179. Bulgarians Questi∣ons, 177. And the Rules added to it, ibid. The Or∣dination of the Bishops there, 178. The indiscreet Zeal of the Kings of Bulgaria reproved by Pope Ni∣cholas, 178. Pope John VIII. Exhortations to the King of the Bulgarians, 187. Whom he accused of Schism, 188.
• Burchard, Bishop of Chartres, the Validity of his Election and Ordination, 126.
• Burial, Ecclesiastical, when granted to persons put to Death, 125. To be allowed gratis, 135, 136, 138, 152. Forbidden to be in Churches to Laymen, 136.

C.

• CAnons; some Remarks about their Observation, 39. The Canons of the Councils of the Ninth Age, 114.
• Canons; Rules for their Lives, 115. Precepts for Canons and Canonesses, 117. Obliged to live in Com∣mon, 122, 124 Cannot serve their Prince, but by the Consent of their Bishop, 122. The Canons of the Church of Tournay limited to thirty, 123.
• Canterbury; the Privileges of that Church confirm∣ed by Pope John VIII, 101.
• Cardinals; their Duty, (182)
• Carolomannus; the Addresses that Pope John made to him, 181. His Deposition was approved by the same Pope, 183.
• Catechumens; the Ceremonies of Baptizing them, 28.
• Celebacy commended in Priests, 126. Enjoyned for all Sacred Orders, 131. A Canon for the single Life of Widows, 135.
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• ... Chalice; not to be consecrated in the Vestry, 6. The use of Wooden Chalices prohibited, 136. The quantity of Water and Wine to be mixt in them, ibid.
• Chapels, private, forbidden, 124.
• Charles, the Bald, his good Qualities, 124. The Examples he had to imitate, 171.
• Charles, the Gross; the Wants of the Churches in the Holy Land made known to him and his Lords, 152 Threatned with Excommunication by John VIII. Pope, 181. The Pope's Thanks and Requests to him, 186.
• Children; the Honour they owe their Parents, 165. Children smothered by lying with their Father or Mo∣ther, 165. A Precept about the Teaching them, 115. Parents not to hold their Children at the Font, 115, 116.
• Church, 3 sorts of Members in it, 133. Di•…•…ded into 2 Parts, 119.
• Church or Temple; original of them, 166. The Signal given to meet there, ibid. Their Use, ibid. Their Foundation, 134. The Consecration of them, and manner of doing it, 117. The Ground ordered for every Church, 118. The Custom of the Greeks before they go into their Churches, 178. The Times of Visiting the Churches of the Martyrs, 15••. Bi∣shops not to require any thing ••or the Consecration of Churches, 131. Judges not to lodge in them, 133. A Rule for their Foundation; 136. The Churches of Hereticks may be entred in some Cases, 7. When we may go into the Churches of Bishops that communi∣cate with Hereticks, ibid. Priests may not serve di∣verse Churches, 120. Coheirs may not part Churches, 118.
• Chrism, reserved to the Bishops, 112, 113. The Greeks reproved about it, ibid. Not to be used as a Medicine, 109. To be given the Curates, 118. To be consecrated on Holy Thursday only, and nothing to be exacted for the Consecration of it, 121. Bishops only to consecrate it, 131.
• Christians; this Name given to the Holy Men under the Law, 145. They sell them to the Heathens, to be put to the Penance of Murtherers, 165.
• Church-yards; whether the Saints may be prayed to in the Church-yard possessed by Hereticks, 7.
• Church-wardens; how to be chosen, 49
• Clergymen, how such as have subscribed to Heresie ought to be dealt with, 7. A Constitution for de∣graded Clerks, 117. For-Wandring Clerks, 126, 130. Not to exercise their Office without a Letter from their Bishop, 131. A Rule for their Carriage, 137. For their Office, 49. Their Duties, 99, 101, 116, 124, 159. Their Knowledge, 163. Ought not to fol∣low secular business 88, 126, 152. How theirs and Bishops Causes should be tryed, 98. The Cognizance of their Causes reserved to the Bishops, 132, 134. They that abuse them to be excommunicated, 134, 135, 136. The Penance of such as kill a Clerk, 136. The Or∣der of deposing them, ibid. How to be restored, when excommunicated or deposed, 93, 94. The Conditions of their Penance, 94. To be Excommunicated and Degraded, if they obey not their Bishops, 131. May be deprived of their Orders, upon their Confession of a Crime, whether true or false, 47. The Duty of Archpriests, 125, 126. Canons against Vagabond Priests, 126. The Punishment imposed on a Deacon, accused of a State-Crime, 127. Ought not to com∣municate in the Sacrament or Prayer with a Bishop deposed, 29. A Canon in Favour of the Clergy, 119.
• S. Columbus, an Abby of Sens, Privileges granted to it, 169. Confirmed by a Charter, ibid.
• Communion, when granted to Sick Persons, without Fasting 6. The Opinion of the Greeks, That the Communion breaks a Fast, 80. Of frequent Com∣munion, 166. Why it were to be wished, That Christians would communicate at every Sacrament, 167. Time of celebrating it, ibid. Frequent Com∣munion in Lent, 177.
• Compeigne; a Confirmation of the Privileges grant∣ed to the Abby there, 124.
• Conversation, scandalous, when it is accounted Adul∣tery in Divorce, 47. The manner of proceeding a∣gainst a Priest or Nun that lives scandalously, 132.
• Confession; Rules for it, 6, 116. How a Confessor ought to deal with secret Sins, 6. An Irregularity in Confessing secret Sins, 46. Not to be made in Wri∣ting as to what concerns the Church, ibid. Cannot justifie a Divorce between Husband and Wife, ibid, 47. Of 2 sorts of Sins, 116.
• Confession of Faith; required of Metropolitans, with∣in 3 Months after their Ordination, 132.
• Confirmation not to be repeated, 116. May be con∣ferred after eating, 120. The Time of conferring it, ibid. A Constitution to bring the Children of a Wife by a former Husband to it, 177.
• Confiscation of Goods, commanded against them, who Side with the Enemies of the State, 131.
• Congregation; every Congregation to have a Su∣perior, 130.
• Councils; the seventh General not received in France, 39. Their Decisions of greater Authority than the Writings of the Fathers, 39, 40. Suffra∣gan Bishops to be present at Provincial Councils, 38. Not always necessary to call them, 40. The first Ge∣neral Councils called by the Emperors, 50. The Ny∣cene called mystical, and why, 54. It is not the num∣ber but worth of the Bishops that makes them of Force, 90, 91. Metropolitans to be present at Pa∣triarchal Synods, and punished for refusing 98. The Persons that make up Councils of 3 sorts, and their Disposition, 115. Of holding Provincial Councils, 120. A Rule for Diocesan Synods, 123. Priests to be at them, 128. The Council of Photius against Pope Nicolas, condemned, 179.
• Creed; The Filioque taken out of the Greeks Creed, 103. Added to the Latin Creed, ibid. 114. Priests obliged to say Athanasius's Creed, 141, 152.
• Crimes; what Proofs allowed anciently to clear Men from them, 47. When known any other ways than by Confession to be discovered, 132.
• Cross; veneration given it, 2, 3, 4. The Sign of it used in all Consecrations and Blessings in the Church, 4. Examinations by the Cross forbidden, 118. The use of carrying the Cross approved, 177.
• Coronation, of Charles the Bald at Me••z, 123. A good Omen taken from this Coronation, ibid. His Coronation at Rome and Pavia, 124. The Corona∣tion of Lewis the Stammerer at Troyes, 133.
• Curates; a Rule for their Duties on Festivals, 138. Their Office towards the Sick, ibid. A Priest may serve but one Church, 139. And not seek another, ibid. May not turn Monks without the Permission of their Bishop, 170. An Example against that Cu∣stom, ibid. See Clergymen.

D.

• DEad; Prayers for them, 116, 134.
• Deacons; a Rule for their Deposition, 136. Their Ministry, 162.
• Deputies; the Formalities required for their recep∣tion in a Council, 92.
• Deus in adjutorium, in what Service not said, 167.
• Deus dedit, Count, his Marriage censured by the Archbishop of Ravenna, 186. The Determination of it put off to a Synod, ibid. His Marriage confirmed, 187.
• Dignities Ecclesiastical ought to be given to the Clergy of the same Church before others, 97. Di∣missory Letters, how granted, 128.
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• ... Proofs made by Scalding-water and hot Irons, to clear the Innocency of Persons suspected, 52, 136, 144, 147.
• Protection by Churches and Bishops, how far alter'd, some Rules about it, 123.
• Psalms; the original of their parting into divers Of∣fices, 167. Their several Editions, ibid.
• Power: the Distinction between the Ecclesiastical and Civil, 103. The Respect due to both, 124.

R.

• RAdoaldus, Bishop of Porto, the Pope's Legate to Constantinople, 87, 89. Summon'd to a Council to give an account of his Carriage, 89. Deposed and Excommunicated in the Synod, 90.
• Rapes not to be tolerated by Princes, 52.
• Ravenna; the Pope's Advice to the Archbishop of it, about his Election, 183. And the Bishop of Sar∣sennes, ibid And concerning the Wrong had been done him, 185. Other Differences between him and the Pope, 187. Excommunicated, ibid
• Ravishers. Canons against them, 123, 130, 132, 134. Penalties imposed upon them, 126, 130, 135, 187.
• Rebellion: The Punishment of those guilty of it, 45. Condemned in the Archbishop of ••ens, 129
• Reformation of the Abby of S. Dennis, 11, 119, 190. Some Edicts and Grants for it, ibid.
• Religion: Scotus's Method of treating Questions in it, 15, 16.
• Religion of Christians: The Excellency of its Con∣stitution, 193. In what it consists, 177.
• Reliques: the Honour due to them, 4. Advice to the Bishop of Langres, to prevent the Abuses of the Reliques of a Martyr, 150. The Forgery of certain Persons, who pretend themselves to be tormented in the presence of Reliques, at their Entrance into the Church, 150, 151.
• Revenues of the Church, forbidden to be taken away, 35, 121, 128 Sold or alienated, 97. An Anathema to those that take them away, 98. How to deal with them that farm them, ibid. Not to be alienated, 117, 119, 120, 127. How to be imployed, 118, 120. The effects of a Petition to King Pepin, to restore the Church-Goods, 120. Some Canons for their Preser∣vation, 122, 124, 132, 133, 136 To be disposed of by the Bishop, 135, 131. Not to be exchanged with∣out the King's Consent, 127, 128. The Rights of alienated Church Revenues confirmed, 128, 136. They who made them excommunicated, 13••, 135 And Anathematized, 134. Forbidden to be extorted upon a precarious Title, 135. Discharged of Taxes, ibid. Their Use and Distribution, 139. Their Dispensa∣tion and Usurpation, 146. Their Division into 4 parts, and their Use, 152. Their Usurpers, 193.
• Resurrection; the Doctrine of a general Resurrecti∣on, 131.
• Rheims; the Churches of Rheims and Treves account∣ed as Sisters in the 9th Age. 54.
• Robbery, how to discover the Author of it in a Mo∣nastery, 131.
• Rogation; their Institution and Fasting, 115, 158, 159. The several times for them, 167.
• Rome, the Church of it, the Respect and Obedience due to it, 2, 5, 124, 137. Its Primacy, 113. Its Ancient Privileges, 180. Customs, 166, 167. Com∣pared to the old Jerusalem, 22. Its Prayers shew us what to believe, ibid. Its Donations ill settled, 119. Exempted from Heresie, 867. Photius's Objections against it, 106,
• Rostagnus's Wife compelled to return to her Duty, 183.

S.

• SAcraments; their Excellency and Ministration, 144. Are Pledges and Evidences of Salvation, 69. Ought not to be administred in private Chappels without Per∣mission, 88. How the Priests ought to behave them∣selves in administring the Sacraments to the Sick, 125. Rabanus's Doctrine about them, 162. Not allowed to Userer, 6. Ought to be received Fasting, unless in case of Necessity, 120. Where and how they may be administred to such Priests that have communicated with Hereticks, 7. Cannot be defiled, altho' admi∣nistred by a wicked Priest, 178.
• Sacrifice; 2 sorts of it according to Amalarius, the one General the other Particular, 159.
• Sacrilege, Penalties and the Penance imposed upon such as are guilty of it, 97, 133
• Saints; whether they may be prayed to in the Church-Yards where their Bodies are laid, tho' in the pos∣session of Hereticks, 7.
• Sanctorum Meritis; a Hymn so called, forbidden to be sung in the Church of Rheims, and for what Rea∣son, 24.
• Sanctuary, not be entred by Women, 138.
• Schism; how they are to be dealt with that are in it, 7.
• Schools for Arts and Sciences founded, 128, 130.
• Scripture; Clergymen should be well versed in it, 163. Dangerous to be left, 39.
• Selgenstat, an Abby, by whom founded, 189.
• Separation in Marriage, in what Cases allow'd, 131.
• Service, Divine, its parts, 166, 167. Rites and Usages, 158, 159.
• Sfensopulcher, Earl of Sclavonia; the Pope's good Wishes and Advice to him, 185.
• Simony condemned in bishops, 175.
• Slaves not to be ordained, 118, 131, 137. A Pe∣nalty for their Death, 129. Whether Runagate Ser∣vants may be pray'd for after their Death, 166.
• Singing after the Roman Fashion introduced into France, 167.
• Sorcerers; the weakness of their Inchantments, 144, 145.
• Soul; of its Original and Nature, 50, 164. Opi∣nions concerning its Creation, 145.
• Spoletus; the Duke of that Name deprived of his Dominions, 179. Rome taken by that Duke, 180. His Injuries to the Church of Rome, 182.
• Stercoranism; diverse Opinions about it, 78, 79, 80. Why the infamous Name of Stercoranists was given to the Greeks, 80.
• Suffragans; their Institution and Function, 161, 162. Their Dignity and Power, 164, 165. Offices forbid∣den them, 177. May not meddle with the Functions of Bishops, 121. Nor consecrate Churches, 135.
• Sunday; its Holiness, 120, 128.
• Subscriptions not to be required of Suffragan Bishops, and why, 97. The Respect given a Greek Emperor in those of the Acts of a Council, 99. An Accident in the Subscription of the Legates for the Western Em∣peror, according to his quality, ibid.
• Superstition of the Greeks about Beasts slain by Eu∣nuchs, 178. A Question about the superstitious Cure of the Biting of a Dog, 165.
• Synods, see Councils.

T.

• TEmples; their Original, 166.
• Theognostus; Ignatius's Envoy to Pope Nicho∣las, 89.
• Taverns and Ale-houses not to be frequented by Clergymen, 49, 141, 152.
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• ... Theodrona, a Widow; the Force and Constraint which her Brother-in-Law put upon her to become a Nun, 185. The Pope's Commission to regulate that affair, ibid.
• Thursday, Holy; the Ceremonies used on that Day in the 9th Age, 193.
• Thyrsus, a Priest of Corduba, his Encroachment upon the Rights of the Bishop of Barcelona condemned, 124.
• Tyths not to be sold, to be converted to our own Advantage, 54. A Constitution about the Tyths of New Churche, 118, 136. To whom they belong, 122. Their Payment and Use, 126, 133, 135, 141. May not be taken from one Church to be given to ano∣ther, 134. Their division into 4 parts, and their Use, 145.
• Tonsure or Shaving; the Signification of that Cere∣mony, 161. Forbidden to be conferred upon the ac∣count of Interest, 118, Or without Consent of Pa∣rents, ibid.
• Tournay; the Confirmation of the Property of the Revenues of the Church of Taurnay, and the number of the Canons fixed to thirty, 123.
• Tours; the Confirmation of the Privileges of the Church of Tours, 133.
• Trajan and Theodofius; patterns propounded to Charles the Bald, 171.
• Translations of Bishops forbidden, 52, 53, 183. Rea∣sons which may seem to prove it lawful, 52. Other Reasons which render it faulty, 153. Of Bishops to other Churches, ibid. 155.
• Treason punished with Excommunication, 183.
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉; whether it be any thing else but God, 145.

V.

• V•…•…inus, Abbot of Corby; a Treatise dedicated to him under the Name of Placidus, 69.
• Venice; the Bishop of it forbidden to exercise his Episcopal Function, 183.
• Vessels, sacred, not to be employed in profane Uses, 88. Not to be pawned, unless for the Redemption of Captives, 118. Not to be touched By Women, 120.
• Vails; the Duties of those that assume them, 136 137. Not to be conferr'd upon a Virgin without the Consent of her Parents, nor before the Age of 25 Years, 118. The Time prescribed to Widows to as∣sume it, 120, 135. Some ••ules for those that have taken it, 131, 136, 137. Cannot be given without the Bishop's Permission, 120.
• Vicars of the Pope in France, their Power, 175, 182. Their Pretenses injurious to the Rights of Me∣tropolitans, and therefore opposed by them at first, 50.
• Virgin; the Death of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 19.
• Virginity; a ridiculous Question about it, 47. Some Remarks upon the Text of the Gospel, about the Vir∣ginity of the Virgin Mary, 107.
• Visitations; Bishops to visit once a Year, all their Diocess, 122. The Rights due to them for visiting, ibid. They can exact nothing if they visit not in Per∣son, ibid. 128. Visiting of Monasteries, 134.
• Visitors; what they ought to do in visiting Churches 49. Their Charges limited, ibid.
• Unction of the Sick; its Administration, 117, 152. The Carriage of the Priest in administring of it, 125. Cann't be conferred upon a Person not absolv'd, ibid.
• Usury prohibited, 120, 122, 126, 128.

W.

• WIdows; a Constitution for Widows and Orphans, 126. And far vailed Widows, 131, 137. Bishops to judge their Cause, 132. The Time prefixed for them to take the Vail 118, 120 How they ought to live in their single Life, 135.
• Witches condemned, 138.
• Witnesses; the Age which is necessary to qualifie them to depose, 135. False Witnesses, the Penance impo∣sed upon them, 96. Excommunicated, 130.
• Women; Clergymen forbidden to have a familiar Converse with Women, 118, 124, 127, 134, 135, 136, 138, 152. Have sometimes administred the Holy Sa∣crament of the Lord's Supper, 120. Obliged to be covered in the Church, 178.

Z.

• ZAchary, Bishop of Ag••••••ia, the Pope's Legate at Constantinople, 87, 89. His Conduct during this Office disapproved in a Council, 89. Deposed and excommunicated on the same account, ibid.

FINIS.