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 TABLE OF THE CONTENTS.

CHAP. I.

• Of the Writings of St. Ful∣bert Bishop of Chartres, Page 1

Chap. II.

• An Account of the Contro∣versy about the Eucharist, set on foot by Berenger, and of his several Con∣demnations 6
• Berenger, Arch-Deacon of Angers ibid.
• Bruno or Eusebius, Bishop of Angers 7
• The Council of Rome held in the Year 1050. against Berenger ibid.
• The Council of Brionne against him ibid.
• Theodwin, Bishop of Liege's Letter against Berenger ibid.
• The Council of Verceil in 1050. against Be∣renger ibid.
• The Council of Paris held the same Year against Berenger 8
• Adelman, a Clerk of the Church of Liege ibid.
• Berenger's Letter to Ascelin, a Monk of St. Evrou, ibid.
• Ascelin's Letter to Berenger ibid.
• Berengers's Letter to Richard 9
• The Council of Tours in the Year 1055. against Berenger ibid.
• The Council of Rome in 1059. against the same Person ibid.
• Berenger's first Confession of Faith ibid.
• —He relapses into his Error 10
• The Council of Roan held against him in 1063. ibid.
• The Council of Poitiers against him in 1075. ibid.
• Eusebius or Bruno, Bishop of Angers's Letter to Berenger ibid.
• The Councils of Rome held in 1078 and 1079. against Berenger under Pope Gregory VII. ibid.
• Berenger's second Confession of Faith ibid.
• The Council of Bordeaux in 1080 against Berenger 11
• Berenger's Repentance ibid.
• —His Followers ibid.
• —Other Errors laid to his Charge ibid.
• —His Writings and Adversaries ibid.

Chap. III.

• Of the Writings of Lanfrank, Arch-Bishop of Canterbury, of Guitmond, of Al∣ger, and of the other Authors who have refuted Berenger's Opinions. 12
• Lanfrank, Arch-Bishop of Canterbury ibid.
• The Council of Windsor ibid.
• Lanfrank's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistles, ibid.
• —His Treatise of the Body and Blood of Je∣sus Christ 13
• The Rules of the Order of St. Benedict 14
• Lanfrank's Letters ibid.
• —His Treatise of Confession 16
• —His other Writings 17
• Hugh, Bishop of Langres ibid.
• Durandus, Abbot of Troarn ibid.
• Guitmond, Arch-Bishop of Aversa 18
• Alser, Deacon of Liege, and Monk of Clu∣ny 19
• St. Anselm, Arch-Bishop of Canterbury 21

Chap. IV.

• An Account of the Popes, and of the Church of Rome, from the time of Syl∣vester II. to Gregory VII. 22
• Sylvester II. ibid.
• John XVI. and John XVII. 23
• Sergius IV. ibid.
• Benedict VIII. ibid.
• The Council of Pavia under Benedict VIII. ibid.
• John XVIII, ibid.
• Benedict IX. 24
• Sylvester III. ibid.
• Gregory VI. ibid.
• Clement II. ibid.
• Damasus II. ibid.
• Leo IX. ibid.
• The Councils held under Leo IX. 26
• Victor II. ibid.
• ...

• Stephen IX. 27
• Nicolas II. ibid.
• The Council of Rome in 1059. under Nico∣las II. ibid.
• The Councils of Amalfi and Benevento under the same Pope 28
• Pope Nicolas II's Letters ibid.
• Gervase, Arch-Bishop of Rheims's Letter to Pope Nicolas II. ibid.
• Alexander II. ibid.
• The Councils under Alexander II. 29
• —His Letters ibid.

Chap. V.

• An Account of the Church of Rome under Gregory VII. Of the Differences be∣tween that Pope and the Emperor Henry, and other Princes of Europe; with an Ab∣stract of his Letters 32
• Gregory VII. ibid.
• An Account of the Difference between the Em∣peror Henry and Pope Gregory VII. 33
• The Council of Rome held in the Year 1074. 35
• Another Council held at Rome in 1075. 36
• The Pope arrested by Cincius 37
• Henry's Letter to the Bishops and Princes of the Empire ibid.
• Thierry or Theodoric, Bishop of Verdun's Letter against Gregory VII. 38
• Engelbert, Arch-Bishop of Treves's Letter on the same Subject ibid.
• The Assembly of Worms against Gregory VII. in 1076. ibid.
• The Council of Rome held the same Year a∣gainst Henry 39
• The Convention at Oppenheim against that Prince 40
• The Emperor Henry's Journey into Italy ibid.
• The Complaints made by the Lombards against Henry's Conduct 41
• The Convention at Forcheim, where Radul∣phus is chosen Emperor 42
• The Council of Rome in 1078. ibid.
• Another Council at Rome in the same Year 43
• The Council of Rome in 1079. 44
• The Council of Rome in 1080. in which Henry is excommunicated and deposed by the Pope 45
• The Council of Brescia against Gregory VII. ibid.
• Clement III. the Anti-Pope ibid.
• Henry's Letter to Gregory VII. ibid.
• The Preparations of War between Henry and Gregory ibid.
• Henry defeats Radulphus 46
• —His Expedition into Italy, and the Siege of Rome ibid.
• —He returns to Germany, and Grego∣ry VII. is set at Liberty by the Normans ibid.
• The Convention at Berchach A. D. 1085. 47
• The Assembly at Quintilineburgh in the same Year ibid.
• The Convention at Mentz in the same Year ibid.
• The Death of Pope Gregory VII. ibid.
• The Contest between Gregory VII. and Phi∣lip I. King of France 48
• The Judgment pass'd by Hugh Bishop of Dic ibid.
• Gregory VII.'s Letters relating to England 49
• —His Pretensions upon Spain ibid.
• —His claim to the Kingdoms newly converted 50
• —His Pretensions to Hungary ibid.
• —His Letters to the Kings of Denmark 51
• —His Letters sent to Poland and Russia, ibid.
• —His Letters sent to Norway and Dalmatia ibid.
• —His Letters concerning Bohemia ibid.
• —His Pretensions to Italy 52
• The Conquests of the Normans in Italy ibid.
• The Differences and Agreement of Gregory VII. with the Normans 53
• —His Pretensions to Sardinia and Corfu 54
• —The Oath of Fidelity exacted by him from the Princes of Italy ibid.
• —His Project of the Crusade ibid.
• —His Letters sent into Africa 55
• —His Letter against the Errors charg'd upon the Armenians ibid.
• —His Legates sent to several Parts ibid.
• The Councils held in France by Hugh Bishop of Die A. D. 1077. 57
• The Council of Poitiers in 1078. ibid.
• The Canons of that Council 58
• The Councils of Avignon and Meaux in 1080. ibid.
• The Council of Meaux in 1082. ibid.
• The Vicars of several Popes in France 59
• The erecting of the Primacy of Lyons by Gre∣gory VII. ibid.
• The Rights and Privileges of the Primates of France ibid.
• The Cause of Manasses Arch-Bishop of Rheims 60
• —Those of the Arch-Bishop of Tours and of the Bishop of Dol 62
• —That of the Bishop of Toul ibid.
• —That of William Duke of Aquitaine ibid.
• —Those which Pope Gregory VII. heard and try'd at Rome 63
• —Those that he referr'd to his Legates ibid.
• —Those cited to and judg'd by him in the same City ibid.
• —That of Everard Dean of Orleans 64
• —That of Robert nominated to the Bishop∣rick of Chartres ibid.
• —That of Stephen Bishop of Annecy ibid.
• —That of the Archbishop of Roan 65
• —That of the Canons of St. Omer ibid.
• Cardinal Richard elected Abbot of Marseilles ibid.
• Gregory VII.'s Letters concerning Discipline ibid.
• —His Letters relating to Monastick Disci∣pline 66
• —The various Judgments pass'd upon that Pope 67
• ...

• —An Examen of the Decree call'd Dictatus Papae, said to belong to him 68
• —His other Writings 69

CHAP. VI.

• An Account of the Church of Rome, and of the Popes who succeeded Gre∣gory VII. to the end of the Century 69
• Victor III. ibid.
• Hugh, Archbishop of Lyons's Letters against Victor ibid.
• The Council of Benevento, held in the Year 1087 under Victor ibid.
• Urban II. 70
• —His Letters ibid.
• The Council of Rome held in the Year 1089. 72
• The Council of Melphi in the same Year ibid.
• —of Toulouse in 1090. ibid.
• —of Benevento in 1091. ibid.
• —of Troia in Apulia in 1093. 73
• —of Constance in 1094. ibid.
• —of Placentia in 1095. ibid.
• —of Clermont in the same Year ibid.
• Philip I. King of France divorc'd from Bertha ibid.
• The Council of Autun in the Year 1094. ibid.
• The Crusade under Pope Urban II. 74
• The Canons of the Council of Clermont ibid.
• The Confirmation of the Primacy of Lyons 75
• The Council of Limoges in the Year 1095. ibid.
• The Councils of Tours and Nismes in 1096 ibid.
• The Canons of the Council of Nismes ibid.
• The Councils of Bari and Rome in 1098. ibid.
• The Council of Rome in 1099. ibid.
• —of Roan in 1096. 76

Chap. VII.

• An Account of the Controversies on foot between the Latin and the Greek Churches in the Eleventh Century 76
• Michael Cerularius and Leo of Acridia, their Letter against the Church of Rome ibid.
• Pope Leo IX's Letter to Cerularius ibid.
• The Greek Emperor's Letter to the Pope ibid.
• The Pope sends Legates to Constantinople ibid.
• Pope Leo IX's Letters to Cerularius, and to the Greek Emperor ibid.
• Cardinal Humbert delivers those Letters and Writings to that Prince ibid.
• —His Reply to Cerularius's Letter 77
• Nicetas Pectoratus's Dissertation against the Latin Church ibid.
• Humbert's Reply to Nicetas 78
• Nicetas's Retractation 79
• The Excommunication of Michael Cerularius by the Pope's Legates ibid.
• The Departure of the Pope's Legates 80
• Dominick Patriarch of Grado's Letter to Peter Patriarch of Antioch ibid.
• Peter of Antioch's Answer to the Patriarch of Grado ibid.
• Cerularius's Letter to Peter of Antioch 81
• Peter of Antioch's Answer to Cerularius 82
• A new Attempt made for the re-uniting the Greek and the Latin Churches ibid.
• The Banishment of Cerularius ibid.

CHAP. VIII.

• Of the Life and Writings of Peter Damian, Cardinal Bishop of Ostia 83
• —His Letters to the Popes ibid.
• —His Letters to the Cardinals 86
• —His Letters to the Archbishops ibid.
• —His Letters to the Bishops 87
• —His Letters to the Clergy 88
• —His Character [98]
• Petrus de Honestis, a Cl••••k of Ravenna ibid.

CHAP. IX.

• An Account of the Churches of England from the Time of William I. sir-nam'd The Conqueror, to Henry II. with the Life of St. Anselm, Archbishop of Can∣terbury, and an Abridgment of his Wri∣tings 91
• St. Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury ibid.
• Eadmer, St. Anselm's Pupil 96

CHAP. X.

• Of the Ecclesiastical Writers of the Eleventh Age, who compos'd Treatises of Church-Discipline, or Commentaries on the Holy Scriptures 97
• Burchard, Bishop of Worms ibid.
• Godehard, Bishop of Hildesheim ibid.
• Gosbert, Abbot of Tergernsee ibid.
• Guy Aretin, Abbot of La Croix St. Leufroy ibid.
• Aribo, Archbishop of Mentz ibid.
• Berno, Abbot of Richenaw ibid.
• Bruno, Bishop of Wurtzburg 98
• John, sirnam'd Jeannelin, Abbot of Erbrestein ibid.
• Warin, Abbot of St. Arnulphus at Mets ibid.
• William, Abbot of the same Monastery ibid.
• Robert de Tombalene, Abbot of St. Vigor at Bayeux ibid.
• Anselm, Bishop of Lucca ibid.
• Deus-dedit, Cardinal of St. Eudoxia 99
• Gregory, Cardinal of Rome ibid.
• Benno, Cardinal of the same Church ibid.
• Conrad, Bishop of Utrecht. ibid.
• Weneric, Bishop of Verceil ibid.
• Ulric, a Monk of Cluny ibid.
• Bernard, a Monk of the same Abbey ibid.
• Bernard, a Monk of Corby in Saxony ibid.
• Bernard, a Clerk of the Church of Utrecht ibid.
• Aegilnothus, Archbishop of Canterbury ibid.
• Campanus, of Lombardy ibid.
• Franco, a Philosopher of Liege ibid.
• Berthorius, Abbot of Mount Cassin ibid.
• Erard, a Benedictin Monk ibid.
• Adam, Abbot of Perseme 100

CHAP. XI.

• Of the Authors who wrote Ecclesiastical History, or the Lives of the Saints in the Eleventh Century 100
• ...

• Megenfroy or Meginfred, a Monk of Fulda ibid.
• Syrus, a Monk of Cluny ibid.
• Osbern or Osbert, a Monk of Canterbury ibid.
• Tangmarus, Dean of Hildesheim ibid.
• Arnold, a Canon of Hersfeldt ibid.
• Eberard, St. Harvic's Pupil ibid.
• Arnulphus, a Monk of St. Emmeran ibid.
• Erchinfroy, Abbot of Melck ibid.
• Rupert, Abbot of Mount Cassin ibid.
• Dithmar, Bishop of Mersburg ibid.
• Ademar or Aimar, de Chabanois, a Monk of St. Cibar at Angoulesme 101
• Hugh, Arch-Deacon of Tours ibid.
• Odoran, a Monk of St. Peter Le Vif at Sens ibid.
• Anselm, Dean of Namur 102
• Hermannus Contractus, a Monk of Richenaw ibid.
• Glaber Radulphus, a Monk of Cluny ibid.
• Gualdo, a Monk of Corbie ibid.
• Drogo, a Monk of St. Winoch ibid.
• Helgaud, a Monk of Fleury ibid.
• Witpo or Wippo, Chaplain to the Emperor Henry III. ibid.
• Ebervin or Evervin, Abbot of St. Maurice at Tolen ibid.
• Evershelm, Abbot of Aumont in Hainaut ibid.
• Guibert, Arch-Deacon of Toul ibid.
• Metellus, Abbot of Tergensee ibid.
• Folcard, a Monk of St. Berthin ibid.
• Gerard, Abbot of St. Vincent at Laon ibid.
• Willeran, Abbot of St. Peter at Mersburgh ibid.
• Ursio, Abbot of Aumont ibid.
• Desiderius, Abbot of Mount Cassin ibid.
• Paul, a Canon of Benrieden 103
• Conrad, a Monk of Bruvilliers ibid.
• Geffrey de Maleterre, a Norman Monk ibid.
• William, of Apulia ibid.
• Bertulphus or Bernulphus, a Priest of Con∣stance ibid.
• Nalgod, a Monk of Cluny ibid.
• Othlo, a Monk of St. Boniface ibid.
• Ingulphus, Abbot of Croyland ibid.
• Thierry or Theodoric, Abbot of St. Trudo ibid.
• Alphanus, Archbishop of Salerno ibid.
• Amatus, a Bishop in Italy ibid.
• Hepidannus, a Monk of St. Gall ibid.
• Marianus Scotus ibid.
• Lambert of Aschaffemburgh, a Monk of Hirs∣feldt 104
• Adam, a Canon of Bremen ibid.
• Albert, a Benedictin Monk of Mets ibid.
• Anselm, a Benedictin Monk of Rheims ibid.
• Gonthier, a Monk of St. Amand ibid.
• Warman, Bishop of Constance ibid.
• Britwol, Bishop of Winchester ibid.
• Ingelran, Abbot of St. Riquier ibid.
• Bertha or Bertrada, a Nun of Willock ibid.
• Gislebert, a Monk of St. German at Auxerre ibid.
• Diodericus, a Monk of Hirsfeldt ibid.
• Andrew, a Monk of Fleury, or of St. Bene∣dict on the Loire ibid.
• Odo, a Monk of St. Maur des Fosses ibid.
• Bovo, Abbot of St. Berthin ibid.
• Gislebert, a Monk of St. Amand ibid.
• St. William, Abbot of Richanaw 105
• Alberic, Cardinal ibid.
• Jotsald, a Monk of Cluny ibid.
• Wolferus, a Canon of Hildesheim ibid.
• Gotzelin, a Monk of Canterbury ibid.
• Peter, a Monk of Maillezais ibid.
• William, a Monk of Chiusi in Tuscany ibid.
• Raimond, a Monk of St. Andrew at Avignon ibid.
• Heymo, a Monk of Richenaw ibid.
• Gerard de Venna, a Monk of La Chaise-Dieu ibid.
• Egiward, a Monk of St. Burchard at Wurtz∣burg ibid.
• Gautier or Gauterius ibid.
• Grimaldus ibid.
• Rudolf, a Monk of La Chaise-Dieu ibid.
• Notcherus, Abbot of Hautvilliers ibid.
• W. a Monk of Walsor ibid.

CHAP. XII.

• Of the Greek Ecclesiastical Wri∣ters, who flourish'd in the Eleventh Century 106
• Leo, the Grammarian ibid.
• Alexius, Patriarch of Constantinople ibid.
• Eugesippus ibid.
• Theophanes, the Ceramean Archbishop of Tauromenium ibid.
• Nilus Doxopatrius, Archimandrita ibid.
• Nicetas Pectoratus, a Monk of Studa ibid.
• Michael Psellus, a Senator of Constantinople ibid.
• Simeon the Young, Abbot of Xerocerce 107
• John, Archbishop of Euchaita 108
• Joannes Thracesius Scylitzes Curopalata ibid.
• Georgius Cedrenus, ibid.
• Constantinus Lichudes, Patriarch of Constan∣tinople ibid.
• John Xiphilin, Patriarch of Constantinople ibid.
• Samonas, Archbishop of Gaza ibid.
• Nicolas, Bishop of Metone ibid.
• Theophylact, Archbishop of Acris ibid.
• Nicetas Serron, Archbishop of Heraclea 109
• Nicolas, sirnam'd the Grammarian, Patri∣arch of Constantinople ibid.
• Peter, Deacon and Chartophylax of the Church of Constantinople ibid.
• Samuel of Morocco, a converted Jew ibid.

CHAP. XIII.

• Of the Councils held in the Ele∣venth Century 109

The COUNCILS of FRANCE.

• The Council of Orleans held in the Year 1017. ibid.
• The Synod of Árras in 1025. 110
• The Council of Bourges in 1031. 111
• —of Limoges, held in the same Year 112
• Divers Councils held in France in 1040. 113
• The Council of Rheims in 1049. 114
• —of Tours in 1060, 115
• ...

• —of Soissons in 1092. ibid.
• Roscelin, a Clerk of the Church of Compiegne ibid.
• Theobald, a Clerk of Etampes 116

Divers Councils held in Normandy.

• The Council of Roan conven'd A. D. 1050. 116
• —of Lisieux in 1055. ibid.
• —of Roan in 1063. ibid.
• —of Roan in 1072. 117
• A Quarrel between the Archbishop of Roan and the Monks of St. Owen 118
• The Council of Roan in 1074. ibid.
• —of Lillebonne in 1080. ibid.

The Councils of the Province of Aquitaine.

• The Council of Narbonne held in the Year 1054. 119
• —of Toulouse in 1056. ibid.

The COUNCILS of GERMANY.

• The Council of Dortmundt held A. D. 1005. 120
• —of Selingenstadt in 1023. ibid.
• —of Mentz in 1069. 121
• —of Mentz in 1071. ibid.
• —of Erford in 1073. ibid.

The COUNCILS of ENGLAND.

• The Council of Aenham held in the Year 1010. 121
• King Ethelred and King Canut's Laws 122
• The Council of London in 1075. ibid.
• —of Winchester in 1076. ibid.
• —of London in 1102. 123.

The COUNCILS of SPAIN.

• The Council of Leon held in the Year 1012. 123
• —of Coyaco in 1050. 124
• —of Elna in Roussillon in 1065. 125

CHAP. XIV.

• Observations on the Ecclesiasti∣cal Affairs of the Eleventh Century 125
• The Study of Divinity in this Century ibid.
• Of the Rights of the Popes and of the Church of Rome. 126
• Divers Points of Discipline concerning the Clergy ibid.
• Remarks on the scourging Discipline and Fasts ibid.
• Observations on the Mass, and on divers Points of Discipline 127
• —on the Monastick Life ibid.
• The Order of Camaldolites ibid.
• —of Carthusian Monks ibid.
• —of St. Antony ibid.
• —of Cistercian Friers 128
• —of Regular Canons ibid.
• A Chronological Table of the Ecclesiastical Hi∣story of the Eleventh Age of the Church.
• A Chronological Table of the Ecclesiastical Au∣thors that flourish'd in the Eleventh Century.
• A Table of the Works of the Ecclesiastical Au∣thors of the Eleventh Century.
• A Table of the Acts, Letters, and Canons of the Councils held in this Century.
• A Table of the Writings of the Ecclesiastical Au∣thors, dispos'd according to the Matters they treat of.
• An Alphabetical Table of the Ecclesiastical Au∣thors in this Century.
• An Alphabetical Table of the Councils held in this Century
• An Alphabetical Table of the Principal Matters contain'd in this Volume.