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.

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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.
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Du Pin, Louis Ellies, 1657-1719.
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London :: Printed for Abel Swalle and Tim. Thilbe ...,
MDCXCIII [1693]
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Church history.
Fathers of the church -- Bio-bibliography.
Christian literature, Early -- Bio-bibliography.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A69887.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 18, 2024.

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The Council of Winchester, held, A. D. 1076.

IN a Council held the next Year at Winchester, Lanfranc caus'd divers Canons to be * 1.1 drawn up against Persons guilty of Simony; for the celebration of Provincial Councils; the subjection of Clerks to their Bishops, and the payment of Tithes; concerning the admini∣stration of the Sacraments and divers other Points of Discipline, among which the following are more especially remarkable, viz.

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That the Altars ought to be made of Stone: That the Mass cannot be celebrated with Beer or Water: That Divine Service shall not be perform'd in Churches till they be Con∣secrated by the Bishops: That none shall be bury'd in the Churches: That the Bells shall not be Rung during the Canon of the Mass: And that the Chalices shall not be made of Wax nor Wood. Constitutions were also made about the time of Penance for divers Crimes.

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