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 Letters of Innocent II are very many.

In the First he confirms the Judgment of the Council of Jouare against the Associates of Thomas * 1.1 Prior of St. Victor as likewise against those of Archembaud Sub-Dean of Orleans, adding several Pu∣nishments which were before Omitted.

By the Second he gives all the Lands▪ which the Princess Matildis enjoy'd in Italy, and which she had left to the Holy See, to the Emperor Lotharius and Henry Duke of Bavaria his Son in Law, on condition that they swear Fealty and do Homage to the Church of Rome, and moreover to pay yearly a Hundred Pound in Gold.

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The Third is a Confirmation of the Immunities and Revenues belonging to the Church of Pistoia in Tuscany, Address'd to the Bishop of that City.

The Five Letters following are written to the Patriarch of Jerusalem and Antioch, and the other Bi∣shops of the East for Conservation of the Dignity and Rights of Fulcus Arch-Bishop Tyr.

In the Ninth he confirms the Grant made by Pope Honorius II. to Roger, of the Kingdom of Sicily, Dutchy of Apulia and Principality of Capua together with the Title of King.

The Next following contain the Condemnation of Peter Abaëlard and Arnold de Bresse.

The Twelfth is a Privilege granted to the Abby of St. Memme.

In the Three Next he confirms the Power of the Arch-Bishop of Hambourg over the Bishopricks of Denmark, Sueden, and Norway.

In the Sixteenth he Admonishes Hugh Arch-Bishop of Roan to comply with the King of England his Master, and to permit the Abbots of Normandy to pay Fealty and Homage to him.

In the Seventeenth, he acquaints King Lewis that he is Arriv'd in perfect Health at Cluny.

By the Eighteenth he commands Geofrey Bishop of Chartres, and Stephen Bishop of Paris, to restore to Archembaud Sub-Dean of Orleans and his fraternity, the Benefices and Goods that had been taken from them.

In the Nineteenth, he orders the same Bishop of Paris to take off the suspension which he had awar∣ded against the Church of St. Genieveve.

The Four next relate to the Abbey of Vezelay, to which he orders an Abbot, and whose Privileges he confirms.

In the Twenty fourth, he commands Alisus Abbot of Anchin to take care of the Church of Arras, of which he was Elected Bishop.

In the Twenty fifth, he confirms the Rights and Privileges of the Bishop of Bamberg.

In the Twenty sixth, he receives Hugh Arch-Deacon of Arras, under protection of the See of Rome.

The Fourteen Letters which follow, concern the Privileges and Revenues of the Abbey of Cluny: and in the fifteenth, he recommends himself to the Prayers of this Monastery.

The Forty second is a piece of a Letter wrote to Otho Bishop of Lucca, concerning those Witnesses who are related to either Party.

In the Forty third, he acquaints Guigue Prior of the Great Charter-House, that he has Canoniz'd Hugh Bishop of Grenoble, and farther Commands him to write what he knows of his Life or Miracles.

There are also five more Letters which belong to Innocent II. and relate to the Affairs of Germany, and two concerning the Church of Angers. The first are at the end of the 10th Tome of the Coun∣cils, and the two last in the 2d Tome of the Miscellanies of Monsieur de Baluze.

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