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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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 Cognac in the Year 1238.

IN the Year 1238. Gerard Arch-Bishop of Bourdeaux call'd a Council at Cognac the Munday after * 1.1 the Octave of Easter, wherein he Publish'd Thirty nine Decrees.

The First Excommunicates those what made use of several sorts of Tricks, which are express'd in particular.

The Second likewise declares those Men Excommunicated, who Conspire against Ecclesiasticks; the Persons who Cite any one before them without having seen the Authentick Letters of their Com∣mission; and those who inlarge them, and those who detain the Goods or the Persons of Ecclesiasticks.

The Third Excommunicates the Laicks who detain Churches, Hospitals, or Religious Houses.

The Fourth forbids the Arch-Deacons, Arch-Priests, and Deans to have Vicars: And the Fifth forbids Curates to be Vicars in other Churches.

The Sixth orders, That every Parish shall have a particular Seal.

The Seventh, That no Person shall be Cited before the Commissaries of the Holy See, till the Original of the Letters of the Commission be Exhibited, and a Copy be given thereof.

The Eighth prohibits the Bishops and other Ecclesiastical Judges from taking off Excommunica∣tions made for Offences committed, till such time as they have oblig'd the Party Offending to make Satisfaction.

The Ninth enjoins the Bishops to see that the Sentences of Excommunication Issued out by their Colleagues be duly Executed in their Diocesses.

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The Tenth orders, That none shall be Commission'd to Try Causes of Matrimony, but able And Discreet Persons.

The Eleventh, lays the Penalty of Excommunication on such Lay-Judges as oblige the Eccle∣siasticks to Plead before them.

The Twelfth and Thirteenth prohibit the Monks and Priests from being Advocates and Proctors.

The Fourteenth orders, That Advocates shall be appointed for Pauper's.

The Fifteenth, That if two Lords have Vassals who are subject to them promiscuously, they shall be Interdicted for the Faults of either of them.

The Sixteenth, That the Lords shall restore to the Churches, what they have taken away from them upon the account of the Interdiction Issued out against them.

The Seventeenth prescribes the Formalities which ought to be observ'd in the Excommunication of Barons.

The Eighteenth condemns them to a Fine of Ten Livres, who remain in a State of Excommunicati∣on for 40 Days.

The Nineteenth, deprives those who Apprehend or Abuse the Clergy, of the Right of being admitted in∣to Holy Orders, and of Possessing Benefices themselves, or by their Descendants to the Third Generation.

The Twentieth prohibits the Abbots from giving Money to the Monks or Regular Canons for their Subsistence, and from receiving any thing for Admission into their Monasteries.

The Twenty first orders, That the Stewards shall give an Account of their Management every Month, and the Abbot, every Year, and that the Cloysters shall be shut up at seasonable Hours.

The Twenty second prohibits the Monks from going out of their Monastery without leave of their Abbots, and from staying, or Eating abroad.

The Twenty third prohibits them likewise from preferring any Petition in a Court of Judicature, without the Order of their Abbot.

The Twenty fourth prohibits the Monks and Regular Canons from wearing Cloaks in their Mo∣nastery, or in the Places of their Abode.

The Twenty fifth forbids them to have any thing de Proprio, under the Penalty of being depriv'd of Ecclesiastical Burial.

The Twenty sixth prohibits them likewise from having certain kinds of Habits, and from wearing a Gown which is not close, and which has not Sleeves.

The Twenty seventh enjoins the Abbots twice every Year to publish an Excommunication against the Monks who shall have any thing by way of Property, or who shall not be Habited conformably to their Quality.

The Twenty eighth prohibits Monks from being Bail for any, and from borrowing more than Twenty Sols.

The Twenty ninth, enjoins them to observe the Rule of Saint Benedict about abstaining from Meats.

The Thirtieth prohibits them from holding Curacies, unless in case of necessity, and with the leave of the Bishop their Diocesan.

The Thirty first prohibits the Monks and Regular Canons from being alone in Priories, or in Barns.

The Thirty second orders, That no Co-Friaries shall be establish'd without the leave of the Dioce∣san Bishop.

The Thirty third imports, That a Competent Allowance shall be given to those that Serve the Cures, enough to maintain them.

The Thirty fourth prohibits the Building of New Monasteries, or Hospitals, without the leave of the Bishop.

The Thirty fifth, renews the Prohibitions against Alienating the Goods of the Church, without special Licence from the Bishop.

The Thirty sixth orders, That the Curates who have Parishioners in Common shall be oblig'd to divide them between them.

The Thirty seventh prohibits the allowing Ecclesiasticks of another Diocess to Celebrate Divine Service, unless they have Testimonials from their Bishop of their Orders, of their Morals, and of the occasion of their Journey.

The Thirty eighth prohibits him who Presents to a Benefice, the demanding of him whom he Pre∣sents an Oath, whereby he engages himself to take nothing of any Person, because this looks like Simony.

The Thirty ninth imports, That no Person shall provide for the Vacant Churches, the Presentati∣on of which is laps'd to the Ordinary.

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