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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Title: 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.
Author: Du Pin, Louis Ellies, 1657-1719.
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The Council of London in the Year 1200.

HUbert Arch-Bishop of Canterbury call'd a Council at London in Westminster-Castle against the Prohi∣bitions * 1.1 which the Earl of Essex Lord Chancellor of England had made, wherein he Publish'd se∣veral Injunctions.

By the First he orders, That the Words of the Canon of the Mass shall be pronounc'd distinctly and sincerely by the Priests, without relying too much upon them.

In the Second, He prohibits Priests from saying two Masses a day without urgent Necessity, and when a Priest shall be oblig'd to Celebrate twice, he enjoyns that after the first Celebration he shall take care to drink up what is left in the Chalice, to wipe his Fingers, to wash them, and to take care to have Water to Wash after the Second time of Celebrating, at least that there should not be any Deacon or any other Minister assisting at the first Celebration, who should be capable of this Ablution. He likewise Orders, That the Eucharist shall be kept in a proper and decent Box, and shall be carry'd to the Sick, cover'd over with a White Cloth, a Taper and Cross being carry'd before it; and that it shall not be given but in publick, and only to those who desire it.

The Third imports, That such Children as are expos'd shall be Baptiz'd; that no Person shall be presented to Confirmation by his Brother, by his Mother, or his Uncle, or his Mother-in-Law; and that Deacons shall not Administer Baptism, or enjoyn Pennance, unless in case of necessity.

The Fourth enjoyns the Priests in inflicting of Pennances to consider the Circumstances and the Qualities of the Sins, and the Condition of the Persons, and to take care not to impose any Pennance which may discover the Crime; as for instance, not to make a Woman suspected by her Husband. He prohibits Priests who have fall'n into any Sin to approach the Altar to Celebrate Mass before they have confess'd their Sins. And Lastly, He Orders, That the Priests should not enjoyn the Laicks as a Pennance, to Order so many Masses to be said for them. The other Constitutions of this Council, are taken out of the Lateran Council under Alexander III.

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The Council of London, 1200.

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