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 17, 2024.

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The Councils of Valladolid, in the Diocess of Palenza in Castile in 1322. * 1.1 and of Toledo in 1323.

THE First of these Councils was held in the End of August 1322. by the Authority of William Cardinal Bishop of S. Sabina, Pope John XXII's Legate, who published the following Consti∣tutions, and ordered all the Bishops to have them promulgated in their Cathedrals within 8 days.

The 1st. orders, that Provincial Synods be held once in two Years, and Diocesan every Year.

The 2d. That the Curates be careful to declare Four times a Year to the People in the Vulgar Tongue the Creed, Ten Commandments, Number of Sacraments, and the several sorts of Ver∣tues, and Vices.

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The 3d. That the Decretal of Boniface VIII. be published, which forbids the Clergy to appeal to the Tribunals of Secular Judges.

The 4th. That all Persons abstain from servile Works on Sundays and Holy-days, and no Hus∣bandman or Artificer work on their Trades upon those days, unless it be in cases of Necessity, or for some Pious Uses, or by the Permission of the Priest.

The 5th. Excommunicates false Witnesses, and all such as excite and encourage them to be such.

The 6th. enjoins Bishops to wear Garments suitable to their Function, and not made of Silk, to celebrate the Mass publickly in their Churches upon solemn Feast-days, to bring with them por∣table Altars to celebrate every day before them, to recite the Canonical hours with their Clergy, and to celebrate Divine Service in their Cathedrals. It also forbids all Clergymen to be present at the Marriages of their Children, or Nephews.

The 7th. is against Clergymen, that keep Concubines.

The 8th. is against Non-Resident Clergymen and deprives them of the Revenues of their Be∣nefices.

The 9th. orders, that Benefices be not parted, that none be ordained, but such as have some Letters; that no more Clerks be put into Churches, than the Revenues will maintain; that Monks shall not give their Habits to the Secular Clergy, to exempt them from the Jurisdiction of the Bishop, and Benefices shall be conferred in the Chapter by publick and Authentick Acts.

The 10th. That the Bounds of Parishes shall be fixed, and the Curates shall not receive other's Parishioners.

The 11th. That the Frauds of Monks in paying their Tythes be prevented.

The 12th. renews divers Constitutions about Monastick Discipline.

The 13th. exhorts the Curates to use Hospitality to Monks, Poor, and Pilgrims, and takes care that the Hospitals be fit to receive them.

The 14th. orders, That Patrons shall not Present to Churches before they are Vacant, nor Pre∣sent Infants, nor put in Persons by force; nor shall require any Provision, or other Obligations of the Curates of those Churches of which they are Patrons.

The 15th. That the Consecration of the Chrism belongs to the Bishops, and every Year the Curates shall go to provide New, and shall not be allowed to use the Old.

The 16th. forbids Eating Flesh in Lent, and on other Fasting Days, under the Pain of Excommu∣nication ipso facto.

The 17th. forbids holding Meetings about Secular Affairs in the Church, and Markets and Fairs in the Church-yards; fortifying Churches, or violating the Privileges of Asylum, or Refuge.

The 18th. ordains, That the Decree of the General Council of Vienne, against such as Contract Marriages within the degrees prohibited, shall be published every Year.

The 19th. is against Simony, and particularly against that of receiving any thing for the Col∣lation for Benefices, or for Ordination.

The 20th. renews the Canon of the Fourth General Council of Lateran, De Magistris, exhorts Clergymen to Study, and grants them three Years for that end, and more if it be necessary, in which they may take the Revenues of their Benefices without being Resident on them.

The 21st. contains divers Decrees about Mens demeanour towards Jews nd Saracens.

The 22d. is against Publick Adulterers.

The 23d. is against Ravishers of Women, and Spoilers of Mens Goods.

The 24th. is against Lotteries.

The 25th. forbids the use of Canonical Purgation, unless in Cases authorized by Law.

The 26th. abolishes the use of Purgation by Fire, or Water.

The 27th. orders that the Canon, Omnis utrius{que} Sexus, be published every Sunday in Lent.

This Archbishop held a Council at Toledo in 1323. in which he published 17 Articles con∣cerning * 1.2 the Doctrine of the Sacraments, the Manners, and Duties of Clergymen, and the Disci∣pline of the Church.

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