The Council of ROME under Pope Hilarius.
THIS Council consisted of 48 Bishops. They approved of the Ancient Canons concerning the Qualifications as such as may be Ordained, confirmed by Pope Hilarius. These Con∣stitutions * 1.1 are common, and often repeated, that a Person twice Married, or ignorant, or that had done publick Penance, shall not be Ordained. They add, that a Bishop newly Ordained, shall reform what his Predecessor hath done amiss. Lastly, the last Canon forbids Bishops chu∣sing their Successor against the abuse which was then common in Spain.
It hath been our Custom at the end of every Tome to give an Abridgement of the Doctrine, Dis∣cipline and Morality of the Age, which we have treated of in it; but things are so clear, and so often repeated in this Fifth Age, that it is needless to repeat them here, having spoken so often of them, being well assured, that they who will take the pains to read the Two Parts of this Volume with any Attention, will have a very true Idea of the Doctrine, Discipline, and Morality taught and practised in this Age.
[The Councils have been published by Binius in 4 Vol. Fol. at Colen in 1606. 1618. and in 10 Vol. at Paris 1636. and by Father Labbé and Cossartius in 18 Vol. at Paris 1672. in Fol. at large. Fr. Longus à Conolano, put out an Abridgement of the Councils in Folio, with his own Notes at Antw. 1623.]