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.
Publication: London :: Printed for Abel Swalle and Tim. Thilbe ...,; MDCXCIII [1693]
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Of the Vacancy of an Episcopal See.

WHen a See is vacant, it must be fill'd quickly with a worthy Person, Book 1. Ep. 18, 76, & 79. B. 6. Ep. 1. 'Tis forbidden to leave it vacant more then three Months, B. 6. Ep. 39. During the Vacancy, the Custom of the Church of Rome, as to the Suffragan Bishops of her Metropolis, was to name a Deputy: And St. Gregory gives us many Forms of commissioning these Deputies, B. 1. Ep. 15, 51, 75, 76. B. 2. Ep. B. 19. & 20, 26, 27. 5. Ep. 21. B. 3. Ep. 39. B. 11. Ep. 16, 17, 18, 19. These Deputies made an Inventory of the Goods of the Church, chiefly of the Moveables, B. 3. Ep. 11. B. 2. Ind. 11. Ep. 22. They cannot appropriate to themselves any of the Possessions and Revenues of the va∣cant Church, but they should keep them, B. 2. Ep. 27, & 38. Yet a Recompence may be given to any for their trouble, B. 3. Ep. 11. The Deputy should be present at the Election, B. 12. Ep. 19. Prayers were made for the Future Election of a Bishop, B. 1. Ep. 56. A Church is not to be look'd upon as vacant, when the Bishop is seiz'd with a Disease which hinders him from performing his Of∣fice: In such a case he must not be depos'd, but have one given him for his Assistance, Dispensatorem: He must continue in his station, and enjoy his Revenue, B. 2. Ep. 5. If he desires to Retire, yet they ought not to proceed to the Election of another Bishop, until he has given his Demission in Writing, Ibid.