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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London :: Printed for Abel Swalle and Tim. Thilbe ...,
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 Barcelona under the same King held in 599, consisting of twelve Bishops.
THIS Council made four Canons.
The first forbids Bishops and Clergy-men to take any thing under any pretence, and after any manner whatsoever, for the Ordination of Deacons or Priests, which it calls Benedictio Subdiaconii,* 1.1vel Presbyterii; which explains the first Canon of the Council of Sarogoza, which we have before set down, where it is said, That the Arian Priests shall receive Benedictionem Presbyterii, before they can discharge their Office.
The second forbids Bishops to take any thing as the Price of the Liquor of Holy Chrysm, which they give to Priests for confirming the Novices.
The third forbids Lay-men to enter into Orders, without observing the times prescribed by the Canons, and ordains, That none shall be promoted to Episcopal Orders, who has not pass'd through the Inferior Orders, though he has obtain'd the King's Letter, or be chosen by the Cler∣gy, the Bishop, or the People. This Canon prescribes a particular manner of choosing a Bishop, viz. That the People and the Clergy shall choose three Persons to present them to the Metropolitan and Bishops of the Province, who shall consecrate him of the three on whom the Lot shall fall, which shall be done after a Fast.
The fourth ordains, That if a Virgin, who has renounc'd the Customs of the World, and promis'd to observe Continence, or any other person, who has desir'd of the Priest Benedictionem Poenitentiae, i. e. the Blessing for leading a Religious Life; for this is often call'd Poenitentia & Conversio; that if any of these Persons, I say, do voluntarily marry, or being taken away by force, will not part from their Ravishers, they shall continue excluded from the Communion of the Faithful, and shall not have so much as the comfort of conversation. This Canon may be also understood litterally of Penance, be∣cause it was not lawful for Penitents to make use of Marriage, or to marry.