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 17, 2024.

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A Council of Rome under Gregory II.

THIS Council was held in April 721. in S. Peter's Church. Twenty two Bishops were pre∣sent at it, among whom there was one of Spain, one of England, and another of Scotland, * 1.1 Eleven Priests and 5 Deacons. Gregory II. presided in it, and published the Constitutions which were approved by all that were present.

The Eleven first are against them that Marry their Kindred, Persons consecrated to God, or the Wives of Priests and Deacons, or who steal away Widows and Maidens.

The Twelfth is against those that consult Diviners or Sorcerers, or use Enchantments.

The Thirteenth against those that invade Gardens or Places belonging to the Church.

The Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth, against a * 1.2 private Man, who had married the Dea∣conness [Epiphania].

And the Seventeenth, against Clerks wearing long Hair.

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