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Ecclesiastical annals; from the commencement of Scripture history to the epoch of the Reformation - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1840 Excerpt: ... of ambassadors to the Emperors at Constantinople, and when sent for, they came into the East; for instance, John, Agapetus, and Vigilius, came to Constantinople and acknowledged obedience to the Emperors, as to their rightful sovereign 9. 2. That the bishops of Rome had still only the title of archbishop and senior patriarch applied to them, even by Justinian; Constantinople held equal privileges and rights, and was accounted second in precedence only, on account of the antiquity of Rome. 3. That the election of the Roman bishops was in the hands of the clergy and the Roman people; and the confirmation of this election was in the power of the kings of Italy, and afterward of the Emperors, when Italy was restored to them. 4. That the cardinals were then presbyters, curates, or curiones, over the great Churches at Rome, Ravenna, and Milan; men of the principal order in the Church, with cure of souls. 5. That at this period were unknown, the demand of the first-fruits, the pallium, the investiture of the bishops by the bishop of Rome, the oath of fidelity to the Roman see, ambassadors or nuncios from the bishop of Rome to foreign courts, the infallibility of the Pope, papal dispensations and the right to a vast treasury of indulgences, stored up for the benefit of the faithful, &c. All these were inventions of later times. 6. That the bishop of Rome had not any temporal power whatever; no provinces nor cities obeyed him, much less did any kingdoms. He had not any rights or insignia of majesty, or superiority, or earthly 9 See the letters of Gregory I. to the Emperor Mauritius. D dominion; nor can any traces of such power be found in all the genuine records of this time or of former ages. VI. The Emperor Justinian. The Church was now happy in the governmen...
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