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THE CONFVTATIOVN OF HIS
The VIII. Pro.
Euse. lib. The Pape of Rome in the primitiue Kirk hes euer sensyne exercysit
5. cap. 4. his iurisdictiow abone all vther Byshops.
Ad. Vve prone this by Victor quha being neare the Apostils dayis
excommunica[t] the hail Kirks of Asia because they wald not agrie
with the Kirk of Rome concerning the obseruatioun of pasche day.
An. Thou art far ouerschot in geuing ouermekill credit to
the reporte of vthers, or to muche libertie to thy awin Judge¬
ment. for nathing is writtin of Pape Victor in Eusebius 4,
5 6. or 7. chap, of his 5 buik, alwayes I with mair trauell and 10
diligence, hes searchit Eusebius volums and hes red in his 22.
and 23. chap, of sum litill controuersie amangs the Kirks of
Rome and Asia; bot so indifferent, that he testifies that by
the discrepant and various obseruation of the maner of fasting,
the concord of the efficacie in professing the Euangell, & the
vnitie of the faith, was verie mekil commendit. Bot Victor
(sayis our apostat) excommunicat the haill Kirk of Asia ?
treuth. bot by quhat autoritie ? for rather it was by proude
ambicioun, then by laufull reasoun. For Policrates referrit
the custome of the Apostles and Martyrs to quhome he sue- 20
[P. 12.] cedeth anents the ob/seruatioun of Pasch day. And wald
in na wayis submit him self to the Byshop of Rome ; quhairfoir
Victor mouit be an ambitious spreit excommunicat him. Bot
Eusebius Adio[y]nis verum ista ceteris omnibus parum placebant
Episcopis. in sa far that Irenevs heuely inuehit against him.
Cyp lib. Ad. And be S Cyp quba writs to Stephanus Pape of Rome to depose
2. epist. Martianus because he was an Nouatian.
13.
An. Ze schaw weil baith by the citatioun and euilgatherit
sentence that thou neuer saw S. Cip. work, for he in the 13.
epist. of his 3 buik wrytes to Steph. that he derect letters to 30
the prouince and people of Arles, desyring them to depose
Martianus and place another in his roume. Quhairin he
plainlie declairis that it perteins na mair to Stephanus nor
to any vther Byshop saying, Si quis ex Collegio nostro heresin
facere, et gregem Christi lacerare et vastare tentauerit : sub-
venient ceteri, & quasi pastores vtiles, oues dominicas in
gregem colligant. whairby we may planlie vnderstand yat 37
THE CONFVTATIOVN OF HIS
The VIII. Pro.
Euse. lib. The Pape of Rome in the primitiue Kirk hes euer sensyne exercysit
5. cap. 4. his iurisdictiow abone all vther Byshops.
Ad. Vve prone this by Victor quha being neare the Apostils dayis
excommunica[t] the hail Kirks of Asia because they wald not agrie
with the Kirk of Rome concerning the obseruatioun of pasche day.
An. Thou art far ouerschot in geuing ouermekill credit to
the reporte of vthers, or to muche libertie to thy awin Judge¬
ment. for nathing is writtin of Pape Victor in Eusebius 4,
5 6. or 7. chap, of his 5 buik, alwayes I with mair trauell and 10
diligence, hes searchit Eusebius volums and hes red in his 22.
and 23. chap, of sum litill controuersie amangs the Kirks of
Rome and Asia; bot so indifferent, that he testifies that by
the discrepant and various obseruation of the maner of fasting,
the concord of the efficacie in professing the Euangell, & the
vnitie of the faith, was verie mekil commendit. Bot Victor
(sayis our apostat) excommunicat the haill Kirk of Asia ?
treuth. bot by quhat autoritie ? for rather it was by proude
ambicioun, then by laufull reasoun. For Policrates referrit
the custome of the Apostles and Martyrs to quhome he sue- 20
[P. 12.] cedeth anents the ob/seruatioun of Pasch day. And wald
in na wayis submit him self to the Byshop of Rome ; quhairfoir
Victor mouit be an ambitious spreit excommunicat him. Bot
Eusebius Adio[y]nis verum ista ceteris omnibus parum placebant
Episcopis. in sa far that Irenevs heuely inuehit against him.
Cyp lib. Ad. And be S Cyp quba writs to Stephanus Pape of Rome to depose
2. epist. Martianus because he was an Nouatian.
13.
An. Ze schaw weil baith by the citatioun and euilgatherit
sentence that thou neuer saw S. Cip. work, for he in the 13.
epist. of his 3 buik wrytes to Steph. that he derect letters to 30
the prouince and people of Arles, desyring them to depose
Martianus and place another in his roume. Quhairin he
plainlie declairis that it perteins na mair to Stephanus nor
to any vther Byshop saying, Si quis ex Collegio nostro heresin
facere, et gregem Christi lacerare et vastare tentauerit : sub-
venient ceteri, & quasi pastores vtiles, oues dominicas in
gregem colligant. whairby we may planlie vnderstand yat 37
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