Popes abjure them The nature of an appeal from the Pope to a cil ibid. Coun- 48, 49 The poisonous remedy the Popes ufe to elude fuch ap- The time granted by the canons of the Church to dif ibid. Reasons why the Popes will not admit of appeals from the Pope, nor own the fuperiority of Councils 50, 5.2 Some exceptions against excommunication, tho' it be pronounc'd by a Pope that pretends to be infallible 53 That all fentences are fubject to appeals The conduct of temporal princes in admitting them 59 CHAP. IV. Whether a Council or the Pope is fuperior? 69 Councils and the several forts of them defined The pretences of the Pope's fuperiority over general Councils refuted The nature of the Pope's confirming Councils 67 How the Council of Trent requires fuch confirmation to 68, &c. The Pope's confirmation of the decrees of the Council The unhappy cafe of a king of Navarre for confederating Inftances of Popes who have not excommunicated prin- St. Peter's commiffion of binding and loofing explain- Reflections on the Pope's monarchical authority 93, &c. The advancement of his fpiritual monarchy, and the de- Chilperick, king of France, depriv'd by Pepin, and confirm- 295 The only way for the Pope to gain the esteem and obe- "The abfurdity of fetting tradition upon a level with the The injuice of the claufe in the Pope's excommuni- 1 The Pope proved to be no more above the law than other 4 ΙΟΣ The fallacy of a very trite maxin at Rome, that a here. ibid. Pope Gregory's faying upon this occafion An inftance to this purpofe in God's favour to ob 106 The difference betwixt God's dealings towards finners The great inconveniencies that result from turning ex- cations That blind, easy fubmiffion, which was in the king of pected in people now Proos from the fcriptures that neither our Saviour, nor moft obitinate finners The menice, of Pope Pius V. against Matthias, emperor of Germany pofed as a pattern to the Popes infringing ecclefiaftical liberty? How the faid liberty is violuted Particular cafes wherein prelates may excommunicate A decree of the Council-of Worms, about excommuni- cation ibid. That a fovereign prince may lawfully feize any estate of But that when he does it to add to his own eftate, he de- 1118 A perfon's views ought more to be regarded than his actions The extraordinary charity of Pope John IV. ibid. ibid. The diftinction that ought to be made between the at- kibid. B b.4 Important reflections on the privileges of confecrated The capitol in old Rome ibid ibid. The fanctuary at Westminster. ibid. An exception of twelve cafes by the canon law, in which Other extraordinary cafes, in which they may lawfully CHAP. VII. What ecclefiaftical freedom is ? Whether it in- cludes only the concerns of the Church, or all ecclefiaftical per- Who is guilty of injuring ecclefiaftical freedom That whoever is, deferves excommunication What are the concerns of the Church What the Church was in its infancy ibid. What those deserve who hinder the propagation of the 130, &c. The acceffory pretenfions of that See drown their princi- 132, 133, &c. |