The Authority of Christian Princes Over Their Ecclesiastical Synods Asserted: With Particular Respect to the Convocations of the Clergy of the Realm and Church of England : Occasion'd by a Late Pamphlet, Intituled, A Letter to a Convocation Man, &c

R. Sare, 1697 - Church and state - 407 pages

1 Chriſtian Princes have often calld fuch	1

The Method which this Author has taken	2

The Foundation of this laid in these first	4

That the eight first General Councils were	5

of the ConvocationWrit	8

What the Author of the Letter c	11

The Objection of the Archbishops being pro	12

Of the Ecclefiaftical Synods of thefe Times	13

Of the Dependance which the Convocation	65

As alfo to appoint what Perſons ſhall come	67

The Gothish Princes in the Empire kept	97

That being Met they have no Power	100

That the Convocation has a Right to Sit	105

Of the Authority which our Kings have	126

The Commiffion fent by K Charles I	132

CHAP IV	147

Whether the Convocation as a Court	14

The first Point fummd up	19

The Kings Right to fend Commiffioners	21

Whether there be no Reafon to fear	22

William the Conqueror ftood out against	24

From the whole an Anſwer is diftinctly	25

The farther Pretences of this Author	26

The Clergy cannot regularly break up their	34

The King has a Right to name the Time	36

Of the Nature of the Civil Government	43

Of the State of the Convocation as it is	50

The Defign of the following Treatife laid	59

The Occafion of this Enquiry and the	180

An Historical Account of the chief Eccle	184

How the Pope now began to fend his	190

How far our Kings during this Period	206

By whom the Convocation in thefe times	207

APPENDIX	229

Of the cheif ConCK Edw I 54	231

It is at the Princes choice by which of thefe	258

CHAP VI	303

The antient Writ of Summons for	361

A Specimen of Convocations antient	378

Title	The Authority of Christian Princes Over Their Ecclesiastical Synods Asserted: With Particular Respect to the Convocations of the Clergy of the Realm and Church of England : Occasion'd by a Late Pamphlet, Intituled, A Letter to a Convocation Man, &c
Author	William Wake
Publisher	R. Sare, 1697
Original from	the Bavarian State Library
Digitized	21 Mar 2011
Length	407 pages

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