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# Title: Leibniz-Handschriften zur Theologie LH 1, 2, 2 A (shelfmark LH 1, 2, 2a)
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ac populis Christianis aliquam, eamque sane maximam
debere esse curam sacrorum, ita tamen, ut nec manus
cum larcae admoneant, nectharibulum cumvsia capiant,
sed auxilio suo invent Ecclesiam quo melius puritatem
atque vnitatem servet, ac iure suo otatur uibus ob
secuatis imperium in impeno, sacrum interreno, sine
permistione ac perturbatione subsistet ac florebit. Cocod
ad ipsorum principum securitatem et subditorum fidem,
ipsa Christianae religionis disciplina magis stabili-
tam, pertinere negari non potest.
Dediscrimine Episcopi et presbyteri, otrum et qua–
fenus anre divino proficiscatur, in Ecclesia quidem
nulla magnopere dubitatio aut obscuritas est, fectestan
tes vero nontantum contre Ecclesiam contendunt
sed et inter se. Scimus enim, Fpiscopales in Anglia
et Scotia contra presbyterianos auctoritate tum scriptura
tum veteris Ecclesiae, divini privilegu praecogatiuam
tuea. Et sane disccimen Apostolorum ac reliquorum
discipulorum et Christuo ipse instituit, et post ascensum
ecus incoclum communis consensus ex magistri di–
sciplina sercauit, et Apostolos sibi successores Episcopos
constituisse, Ecclesia tenuit. Iaque Aerius quidam
prohaeretico habitus est, quod Episcopi et presbysteri mu-
neca confudisset. Hieronymus tamen alicubi dicere
videtur, diffeventiam Episcopi etpresbyteri ab Ecclesiasti
10 ese instituto, magis consuetudine, quam dispositionis
homi-