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# Title: Leibniz-Handschriften zur Theologie LH 1, 2, 2 A (shelfmark LH 1, 2, 2a)
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dominicae veritate. Et scribit. idem facere Fpiscopum
quod presbyter facit. Alibi tamen limitationem adiecit:
quid inquit, facit excepta ordinatione Zpiscopus, quod
presbyter non facit? Fortasse igitue transigi cum Hic-
ronymo potest, ut Episcoporum quidem autoritas seu
aubernatio, qualis tunc erat, et nunc quoque est, ab
Ecclesia recepta potestas autem spiritualis ordinaria,
quae potissimum in iire ordinandi consistit, ex Christi
instituto, ut Apostolis, ita Episcopis resernata esse
intelligatur. Nam confirmationio administratio-
nem facilius subinde presbyteris concessam constat.
Licet enim fingamus, nihil Apostolica tradlitione con-
tineri de potestate Zpiscoporum excommunicandi
presbyteros, et ligandi hos, quos presbyteri soluerunt
etiam sine aliorum presbyterorum suffeagiis; quca
SC
tamen Ecclesiae potestas supra presoyteros diviniiu-
ris est, hanc illa pec Zpiscopos exercere posset, et sor
tasse debuisset; neque enim alia commoda ratio ap-
paret. Quousi igitur Hieconymum putaremus
gradus quosdam in divino instituto agnouisse, et,
ubi ex ejus sententia Ecdlesiae autoritas ad divinae
traditionis complementum accedere debuit, institutum
humanum appellasse; condonari ea libertas viro
summo posset, quae tamen non temere imitanda est,
et simplicius est dicere ipso inre divino ordinario Epi-
scoplum