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# Title: Leibniz-Handschriften zur Theologie LH 1, 2, 2 A (shelfmark LH 1, 2, 2a)
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scopum presbyterumque functionibus discerni. Ceterum
quae ad electionem nominationemque pertinent, humana au
toritate constitui possunt; modo id cum ratione et ex osu
Ecclesiae fiat.
Etsi autem ius divinum ordinarium pro certo ha-
bendum sit imulti tamen disputant, quid ficri possit in
summa quadam necessitate. Fingunt, Christianum sive
presbyterum tantum, sive etiam plane laicum, erici
tempestate in litus insulae remotae, et multos ad Christum
convertere; neque illi cum reliquo Christiano orbe
communicandi coniam esse a Quaeritur, an presbyter
ordinarse poesbyteros possit ne ipso exstincto sacramen
a
torum admodum ad salutem necessariorum beneficio
careant noui Christiani. E quidem Frumentum nai-
rant apud Acthiores quondam egisse ante Episcopa-
tum: quae necessitate excusabantus, cum tamen laicu
esset. Auolsi igitur Apostolus gentisue presbyter
quidem ordinatus sit, quaritur an Ecclesia noua
Deum implorante, spondere ille sibi aliisque desupes
rum
presbyterii et cormexotum sacramentorum gratiam
possit. Fuere enim quidam veterum, quibus per
uasum fuisse verisimile est, in necessitatis casu non
tingere tantum, sed et osserre posse Choistianum quen
quemadmorlum indicare videtur locus Testulliani.
Verum