Quod  vt  rudiores  intelligat ,  paulo  alcius  repeceda  eft  dialogi
illius  feries.Negabac  Lucifenani  Epifcopu  in  hasrefim  prolap-
fum,recipi ad  poenicentia  debere,  nifi  adepto  prius  Epifcopali
'^honore.  Contra  orthodoxus,Laicos  &  clericos  vnum  habere  Eademvidei
jjChriftUjnec alium  neophytis,alium  Epifcopis elTe  Deu:  cur  *k  innocea
„ergo  norecipiac  clericoSjlaicos  qui  recipit  poenicetes,in  caftris  ^ .  Ro?a^
,Jicet  Arrianoru  baptizacos?RefpodecLuciferian9,laicu  recipio  co^.T^.CaL*
^jpoenitentejper manus  impofitione,&  inuocacione  fpiricufla-  $•
,,&i,fciens  ab  h&reticis  fpiricumfanctu  non  polTe  conferri.  Infic
»orchodox9.Bapcifma  non  eftfine  fpiritufan£to:h*erecici  bap-
15tizant:c6feruntergo  fpiricumfandtu.Luciferia.An  nefcisecia
t>ecclefiarueflemore,vcbaptizatis  manusimponatur,&itain-
^uocetur  fpiritulTancl:9.Orthodoxus4N6  abnuo  hanc  cfle  eccle
^fiaru  confuetudine,vc  ad  eos,  qui  lorge  m  minoribus  vrbib9,
^per  prefbyceros  &  diaconos  bapcizaci  funt,  Epifcop9  ad  inuo
„cacione  fpirituiTancT^manum  impoficurus  excurrac.  Quod  ia
^multis  locis  fa&itacum  reperim9,ad  honorcpotius  facerdotij,
^quaad  legis  neceflicace.alioqui  fi  ad  Epifcopi  tancu  impreca-
^tione  fpirituiTan&usderluitJugedi  funt  qui  in  viculis,caftellis;
,,aut  remotioribus  k>cis,per  pretbyteros  &  diaconos  baptifcati,
,,ante  dormierunt,  quamabEpiJcopis  inuiferencur.  Iamfe-
t>quunturverbailla,  quascocculus  nofter  nunquam  ledra  citat.
Ecclefiacfalusinfummi  facctdotisdignitatependet.  &c.      Quem  hic  fu—

Itium  facerdoreappellat?  Eundem,  dubio  procul,  que  manus,
f  imponere  neophytis  dixerat ,  qui  per  prefbyceros  in  minori-
bus  vrbib*  baptizati  efTent;  metropoleos^vtdelicer^Epifcopu.
i>Quanquaenim  Jegediuina,inquicalibi,  ideficprefbyter  qiii  H,tt0BF-
„Epifcop9,&antequa  diaboli  inftincru  ftudiain  religioncfie-TicuW.*
#>rent,  &  dxceretur  in  populis,  ego  Pauli,  ego  Apollo,ego  Ce-
^fcfa*;  communi  prefby  teroruconfilio  ecclefi»  guberaabatur:


yt         AD    HAMILTON.    APOSTAT,

^Poftca  tamen  in  toto  orbc  dccretumeft,  vt vnus  dc  prcfbyte-
'SpiftoTi.  ad>,ri$  cle<?u$ccterisPr*Poncrctur,adqucmomnis  ccclefiscu-
Suagrium.  »ra  pcrtincrct ,  vt  fchifmatum  fcmina  tollcrcntur.  Nam  5c
„  Alexandri*  a  Marco  Euangelifta  vfque  ad  Hcraclam  &  Dio-
Ad  Titma  5>nyfium  Epifcopos,prcfbyteri  femper  vnum  cx  fc  cle&um, ia
<*P-  »•  „excelfiore  gradu  coliocatum,  Epifcopum  nominabant.
