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 thing, and that the institutes of master and scholar may seem to vary.” Ibid. p. 1374. To some Gaulish Bishops, in the same year, he writes thus :—“You will acknowledge that the Apostolic See has, by innumerable references, been consulted by the Bishops of your province—such was the respect they shewed it—and that several of your judicial sentences have been annulled or confirmed, as the ancient custom of appeals demanded.” Ibid. p. 1396.

VALENTINIAN III. L. C. To enforce the authority of the Roman See on the present occasion, the Emperor Valentinian issued a rescript, which thus begins:-“As the merit of the blessed Peter, the Prince of the Apostles, and the dignity of the Roman city, and the authority of the sacred Synod (of Nice) have confirmed the Primacy of the Apostolic Chair ;(3) let no one presumptuously attempt any thing against the authority of this See.” Baron. Annal. T. vi. p. 40. an. 435. Moguntiæ, 1601.

COUNCIL OF CHALCEDON, G.C. When this Council, held in 451, had closed, during the celebration of which, by his delegates and in many previous transactions, Leo maintained a conspicuous part, and upheld the jurisdiction of the Roman See; the eastern Prelates there assembled, addressed an epistle to him, wherein, after extolling him as the interpreter of Peter, who had nourished them by his writings, and to whom, they observe,“ had been committed the charge of the Lord's vineyard,”(h) they relate their proceedings in the Council, and then add:-“We signify to you, also, that we ordained some other things to promote good order, and to strengthen the statutes of discipline ; persuaded, that when you were informed of it, you would approve and confirm the same.- We confirmed the Canon of the Council of Constantinople, which ordained that its Bishop should hold the