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 in the presence of the Eastern Bishops there assembled, Philip, one of the delegates from Pope Cælestine, thus addressed them: “We thank you for the acclamations which we have heard, for the praises you have given to your holy head (Cælestine) : for you know, that the blessed Peter was the head of the Faith and of the other Apostles.” Act 11. Conc. Gen. T. iii. p. 619.-Again, the same delegate after wards added : “No one doubts; indeed it has been known to all ages, that the most holy Peter, the prince of the Apostles, the pillar of the Faith, and the foundation of the Church,' received from our Lord, the keys of the kingdom, and the power of binding, and of loosing sins. He lives unto this day in his successors, and always exercises that judgment in them. Our holy Father, Cælestine, the regular successor of Peter, and who now holds his place, has sent us in his name to this sacred Council, a Council convened by our most Christian emperors, for the conservation of the Faith received from their fathers.” Ibid. Act. iii. p. 626.

St. CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA, G.C. “That this is so, I will produce as an ample witness the most holy Cælestine, the Archbishop of all the world," and the Father and Patriarch of the great Rome, who himself thrice exhorted you by letter to desist from that mad blasphemy; and you obeyed him not." In Encom in St. Mariam Virg. T. v. par. 11. p. 384.-"All by Divine right bow the head to Peter, and the Princes of the world obey him as they would the Lord Jesus. We, also, who are members, ought to adhere to our Head, the Roman Pontiff, and Apostolic See.”

COUNCIL OF CHALCEDON, G.C. In the Council of Chal-