Collegiants, a Socinian fect, their rife in xvii cent. v. 504,
and [t], 505 [u]; founders, 507; whence called Colle-
giants and Rhinfbergers, ibid. and [x]; their customs
. and tenets, ib. extensiveness of their community, which
comprehends all Chriftian fects, 508; debates among
them, and concerning what, 509 and [x].

Collins, his impiety and Deifm in xviii cent. vi. 7 and [1].
collyridians, a fect in iv cent. i. 430; worship the Virgin
Mary, ib.

Colonia, Dominic, the use of his Hiftory of the controver-
fies in the church of Rome, iv. 234 [e].

columban, the difciple of Congal, an account of, ii. 117,
124 and [u]; the fuccefs of his ministry in vii cent.
comeftor, Peter, his character, iii. 80.

Commentaries, chains of them in ix cent. and whence this
name, ii. 325 and [p].

Commentators, few men of judgment amongst them in
iv cent. i. 368; pervert the natural expreffions of fcrip-
ture, and search for allegorical fenfes, 369; their cha-
racter in vi cent, and divifion into two claffes, ii. 126;
few among the Greeks in ix cent. and defects of the
Latin, 326; allegorical, their fundamental principle,
and number of senses, 326, 327; deferve little notice in
x cent. 423; many in xi cent. but very unequal to the
undertaking, 546; their defects in xii cent. iii. 86;
their character in xiv cent. iii. 362; in xv cent. 452.
Commiffion-court, high, account of, iv. 394 and [p] ; ex-
orbitant power, ib. in fine; principles laid down by it,
397; how answered by the puritans, ib.-399.
Cammodus, Emperor, ftate of the Chriftians under him,
i. 162 and [b].

Commeaus, Alexis, Emperor of Greece, fufpects the de-
figns of the first Crufade, and is at firft afraid, ii. 443;
a great patron of letters, 457; his controverfy with
the Manichæans, 578.

Emanuel, his character and works, iii. 101,

Conception, immaculate, of the Virgin Mary, contest
about in xii cent. iii 104, 105 and [b]; the caufe of
additional veneration being paid her, 106; contro

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verfy

verfy about it in xvii cent. between the Francifcans and
Dominicans, v. 329, 330 and [g]; feaft inftituted in
honour of it by Clement XI. 231, fub fin. not. [g].
Concord, form, account of, iv. 284, 345; why called
Book of Torgaw, ibid. its compilers, and account of,
346 [b, c]; purposes for which used, 347; produces
much disturbance, and oppofed by the Reformed, ib.
and even by the Lutherans themselves, 348; their dif-
ferent motives, with Julius of Brunfwick's conduct,
349, 350; why rejected in his dominions, ibid. fup-
preffed in Brandenburg in xvii cent. v. 269 and [d];
difputes in Switzerland concerning it, 436; by whom
drawn up, and why, ib. 437; good intention of it
fruftrated, and contests occafioned, ib. abrogated at Bafil
and Geneva, and falls into oblivion, ib. 438; difputes
about Switzerland in xviii cent. and lofes much of its
credit, vi. 38.

Concordate, what, iv. 13; forcibly imposed on his sub-
jects by Francis I. of France, ib. and [b].

Conference, between Proteftants and Papifts at Ratisbon,
v. 123; at Newberg, ib. at Thorn, between several
Doctors of the Lutheran, Reformed, and Romish
churches, ib. at Rheinfeldt, between the Reformed and
the Catholics, ib. in France between Claude and Bof-
fuet, 124; at Leipfic, between the Lutherans and Re-
formed, 272; at Caffel, 273; and at Thorn, 274 and
[i].

Confeffional, fome groundless remarks in it answered, vi.
45.61. See Appendix II. and III.

Confeffers, who entitled to this name, i. 77; veneration
paid to them perverted, and their number, ib. records
of their lives and actions loft, 79.

Confucius, affertion concerning him, v. 29; religious
worship paid him, by the Chinese, 32 and [x].

congall, Abbot, propagates the monaftic difcipline in
Great Britain, ii. 117.

Congregation of Aid, why fo called, iv. 240; history of
its proceedings uncertain, 241 and [m].

of Cardinals, their office, iv. 171. [c].
of the Holy Sacrament in France, and foun-

der, v. 4.
Conrad, of Lichtenau, his character, iii. 155.

Conrad,

Conrad, of Marpurg, the first German inquifitor, iii. 273; his barbarity and fate, ibid. and [k, ]. Conftance, the famous council held at, in xv cent. iii. 403; its defign to heal the divifions in the Papal empire, 404; limits the authority of the Pope, ib. its happy iffue, ib. and [m, n]; iffues out a decree against the writings and ashes of Wickliffe, 416; deprives the Laity of the cup in the Holy Sacrament, and the rcafon, 416. Conftans obtains all the western provinces, i. 328; is foon deprived of his empire, and affaffinated by the order of Magnentius, ib.

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Conftantine the Great, made Emperor in the weft, i. 318; publishes an edict in favour of the Christians, and reftores peace to the church, 319; is involved in a civil war hereupon, and defeats Maxentius, 320; grants the Chriftians power to live according to their own laws and inftitutions, ib. is converted to Chriftianity, and different opinions concerning his faith, ib. the fincerity of his faith proved, 322; is baptized by Eufebius Bishop of Nicomedia a few days before his death, ibid. and [w]; whether influenced fomewhat by worldly motives to embrace Christianity, confidered, 323; the influence of Christianity and fupertition compared, ibid. and [x]; ftory of the crofs feen by him in the air, 324; and attended with feveral difficulties, and hypotheses about it, ib. and [a]; his colleague Licinius perfecutes the Chriftians, 326 and [b]; but is defeated and ftrangled, ibid; his efforts against Paganism, and zeal for Christianity, 327; dies, and is fucceeded by his three fons, who massacre all their relations but two, ibid. and [c], and 328; models ecclefiaftical government according to the civil, 349; divides it into external and internal, 350; how he and his fucceffors frequently called councils, &c. ibid; raised in the Bishop of Byzantium a rival to Rome, 35T; prefides at, and determines an ecclefiaftical cause against the Donatifts, 406.

II. what dominions were allotted to him, i. 328; engages in a war with his brother Conftans, and is flain, ibid.

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Conftantine,

Conftantine, Copronymus, his zeal against image-worship,
ii. 239, 264; calls a council, which condemns this
practice of fuperftition, 265; the validity of this coun
cil denied by the Roman Catholics, ib. [u]; the
monks, who oppofed the decree of this council, chastised
by him, ib.

Porphyrogennetta, his zeal for reviving learn-
ing among the Greeks in x cent. ii. 390; encourages
literature by his example and munificence, 391 and [e];
his laudable defign, how fruftrated, 392; calls an af-
fembly of the clergy, in which fourth marriages are
prohibited, 426.

Conftantinople, the firft council at, affembled by Theo-
dofius the Younger, i. 427; which condemns the Ma-
cedonian Herely, and confirms and improves the doc-
trine of the Nicene council relative to the Trinity,
ib. another fummoned by Juftinian, ii. 135; the three
chapters condemned here, its authority admitted by
the pontifs of Rome, but rejected by the African
Bishops, 136; decree paffed at it, respecting the fuf-
fering of one upon the crofs, 137; the third council
at, called here by Conftantine Copronymus, con-
demns the practice of image-worship, but its de-
cifion is found infufficient to ftop the progrefs of this
fuperftition, 265; the city taken in xv cent. and the
great decline of Christianity in the East, iii. 389.

Patriarch of, his jurifdiction in iv cent.
i. 355; is placed next to the Bishop of Rome, and con-
fequences of this promotion, ibid. contends with the
Pope for fupremacy in v cent. ii. 23; his power aug-
mented by Leo in vii cent. 240; difputes about pre-
eminence in ix cent. 350, 351; by whom elected in
modern times, iv. 247; confirmed in his office by the
Emperor of the Turks, ib. his extenfive power and
revenues, whence, 248, 249, and [s, t].

Conftantius, declared fole Emperor on the death of his
brothers, i. 328; his death, and fucceffor, ib.

Chlorus, his mild government in Gaul, i. 317;
Chriftians in the Weft enjoy peace under him, 318;
is fucceeded, upon his death, by Conftantine the Great,
his fon, ib.

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confubftantiation,

Confubftantiation, when introduced inftead of Tranfub-
ftantiation, and by whom, ii. 281.

Controverfial write: s, employed in explaining the terms
of salvation and acceptance in i cent. i. 122; their me-
rit and demerit in ii cent. 190; called Oeconomical,
and whence, 28, fuppofititious and fpurious writings
frequent among them, 28; fcurrility and dialectic
much used by them in iv cent. 371; and the chief at
this time, 373; very confiderable in v cent. ii. 44; the
rules of the ancient Sophifts esteemed by them as the
best method of confuting error, ib. their works desti-
tute of probity, moderation, and prudence, in vi cent.
131; how far they may be confidered as worthy of an
attentive perufal in vii cent. 182 ; few engaged in effen-
tial points of religion in viii cent. but confined to the
disputes about image-worship, 259; prevented in ix
cent. by inteftinc divifions from oppofing the common
enemies of their faith, 332; scholaftic method of difpu-
ting introduced among them in xi cent. 552; and flou-
rishes in xii cent. iii. 99; more numerous than respec-
table in xiii cent. 254; few worthy of notice in xiv cent.
367; many eminent among them in xv cent. 456.

Controverfies, private, in xvi cent, v. 335, 336 and [×]
Controverfy, concerning the Millennium, i. 284-the
baptism of Heretics, 285; Meletian, 384; Drian,
387; between Jerome and Vigilantius, ii. 51, 52;
concerning the three chapters, what, and how termi-
nated, 134, 135; relative to image-worship, with
its origin, and progrefs in viii cent. 259. 267; about
the derivation of the Holy Ghost, 268, 338; con-
cerning images, among the Greeks, 332; and among
the Latins in ix cent. 335; the Eucharift, begun by
Pafcafius Radbert, 339; and predeftination and grace,
343; the words Trina Deitas, 348; the birth of
Chrift, 349; universal ideas, begun in x cent. 396;
the Eucharist, and predeftination, and grace, fub-
fides, and the reafon, 418; fourth marriages, with
the divifions occafioned by it in the Greek churches,
but terminated by Conftantine Porphyrogennets,
425, 426; about the use of unleavened bread in xi
cent. 556; relative to Martin Bishop of Limoges, if