Popery condemned by scripture and the fathers - End Time Deception

68 POPERY CONDEMNED BY
cial assemblies,
the neighbouring churches.
appealed for their vindication to
not done upon the principle of a
This, hov/ever, was
superior jurisdiction.
The condemned person merely supposed,
that the approbation of the surrounding
bishops, particularly if their influence was considerable,
would tend to his justification in the
eyes of the world. Ursacius and Valens acted
entirely on this principle in appearing at Rome
before Julius. They had been infected with the
Ariaii heresy, and were also violent enemies of
Athanasius,
But finding his cause very warmly
espoused by the Western bishops, they judged
it sound poHtics to retrct their opinions, and
chime in with the multitjJe,
For this purpose,
they appeared before the Council of Milan,
and
pretended to abjure their errors. Their recantation
was accordingly received by these bishops,
who also restored ihem to the communion of
the Church. After this, imagining that, could
they obtain also the countenance of Julius, it
would tend to remove
any remaining suspicion
against them, and to restore their credit, they
repaired to Rome, and repeated their recantation.
In all this, however, there was no acknowledgement
of the Pope's supremacy ; for
they had been restored by the Council, previous
to this journey. It is evident also, that they
were not sent by the Council ; for Hosius, bishop