From the whole Conduct of _Flavianus_ it is manifest, that he did not acknowlege any extraordinary Power in _Syricius_, much less that Power, which has been claimed by his Successors, of disposing, by Divine Right, of all Bishopricks, of placing and displacing Bishops, at Pleasure, throughout the Christian World. This Power, though evidently usurped, and utterly unknown even in the End of the Fourth Century, Bishops are now obliged to own in their very Titles, styling themselves Bishops of such a Place, _by the Grace of God, and of the Apostolic See_. _Flavianus_ was content with _the Grace of God_; and, as for the _Grace of the Apostolic See_, he gave himself no Trouble about it. And yet _Flavianus_ is honoured by the Church of _Rome_ as a Saint; and his Festival kept on the 26th of _September_. And truly, if we may depend upon the Testimony of the most authentic and unexceptionable Writers of those Times, we shall hardly find one in the _Roman_ Calendar more worthy of that Honour. The famous _John Chrysostom_, who was one of his Presbyters before his Promotion to the See of _Constantinople_, has filled his Homilies with the Praises of _the great Flavianus_, as he styles him. His distinguished Merit, eminent Virtues, and extraordinary Piety, seem to have been _Chrysostom_’s favourite Topic; and these Encomiums he bestowed upon him, while he was still alive. After his Death he was distinguished by the Council of _Chalcedon_, with the Title of _the blessed Flavianus_[1308]; and by that of the East, held under _John_ of _Antioch_, ranked among the brightest Luminaries, the most illustrious Prelates, and the greatest Saints of the Church[1309]. _Theodoret_ never names him without adding to his Name some Epithet, denoting his extraordinary Merit, such as _the great, the holy, the admirable_ Flavianus. As therefore no room is left to doubt of his extraordinary Piety and Merit, we may well conclude, from his absolutely refusing to submit his Cause to the Judgment of _Syricius_, and the other Bishops of the West, that he did not acknowlege either in him or them a Power to judge him. This Refusal did not, in the Eyes of _Chrysostom_, and other great Men, detract in the least from his Merit, nor lessen the high Opinion they entertained of his Sanctity. A plain Indication that they did not think his Conduct reprehensible, and consequently did not acknowlege, more than he, that Power which is now one main Article of the _Roman Catholic Creed_. [Sidenote: _The Communion between the East and the West renewed._]