Election of a new Bishop, when, together with him, with other Bishops, with the Priests, Deacons, Confessors, and Laymen, who had stood firm, they should take their Case into Consideration; adding, that a Crime committed by many ought not to be judged by one; and that a Decree could not be binding without the Consent and Approbation of many[351]. [Sidenote: _They disown the Pope’s Infallibility._] Could they in more plain and express Terms disown the Infallibility of the Pope their Bishop? Could they upon mature Deliberation write thus, and at the same time believe his Judgment an infallible Rule? Such a Proposition would, in these Days, be deemed heretical; and no Wonder; the Pope’s Infallibility must be maintained at all Events; and to maintain it is impossible, without condemning, as heretical, the Doctrine taught by the Church in the first and purest Ages. ----- Footnote 335: Eutych. p. 384. Footnote 336: Chron. Al. p. 630 Footnote 337: Euseb. l. 6. c. 29. Footnote 338: Card. Cus. de meth. consistorii, c. 7. p. 85. Footnote 339: Cypr. ep. 4. & 31. Footnote 340: Buch. cycl. 271. Footnote 341: Bar. ad ann. 112. n. 9. Footnote 342: Cyp. ep. 37. Footnote 343: Pears. posth. p. 19. Footnote 344: Euseb. in chron. Footnote 345: Dio Olymp. 193. ann. 4. Footnote 346: Mart. l. 14. Footnote 347: Bar. ann. 246. n. 9. Footnote 348: Boll. 20. Jan. p. 253. Footnote 349: Buch. cycl. p. 267. Footnote 350: Cypr. ep. 3. Footnote 351: Idem ep. 31. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DECIUS, CORNELIUS, GALLUS. _Twentieth_ BISHOP _of_ Rome. [Sidenote: Year of Christ 251. ]