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Power of the president of a court, 589

Power of the ecclesiastical president increased when elected by the

people, 590

The superior wealth of the bishop added to his influence, ib.

Appointment of lectors, sub-deacons, acolyths, exorcists,

and janitors, 592

These new offices first appeared in Rome, ib.

Bishops began to appoint church officers without consulting the

people, 593

New canons relative to ordination, 594

Presbyters ceased to inaugurate bishops, 595

Presbyters continued to ordain presbyters and deacons, 596

Country bishops deprived of the right to ordain, 597

Account of their degradation, 598

Rise of metropolitans, 599

Circumstances which added to the power of the city bishops, ib.

One bishop in each province at the head of the rest, 601

Jealousies and contentions of city bishops, 602

Great change in the Church, in two centuries, 603

Reasons why the establishment of metropolitans so much opposed, 604