Excerpt from Origines Anglicanae, Vol. 2 of 2: Or, a History of the English Church From the Conversion of the English Saxons Till the Death of King John I. The two archbishops and the bishop of Lincoln go to Rome. Thomas archbishop of York and Remigius bishop of Lincoln said to be deposed the pretended reasons of that affair. 2. Bishop of Lincoln said to be guilty of simony: that charge groundless. 3. Lnvestitures declared the sole right of the papacy. Lay investiture declared simony anciently given by the kings of England. Lay investiture the simony of the bishop of Lincoln. 4. The designs of the court of Rome the grounds of the afore said depositions. Lanfranc's compliance therewith: changes his opinion of that court, and leaves the interest thereof. 5. King and bishops of England project the driving the religious out of cathedral churches and bringing seculars in their room. Pope Alexander and Lanfranc apply themselves to break that design. 6. Pope Alexander complains to the king of the irregular deposition of the bishop of Chichester but in vain. Thomas archbishop of York complains to pope Alexander against Lanfranc he refers it to the king. 7. Councils of Winchester and Windsor, where the dispute betwixt the archbishops was heard. Pleas on both sides. Determined in favour of the see of Canterbury. 8. Lanfranc, elated with his success, sends a copy of his book against Berengarius to pope Alex ander. The king suspends the changes be further intended in the church. 9. Hildebrand made bishop of Rome: his character and designs: the importance thereof. 10. The maxims and conduct of that prelate. He lays the foundation of his designs in gaining the right of investitures from the secular power. 11. Court of Rome projects the celibacy of the clergy the reason thereof. The king convenes a council at Rouen in Normandy the issue thereof. 12. Pope Gregory depends on his former friendship with archbishop Lanfranc attempts to bring him into his design. Lanfranc remains steady to the rights of the church and the crown; despises the authority of pope Gregory; refuses to go to Rome upon his summons. 13. The king and Lanfranc break the measures of pope Gregory. His election questioned: an anti-pope set up. Lanfranc calls a council, which meets at St. Paul's: the transactions thereof. 14. A council meets at Winchester: the marriage of canons forbid; allowed to the parochial clergy. Lanfranc propagates the doctrine of the corporal presence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.