Under this and several other headings contained in the present
section might be ranged numerous historical facts illustrative of the
' Papacy iz action, and showing in what a variety of ways the early
Popes exercised that supreme authority which they were universally
acknowledged to possess.! These facts are briefly summarised by
Dr. Klee in his Zreatise on the Church, Eng. trans. pp. 158-174;
_ by Hergenrother in his Anti-Janus, Eng. trans. pp. 110-140; and
they are more fully stated by Kenrick in his Primacy of the Apostolic
See Vindicated, ath edit. In the last-named work see especially ch.
x., “Ancient Examples of Papal Authority ;” ch. xi., “Guardianship
of the Faith ;” ch. xi., “Governing Power—Exercise of Authority ;”
ch, xii, “ Zhe Hierarchy ;” ch. xiv., “ Deposition of Bishops” (in-
cluding Eastern Patriarchs, see pp. 180, 181); and ch. xv., on
“Appeals.”

'® Council of Rome, a.p. 494. In their acclamations at the
close of this Council, the Fathers call Pope Gelasius “the Vicar
of Christ” (Vicarium Christi te videmus, Apostolum Petrum te
videmus.—Concl. Rom. sub Gelas. Labbe, Tom. iv. p. 2275).
