Institutes of the Christian Religion, by John Calvin, tr. Henry
Beveridge , at sacred-texts.com OF THE BEGINNING AND RISE OF THE
ROMISH PAPACY, TILL IT ATTAINED A HEIGHT BY WHICH THE LIBERTY OF
THE CHURCH WAS DESTROYED, AND ALL TRUE RULE OVERTHROWN. There
are five heads in this chapter. I. The Patriarchate given and
confirmed to the Bishop of Rome, first by the Council of Nice,
and afterwards by that of Chalcedon though by no means approved
of by other bishops, was the commencement of the Papacy, sec.
1-4. II. The Church at Rome, by taking pious exiles under its
protection, and also thereby protecting wicked men who fled to
her, helped forward the mystery of iniquity, although at that
time neither the ordination of bishops, nor admonitions and
censures, nor the right of convening Councils, nor the right of
receiving appeals, belonged to the Roman Bishop, whose profane
meddling with these things was condemned by Gregory, sec. 5-13.
III. After the Council of Turin, disputes arose as to the
authority of Metropol