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Incipit tractacus eiuſdem reuerēdi doctoris Magr̄i Iohannis Gerſon Cancellarij ꝑiſien̄de ſtatibus eccleſiaſticꝭ.Ax quā oēsobſeruare ꝯuenitlcū om̄ibus. tn̄ maxime circa miniſteriū religiōis xp̄iane nunqͣꝫ ſolidius ſubſiſtit. qͣꝫ ſi veritate ⁊ iuſtitia tanqͣꝫ ſororibꝰ fulciatur Nam ſi nō in vera iuſtitia etiuſta veritate reddat̉ vnicuiqꝫ qd̓ſuū eſt nōne ſciſma ꝓtinus irrumpens pacē exturbabit; Audiamꝰidcirco ſub breuiū ꝯſiderationumnumero. quid ſtatus ſūmoꝝ pontificū quid p̄latorū quid curatoꝝquid mēdicantium poſſit quilibetde ſuo miniſterio veraciter offerrene tranſgreſſio finiū ꝓprioꝝ ſeu dilatō nimia ſeparet iuſtitiā ab oſculo felici pacis. ac proinde lites fedas vt aſſolet introducatSequunt̉ ſex cōſiderationes ſuper ſtatu ſūmi pontificisCōſiberatio primaTatus papalis inſtitutꝰ ēa xp̄o ſuꝑnaturaliter ⁊ immediate. tanqͣꝫ pͥmatū habens monarchicū et regalē in eccleſiaſtica hierarchia ẜm quē ſtatum vnicū et ſup̄mū ecc̄ia militāsdicitur vna ſub chriſto. quem ſta-
tum quiſqͥs impugnare vel diminuere vel alicui ecc̄iaſtico ſtatui ꝑticulari coequare p̄ſumit. ſi hͦ pertinaciter faciat. hereticꝰ eſt ſciſmaticus. impius. atqꝫ ſacrilegꝰ Caditenī in hereſim. totiēs exp̄ſſe dānatā a pͥncipio naſcētis ecc̄e vſqꝫ hodie tā ꝑ inſtitutionē xp̄i de pͥncipstu petri ſuꝑ alios apl̓os. qͣꝫ ꝑ traditionē totius ecc̄ie in ſacris eloquijs ſuis et generalibus cōcilijsCōſideratio ij:Tatus papalis licet nonomnino vacet ſeu deficiatper mortē pape naturalēvel ciuilē nec per ꝯn̄s ecc̄ia deſiniteſſe vna. nihilominus eniti debētxp̄iani ſub pena ſciſmatis ꝙ in hͦſtatū ꝯſtituatur et p̄ſideat aſſiduevnicus et certus ſūmꝰ pōtifex. qͣntum fieri pōt ꝓ loco ⁊ tꝑe. ſic ꝙ n̄eſt licitū ſciēter impedire quo minus ſit vnus talis ſup̄mus pontifex in ecc̄ia in quo ſit ecc̄iaſtice poteſtatis plenitudo. ⁊ ꝙ nō ſint plures in quo tāqͣꝫ ecc̄iaſticū regimēdeſinere poſſet eſſe monarchicū. ⁊in aliam policie ſpēm vt in ariſtocraticā aut tymocraticā verteret̉.qͣꝫuis papatus has policiaꝝ ſpēsnō excludat ſꝫ aſſumat ꝙͣ admod̓de ſacro dn̄oꝝ Cardinaliū collegio et de generali ꝯcilio videre ēCōſideratio. iij.Catus papalis nō eximitpapā a legibꝰ pure d̓inis