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&_o supremum_fw-la caput_fw-la quibus_fw-la verbis_fw-la plus_fw-la aliquid_fw-la tribuitur_fw-la vicario_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la quam_fw-la ipsi_fw-la christo_fw-la in_o coelis_fw-la majus_fw-la nempe_fw-la est_fw-la esse_fw-la unicum_fw-la quam_fw-la esse_fw-la unum_fw-la esse_fw-la unicum_fw-la &_o supremum_fw-la quam_fw-la esse_fw-la unum_fw-la supremum_fw-la esse_fw-la caput_fw-la quam_fw-la esse_fw-la rectorem_fw-la deinde_fw-la quoniam_fw-la falsum_fw-la est_fw-la summum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la esse_fw-la unicum_fw-la caput_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la enim_fw-la omnes_fw-la apostoli_fw-la erant_fw-la capita_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la ita_fw-la &_o apostolorum_fw-la successores_fw-la licet_fw-la summus_fw-la pontifex_fw-la caput_fw-la sit_fw-la sic_fw-la amos_n 6._o dicuntur_fw-la optimates_fw-la capita_fw-la populorum_fw-la sub_fw-la uno_fw-la tamen_fw-la summo_fw-la capite_fw-la praeterea_fw-la cum_fw-la hoc_fw-la capite_fw-la agatur_fw-la de_fw-la hierarchia_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la multo_fw-la aptius_fw-la diceretur_fw-la vicarius_fw-la christi_fw-la hoc_fw-la loco_fw-la supremus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la rector_n aut_fw-la hierarcha_fw-la quam_fw-la caput_fw-la sic_fw-la enim_fw-la &_o metaphoram_fw-la fugimus_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o doctrina_fw-la quoad_fw-la ejus_fw-la fieri_fw-la potest_fw-la servandum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o totius_fw-la comparationis_fw-la decorum_n servamus_fw-la dum_fw-la sequentia_fw-la antecedentibus_fw-la quadrant_a praeterea_fw-la illud_fw-la gravius_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la subjungitur_fw-la cujus_fw-la dispensatione_fw-la etc._n etc._n laeditur_fw-la namque_fw-la imprimis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la jus_o nam_fw-la &_o tempore_fw-la schismatis_fw-la quando_fw-la concilium_fw-la congregatum_fw-la existentibus_fw-la variis_fw-la &_o ambiguis_fw-la pontificibus_fw-la potest_fw-la ipsum_fw-la concilium_fw-la divino_fw-la jure_fw-la omne_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la officia_fw-la providere_fw-la praesertim_fw-la quae_fw-la fuerint_fw-la necessaria_fw-la ad_fw-la pacem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la componendam_fw-la &_o vacant_a etiam_fw-la sede_fw-la si_fw-la oporteret_fw-la aliquod_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la officium_fw-la inteterea_fw-la provideri_fw-la sine_fw-la dubio_fw-la dispensatio_fw-la summi_fw-la pontificis_fw-la non_fw-la expectaretur_fw-la laeditur_fw-la quoque_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la jus_o ad_fw-la quorum_fw-la providentiam_fw-la usque_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n minorum_fw-la officiorum_fw-la dispensatio_fw-la pertinuit_fw-la inconsulto_fw-la &_o romano_n pontifice_fw-la laeditur_fw-la tandem_fw-la jus_o patronatûs_fw-la omnium_fw-la laicorum_fw-la &_o principum_fw-la &_o magistratuum_fw-la secularium_fw-la qui_fw-la si_fw-la eorum_fw-la officiorum_fw-la quorum_fw-la sunt_fw-la patroni_fw-la dispensatio_fw-la &_o distributio_fw-la ad_fw-la summum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la pertineret_fw-la co-argui_a possent_fw-la quasi_fw-la in_o divina_fw-la jura_fw-la irrupissent_fw-la si_fw-la inconsulto_fw-la romano_n pontifice_fw-la unum_fw-la quodlibet_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la officium_fw-la dispensarent_fw-la itaque_fw-la in_o concilio_n quod_fw-la paratur_fw-la ad_fw-la schismata_fw-la &_o scandala_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la tollenda_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la doctrina_fw-la tradi_fw-la quae_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la vera_fw-la esset_fw-la apperit_n manifestam_fw-la viam_fw-la ut_fw-la nova_fw-la schismata_fw-la &_o scandala_fw-la oriantur_fw-la add_v huc_fw-la quod_fw-la cum_fw-la haec_fw-la clausula_fw-la quasi_fw-la de_fw-la facto_fw-la loquatur_fw-la videtur_fw-la probare_fw-la usum_fw-la quotidianum_fw-la in_o officiis_fw-la distribuendis_fw-la quem_fw-la emendatiorem_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la dei_fw-la hodie_fw-la desiderat_fw-la postremo_fw-la si_fw-la ingenuè_fw-fr fateri_fw-la volumus_fw-la quod_fw-la verum_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la de_fw-la facto_fw-la nec_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la dispensatione_fw-la romani_fw-la pontificis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la membris_fw-la officia_fw-la distribuuntur_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-la facto_fw-la quidem_fw-la quum_fw-la manifestissimè_fw-la constat_fw-la multa_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la officia_fw-la legitimè_fw-la per_fw-la alios_fw-la quam_fw-la per_fw-la summum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la administrari_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la verò_fw-la ante_fw-la omne_fw-la exploratum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la retro_fw-la diximus_fw-la post_fw-la apostolos_fw-la multo_fw-la tempore_fw-la optimo_fw-la jure_fw-la sine_fw-la summo_fw-la pontifice_fw-la non_fw-la officia_fw-la minora_fw-la modo_fw-la verum_fw-la &_o majora_fw-la fuisse_fw-la administrata_fw-la nec_fw-la damnari_fw-la potest_fw-la antiquitas_fw-la tanquam_fw-la romani_fw-la pontificis_fw-la potestatem_fw-la usurpaverit_fw-la item_n cum_fw-la haec_fw-la causa_fw-la inter_fw-la episcopos_fw-la &_o summum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la fuerit_fw-la aliquando_fw-la controversa_fw-la nonnulli_fw-la menses_fw-la ex_fw-la conventione_n episcopis_fw-la contigerunt_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la si_fw-la officia_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la distribuant_fw-la jure_fw-la svo_fw-la utuntur_fw-la falsò_fw-la igitur_fw-la doctrina_fw-la traderet_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la membris_fw-la dispensatione_fw-la romani_fw-la pontificis_fw-la officia_fw-la distribui_fw-la praeterquam_fw-la quod_fw-la potestas_fw-la vicario_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la collata_fw-la in_fw-la edificationem_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la in_o destructionem_fw-la pro_fw-la ratione_fw-la &_o evangelio_n non_fw-la contra_fw-la rationem_fw-la &_o evangelium_fw-la fieri_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la ut_fw-la unus_fw-la summus_fw-la pontifex_fw-la omnibus_fw-la membris_fw-la ubique_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la orb_n officia_fw-la sua_fw-la rectè_fw-la &_o convenienter_fw-la distribuat_fw-la nullo_n igitur_fw-la pacto_fw-la credendum_fw-la est_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la accepisse_fw-la potestatem_fw-la quam_fw-la rite_n &_o ad_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la utilitatem_fw-la administrare_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la accepit_fw-la nempe_fw-la clave_n regni_fw-la coelorum_fw-la quare_fw-la ea_fw-la poterit_fw-la quae_fw-la regnum_fw-la coelorum_fw-la apperiunt_fw-la at_o non_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la regnum_fw-la coelorum_fw-la claudunt_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la propemodum_fw-la farinae_fw-la est_fw-la illa_fw-la altera_fw-la clausula_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la capite_fw-la postremo_fw-la insigniter_fw-la desipiunt_fw-la &_o dei_fw-la regulas_fw-la confundunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o illa_fw-la item_n inferiorum_fw-la haec_fw-la divina_fw-la potestas_fw-la ad_fw-la eos_fw-la potius_fw-la divina_fw-la institutione_n spectare_fw-la videatur_fw-la etc._n etc._n quo_fw-la doctrina_fw-la omne_fw-la jus_o patronatûs_fw-la aboletur_fw-la quorumcunque_fw-la principum_fw-la &_o aliorum_fw-la laicorum_fw-la deinde_fw-la jus_o ecclesiarum_fw-la eligendi_fw-la sibi_fw-la praelatos_fw-la &_o alia_fw-la officia_fw-la multa_fw-la tollitur_fw-la quo_fw-la tamen_fw-la jure_fw-la olim_fw-la universae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la fruebantur_fw-la et_fw-la nunc_fw-la etiam_fw-la aliquae_fw-la utuntur_fw-la non_fw-la itaque_fw-la ad_fw-la episcopos_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la electio_fw-la aut_fw-la nominatio_fw-la divino_fw-la jure_fw-la pertinet_fw-la nec_fw-la eminenter_fw-la ad_fw-la summum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la diceretur_fw-la confirmatio_fw-la electionis_fw-la ad_fw-la episcopos_fw-la &_o summum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la spectare_fw-la res_fw-la haberet_fw-la probabilitatem_fw-la quandam_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la electio_fw-la &_o nominatio_fw-la divina_fw-la institutione_n pertineat_fw-la ad_fw-la episcopos_fw-la &_o summum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la nè_fw-la verisimile_fw-la quidem_fw-la est_fw-la sunt_fw-la autem_fw-la praeter_fw-la have_v aliae_fw-la causae_fw-la propter_fw-la quas_fw-la cum_fw-la haec_fw-la tum_fw-la illa_fw-la superior_a clausula_fw-la sit_fw-la expungenda_fw-la prima_fw-la causa_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la doctrina_fw-la quae_fw-la videlicet_fw-la in_o his_o clausulis_fw-la traditur_fw-la est_fw-la importuna_fw-la tempori_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la de_fw-la recipiendis_fw-la lutheranis_n ecclesia_fw-la angitur_fw-la &_o parturit_fw-la donec_fw-la si_fw-la fieri_fw-la potest_fw-la reformetur_fw-la christus_fw-la in_o illis_fw-la nulla_fw-la autem_fw-la doctrina_fw-la à _fw-la concilio_n prodire_fw-la posset_n quae_fw-la eorum_fw-la animos_fw-la magis_fw-la abalienaret_fw-la nec_fw-la ulla_fw-la alia_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la illis_fw-la plures_fw-la occasiones_fw-la &_o calumniandi_fw-la &_o obloquendi_fw-la suppeditaret_fw-la itaque_fw-la abstinendum_fw-la est_fw-la in_o praesentia_fw-la ab_fw-la ea_fw-la doctrina_fw-la quae_fw-la cum_fw-la maxim_n invidiosa_fw-la lutheranis_n sic_fw-la minime_fw-la catholicis_fw-la est_fw-la necessaria_fw-la secunda_fw-la causa_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la illa_fw-la doctrina_fw-la est_fw-la importuna_fw-la loco_fw-la cum_fw-la enim_fw-la