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abraham_n &_o eius_fw-la familia_fw-la quid_fw-la est_fw-la vero_fw-la oblatio_fw-la panis_fw-la &_o vini_fw-la pro_fw-la abrahamo_fw-la hoc_fw-la exprimit_fw-la sacerdotium_fw-la christi_fw-la ab_fw-la hoc_fw-la tempore_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la mundi_fw-la quo_fw-la mysterium_fw-la altaris_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la pretiosi_fw-la corporis_fw-la &_o sanguinis_fw-la svi_fw-la offer_v ecclesia_fw-la melchisedech_n be_v a_o king_n and_o priest_n he_o offer_v bread_n and_o wine_n for_o abraham_n and_o his_o family_n what_o do_v the_o offer_v of_o bread_n and_o wine_n for_o abraham_n mean_v this_o do_v express_v the_o priesthood_n of_o christ_n from_o this_o time_n to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n in_o which_o the_o church_n do_v offer_v the_o mystical_a sacrament_n of_o his_o precious_a body_n and_o blood_n philip_n melancthon_n in_o council_n theolog._n part_n 2._o pag._n 373._o say_v excipit_fw-la melchisedech_n redeuntem_fw-la ex_fw-la praelio_fw-la abraham_n &_o 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