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heroic_a design_n be_v prepare_v and_o facilitated_a by_o the_o british_a christian_n intermingle_v with_o pagan_a saxon_n though_o the_o most_o eminent_a britain_n take_v wales_n for_o their_o refuge_n together_o with_o their_o retinue_n yet_o multitude_n of_o the_o conquer_a remain_v in_o england_n disperse_v among_o the_o conqueror_n the_o influence_n of_o st._n austin_n the_o monk_n be_v in_o a_o manner_n confine_v to_o kent_n it_o extend_v little_o far_o even_o in_o kent_n austin_n task_n wasless_o difficult_a be_v promote_v by_o queen_n berta_n who_o make_v profession_n of_o christian_a religion_n before_o the_o arrival_n of_o austin_n have_v a_o church_n in_o canterbury_n for_o the_o solemnity_n of_o divine_a service_n have_v a_o bishop_n luidhard_n to_o preside_v in_o it_o a_o praecursor_n 37._o a_o porter_n to_o st._n austin_n in_o capgraves_n expression_n even_o aidan_n and_o finan_n who_o name_n be_v observe_v in_o history_n not_o flourish_v in_o the_o romish_a calendar_n have_v more_o numerous_a convert_v in_o england_n than_o austin_n himself_o the_o province_n of_o their_o successful_a doctrine_n more_o enlarge_v as_o for_o the_o specious_a relation_n of_o the_o northern_a pict_n goth_n bavarian_o burgundian_n rally_v as_o convert_v in_o this_o age_n they_o be_v disciple_n of_o antioch_n not_o of_o rome_n they_o embrace_v the_o evangelical_n unblemished_a doctrine_n they_o acknowledge_v no_o papal_a unlimited_a jurisdiction_n not_o challenge_v in_o this_o age_n not_o by_o austin_n the_o monk_n in_o his_o conference_n with_o the_o british_a bishop_n and_o monk_n he_o cajole_v entreat_v a_o conformity_n to_o the_o ritual_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n in_o the_o celebration_n of_o baptism_n in_o the_o observation_n of_o easter_n he_o exact_v no_o submission_n to_o the_o authority_n universal_a supremacy_n of_o that_o church_n this_o be_v reprehend_v brand_v by_o pope_n gregory_n who_o emissary_n he_o be_v by_o pelagius_n before_o he_o in_o the_o same_o 36._o see_v of_o rome_n nay_o by_o all_o predecessor_n as_o gregory_n himself_o atte_v caetera_fw-la desiderantur_fw-la greg._n naz._n cl._n al._n non_fw-la colligi_fw-la necessario_fw-la esse_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la ubi_fw-la est_fw-la successio_fw-la bellarm._n l._n 4._o de_fw-fr eccl._n c._n 8._o linus_n &_o clerus_fw-la suerunt_fw-la quidem_fw-la ante_fw-la clementem_fw-la episcopl_n in_fw-la urbe_fw-la roma_fw-la sed_fw-la superstite_fw-la petro_n videlicet_fw-la ut_fw-la illi_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la curam_fw-la gererent_fw-la ipse_fw-la vero_fw-la apostolatus_fw-la officium_fw-la imp'eret_fw-la rusinus_fw-la praefat._n ad_fw-la libros_fw-la recognitionum_fw-la epiphanius_n haeres_fw-la 27._o a_o gloriosissimis_fw-la apostolis_n petro_n &_o paulo_n romae_fw-la fâ—ndatur_fw-la &_o conslituitur_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la tertul._n adv_o mani_n l._n 4._o fundantes_n &_o instruentes_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la lino_n episcopatum_fw-la tradiderunt_fw-la iraen_n l._n 3._o c._n 8._o clem._n in_o epist._n 1._o ad_fw-la jacobum_fw-la jacobum_fw-la tertull._n in_o l._n de_fw-fr prescript_n cip_n 32._o iren._n l._n 3._o c._n 3._o †_o euseb._n 〈◊〉_d eccl._n l._n 3._o c._n 13._o 13._o iren._n l._n 3._o c._n 3._o ign._n in_o epist._n ad_fw-la mar._n castobol_n castobol_n bar._n ad_fw-la ann._n inslit_fw-la 69._o sect._n 39_o 39_o opt._n