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amputati_fw-la errando_fw-la rebel_n abscedunt_fw-la nec_fw-la possunt_fw-la novum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la aut_fw-la aliud_fw-la agere_fw-la quam_fw-la quod_fw-la jamdudum_fw-la apud_fw-la svam_fw-la matrem_fw-la didicerunt_fw-la haeretici_fw-la veritatis_fw-la exules_fw-la sacri_fw-la symboli_fw-la desertores_fw-la etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr se_fw-la nosci_fw-la voluerunt_fw-la ideo_fw-la &_o falsum_fw-la habent_fw-la baptisma_fw-la vobis_fw-la vero_fw-la schismaticis_fw-la quamvis_fw-la in_o catholica_fw-la non_fw-la sitis_fw-la haec_fw-la negari_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la quia_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la vera_fw-la &_o communia_fw-la traxistis_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la ibid._n the_o very_a schism_n in_o the_o day_n of_o st._n paul_n at_o corinth_n for_o if_o he_o that_o come_v preach_v another_o jesus_n who_o we_o have_v not_o preach_v or_o if_o you_o receive_v another_o spirit_n which_o you_o have_v not_o receive_v or_o another_o gospel_n which_o you_o have_v not_o accept_v you_o may_v well_o bear_v with_o he_o 2_o cor._n 11.4_o immanes_n non_fw-la habentes_fw-la dei_fw-la dilectionem_fw-la svam_fw-la utilitatem_fw-la potius_fw-la considerantes_fw-la quam_fw-la unitatem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o propter_fw-la modicas_fw-la &_o quaslibet_fw-la causas_fw-la magnum_fw-la &_o gloriosum_fw-la corpus_fw-la christi_fw-la conscindunt_fw-la &_o dividunt_fw-la &_o quantum_fw-la in_o ipsis_fw-la est_fw-la interficiunt_fw-la pacem_fw-la loquentes_fw-la &_o bellum_fw-la operantes_fw-la veer_fw-la liquantes_fw-la culicem_fw-la &_o camelum_fw-la diglutientes_fw-la nulla_fw-la enim_fw-la ab_fw-la iis_fw-la tanta_fw-la fieri_fw-la potest_fw-la correptio_fw-la quanta_fw-la est_fw-la schismatis_fw-la corruptio_fw-la irenaeus_n l._n 4._o c._n 62._o sed_fw-la crimine_fw-la schismatis_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la immanissimo_fw-la sacrilegio_fw-la nemo_fw-la vestrum_fw-la se_fw-la dicere_fw-la potest_fw-la immunem_fw-la quamdiu_fw-la non_fw-la communicate_v unitati_fw-la omnium_fw-la gentium_fw-la aug._n l._n 2._o cont._n petil._n donatist_n c._n 96._o quid_fw-la ergò_fw-la prodest_fw-la homini_fw-la vel_fw-la sana_fw-la fides_fw-la vel_fw-la sanum_fw-la fortasse_fw-la solum_fw-la fidei_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la vbi_fw-la letali_fw-la vulnere_fw-la schismatis_fw-la perempta_fw-la est_fw-la sanitas_fw-la charitatis_fw-la per_fw-la cujus_fw-la solius_fw-la peremptionem_fw-la etiam_fw-la illa_fw-la integra_fw-la trabuntur_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la idem_fw-la l._n 1._o de_fw-la baptismo_fw-la contra_fw-la donatist_n c._n 8._o nobiscum_fw-la enim_fw-la estis_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la in_fw-la symbolo_fw-la in_fw-la caeteris_fw-la dominicis_fw-la sacramentis_fw-la in_fw-la spiritu_fw-la autem_fw-la unitatis_fw-la in_fw-la ipsa_fw-la denique_fw-la catholica_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la non_fw-la estis_fw-la ep_v 48._o vincentio_n quisquis_fw-la ab_fw-la hac_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la catholica_fw-la fuerit_fw-la separatus_fw-la quantumlibet_fw-la laudabiliter_fw-la se_fw-la 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