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vos_fw-la etc._n etc._n tamen_fw-la ut_fw-la unitatem_fw-la manifestaret_fw-la unitatis_fw-la ejuâ—…m_fw-la originem_fw-la ab_fw-la aâ—o_fw-la incipientem_fw-la sva_fw-la auctoritate_fw-la disposuit_fw-la hoc_fw-la erat_fw-la utique_fw-la &_o ceteri_fw-la apostoli_fw-la quod_fw-la fuit_fw-la petrus_n pari_fw-la consortio_fw-la pra_fw-la diti_fw-la &_o honoris_fw-la &_o potestatis_fw-la sed_fw-la exordium_n ab_fw-la unitate_fw-la proficiscitur_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la una_fw-la monstretur_fw-la cyp._n lib._n de_fw-fr unitate_fw-la ecclesie_n also_o after_o his_o resurrection_n feed_v my_o sheep_n he_o build_v his_o church_n upon_o unity_n and_o though_o he_o give_v to_o all_o his_o apostle_n equal_a power_n say_v as_o my_o father_n send_v i_o so_o send_v i_o you_o etc._n etc._n yet_o that_o he_o may_v manifest_v the_o unity_n he_o dispense_v his_o authority_n to_o one_o as_o the_o original_n of_o unity_n that_o therefore_o which_o peter_n be_v the_o same_o be_v the_o rest_n of_o 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