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trid._n sess._n 25._o dec_fw-la de_fw-fr inuoc_fw-fr etc._n etc._n 1._o pet._n 2._o justification_n conc._n trid._n sess._n 6._o cap._n 9_o ibid._n c._n 8._o gal._n â—_o 17._o jac._n 3._o 2._o merit_n of_o good_a work_n council_n trid._n sess._n 6._o c._n 16._o conc_fw-fr trid._n sess_v 6._o c._n 16._o sess._n 14._o c._n 8._o phil._n 4._o 7._o phil._n 2._o 12._o ibid._n 13._o satisfaction_n purgatory_n &_o indulgence_n sess._n 25._o decr_n de_fw-fr indulg_n parum_fw-la i_o movent_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o veterum_fw-la scriptis_fw-la de_fw-la satisfactione_n passim_fw-la occurrunt_fw-la video_fw-la quidem_fw-la eorum_fw-la nonnullos_fw-la dicam_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la omnes_fw-la ferè_fw-la quorum_fw-la libriextant_a aut_fw-la in_fw-la hac_fw-la parte_fw-la lapsos_fw-la esse_fw-la aut_fw-la nimis_fw-la asperè_fw-la ac_fw-la durè_fw-la locutos_fw-la calu._n inst._n l._n 3._o cap._n 4._o the_o sacrament_n baptism_n confirmation_n act._n 8._o 15._o 17._o pennance_n and_o sacramental_a 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