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arâ—â—_n pag._n de_fw-la divinis_fw-la nominibus_fw-la c._n 4_o 2._o thess._n 2._o v._n 4_o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o 1_o greg._n 9_o lib._n 1._o decret_a tit_n 33._o cap._n 6._o glossa_fw-la ibid._n gregor_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la glossat_n lib._n 1._o decretat_fw-la tit_n 7._o cap._n 3._o gerson_n de_fw-fr potestat_fw-la eccles_n consider_v 12._o part_n 3._o gerson_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la bellarminus_n de_fw-fr rom._n pont._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 8_o 1_o 2_o 3_o secundò_fw-la principalitèr_fw-la bernar._n ad_fw-la gaufridum_fw-la epist_n 125._o 3_o robertus_fw-la bellarminus_n lib._n 5._o de_fw-fr rom._n pontif._n cap._n 7._o bellarm._n cod_n cap._n bellarm._n cap._n codem_fw-la bellarm._n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la 1_o 2_o 3_o prou._n c._n 8._o 15._o rom._n c._n 13._o v._n 1._o 4_o sylvest_n de_fw-fr papa_n para_fw-it 2._o 5_o bellar._n derom_n pontiff_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 7._o luc._n 12._o 2._o mat._n 16._o 13._o mat._n 23._o 3._o mat._n 15._o 3._o mat._n 15._o 9_o 1._o joh._n 4._o 3._o 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