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be_v veneration_n but_o ionas_n aurelianensis_fw-la in_o lib._n sacrament_n quote_v a_o prayer_n of_o he_o wherein_o he_o use_v the_o word_n adoration_n also_o take_v in_o a_o large_a sense_n to_o a_o thing_n make_v with_o hand_n viz._n the_o cross_n deus_fw-la qui_fw-la unigeniti_fw-la tui_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la pretioso_fw-la sanguine_fw-la humanum_fw-la genus_fw-la redimere_fw-la dignatus_fw-la es_fw-la concede_fw-la propitius_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la adorandum_fw-la vivificam_fw-la crucem_fw-la adveniunt_fw-la a_o peccatorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la nexibus_fw-la liberentur_fw-la thus_o st._n gregory_n who_o doctrine_n both_o the_o caroline_n book_n the_o emperor_n charles_n and_o pope_n adrian_n appeal_n to_o see_v adriani_n respon_n cap._n ult_n §_o 22_o not_o long_o after_o st._n gregory_n we_o find_v venerabilium_fw-la imaginum_fw-la picturae_fw-la in_o the_o 82._o canon_n of_o the_o council_n in_o trullo_n inter_fw-la venerabilium_fw-la imaginum_fw-la picturas_fw-la agnus_n etc._n etc._n after_o this_o a._n d._n 726._o a_o council_n be_v hold_v at_o rome_n by_o pope_n gregory_n ii_o against_o the_o iconoclast_n urge_v by_o pope_n adrian_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o the_o caroline_n book_n c._n 12._o act._n 4._o which_o decree_v not_o only_o the_o lawful_a use_n but_o adoration_n of_o image_n again_o not_o long_o after_o the_o constantinopolitan_a council_n of_o the_o iconocla_v hold_v under_o constantinus_n copronymus_n 754_o another_o council_n be_v assemble_v at_o rome_n by_o pope_n stephen_n iu._n a._n d._n 769._o 20._o year_n before_o that_o of_o nice_n to_o which_o council_n as_o anastasius_n relate_v it_o in_o the_o life_n of_o stephen_n be_v send_v at_o the_o pope_n request_n by_o charles_n the_o great_a and_o his_o brother_n twelve_o gallican_n bishop_n person_n eminent_a for_o learning_n his_o word_n be_v dirigentes_fw-la ipsi_fw-la papae_fw-la christianissimi_fw-la reges_fw-la duodecim_fw-la episcopos_fw-la ex_fw-la eiisdem_fw-la francorum_fw-la regionibus_fw-la nimis_fw-la divinis_fw-la scripture_n &_o sanctorum_fw-la canonum_fw-la ceremoniis_fw-la doctos_fw-la &_o probatissimos_fw-la viros_fw-la now_o this_o council_n approve_v the_o decree_n make_v concern_v veneration_n of_o image_n in_o the_o former_a council_n hold_v under_o gregory_n ii_o see_v adrian_n respon_n act._n 4._o c._n 12._o and_o as_o anastasius_n relate_v in_o the_o life_n of_o stephen_n subtilius_fw-la multa_fw-la perindagantes_fw-la statuerunt_fw-la magno_fw-la honoris_fw-la affectu_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la christianis_fw-la ipsas_fw-la sacras_fw-la venerari_fw-la imagine_v sicuti_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la praedecessoribus_fw-la huius_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la sedis_fw-la pontificibus_fw-la &_o cunctis_fw-la venerabilibus_fw-la patribus_fw-la usque_fw-la hactenus_fw-la de_fw-la earum_fw-la honore_fw-la observatum_fw-la effectum_fw-la &_o cunctis_fw-la ad_fw-la memoriam_fw-la piae_fw-la compunctionis_fw-la est_fw-la traditum_fw-la thus_o that_o council_n under_o stephen_n some_o year_n before_o this_o council_n and_o not_o long_o after_o that_o hold_v against_o image_n under_o constantinus_n copronymus_n and_o some_o 20_o year_n before_o that_o of_o nice_n the_o eastern_a patriarch_n cosmas_n of_o alexandria_n and_o two_o theodorus_n one_o the_o patriarch_n of_o antioch_n direct_v to_o paul_n i._o bishop_n of_o rome_n a_o synodical_a epistle_n in_o qua_fw-la say_v adrian_n respon_n ad_fw-la lib._n carol._n act._n 3._o c._n 2._o de_fw-fr sacratissimis_fw-la subtili_fw-la narratione_fw-la qualiter_fw-la una_fw-la cum_fw-la nostra_fw-la s._n catholica_fw-la &_o apostolica_fw-la universali_fw-la romana_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ip_v orientales_fw-la orthodoxi_fw-la episcopi_fw-la &_o christianus_n populus_fw-la sentiunt_fw-la &_o in_o earundum_fw-la sanctarum_fw-la imaginum_fw-la veneratione_n sincero_fw-la mentis_fw-la affectu_fw-la ferventes_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la existunt_fw-la studuerunt_fw-la intimandum_fw-la and_o afterward_o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la non_fw-la adorat_fw-la imaginem_fw-la sive_fw-la figuram_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la neque_fw-la humanationem_fw-la ejus_fw-la confitetur_fw-la because_o some_o iconoclast_n hold_v deum_fw-la secundum_fw-la humanitatem_fw-la nun_n circumscriptibilem_fw-la esse_fw-la talem_fw-la impium_fw-la anathematizamus_fw-la he_o also_o add_v quam_fw-la synodicam_fw-la in_o latino_n interpretatam_fw-la eloquio_fw-la praedecessor_n noster_fw-la quondam_a sanctissimus_fw-la dominus_fw-la stephanus_n papa_n in_o svo_fw-la concilio_n quod_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la pro_fw-la sacris_fw-la imaginibus_fw-la una_fw-la cum_fw-la diversis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la in_o partibus_fw-la francia_fw-la seu_fw-la italiae_fw-la fecit_fw-la suscipientes_fw-la ac_fw-la relegentes_fw-la placuerunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n thus_o two_o roman_a council_n and_o in_o the_o late_a also_o the_o learned_a gallican_n bishop_n and_o also_o all_o the_o eastern_a patriarch_n contend_v for_o and_o decree_v veneration_n of_o image_n before_o that_o of_o nice_n §_o 23_o this_o say_v of_o the_o decree_n of_o the_o second_o council_n of_o nice_a which_o be_v hold_v in_o a._n d._n 787._o and_o what_o pass_v before_o it_o about_o some_o three_o year_n after_o it_o and_o four_o year_n before_o the_o council_n of_o franckfort_n be_v write_v the_o caroline_n book_n some_o think_v see_v matt._n westmonast_n a._n d._n 793._o by_o alcuinus_fw-la the_o emperor_n be_v tutor_n against_o the_o nicene_n council_n and_o adoration_n of_o image_n i_o say_v three_o year_n after_o that_o of_o nice_n as_o appear_v in_o the_o preface_n gesta_fw-la praeterea_fw-la est_fw-la ferme_fw-fr ante_fw-la triennium_fw-la &_o altera_fw-la synodus_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o meanwhile_o the_o author_n or_o author_n of_o these_o book_n know_v nothing_o of_o pope_n adrian_n legate_n present_a in_o it_o or_o he_o or_o the_o eastern_a patriarch_n consent_v to_o its_o 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