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cap._n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cap.2_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vir_fw-la maximus_fw-la epiphanius_n sed_fw-la quem_fw-la res_fw-la arguit_fw-la ipsa_fw-la levibus_fw-la auditiunculis_fw-la nescio_fw-la unde_fw-la acceptis_fw-la facilè_fw-la nimis_fw-la aliquando_fw-la fidem_fw-la habuisse_fw-la habuisse_fw-la haeresi_fw-la 39_o vel_fw-la 59_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epistola_fw-la 50._o ad_fw-la bonifacium_fw-la bonifacium_fw-la ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la tom._n 6._o haeresi_fw-la 69._o 69._o lib._n 3._o page_n 101._o 101._o epist._n 74._o 74._o haeresi_fw-la 25._o aërii_fw-la ab_fw-la aërio_fw-la quodam_fw-la sic_fw-la appellati_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la astinentiis_fw-la vacant_a etc._n etc._n etc._n haeresi_fw-la 27._o sive_fw-la 47._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hist._n eccles._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 29._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n lib._n 1._o cap_n 30._o 30._o haeresi_fw-la 55._o sive_fw-la 75._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eusebius_n eccles._n hist._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 29._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n epiphanius_n haeresi_fw-la 55._o sive_fw-la 75._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibidem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr instit_n cler_fw-mi lib._n 2._o cap._n 58._o aëriani_n ab_fw-la aërio_fw-la quodam_fw-la nuncupati_fw-la sunt_fw-la hi_o offer_v sacrificium_fw-la prâ—_n defunctis_fw-la spernunt_fw-la spernunt_fw-la defence_n of_o diocesan_n episcopacy_n page_n 153._o 153._o of_o the_o religion_n of_o the_o irish._n page_n 59_o 59_o primitive_a episcopacy_n page_n 40._o 40._o lib._n 1._o vnde_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la post_fw-la obitum_fw-la carthaginis_fw-la episcopi_fw-la zeugitanae_fw-la &_o procensulari_fw-la provinciae_fw-la episcopos_fw-la interdiceret_fw-la ordinarios_fw-la quorum_fw-la erat_fw-la numerus_fw-la 164._o 164._o page_n 164._o 164._o page_n 185._o 185._o page_n 165._o 165._o right_o of_o church_n review_v page_n 153._o 153._o conference_n page_n 348._o 348._o ad_fw-la scotos_o in_o christum_fw-la credentes_fw-la ordinatur_fw-la à _fw-la papa_n caelestino_n palladius_n &_o primus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la mittitur_fw-la mittitur_fw-la edit_fw-la lovan_n fol._n 15._o 15._o ann._n 429._o numb_a iv._o primum_fw-la verò_fw-la eam_fw-la gentem_fw-la à _fw-la coelestino_n papa_n episcopum_fw-la habuisse_fw-la palladium_n omnes_fw-la consentiunt_fw-la consentiunt_fw-la ibid._n exit_fw-la his_fw-la autem_fw-la habes_fw-la quibus_fw-la redarguas_fw-la asserentes_fw-la sedulium_n christianum_fw-la poëtam_fw-la quem_fw-la tantopere_fw-la gelasius_n laudat_fw-la habuisse_fw-la praeceptorem_fw-la hildebertum_fw-la scotorum_fw-la archiepiscopum_a etenim_fw-la cum_fw-la ipse_fw-la sedulius_n ad_fw-la theodosii_fw-la imperatoris_fw-la tempora_fw-la referatur_fw-la quo_fw-la modo_fw-la usus_fw-la esse_fw-la potuit_fw-la hildeberto_n scotorum_fw-la archiepiscopo_a paerceptore_fw-la si_fw-la nullus_fw-la adhuc_fw-la ordinatus_fw-la erat_fw-la in_o scotia_n archiepiscopus_a &_o palladius_n absque_fw-la controversia_fw-la primus_fw-la dicatur_fw-la ejus_fw-la gentis_fw-la antistes_fw-la antistes_fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 8._o ante_fw-la cujus_fw-la palladii_fw-la sc_n adventum_fw-la habebant_fw-la scoti_n fidei_fw-la doctores_fw-la ac_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la ministratores_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la solummodo_fw-la vel_fw-la monachos_fw-la ritum_fw-la sequentes_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la primitiva_fw-la primitiva_fw-la de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la scotorum_fw-la lib._n 2._o per_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la &_o monachos_fw-la sine_fw-la episcopis_fw-la scoti_n in_fw-la fide_fw-la erudiebantur_fw-la erudiebantur_fw-la fol._n 132._o erat_fw-la palladius_n primus_fw-la omnium_fw-la qui_fw-la apud_fw-la scotos_fw-gr sacrum_fw-la egere_fw-la magistratum_fw-la à _fw-la summo_fw-la pontifice_fw-la episcopus_fw-la creatus_fw-la quum_fw-la antea_fw-la populi_n suffragiis_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n scotland_n sovereignty_n assert_v page_n 134._o 134._o lib._n 3._o cap._n 4._o habere_fw-la autem_fw-la solet_fw-la ipsa_fw-la insula_fw-la rectorem_fw-la semper_fw-la abbaâ—tem_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la cujus_fw-la juri_fw-la &_o omnis_fw-la provincia_n &_o ipsi_fw-la etiam_fw-la episcopi_fw-la ordine_fw-la inusitato_n debeant_fw-la esse_fw-la subjecti_fw-la juxta_fw-la exemplum_fw-la primi_fw-la doctoris_fw-la illius_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la episcopus_fw-la sed_fw-la presbyter_n extitit_fw-la extitit_fw-la ibid._n vnde_fw-la &_o praefatam_fw-la insulam_fw-la ab_fw-la eye_v in_o possessimem_fw-la monasterii_fw-la faciendi_fw-la accepit_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la magna_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la quasi_fw-la familiarum_fw-la quinque_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n hist._n pag._n 7._o 7._o hist._n page_n 4._o 4._o contra_fw-la judaeos_fw-la cap._n 7._o loca_fw-la britannorum_fw-la romanis_n inaccessa_fw-la christo_fw-la tamen_fw-la subdita_fw-la subdita_fw-la lib._n 6._o fol._n 95._o v._n 40._o coeperi_fw-la &_o nostri_fw-la eo_fw-la tempâ—re_fw-la christi_fw-la dogma_fw-la acuratissimè_fw-la amplexari_fw-la monachorum_fw-la quorundam_fw-la ductu_fw-la &_o adhortatione_fw-la qui_fw-la quia_fw-la sedulo_fw-la prâ—dicationi_fw-la vacarent_fw-la essentque_fw-la frequentes_fw-la in_o oratione_fw-la ab_fw-la incolis_fw-la cultores_fw-la dei_fw-la sunt_fw-la appellati_fw-la invaluit_fw-la id_fw-la nomen_fw-la apud_fw-la vulgus_fw-la in_o tantum_fw-la ut_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la omnes_fw-la ad_fw-la nostra_fw-la pene_fw-la tempora_fw-la vulgâ—_fw-la culdaei_fw-la i._n e._n cultores_fw-la dei_fw-la sine_fw-la discrimine_fw-la vocitarentur_fw-la vocitarentur_fw-la hist._n page_n 4._o 4._o book_n 1._o 1._o cap._n 39_o caeterum_fw-la dilatatae_fw-la &_o inveteratae_fw-la haereses_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n page_n 227._o et_fw-la sequentibus_fw-la sequentibus_fw-la defence_n of_o the_o vindication_n of_o the_o church_n of_o scotland_n page_n 36._o 36._o fol._n 95._o pontificem_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la communi_fw-la suffragio_fw-la deligebant_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n ann._n 431._o numb_a 191._o perductum_fw-la quoque_fw-la fuisse_fw-la ad_fw-la hiberniam_fw-la insulam_fw-la sed_fw-la citò_fw-la morte_fw-la subduectum_fw-la ex_fw-la hac_fw-la vita_fw-la migrasse_n ex_fw-la probo_fw-la qui_fw-la res_fw-la gestas_fw-la s._n patricii_fw-la scripsit_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la superius_fw-la hibernorum_fw-la quidem_fw-la conversionem_fw-la deus_fw-la s._n patricio_n reservavit_fw-la reservavit_fw-la ibid._n hoc_fw-la eodem_fw-la anno_fw-la sub_fw-la iisdem_fw-la consulibus_fw-la sanctus_n prosper_n missum_fw-la ait_fw-la palladium_n ordinatum_fw-la primum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la ad_fw-la scotos_fw-gr perductum_fw-la quoque_fw-la fuisse_fw-la ad_fw-la hiberniam_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n numb_a 4._o magno_fw-la honore_fw-la prosequentes_fw-la ejus_fw-la reliquias_fw-la in_o mernia_n scotiae_fw-la provincia_n collecatas_fw-la collecatas_fw-la numb_a 5._o porro_fw-la eandem_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la nobilissimam_fw-la hoc_fw-la nostro_fw-la saculo_fw-la deus_fw-la tentati_fw-la permisit_fw-la ut_fw-la christianae_n constantiae_fw-la praeclarissimum_fw-la specimen_fw-la ederet_fw-la cum_fw-la inter_fw-la alios_fw-la martyr_n habere_fw-la etiam_fw-la meruit_fw-la quod_fw-la nulla_fw-la hactenus_fw-la christiana_n gens_n habuit_fw-la ipsam_fw-la reginam_fw-la catholica_fw-la fidei_fw-la eximium_fw-la decus_fw-la &_o ornamentum_fw-la diutissimâ_fw-la consessione_n in_fw-la carcere_fw-la ante_fw-la probatam_fw-la nobiliori_fw-la coronâ_fw-la martyrii_fw-la auctam_fw-la auctam_fw-la de_fw-fr historicis_fw-la latinis_fw-la page_n 229._o 229._o vide_fw-la usserii_fw-la brit._n eccles._n antiquate_v page_n 799._o 799._o irenicum_fw-la part_n 2._o ch._n 7._o 7._o antiq._n brit._n eccles._n page_n 809._o 809._o iren._n part_v 2._o ch._n 6._o 6._o page_n 39_o &_o 40._o 40._o de_fw-fr sacramento_n ordinis_fw-la can._n 6._o 6._o de_fw-fr clericiâ—_n cap._n 11._o 11._o fuller_n live_v of_o the_o divine_n divine_n pag._n 24._o et_fw-la sequentibus_fw-la sequentibus_fw-la fund_z charter_n pag_n 26._o spotswood_n hist._n pag._n 316._o 316._o hist._n page_n 257_o 258._o 258._o century_n 16._o page_n 371._o 371._o cald._n hist._n page_n 261._o 261._o hist._n page_n 385._o 385._o ms._n hist._n vol._n 2_o page_z 340._o 340._o history_n of_o the_o house_n of_o douglass_n and_o angus_n page_n 320._o 320._o page_n 333._o 333._o page_n 354._o 354._o page_n 358._o 358._o page_n 192._o 192._o 1_o book_n of_o disc_n head_n 1._o 1._o calderwood_n ms._n hist._n vol._n 2._o page_n 597._o 597._o see_v spotswood_n hist._n page_n 260._o 260._o cald._n ms._n hist._n vol._n 2._o page_n 354_o 354_o see_v page_n 457._o 457._o see_v our_o author_n page_n 207_o 208._o 208._o cald._n ms._n hist._n vol._n 2._o page_n 597._o 597._o page_n 28._o et_fw-la sequentibus_fw-la sequentibus_fw-la epist._n 79._o sed_fw-la &_o istud_fw-la mi_fw-it knox_n sicut_fw-la episcopi_fw-la papatum_fw-la pepereunt_fw-la ita_fw-la psendespiscopos_fw-fr papatus_fw-la reliquias_fw-la epicureismum_fw-la terras_fw-la invecturos_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n hist._n page_n 198_o 199._o 199._o cald._n page_n 3_o 3_o holy_a cheat._n page_n 31_o 32._o 32._o first_o book_n of_o discipline_n head_n first_o first_o can._n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d can._n 14._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sozomen_fw-fr lib._n 1._o cap._n 23._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d socrates_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n spotsw_n hist._n 153._o 174._o 174._o cald._n ms._n hist._n vol._n 2._o page_n 143._o 143._o vide_fw-la epist._n 206._o coxo_fw-la &_o gregalibus_fw-la suis._n suis._n heylin_n cosmography_n page_n 305._o 305._o page_n 108._o et_fw-la sequentibus_fw-la sequentibus_fw-la hist._n page_n 174._o 174._o hist._n pag._n 266._o 266._o see_v l'estrange_n holy_a cheat._n page_n 31._o 31._o pag._n 133._o 133._o head_n 5._o 5._o hist._n page_n 158._o 158._o page_n 143_o &_o sequentes_fw-la sequentes_fw-la page_n 174._o 174._o page_n 344._o 344._o cald._n ms._n hist._n vol._n 2._o page_n 489._o 489._o ibid._n page_n