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5._o in_o two_o letter_n which_o he_o write_v to_o the_o african_n he_o make_v a_o decree_n quite_o contrary_a to_o that_o of_o st._n cyprian_n
contradiction_n which_o that_o great_a cardinal_n have_v not_o leisure_n to_o mind_n for_o the_o patriarch_n denis_n speak_v only_o here_o of_o what_o these_o bishop_n have_v do_v under_o the_o pontificate_n of_o pope_n cornelius_n and_o he_o pray_v stephen_n the_o successor_n of_o that_o pope_n not_o to_o use_v they_o harsh_o for_o the_o judgement_n they_o be_v of_o that_o the_o baptism_n of_o heretic_n be_v null_a they_o say_v he_o who_o under_o his_o predecessor_n condemn_v the_o heresy_n of_o novatian_n be_v there_o any_o thing_n clear_a than_o that_o baronius_n without_o mind_v it_o have_v take_v the_o counter-sense_n and_o beside_o denis_n of_o alexandria_n will_v have_v have_v care_v not_o to_o call_v a_o opinion_n which_o he_o believe_v to_o be_v true_a a_o heresy_n firmilian_a then_o and_o the_o asiatic_n persist_v still_o in_o their_o opinion_n as_o well_o as_o st._n cyprian_n the_o african_n and_o their_o successor_n till_o the_o decision_n of_o a_o general_n council_n as_o 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