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episcopus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ut_fw-la patriarcha_fw-la fuerat_fw-la praefectus_fw-la p._n 178._o quam_fw-la horribilia_fw-la certamina_fw-la &_o contentiones_fw-la moverunt_fw-la hi_o duo_fw-la episcopi_fw-la de_fw-la primatu_fw-la ut_fw-la facile_fw-la judicari_fw-la posset_n spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la authorem_fw-la huius_fw-la instituti_fw-la alia_fw-la habet_fw-la episcopus_fw-la long_o potiora_fw-la quae_fw-la agate_n quam_fw-la sunt_fw-la hi_o pueriles_fw-la &_o inepti_fw-la ludi_fw-la praemonemur_fw-la quod_fw-la concilia_fw-la prorsus_fw-la nihil_fw-la novi_fw-la debent_fw-la comminisci_fw-la vel_fw-la tradere_fw-la de_fw-fr council_n ephes_n p._n 180_o 181._o excesserant_fw-la jam_fw-la è_fw-la vivis_fw-la sancti_fw-la patres_fw-la &_o illi_fw-la optimi_fw-la episcopi_fw-la s._n ambrose_n s._n martinus_n s._n hieronymus_n s._n augustinus_n qui_fw-la eo_fw-la ipso_fw-la anno_fw-la quo_fw-la synodus_fw-la coacta_fw-la est_fw-la mortuus_fw-la est_fw-la 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