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〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n tom._n 1._o ep._n 68_o 68_o vind._n ignat._n part._n 2._o page_n 220._o 220._o vind._n ignat._n part._n 2_o page_n 140_o 141._o quasi_fw-la vero_fw-la christiano_n viro_fw-la &_o quidem_fw-la episcopo_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la apostolis_n edocto_fw-la nulla_fw-la supercâ—elestium_fw-la scientia_fw-la competeret_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n bibl._n patrum_fw-la vol._n 1._o page_n 42._o 42._o page_n 33._o 33._o his_o genuine_a epistle_n of_o apostolic_a father_n page_n 149._o 149._o introduct_n ad_fw-la chron._n et_fw-la hist._n sac._n pag._n 127._o 127._o lib._n 6._o cap._n 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n iren._n page_n 298._o 298._o page_n 160._o 160._o lib._n 3._o cap._n 39_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n apolog._n ad_fw-la senatum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n apolog._n ad_fw-la antoninum_fw-la pium_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n euseb._n hist._n eccles._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 14._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n et_fw-la lib._n 5._o cap._n 23._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n euseb._n hist._n eccles._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 24._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n socrates_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 22._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n euseb._n hist._n eccles._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 24._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o notis_fw-la ad_fw-la eusebii_n locum_fw-la locum_fw-la varia_n sacra_fw-la vol._n 2._o page_n 30._o 30._o haeresi_fw-la 29._o nazaraâ—rum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la quem_fw-la quidem_fw-la b._n marcum_fw-la juxta_fw-la ritum_fw-la carnalis_fw-la sacrificii_fw-la pontificalis_fw-la apicis_fw-la petalum_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n euseb_n hist._n eccles._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 23._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ant._n judaie_o lib._n 20._o cap._n 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr christianarum_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la successione_n et_fw-la statu_fw-la page_n 19_o etsi_fw-la enim_fw-la qui_fw-la proximè_fw-la apostolis_n successerunt_fw-la pielate_fw-la cum_fw-la primis_fw-la &_o sanctitate_fw-la excelluisse_fw-la negari_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la certum_fw-la tamen_fw-la est_fw-la neque_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la praecesserunt_fw-la virtutem_fw-la assecutos_fw-la neque_fw-la ita_fw-la simplicem_fw-la ut_fw-la magistri_fw-la eorum_fw-la orationem_fw-la consecutos_fw-la esse_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la rectè_fw-la à _fw-la nicephoro_fw-la notatum_fw-la est_fw-la est_fw-la com._n in._n ep._n prio_fw-la ad_fw-la tim._n cap._n 5._o vnde_fw-la &_o synagoga_fw-la &_o postea_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la seniores_fw-la habuit_fw-la quorum_fw-la sine_fw-la consilio_fw-la nihil_fw-la agebatur_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la quod_fw-la qua_fw-la negligentia_fw-la obsoleverit_fw-la nescio_fw-la nisi_fw-la forte_fw-fr doctorum_fw-la desidia_fw-la aut_fw-la magis_fw-la superbia_fw-la dum_fw-la soli_fw-la volunt_fw-la aliquid_fw-la videri_fw-la videri_fw-la field_n on_o the_o church_n book_n 5._o cap._n 26._o 26._o alt_z dam._n page_n 917._o &_o sequentes_fw-la sequentes_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n ep._n ad_fw-la smyrnaeos_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n ad_fw-la polycarpum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ad_fw-la ephesios_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n ibidem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n ad_fw-la philadelphicos_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n ibidem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n proof_n for_o church_n in_o the_o second_o century_n page_n 28_o 29._o 29._o defence_n of_o diocesan_n episcopacy_n pag._n 37._o and_o 38._o 38._o genuine_a epistle_n of_o the_o apostolic_a father_n page_n 183_o 184._o 184._o dr._n burnet_n on_o the_o 1._o and_o 2._o of_o the_o apost_n can_v page_n 51._o 51._o confer_v page_n 314._o 314._o page_n 106._o 107._o 107._o page_n 108._o 108._o page_n 107._o 107._o page_n 108._o 108._o page_n 109._o 109._o page_n 109_o 110._o 110._o syn._n pap_n contr_n 5._o quest._n 3._o 3._o in_o locum_fw-la locum_fw-la dissert_n 3._o numb_a 25._o etseq_n etseq_n numb_a 37._o eat_v nunc_fw-la de_fw-la rupe_n turpeia_fw-la pontifex_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la apostolis_n loquatur_fw-la linguis_fw-la sp._n s._n exlo_fw-la visibiliter_fw-la arcessat_fw-la virtutes_fw-la simile_n edat_fw-la magnalia_fw-la eadem_fw-la obsignet_fw-la ac_fw-la venerabimur_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la apostolatus_fw-la apicem_fw-la apicem_fw-la numb_a 34._o 34._o numb_a 17._o 17._o in_o epist._n ad_fw-la ephesios_fw-gr cap._n 4._o ver_fw-la 11._o constitutis_fw-la ergo_fw-la his_fw-la hoc_fw-la quoque_fw-la munus_fw-la necessario_fw-la fuit_fw-la sublatum_fw-la itaque_fw-la tyrannica_fw-la hodie_fw-la vox_fw-la est_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la seize_v apostolum_n ex_fw-la successione_n profiteri_fw-la profiteri_fw-la vide_fw-la inter_fw-la alios_fw-la marloratum_fw-la in_o locum_fw-la locum_fw-la numb_a 27._o de_fw-fr matthia_n sort_n id_fw-la est_fw-la divina_fw-la voce_fw-la qualiter_fw-la in_o distributione_n terrae_fw-la in_fw-la segregatione_fw-la hirci_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n vide_fw-la instit._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 3._o 3._o et_fw-la nemo_fw-la sane_fw-la nisi_fw-la plane_n sit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apostolatum_fw-la confuderit_fw-la dico_fw-la igitur_fw-la immediate_a eligi_fw-la &_o vocari_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la ad_fw-la praedicandum_fw-la evangelium_fw-la esse_fw-la essentiale_fw-la ministerio_fw-la apostolatus_fw-la apostolatus_fw-la de_fw-fr primatu_fw-la papae_fw-la lib._n 2._o pag._n 30_o 31._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d page_n 145._o 145._o de_fw-fr pontiff_a romano_n page_n 61._o qua_fw-la igitur_fw-la in_o re_fw-la in_o apostolatu_fw-la videtur_fw-la dicere_fw-la bellarminus_n at_o apostolicam_fw-la potestatem_fw-la nemo_fw-la habere_fw-la potest_fw-la nisi_fw-la qui_fw-la verè_fw-la ac_fw-la proâ—riè_fw-la apostolus_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr pontiff_a rom._n page_n 175_o 176._o quare_fw-la etiam_fw-la olim_fw-la episcopi_fw-la r._n petro_n successerint_fw-la in_o doctrina_fw-la &_o externa_fw-la cathedra_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la in_o apostolatu_fw-la etsi_fw-la successerunt_fw-la at_o posteriores_fw-la pontifices_fw-la nec_fw-la &c_n &c_n &c_n vol._n 1._o page_n 787._o 787._o page_n 745._o 745._o of_o the_o pope_n supremacy_n page_n 78._o 78._o page_n 158._o 158._o alphonsus_n de_fw-fr castro_n adversus_fw-la haereses_fw-la fol._n 102._o bellarm._n de_fw-fr clericis_fw-la cap._n 14._o 14._o tom._n 2._o col._n 1209._o 1209._o synops._n papism_n page_n 236._o 236._o ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la page_n 111._o 111._o page_n 112._o 112._o lib._n 3._o cap._n 37._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n page_n 111._o 111._o in_o locum_fw-la titus_n etiam_fw-la missus_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la abiit_fw-la in_o dalmatiam_fw-la ubi_fw-la finaliter_fw-la fuisse_fw-la episcopus_fw-la dicitur_fw-la dicitur_fw-la page_n 112._o 112._o page_n 107._o 107._o irem_fw-la page_n 302_o 303._o 303._o proâ—em_fw-la in_o tit._n scribit_fw-la ad_fw-la titum_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n hom._n 1._o in_o 1_o tim._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d disp._n 1._o in_o 1_o tim._n dubium_fw-la est_fw-la a_o episcopus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ephesinus_n etc._n etc._n etc._n iren._n page_n 340._o 340._o page_n 117._o 117._o page_n 117._o 117._o et_fw-la angeli_fw-la earum_fw-la ibidem_fw-la non_fw-la debent_fw-la intelligi_fw-la nisi_fw-la aut_fw-la episoopi_n aut_fw-la praepositi_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la nam_fw-la quia_fw-la etiam_fw-la angelus_n nuncius_fw-la interpraetatur_fw-la quicunque_fw-la aut_fw-la episcopus_fw-la aut_fw-la presbyter_n aut_fw-la etiam_fw-la laicus_fw-la frequent_a de_fw-la deo_n loquor_fw-la &_o quomodo_fw-la ad_fw-la vitam_fw-la eternam_fw-la perveniat_fw-la meritò_fw-la angelus_n dei_fw-la dicitur_fw-la dicitur_fw-la comment_fw-fr in_o apocalyps_n cap._n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o cap._n 1._o apoc._n apoc._n in._n cap._n 2._o 2._o confer_v page_n 310._o 310._o confer_v page_n 331._o 331._o in_o philip._n 1._o 1._o 1._o on_o rev._n 4._o compare_v with_o his_o note_n on_o act_n 11._o 11._o lib._n 2._o cap._n 4._o 4._o page_n 31_o 32._o 32._o apud_fw-la wal._n mess._n page_n 96._o 96._o page_n 27._o 27._o page_n 636._o 636._o ir._n page_n 369._o et_fw-fr seq_fw-fr seq_fw-fr prim._n episc._n page_n 7._o et_fw-fr seq_fw-fr seq_fw-fr homil._n 35._o in_o act._n apost_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d iren._n page_n 361._o 361._o conference_n page_n 307_o 308._o 308._o page_n 27._o 27._o page_n 30._o 30._o in_o philip._n 1._o 1._o haeserunt_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la luto_fw-la nonnulli_fw-la catholici_fw-la catholici_fw-la de_fw-fr clericis_fw-la cap._n 15._o 15._o tom._n 2._o col._n 1211._o 1211._o page_n 22._o et_fw-fr seq_fw-fr seq_fw-fr page_n 157_o 158._o 158._o pag._n 158._o 158._o on_o philip._n 1._o 1._o 1._o medulla_n theol._n patrum_fw-la vol._n 1._o lib._n