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in_o the_o church_n of_o the_o bless_a alibi_fw-la bless_a considentibus_fw-la in_o sanctiss_fw-la eccles_n quae_fw-la appellatur_fw-la maria_fw-la to_z 2._o act_n ephes_n conc_fw-fr ca._n 1._o &_o saepe_fw-la alibi_fw-la virgin_n who_o son_n they_o profess_v to_o be_v true_o god_n the_o latter_a in_o a_o inn_n b._n inn_n johanne_n in_o diversorio_n manente_fw-la sacraque_fw-la illius_fw-la synodo_fw-la praesente_fw-la act._n ephe._n conc_fw-fr to_o 3._o ca._n 1._o cum_fw-la vix_fw-la curru_fw-la dissilijsset_fw-la johannes_n cubiculunque_fw-la ingressus_fw-la esset_fw-la apol._n cyril_n ad_fw-la imper._n to_o 5_o ca._n 2._o pa._n 827._o b._n or_o tavern_n a_o fit_a place_n for_o they_o who_o deny_v christ_n to_o be_v god_n the_o former_a proceed_v in_o all_o respect_n orderly_a and_o synodally_n as_o be_v fit_a and_o requisite_a that_o they_o shall_v the_o latter_a do_v all_o thing_n tumultuous_o ibid._n tumultuous_o johannes_n cum_fw-la suis_fw-la nullam_fw-la omnino_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la leges_fw-la ecclesiasticas_fw-la vel_fw-la per._n augustorum_n decretum_fw-la potestatem_fw-la obtinuit_fw-la libel_n cyril_n et_fw-fr mem._n oblatus_fw-la we_o synodo_fw-la to_o 4._o act._n ca._n 2._o johannes_n omni_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la authoritate_fw-la proculcata_fw-la omnique_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la ordine_fw-la &_o ritu_fw-la &_o consuetudine_fw-la contempta_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid._n quae_fw-la temere_fw-la vaneque_fw-la fuerant_fw-la nugati_fw-la quaeque_fw-la praeter_fw-la omnem_fw-la canonum_fw-la ordinem_fw-la ediderant_fw-la etc._n etc._n epist_n synod_n ad_fw-la imp._n to_o 4._o ca._n 8._o quod_fw-la contra_fw-la leges_fw-la et_fw-la canon_n omnemque_fw-la ordinem_fw-la perpetrarunt_fw-la ibid._n presumptuous_o and_o against_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n support_v themselves_o only_a by_o lie_n calumny_n and_o slanderous_a report_n in_o a_o word_n the_o former_a be_v true_o a_o holy_a a_o general_a a_o ecumenical_a 17._o ecumenical_a omnes_fw-la orientales_fw-la atque_fw-la occidentales_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la legatos_fw-la sacerdâ—tali_fw-la huic_fw-la concessui_fw-la intersunt_fw-la act._n ephes_n to_o 2._o ca._n 16._o quod_fw-la à _fw-la nobis_fw-la exijt_fw-la judicium_fw-la aliud_fw-la nihil_fw-la esse_fw-la quam_fw-la communem_fw-la concordemque_fw-la terrarum_fw-la orbis_fw-la sensum_fw-la atque_fw-la consensum_fw-la ep._n synod_n eph._n conc._n ad_fw-la imp._n to_o 2._o
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