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to_o do_v it_o and_o be_v due_o catechise_v conformity_n herraud_n bishop_n of_o tover_n in_o his_o capitulary_a of_o the_o year_n 858_o make_v this_o ordnance_n 113._o tom._n 3._o conc._n gall._n cap._n 55._o pag._n 113._o that_o none_o shall_v receive_v any_o at_o the_o baptismal_a fountain_n unless_o he_o know_v by_o heart_n in_o his_o own_o language_n and_o understand_v the_o lord_n prayer_n and_o the_o apostle_n creed_n and_o that_o all_o know_v the_o covenant_n they_o have_v make_v with_o god_n 526._o ibid._n pag._n 526._o the_o six_o cannon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o metz_n prescribe_v the_o same_o in_o substance_n in_o the_o year_n 888_o 615._o tom._n 9_o conc._n pag._n 548._o and_o 615._o cardinal_n borrome_n archbishop_n of_o milan_n in_o the_o four_o and_o five_o council_n which_o he_o there_o cause_v to_o be_v hold_v in_o the_o year_n 1573_o and_o 1579_o order_n the_o very_a same_o mark_v also_o as_o well_o as_o our_o discipline_n the_o age_n of_o fourteen_o year_n and_o to_o observe_v the_o exactness_n of_o our_o discipline_n with_o that_o of_o the_o ancient_n it_o be_v to_o be_v know_v that_o we_o admit_v none_o to_o participate_v of_o the_o holy_a sacrament_n of_o the_o eucharist_n till_o after_o he_o have_v give_v sufficient_a proof_n of_o his_o be_v well-instructed_n and_o of_o his_o knowledge_n in_o the_o mystery_n of_o salvation_n the_o six_o council_n of_o paris_n precedent_n to_o all_o the_o testimony_n i_o have_v hitherto_o cite_v see_v it_o be_v assemble_v in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 829_o this_o council_n complain_v in_o the_o seven_o cannon_n book_n the_o first_o that_o those_o which_o present_v other_o to_o baptism_n 521._o tom._n 2._o conc._n gall._n pag._n 487._o and_o 521._o have_v not_o knowledge_n sufficient_a to_o instruct_v they_o which_o he_o attribute_n to_o the_o negligence_n of_o conductor_n and_o in_o the_o fifty_o four_o cannon_n he_o will_v by_o all_o mean_n have_v they_o teach_v to_o be_v able_a to_o answer_v for_o the_o instruction_n of_o those_o which_o they_o present_v even_o serve_v themselves_o in_o the_o seven_o cannon_n of_o some_o word_n of_o a_o sermon_n of_o st._n augustine_n to_o confirm_v what_o he_o say_v temp._n 163_o de_fw-fr temp._n xi_o those_o which_o be_v suspend_v from_o the_o lord_n supper_n can_v as_o godfather_n present_a child_n to_o be_v baptize_v whilst_o their_o suspension_n hold_v conformity_n this_o same_o council_n of_o paris_n which_o i_o but_o now_o cite_v prohibit_v in_o the_o last_o of_o its_o cannon_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o fifty_o four_o it_o forbid_v those_o which_o for_o some_o crime_n be_v under_o penance_n and_o by_o consequence_n exclude_v from_o the_o sacrament_n not_o to_o present_v any_o body_n at_o baptism_n until_o such_o time_n as_o they_o be_v reconcile_v to_o the_o church_n cardinal_n borrome_n in_o his_o first_o council_n of_o milan_n 453._o tom._n 9_o conc._n