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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 s._n hilarius_n s._n eusebius_n &_o simile_n eorumque_fw-la loco_fw-la prorsus_fw-la dissimiles_fw-la patres_fw-la suborti_fw-la fuerant_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la imperator_fw-la theodosius_n amplius_fw-la eligi_fw-la episcopum_fw-la c._n p._n ex_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la vel_fw-la clericis_fw-la civitatis_fw-la c._n p._n nollet_fw-la hanc_fw-la ob_fw-la causam_fw-la quod_fw-la plerumque_fw-la essent_fw-la superbi_fw-la ambitiosi_fw-la morosi_fw-la qui_fw-la movere_fw-la certamina_fw-la &_o tumultus_fw-la in_o ecclesiis_fw-la plerumque_fw-la tolerent_fw-la p._n 182._o cumjam_fw-la videret_fw-la nestorius_n tantas_fw-la turbas_fw-la ortas_fw-la ex_fw-la corruptela_fw-la multiplici_fw-la gemens_fw-la prorupit_fw-la in_o haec_fw-la verba_fw-la tollamus_fw-la è_fw-la medio_fw-la omnes_fw-la ambiguitates_fw-la quae_fw-la primum_fw-la praebuerunt_fw-la occasiones_fw-la istis_fw-la certaminibus_fw-la &_o fateamur_fw-la palam_fw-la mariam_n recte_fw-la vocari_fw-la matrem_fw-la dei._n sed_fw-la 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