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p._n 157._o agreement_n pag._n 7._o vind._n p._n 36._o see_v vindication_n of_o the_o defence_n p._n 329_o etc._n etc._n episcopatus_fw-la unus_fw-la est_fw-la cujus_fw-la a_o singulis_fw-la in_o solidum_fw-la pars_fw-la tenetur_fw-la cypr._n de_fw-fr unitate_fw-la see_v the_o defence_n p._n 208._o etc._n etc._n unus_n episcopatus_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la multorum_fw-la concordi_fw-la numerositate_fw-la diffusus_fw-la cypr._n add_v antonian_a ep._n 52._o pam._n quando_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la quae_fw-la catholica_fw-la una_fw-la est_fw-la scissa_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la neque_fw-la divisa_fw-la sed_fw-la fit_a utique_fw-la connexa_fw-la &_o cohaerentium_fw-la sibi_fw-la inuicem_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la glutino_fw-la copu_fw-la lata_fw-la cytr_n ep._n 69._o ad_fw-la florentium_fw-la pupianum_fw-la cypr._n ad_fw-la ste_n phan_n ep._n 67._o vindic._n p._n 124_o etc._n etc._n episcopi_fw-la nec_fw-la potestatem_fw-la habere_fw-la potest_fw-la nec_fw-la honorem_fw-la qui_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la nec_fw-la unitatem_fw-la tenere_fw-la voluit_fw-la nec_fw-la pacem_fw-la cypr._n ad_fw-la anton._n ep._n 52._o agreement_n p._n 13._o vindic._n p._n 195._o 196._o vindic._n p._n 396._o maximè_fw-la cum_fw-la jampridem_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la omnino_fw-la episcopis_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la mundo_fw-la constitutis_fw-la etiam_fw-la cornelius_n collega_n noster_fw-la decreverit_fw-la cypr._n cp_n 68_o pam._n cum_fw-la quo_fw-la nobis_fw-la totus_fw-la orbis_fw-la commercio_fw-la formatarum_fw-la in_o unâ_fw-la communionis_fw-la societate_fw-la concordat_fw-la opt._n l._n 2._o see_v vindicat._n p._n 131._o etc._n etc._n cassand_n consult_v de_fw-fr pontifice_fw-la rom._n agreem_v p._n 18._o etc._n etc._n marcae_fw-la per_fw-la archiepiscopum_fw-la burdegalensem_fw-la regis_fw-la nomine_fw-la imperatur_fw-la ut_fw-la adversus_fw-la â—â—nc_fw-la libellum_fw-la optati_fw-la galli_n scribut_fw-la sed_fw-la ea_fw-la mâ—thodo_fw-la ne_fw-la libertates_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la â—â—llicanae_fw-la quas_fw-la per_fw-la latus_fw-la non_fw-la occultè_fw-la petebat_fw-la optatus_n aliquam_fw-la paterentur_fw-la injuriam_fw-la quinimo_fw-la id_fw-la sedulo_fw-la ageret_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la intelligerent_fw-la libertates_fw-la illas_fw-la nihil_fw-la â—etrahere_fw-la de_fw-la reverentia_fw-la quae_fw-la debetur_fw-la romanae_fw-la sedi_fw-la quam_fw-la prâ—_n cunctis_fw-la semper_fw-la nationibus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d constantissimè_fw-la retinuerunt_fw-la baluz_fw-fr vita_fw-la petr._n de_fw-fr mar._n agreement_n p._n 33._o offendit_fw-la tamen_fw-la quis_fw-la crederet_fw-la hic_fw-la libre_fw-la romana_fw-la ingenia_fw-la nullam_fw-la aliam_fw-la ob_fw-la causam_fw-la ut_fw-la marca_n existimabat_fw-la quam_fw-la quòd_fw-la in_o front_n operis_fw-la admoneret_fw-la hîc_fw-la agi_fw-la de_fw-la libertatibus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la gallicanae_n unde_fw-la romanis_n quorum_fw-la aures_fw-la teneritudine_fw-la quâ—dam_fw-la plus_fw-la trahuntur_fw-la promptum_fw-la suis_fw-la sibi_fw-la persuadere_fw-la illum_fw-la libertati_fw-la ecclesiasticae_fw-la adversari_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la libertatibus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la gallicanae_n proh_o nefas_n agebat_fw-la ex_fw-la professo_fw-la baluz_fw-fr in_o vita_fw-la petri_n de_fw-fr marca_n p_o 9_o agreement_n p._n 61._o the_o catholic_n hierarchy_n p._n 77._o agree_v p._n 62._o hierar_fw-it p._n 77._o agree_v p._n 65._o hierar_fw-it p._n 77._o agreem_v p._n 67._o cath._n hierar_n p._n 79._o agreement_n p._n 61._o cath._n hierar_n p._n 80_o 81._o agree_v p._n 74._o hierar_fw-it p._n 83._o cypr._n ep._n 55._o ad_fw-la cornelium_n agreem_v p._n 77._o etc._n etc._n cath._n hier._n p._n 85._o etc._n etc._n agreem_v p._n 80._o cath._n hier._n p._n â—7_n agreem_v p._n 81._o cath._n hier._n p._n 87._o agreem_v p._n 84._o cath._n hier._n p._n 89._o vetus_fw-la troth_fw-mi decrâ—tum_fw-la ne_o 〈◊〉_d deus_fw-la ab_fw-la imperatore_n consecraretur_fw-la nisi_fw-la a_o senatâ—_n probatus_fw-la apud_fw-la vos_fw-la de_fw-la humano_fw-la arbitratu_fw-la divinitas_fw-la peâ—sitatur_fw-la nisi_fw-la homini_fw-la deus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d deus_fw-la nonerit_fw-la homo_fw-la jam_fw-la deo_fw-la propitius_fw-la esse_fw-la debebit_fw-la tert._n apol._n p._n 6._o paris_n 1664._o agreem_v p._n 85._o cath._n hier._n p._n 8â—_n agreem_v p._n 87._o cath._n hier._n p._n 92._o agreem_v p._n 36._o father_n paul_n history_n of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n b._n 7._o p._n 570_o etc._n etc._n agreem_v p._n 47._o agreem_v p._n 50._o covel_n modest_a examination_n c._n 6._o p._n 55._o ibid._n p._n 56._o p._n 58._o agreem_v p._n 48._o answer_v to_o papist_n prot._n p_o 81._o
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