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de_fw-fr melâ—â—_n de_fw-fr l'an_n 158â—_n art_n 9_o edict_n de_fw-fr cremien_fw-fr art_n 9_o edict_n du_fw-fr moiis_fw-la de_fw-mi juin_v de_fw-fr l'an_n 1559._o edict_n de_fw-fr juillet_n de_fw-fr l'an_n 1578._o ordoâ—â—du_fw-fr 17._o may_v 1â—82_n ill_a effect_n of_o exemption_n cap._n 2._o sess._n 24._o in_o aliâ—â—_n can._n 2._o sess._n 8._o â—â—il_n durant_n tit._n 5._o prim_fw-la part_n tract_n de_fw-fr modo_fw-la celebrandi_fw-la conc._n general_n bernard_n lib._n 2._o the_o considerate_a ad_fw-la eugenium_fw-la petrus_n de_fw-it alliaco_fw-it ca._n 2._o the_o reform_a eccles._n johan._n de_fw-fr paris_n in_o tractat_fw-la de_fw-fr potestat_fw-la reg._n &_o pap._n c._n 19_o guil._n durant_n eod_a loc_n exemption_n ancient_o complain_v of_o can._n ult_n &_o ibi_fw-la glos_fw-la do_v 89_o can._n ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la 16._o q._n 1._o can_v licea_n do_v 45._o can_n omnes_fw-la basilicae_fw-la 16._o q._n 7._o can_n si_fw-la quis_fw-la abbas_n can_v cognovimuâ—_n can_v in_o nullo_n can_v monasteria_fw-la can_v visitandi_fw-la can_v non_fw-la semel_fw-la 18._o q._n 2._o 10._o q._n 1._o per_fw-la totam_fw-la can_n qui_fw-la veer_fw-la 16._o q._n 1._o &_o can_v sacrae_fw-la â—ad_n cause_n q._n 2._o can_n elâ—ateriuâ—_n &_o can_v serâ—itium_fw-la 18._o q._n 2._o can_n in_o venditionib_n 17._o q._n 4._o can_n abbatib_n 12._o qâ—_n 2._o cap._n de_fw-fr synodoch_fw-fr ext_fw-la de_fw-fr religio_fw-la domib_fw-la cap._n per_fw-la tuas_fw-la cap._n omnis_fw-la cap._n quod_fw-la super_fw-la he_o de_fw-fr maior_fw-la &_o oâ—ed_v marsilius_n patavinus_n in_o def_n pac._n partâ—_n 2._o cap._n 24._o nicol._n de_fw-fr cleâ—_n in_o libello_fw-la de_fw-fr ruâ—â—_n et_fw-la reparat_fw-la eccles._n five_o de_fw-fr corrupto_fw-la eccles._n statu_fw-la cap_n 31._o johan_n gerson_n 1._o part_n in_o declarat_fw-la deâ—ectuum_fw-la virâ—â—_n eccles._n num_fw-la 70._o cap_n 2._o sess._n 24._o in_o aliis_fw-la can_n 2._o sess._n 8._o jurisdiction_n over_o exempt_v person_n unjust_o usurp_v by_o the_o pope_n sess._n 6._o cap._n 3._o petrus_n ribadeneira_n lib._n 3._o de_fw-la vita_fw-la ignatii_n cap._n 21._o council_n of_o trent_n give_v the_o pope_n power_n to_o pardon_v criminal_o sess._n 13._o cap._n 5._o in_o aliis_fw-la sess._n 3â—_n can_v 4._o &_o 5._o vid._n titulos_fw-la de_fw-la poenitentiis_fw-la &_o 〈…〉_z lib._n 5._o decretal_a in_o extravagants_n cap._n super_fw-la literis_fw-la extra_fw-la de_fw-fr rescript_n the_o pope_n have_v not_o power_n to_o pardon_v criminal_o leâ—_n rescrip_n c._n the_o precibâ—_n imp._n offer_n gratian._n cause_n 25._o q._n 1._o in_o fin_n bellarm._n tom._n 1_o controver_n 2._o lib._n 4._o cap._n 24._o benedict_n in_o cap._n raynutius_n in_o verb._n et_fw-la uxor_fw-la nom_fw-fr adilus_fw-la papon_n tit_n de_fw-fr grac._n art_n chap._n 15._o et_fw-la 16._o des_fw-fr libertez_fw-fr de_fw-fr l'eglise_fw-fr gallic_n conc._n trident._n sess._n 25._o cap._n 20._o pope_n decree_n arâ—â—surpâ—tions_n many_o of_o they_o noâ—_n receive_v besâ—â—râ—_n the_o trent_n council_n nicholas_n â—usan_n 2._o c._n 11._o alberiâ—us_fw-fr de_fw-fr rosate_fw-it in_o l._n beneâ—a_fw-la â—enone_fw-la c._n de_fw-fr quadâ—iâ—â—_n praescrip_n aventinus_n lâ—_n 7._o anâ—al_v boâ—orum_n marsilius_n in_o 2._o part_n def_n paâ—_n c_o 5._o &_o 6._o idem_fw-la part_n â—_o cap_n 23._o by_o what_o the_o grease_n pope_n have_v usurp_v over_o prince_n by_o their_o decree_n pop_n decretal_n why_o call_v canon_n law_n much_o of_o they_o supposititiotis_fw-la gregorius_n haymburg_n in_o confut_o primate_n pap._n 2._o confi_fw-la l._n princip_n nicolaus_n 1_o in_o epist_n ad_fw-la archiepise_v 〈◊〉_d episcopos_fw-la galliae_fw-la quoe_v extat_n to._n 3._o biblioth_n patruâ—_fw-la et_fw-la in_fw-la can_v si_fw-mi romanorum_fw-la do_v 19_o with_fw-mi can._n de_fw-la libellis_fw-la do_v 2d_o the_o injustice_n and_o multitude_n of_o pope_n decree_n decree_n etc._n etc._n matth_n paris_n in_o henrico_n 3._o p._n 798._o et_fw-fr matth._n westmonast_n â—n_v in_o 2._o part_n sub_fw-la ann_n 1247._o p._n 217._o cordinalis_fw-la de_fw-fr alliaco_fw-it in_o tract_n de_fw-la reformat_fw-la eccles_n consâ—d_n 2._o p._n 205._o nicol._n de_fw-fr clem._n in_o l._n deruina_fw-la &_o reparat_fw-la eccles._n du_n tillet_n en_fw-fr l'_fw-fr advis_fw-fr sur_fw-fr les_fw-fr libertez_fw-fr de_fw-fr l'_fw-fr eglisâ—_n gallicane_n p._n 5._o the_o ignorance_n eâ—â—oâ—s_n â—nd_v injust_o of_o pope_n decree_n etc._n etc._n catalogus_fw-la testium_fw-la uâ—râ—t_fw-la 1._o p._n 49â—_n bugnon_fw-fr liurâ—_fw-fr 1._o chap._n 4._o pope_n decree_n usuage_v â—ver_o civil_a lâ—wes_n the_o worst_a pope_n author_n of_o the_o decret_o etc._n etc._n etc._n alphonsus_n de_fw-fr castro_n in_o exord_n do_v 20._o hostiensis_n joannes_n andrâ—as_n cardinalis_fw-la florentinus_n in_o can_n ult_n extra_n de_fw-mi precar_fw-mi albericus_n in_o lexico_fw-la in_o verbo_fw-la gratian._n felin_n in_o c._n 2._o the_o rescript_n petrus_n de_fw-fr ferrariis_fw-la in_o tit_n forma_fw-la inquisit_a super_fw-la verbâ—_n haeâ—_n est_fw-la quae_v boerius_fw-la decis_fw-la 109._o &_o alii_fw-la ciâ—tati_fw-la à _fw-la tiraquel_n la_o in_o tract_n de_fw-fr nobilit_fw-la cap._n 31._o num_fw-la â—3_n francis_n duarenus_n in_o prolâ—_n lib._n the_o minist_n eccles._n eccles._n stanislaus_n hosius_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la legitim_fw-la judic_fw-la judic_fw-la vid._n tiraquellem_fw-la in_o tract_n de_fw-fr nobilit_fw-la cap_n 31._o num_fw-la 537._o platina_n in_o greg._n 9_o blondus_n &_o platina_n cap._n roman_n de_fw-fr jurejur_fw-fr in_o clementin_n martinus_n polonus_n lib_n 4._o in_o clement_n 5._o sub_fw-la ann_n 1513._o mutius_n german_n chron._n lib._n 24._o et_fw-la albertus_n argentinensis_n in_o chron._n trent_n council_n unjust_o give_v the_o pope_n power_n over_o all_o book_n nau._n ler._n tom_n 2._o generate_v 44._o council_n trid._n sess._n 23._o sub_fw-la fin_n book_n condemn_v write_v in_o defence_n of_o secular_a prince_n tight_n what_o book_n prohibit_v by_o papist_n &_o why_o bull_n de_fw-fr coena_fw-la domini_fw-la how_o injurious_a to_o lay_v magistrate_n vid._n collectionem_fw-la diversarii_fw-la constitution_n romanorum_fw-la pontificum_fw-la insine_fw-la et_fw-la eclogam_fw-la bullarum_fw-la &_o motuum_fw-la propriorum_fw-la pag._n 316._o pope_n ball_n injurious_a to_o the_o gâ—lliâ—ane_a â—_z â—_z cap._n 2._o ejusd_v bullae_fw-la bullae_fw-la cap._n 11_o ejusd_v bullae_fw-la this_o council_n wherein_o derogatory_o to_o prince_n prince_n grievance_n against_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n decree_n council_n trid._n cap._n 15._o sess._n 7._o sess._n 21._o c._n 4._o sess._n 24._o c._n 13._o sess._n 22._o c._n 8.9_o sess._n 22._o c._n 10._o sess._n 22._o c._n 11._o sess._n 24_o can_n 19_o sess._n 24._o cap._n 7._o sess._n 24._o c._n 8._o sess._n 25._o c._n 9_o sess._n 25._o c._n 5._o sess._n 25._o c._n 19_o epist._n 1_o ad_fw-la corinth_n c._n 9_o v._n 11._o john_n 1._o 8._o john_n 6._o thâ—_n clâ—â—gy_n prove_v to_o be_v under_o thâ—_n jurisdictâ—onâ—f_a 〈◊〉_d lâ—ke_v 12_o mâ—tth_n 2d_o mâ—tth_n 17._o iâ—hn_n 19_o lâ—keâ—2_n â—2_z 2_o ad_fw-la timoth._n rom._n 13._o â—ct_n 25._o ambros._n vid._n marâ—il_n pag._n 15â—_n gloss._n secund_a august_n marsiâ—_n pag._n 150._o châ—ysost_n lib._n â—_o dialog_n cap._n 3._o claudius_n espâ—â—seus_fw-la theologus_fw-la â—arisiens_fw-la in_o comment_n in_o â—pisâ—_n ad_fw-la â—â—â—um_fw-la cap_n 3_o digs_z 10_o jurisdiction_n over_o clerk_n various_a by_o the_o imperial_a law_n l._n 2._o c._n de_fw-fr episc_fw-fr audient_fw-la l._n qui_fw-la mos._n c._n theod._n de_fw-fr episc_fw-fr eccles._n et_fw-fr cler._n l_o ult_n c._n theod._n eod_a l_o ult_n c._n theod._n de_fw-fr episc_fw-la judic_fw-la l._n cum_fw-la clericiâ—_n c._n de_fw-fr episc_fw-fr &_o cler._n l._n decernimus_fw-la c._n de_fw-fr episc_fw-fr audi_fw-la l._n omnes_fw-la c._n de_fw-fr episc_fw-fr audient_fw-la l._n jubemus_fw-la §_o ome_n c._n de_fw-fr episc_fw-fr and_o justinian_n novel_a 79._o idem_fw-la novel_a 83._o idem_fw-la novel_a 123_o cap._n 8._o l._n 1._o c._n th._n de_fw-fr episc_fw-fr judie_n sidonius_n epist_n 8._o lib._n 5._o l._n si_fw-mi quis_fw-la ex_fw-la consensu_fw-la c._n de_fw-fr episc_fw-fr audient_fw-la ancient_a law_n do_v not_o bind_v present_a prince_n l._n episc_n c._n eod_n in_o §._o haec_fw-la si_fw-mi quiâ—_n post_fw-la can._n omnes_fw-la caus._n 11._o l_o 1._o carolus_n magnus_n in_o capitul_n lib._n â—_o cap._n 28._o can._n quiâ—unâ—ue_v can._n omnes_fw-la can._n volumus_fw-la caus._n 11_o q._n 1._o cap_n novit_fw-la de_fw-la judiciis_fw-la extraâ—_fw-la francisc._n duarenus_n l._n 1._o de_fw-la sacro_fw-la eccl._n minist_n c._n 2._o ordon_n de_fw-fr l'an_n 1539._o art_n 1.2_o the_o power_n of_o civil_a law_n can._n hoc_fw-la jure_fw-la do_v 8._o church-goods_a dispose_v of_o by_o prince_n l_o 2._o c._n theod._n the_o heretic_n l._n episc._n p._n c._n th._n the_o fid_fw-we cath._n l_o â—uncti_fw-la c_o the_o haeretâ—â—iâ—_n can._n quoniam_fw-la do_v 10._o et_fw-fr can._n cum_fw-la ad_fw-la verum_fw-la do_v 96._o abbas_n vspergensis_n in_o chron._n sub_fw-la ann_n 1116._o council_n tolet._n 3._o ca._n 21._o tom_n 2._o conc_fw-fr pag._n 866._o council_n tolet._n 4._o tom_n 3._o conc._n pag._n 68_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n derive_v fâ—om_n prince_n synod_n suesson_n tom_n 3_o council_n synod_n mogunt_fw-la sub_fw-la rhaban_n c._n 17._o tom_n 3_o conc._n pag._n 836._o d_o bernard_n lib._n 2._o de_fw