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order_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o authority_n ecclesiastical_a shall_v presume_v so_o far_o 167._o sipro_fw-la errore_fw-la homines_fw-la tanta_fw-la prasumunt_fw-la quanto_fw-la magis_fw-la aequâ—_n est_fw-la et_fw-la oportet_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la pacis_fw-la et_fw-la unitatis_fw-la christianae_n asserunt_fw-la veritatem_fw-la omnibus_fw-la etiam_fw-la dissimulantibus_fw-la et_fw-la cobibentibus_fw-la manifestam_fw-la satagere_fw-la instanter_fw-la atque_fw-la impigrè_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la pro_fw-la eorum_fw-la munimine_fw-la qui_fw-la jam_fw-la catholici_fw-la sunt_fw-la verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la pro_fw-la corum_fw-la correctione_n qui_fw-la nondum_fw-la sunt_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la pertina_fw-la cia_fw-la insuperabilis_fw-la vires_fw-la habere_fw-la conatur_fw-la quantas_fw-la debet_fw-la habere_fw-la constantia_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la bono_fw-mi quod_fw-la perseveranter_fw-la atque_fw-la infatigabiliter_fw-la agit_fw-fr et_fw-fr deo_fw-la placere_fw-la 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