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clergy_n and_o people_n from_o the_o bishop_n but_o schism_n of_o a_o more_o dangerous_a and_o scandalous_a nature_n betwixt_o rival_n pope_n and_o their_o party_n when_o there_o be_v several_a pretender_n to_o the_o chair_n of_o st._n peter_n and_o some_o adhere_v to_o this_o pope_n and_o some_o to_o that_o thus_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o valentinian_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o pope_n liberius_n the_o clergy_n and_o people_n of_o rome_n be_v divide_v in_o the_o choice_n of_o a_o bishop_n to_o succeed_v he_o the_o holy_a part_n of_o the_o people_n which_o adhere_v to_o liberius_n in_o his_o banishment_n against_o the_o perjure_a and_o usurp_a pope_n felix_n be_v convene_v by_o vrsinus_n amantius_n and_o lupus_n choose_v ursicinas_n choose_v alias_o ursicinas_n vrsinus_n but_o the_o perjure_a part_n of_o the_o clergy_n which_o break_v the_o solemn_a oath_n they_o have_v make_v not_o to_o choose_v a_o bishop_n during_o the_o banishment_n of_o liberius_n and_o that_o part_n of_o the_o 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oxford-edition_n of_o faustinus_n and_o if_o he_o please_v to_o consult_v it_o there_o he_o will_v find_v all_o that_o i_o have_v write_v and_o some_o more_o remarkable_a passage_n which_o for_o brevity_n sake_n i_o think_v fit_a to_o omit_v i_o know_v very_o well_o that_o baronius_n have_v say_v all_o he_o can_v to_o render_v this_o account_n suspect_v because_o it_o invalidate_n the_o title_n of_o damasus_n and_o interrupt_v the_o lawful_a succession_n to_o st._n peter_n chair_n first_o he_o plead_v that_o marcellinus_n and_o faustinus_n be_v heretic_n and_o that_o their_o testimony_n be_v no_o more_o to_o be_v believe_v than_o the_o testimony_n of_o thief_n against_o those_o they_o have_v rob_v but_o be_v the_o luciferian_a heresy_n so_o call_v a_o heresy_n indeed_o credentes_fw-la indeed_o august_n de_fw-fr heres_fw-la ad_fw-la quodv_n luciferianos_n a_o larcifero_n caralitano_fw-it episcopo_fw-la exortos_fw-la &_o celeriter_fw-la nominatos_fw-la nec_fw-la epiphanius_n nec_fw-la philaster_n inter_fw-la hereticos_fw-la posuiticredo_fw-la tantummodo_fw-la schisma_fw-la non_fw-la haeresin_fw-la eos_fw-la condidisse_fw-la credentes_fw-la st._n augustine_n observe_v that_o neither_o epiphanius_n nor_o philastrius_n put_v the_o luciferian_o in_o the_o number_n of_o heretic_n and_o be_v very_o willing_a to_o excuse_v they_o from_o heresy_n or_o if_o it_o be_v a_o heresy_n be_v it_o of_o such_o a_o nature_n as_o to_o deprave_v and_o infatuate_a the_o soul_n of_o man_n and_o to_o deprive_v they_o at_o once_o both_o of_o truth_n and_o common_a sense_n in_o make_v of_o they_o write_v a_o heap_n of_o lie_n to_o the_o emperor_n while_o damasus_n be_v alive_a with_o many_o more_o eye-witness_n of_o the_o schism_n who_o they_o may_v conclude_v will_v have_v public_o expose_v their_o account_n if_o it_o have_v be_v false_a be_v not_o lucifer_n himself_o a_o very_a holy_a and_o excellent_a person_n notwithstanding_o the_o severity_n of_o his_o opinion_n and_o a_o great_a 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