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other_o reverend_a bishop_n not_o acquaint_v you_o with_o that_o matter_n whereas_o the_o judgement_n of_o bishop_n and_o final_a determination_n of_o their_o principal_a cause_n by_o the_o decree_n of_o our_o father_n do_v in_o honour_n of_o bless_a s._n peter_n belong_v unto_o your_o sea_n be_v not_o this_o a_o most_o plain_a aknowledgment_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n command_a authority_n over_o the_o church_n of_o africa_n and_o because_o no_o exception_n can_v be_v just_o take_v either_o against_o pope_n damasus_n learning_n and_o integrity_n or_o against_o his_o writing_n who_o secretary_n sometime_o be_v s._n hierome_n i_o will_v set_v down_o his_o answer_n unto_o the_o say_a african_a bishop_n these_o be_v his_o word_n oportet_fw-la exit_fw-la epistola_fw-la 4._o damasi_fw-la ad_fw-la eundem_fw-la stephanum_n &_o ad_fw-la concilia_fw-la africa_n nos_fw-la qui_fw-la supra_fw-la domum_fw-la eius_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la universalem_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la catholicam_fw-la 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you_o such_o a_o one_o in_o our_o time_n cessuros_fw-la exit_fw-la epist_n 92._o inter_v ep_n d._n aug._n quia_fw-la te_fw-la dominus_fw-la gratiae_fw-la suae_fw-la precipuo_fw-la munere_fw-la in_o sede_fw-la apostolica_fw-la collocavit_fw-la talemque_fw-la nostris_fw-la temporibus_fw-la praestitit_fw-la ut_fw-la nobis_fw-la potius_fw-la ad_fw-la culpam_fw-la negligentia_fw-la valeat_fw-la si_fw-la apud_fw-la tuam_fw-la venerationem_fw-la quae_fw-la pro_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la suggerenda_fw-la sunt_fw-la tacâ—erimus_fw-la quam_fw-la ea_fw-la tu_fw-la pos_fw-la be_v vel_fw-la fastidiose_fw-la vel_fw-la negligenter_n accipere_fw-la magnis_fw-la periculis_fw-la infirmorum_fw-la membrorum_fw-la christi_fw-la pastoralem_fw-la diligentiam_fw-la quaesumus_fw-la aâ—hibere_fw-la digneris_fw-la etc._n etc._n multo_fw-la plures_fw-la qui_fw-la eius_fw-la sensuo_fw-la diligentius_fw-la indagare_fw-la potuerunt_fw-la adversus_fw-la eum_fw-la progratia_fw-la christi_fw-la et_fw-la catholicae_fw-la 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pastoral_a diligence_n unto_o the_o weak_a member_n of_o christ_n etc._n etc._n many_o other_o that_o can_v trace_v out_o the_o error_n of_o pelagius_n have_v enter_v the_o combat_n with_o he_o in_o defence_n of_o the_o grace_n of_o christ_n &_o of_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o catholic_a faith_n namely_o your_o holy_a son_n our_o brother_n &_o fellow_n priest_n hierome_n but_o through_o the_o mercy_n of_o christ_n who_o will_v vouchsafe_v to_o hear_v you_o pray_v &_o direct_v you_o give_v counsel_n we_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o they_o will_v soon_o yield_v unto_o the_o authority_n of_o your_o holiness_n be_v derive_v from_o the_o authority_n of_o holy_a scripture_n this_o epistle_n be_v record_v among_o s._n augustine_n so_o be_v another_o of_o that_o council_n hold_v at_o carthage_n about_o the_o same_o time_n wherein_o the_o bishop_n of_o africa_n write_v thus_o to_o the_o same_o pope_n holy_a lord_n and_o brother_n we_o have_v think_v good_a to_o relate_v to_o you_o what_o we_o have_v do_v corrigenda_fw-la exit_fw-la epist_n xc_o inter_fw-la d._n aug._n epistolas_fw-la hoc_fw-la itaque_fw-la gestum_fw-la domine_fw-la frater_fw-la sancte_fw-la charitati_fw-la tuus_fw-la intimandum_fw-la duximus_fw-la ut_fw-la statutis_fw-la nostra_fw-la mediocritatis_fw-la etiam_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la sedis_fw-la adhibeatur_fw-la autoritas_fw-la pro_fw-la tuenda_fw-la salute_v multorum_fw-la &_o quorundam_fw-la perversitate_fw-la etiam_fw-la corrigenda_fw-la that_o unto_o the_o decree_n of_o our_o mediocrity_n may_v be_v adjoin_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o sea_n apostolic_a aswell_o for_o the_o preserve_n of_o many_o man_n salvation_n as_o for_o the_o correct_v of_o some_o person_n depravation_n by_o both_o which_o epistle_n we_o may_v easy_o perceive_v how_o the_o african_a bishop_n esteem_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n to_o be_v the_o sea_n apostolic_a to_o be_v that_o head_n church_n unto_o which_o the_o affair_n of_o high_a nature_n be_v to_o be_v refer_v that_o it_o have_v pastoral_a charge_n over_o the_o church_n of_o africa_n that_o it_o have_v authority_n warrant_v by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n for_o the_o define_n of_o matter_n of_o faith_n unto_o which_o even_a heretic_n will_v yield_v soon_o than_o unto_o any_o other_o though_o esteem_v never_o so_o learned_a and_o therefore_o they_o send_v the_o decree_n of_o their_o council_n up_o to_o rome_n to_o be_v confirm_v by_o the_o pope_n all_o this_o be_v of_o record_n in_o approve_a african_a counsel_n hold_v about_o the_o same_o time_n and_o by_o the_o same_o person_n that_o be_v at_o that_o other_o african_a council_n what_o reason_n have_v any_o man_n to_o think_v that_o therein_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v forbid_v to_o intermeddle_v in_o their_o affair_n of_o africa_n antistitem_fw-la exit_fw-la epist_n d._n aug._n job_n missae_fw-la sunt_fw-la itaque_fw-la de_fw-la hac_fw-la re_fw-la ex_fw-la duobus_fw-la conciliis_fw-la carthaginensi_fw-la et_fw-la milevitano_fw-it relationes_fw-la ad_fw-la apostolicam_fw-la sedem_fw-la etc._n etc._n scripsimus_fw-la etiam_fw-la ad_fw-la beatae_fw-la memoria_fw-la papam_fw-la innocentium_n etc._n etc._n ad_fw-la omne_fw-la nobis_fw-la ipse_fw-la rescripsit_fw-la eodem_fw-la modo_fw-la quofas_fw-la erat_fw-la atque_fw-la oportebat_fw-la apostolica_fw-la sedis_fw-la antistitem_fw-la s._n austin_n himself_o relate_v both_o that_o these_o two_o counsel_n to_o wit_n of_o carthage_n and_o of_o milevitane_n have_v write_v unto_o pope_n innocentius_n and_o further_o do_v assure_v we_o that_o the_o pope_n answer_n to_o they_o be_v sound_a &_o such_o as_o do_v well_o beseem_v the_o sea_n apostolic_a i_o will_v therefore_o be_v bold_a to_o acquaint_v the_o reader_n with_o the_o same_o his_o answer_n these_o be_v his_o word_n you_o do_v
diligent_o prodesse_fw-la exit_fw-la epistola_fw-la 93._o diligenter_n ergo_fw-la &_o congrue_fw-la apostolico_fw-la consulitis_fw-la honori_fw-la honori_fw-la inquam_fw-la illius_fw-la quem_fw-la praeter_fw-la illa_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la extrinsecus_fw-la solicitudo_fw-la manet_fw-la omnium_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la super_fw-la anxijs_fw-la rebus_fw-la quae_fw-la sit_fw-la tenenda_fw-la sententia_fw-la antiqua_fw-la scilicet_fw-la regulae_fw-la formam_fw-la secuti_fw-la quam_fw-la toto_fw-la semper_fw-la ab_fw-la orbe_fw-la mecum_fw-la nostis_fw-la esse_fw-la seruatam_fw-la verum_fw-la haec_fw-la missa_fw-la facere_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la hoc_fw-la vestram_fw-la credo_fw-la latere_fw-la prudentiam_fw-la qui_fw-la id_fw-la etiam_fw-la actione_n firmastis_fw-la scientes_fw-la quod_fw-la per_fw-la omnes_fw-la provincias_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolico_fw-la fonte_fw-la potentibus_fw-la responsa_fw-la semper_fw-la emanant_fw-la praesertim_fw-la quoties_fw-la fidei_fw-la ratio_fw-la 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