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siquidem_fw-la augusto_fw-la regnante_fw-la dominus_fw-la in_o lucem_fw-la editus_fw-la est_fw-la secundus_fw-la quidem_fw-la ille_fw-la regnavit_fw-la omnes_fw-la autem_fw-la ut_fw-la ita_fw-la dixerim_fw-la homines_fw-la suae_fw-la ditionis_fw-la subiunxit_fw-la 2._o omnemque_fw-la terrarum_fw-la orbem_fw-la ut_fw-la evangelii_n testantur_fw-la descripsit_fw-la tributumque_fw-la imperavit_fw-la 27._o regnum_fw-la igitur_fw-la romanorum_fw-la quod_fw-la illo_fw-la obtinent_fw-la viguit_fw-la usque_fw-la adhuc_fw-la permansit_fw-la therefore_o the_o pope_n and_o romish_a prelate_n be_v then_o all_o subject_n to_o not_o paramount_n the_o emperor_n as_o he_o resolve_v in_o his_o interpretatio_fw-la in_o epist_n ad_fw-la romanos_fw-la c._n 13._o omnis_fw-la anima_fw-la potestatibus_fw-la sublimioribus_fw-la subdita_fw-la sit_fw-la sibi_fw-la est_fw-la sacerdos_n aliquis_fw-la sive_fw-la antistes_fw-la sive_fw-la monasticam_fw-la vitam_fw-la professus_fw-la iis_fw-la cedat_fw-la 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pontifician_n will_v conclude_v with_o 440._o ennodius_n his_o censure_n of_o they_o successores_fw-la petri_n una_fw-la cum_fw-la sedis_fw-la privilegiis_fw-la peccandi_fw-la quoque_fw-la licentiam_fw-la accepisse_fw-la it_o be_v the_o memorable_a say_n of_o 16._o prosper_n aquitanicus_n that_o as_o it_o be_v the_o will_n of_o god_n ut_fw-la evangelium_fw-la christi_fw-la totus_fw-la mundus_fw-la audiret_fw-la &_o in_o eas_fw-la gentes_fw-la quae_fw-la remotiores_fw-la sunt_fw-la long_o lateque_fw-la percurreret_fw-la to_o effect_v this_o design_n ad_fw-la cujus_fw-la rei_fw-la effectum_fw-la credimus_fw-la providentia_fw-la dei_fw-la romani_fw-la regni_fw-la latitudinem_fw-la praeparatam_fw-la ut_fw-la nationes_fw-la vocatae_fw-la ad_fw-la vnitatem_fw-la corporis_fw-la christi_fw-la prius_fw-la jure_fw-la unius_fw-la consociarentur_fw-la imperii_fw-la most_o of_o they_o turn_v christian_n when_o constantine_n the_o great_a and_o other_o emperor_n embrace_v and_o propagate_v the_o 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