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to_o be_v build_v 71._o build_v cyprianus_n deus_fw-la unused_a &_o christus_fw-la unus_fw-la et_fw-la una_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la et_fw-la cathedra_fw-la una_fw-la super_fw-la petrum_fw-la domini_fw-la voce_fw-la fundata_fw-la epist_n 40._o petrus_n supra_fw-la quem_fw-la aedificata_fw-la ab_fw-la eodem_fw-la domino_fw-la fuerat_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la epistola_fw-la 55._o loquor_fw-la hic_fw-la petrus_n super_fw-la quem_fw-la aedificata_fw-la fuit_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la epist_n 69._o petrus_n quem_fw-la primum_fw-la dominus_fw-la elegit_fw-la et_fw-la super_fw-la quem_fw-la aedificavit_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la svam_fw-la etc_fw-la epist_n 71._o s._n cyprian_n our_o lord_n choose_v peter_n to_o be_v the_o chief_a upon_o who_o he_o build_v his_o church_n which_o he_o repeat_v very_o often_o operis_fw-la often_o ambrose_n serm_n 2._o de_fw-la sanctis_fw-la petrus_n pro_fw-la soliditate_fw-la devotionis_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la petra_fw-la dicitur_fw-la sicut_fw-la ait_fw-la dominus_fw-la tu_fw-la 〈◊〉_d petrus_n &_o super_fw-la hanc_fw-la petram_fw-la aedificabo_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la meam_fw-la petra_fw-la enim_fw-la dicitur_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la primus_fw-la in_o nationibus_fw-la fidei_fw-la fundamenta_fw-la posuerit_fw-la &_o tanquam_fw-la saxum_fw-la immobile_fw-la operis_fw-la totius_fw-la christiani_n compagem_fw-la molemque_fw-la contineat_fw-la recte_fw-la confortium_fw-la meretur_fw-la nominis_fw-la qui_fw-la consortium_fw-la meretur_fw-la et_fw-la operis_fw-la s._n ambrose_n peter_n for_o the_o soundness_n of_o his_o devotion_n be_v call_v a_o rock_n as_o our_o lord_n do_v say_v thou_o be_v peter_n and_o upon_o this_o rock_n i_o will_v build_v my_o church_n he_o be_v call_v a_o rock_n for_o that_o he_o first_o lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o faith_n among_o the_o gentile_n and_o like_v unto_o a_o unmoveable_a stone_n do_v uphold_v and_o contain_v the_o frame_n and_o weight_n of_o the_o whole_a christian_n work_n superto_fw-la work_n hilar._n in_o psal_n 131._o 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