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cap._n 4._o i._o peter_n call_v himself_o a_o presbyter_n or_o elder_a 1_o pet._n 5.1_o and_o yet_o we_o know_v he_o be_v more_o irenaeus_n himself_o in_o his_o writing_n call_v bishop_n presbyter_n victor_n who_o succeed_v to_o eleutherius_fw-la in_o rome_n be_v call_v presbyter_n euseb_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 4._o and_o yet_o without_o all_o contradiction_n he_o be_v a_o bishop_n and_o a_o great_a one_o too_o when_o he_o will_v have_v extend_v his_o jurisdiction_n not_o only_o over_o his_o own_o but_o over_o the_o asian_a church_n also_o euseb_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 21_o 23_o 25._o salmasius_n in_o his_o walo_n messalinus_n free_o confess_v pag._n 265._o romani_fw-la pontifices_fw-la vocantur_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la etiam_fw-la postquam_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la apicem_fw-la supra_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la consecuti_fw-la sunt_fw-la singuli_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la orbe_fw-la episcopi_fw-la but_o hardly_o will_v you_o find_v the_o name_n of_o bishop_n any_o wherein_o those_o time_n give_v to_o 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