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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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