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he_o to_o this_o effect_n which_o i_o pretermit_v for_o brevity_n sake_n in_o the_o assembly_n of_o all_o those_o great_a bishop_n that_o be_v present_a and_o yet_o not_o one_o of_o all_o those_o zealous_a and_o learned_a bishop_n oppose_v himself_o against_o his_o usurp_a supremacy_n as_o the_o heretic_n slander_n it_o a_o point_n very_o considerable_a and_o remarkable_a in_o my_o opinion_n and_o far_o different_a from_o the_o ground_n of_o protestant_a religion_n 49._o out_o of_o the_o 4._o council_n gather_v at_o chalcedon_n under_o chalcedom_n the_o authority_n of_o pope_n leo_n the_o first_o surname_v the_o great_a a_o man_n of_o singular_a holiness_n wonderful_a learning_n famous_a for_o miracle_n renown_v through_o the_o whole_a christian_a world_n about_o this_o council_n i_o say_v i_o may_v produce_v many_o thing_n of_o great_a ponderation_n especial_o about_o the_o say_a supremacy_n of_o the_o sea_n of_o rome_n profess_v challenge_v practise_v most_o evident_o as_o may_v 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same_o council_n add_v sed_fw-la de_fw-la he_o esse_fw-la regulas_fw-la ecclesiasticas_fw-la &_o patrum_fw-la instituta_fw-la ibidem_fw-la but_o of_o these_o thing_n he_o mean_v the_o supremacy_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n there_o be_v ecclesiastical_a canon_n and_o decree_n of_o father_n so_o far_o he_o 51._o second_o i_o observe_v that_o every_o where_o almost_o throughout_o this_o council_n pope_n leo_n be_v there_o style_v vniversalis_fw-la &c_n episcopus_fw-la et_fw-la patriarcha_fw-la magnae_fw-la romae_fw-la universal_a bishop_n &_o patriarch_n of_o the_o great_a city_n of_o rome_n also_o he_o be_v call_v universalis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la episcopê°_n bishop_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n and_o again_o in_o the_o same_o three_o action_n it_o be_v say_v to_o one_o of_o pope_n leo_n his_o legate_n dioscorun_n nunc_fw-la vestra_fw-la sanctitas_fw-la primatum_fw-la tenet_fw-la sanctissimi_fw-la leonis_fw-la etc._n etc._n now_o your_o holiness_n have_v the_o primacy_n of_o 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