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authority_n from_o the_o emperor_n he_o relate_v there_o this_o sentemcee_n of_o the_o great_a hosius_n to_o the_o emperor_n concredidit_fw-la athanasius_n epist_n ad_fw-la solitar_n vitam_fw-la agentes_fw-la si_fw-mi istud_fw-la est_fw-la iudicium_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la quid_fw-la common_a cum_fw-la eo_fw-la habet_fw-la imperator_fw-la sin_o contra_fw-la ista_fw-la minis_fw-la caesaris_fw-la constantur_fw-la quid_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la hominibus_fw-la titulo_fw-la episcopis_fw-la quando_fw-la a_o condito_fw-la aevo_fw-la auditum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la iudicium_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la svam_fw-la ab_fw-la imperatore_fw-la accepit_fw-la ibidem_fw-la in_o epistola_fw-la hosii_fw-la ad_fw-la imperatorem_fw-la ne_fw-fr te_fw-fr misceas_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la neque_fw-la nobis_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la genere_fw-la praecipe_fw-la sed_fw-la potius_fw-la ea_fw-la a_o nobis_fw-la disce_fw-la tibi_fw-la deus_fw-la imperium_fw-la commisit_fw-la nobis_fw-la qua_fw-la 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