enim_fw-la odorationis_fw-la &_o fidei_fw-la auctoritas_fw-la digestis_fw-la vocibus_fw-la &_o literis_fw-la domini_fw-la admonet_fw-la nos_fw-la post_fw-la hoc_fw-la credere_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la that_o the_o apostle_n make_v a_o creed_n and_o that_o this_o according_a to_o the_o limitation_n lay_v down_o above_o be_v that_o creed_n both_o history_n and_o tradition_n just_o induce_v we_o to_o believe_v and_o it_o appear_v hence_o that_o it_o be_v a_o mere_a fancy_n and_o conjecture_v of_o vossius_fw-la dissert_v prima_fw-la de_fw-la tribus_fw-la symbolis_fw-la sect._n 24._o when_o he_o say_v that_o it_o be_v compose_v by_o the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n of_o rome_n he_o mean_v pope_n damasus_n about_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 400._o for_o beside_o what_o have_v be_v say_v already_o rufinus_n who_o live_v at_o that_o time_n in_o the_o neighbour_a church_n of_o aquileia_n speak_v of_o it_o as_o of_o a_o most_o ancient_a form_n in_o use_n in_o the_o precede_a age_n and_o vigilius_n lib._n 4._o contra_fw-la eutychem_n who_o live_v about_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 500_o under_o zeno_n and_o anastasius_n put_v it_o out_o of_o all_o doubt_n quote_v the_o word_n of_o st._n leo_n and_o answer_v the_o objection_n from_o the_o variety_n of_o the_o read_n universitas_fw-la prositetur_fw-la credere_fw-la se_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la patrem_fw-la omnipotentem_fw-la &_o in_o jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la silium_fw-la eius_fw-la dominum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la huic_fw-la capitulo_fw-la ob_fw-la id_fw-la iste_fw-la calumniatur_fw-la cur_n non_fw-fr dixit_fw-la in_fw-la unum_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la silium_fw-la ejus_fw-la juxtà _fw-la nicaeni_n decretum_fw-la consilii_fw-la sed_fw-la roma_n &_o antequam_fw-la nicaena_n synodus_fw-la conveniret_fw-la à _fw-la temporibus_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la nunc_fw-la &_o sub_fw-la beatae_fw-la memoriae_fw-la caelestino_n cui_fw-la iste_fw-la rectae_fw-la fidei_fw-la testimonium_fw-la reddidit_fw-la ità _fw-la sidelibus_fw-la symbolum_fw-la tradidit_fw-la nec_fw-la praejudicant_fw-la verba_fw-la ubi_fw-la sensus_fw-la incolumis_fw-la permanet_fw-la this_o creed_n be_v in_o use_n in_o the_o roman_a church_n long_o before_o the_o time_n of_o the_o first_o council_n at_o nice_a yea_o from_o the_o first_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n st._n leo_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o empress_n pulcheria_n epist._n 27._o ipsius_fw-la catholicae_fw-la symboli_fw-la brevis_fw-la &_o perfecta_fw-la confessio_fw-la quae_fw-la duodecim_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la totidem_fw-la est_fw-la signata_fw-la sententiis_fw-la tam_fw-la instructa_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o munitione_n caelesti_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la haereticorum_fw-la opiniones_fw-la solo_fw-la possint_fw-la gladio_fw-la detruncari_fw-la serm._n 24._o catholici_fw-la &_o apostolici_fw-la symboli_fw-la regula_fw-la serm._n 60._o qui_fw-fr est_fw-fr de_fw-fr passione_n domini_fw-la christi_fw-la hâc_fw-la sidei_fw-la regulà _fw-fr 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but_o whole_o in_o effect_n the_o same_o and_o consequent_o apostolical_a finis_fw-la finis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o in_o that_o excellent_a speech_n of_o the_o emperor_n constantine_n to_o the_o bishop_n upon_o the_o break_n up_o of_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a just_a before_o their_o departure_n to_o their_o respective_a diocese_n in_o eusebius_n in_o his_o life_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 21._o 21._o 1_o cor._n 12._o 13._o 13._o st._n john_n 14._o 26._o &_o ch._n 16._o 13._o 1_o st._n john_n 1._o 1._o 1._o nobis_fw-la nihil_fw-la ex_fw-la nostro_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la inducere_fw-la licet_fw-la sed_fw-la nec_fw-la eligere_fw-la quod_fw-la aliquis_fw-la de_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la svo_fw-la induxerit_fw-la apostolos_fw-la domini_fw-la habemus_fw-la auctores_fw-la qui_fw-la nec_fw-la ipsi_fw-la quicquam_fw-la ex_fw-la svo_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la quod_fw-la inducerent_fw-la elegerunt_fw-la sed_fw-la acceptam_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la fideliter_fw-la nationibus_fw-la adsignaverunt_fw-la tertullianus_n de_fw-fr praescripti_fw-la haeret_fw-la cap._n 6._o expeditè_fw-fr praescribimus_fw-la adulteris_fw-la nostris_fw-la illam_fw-la esse_fw-la regulam_fw-la veritatis_fw-la quae_fw-la veniat_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la transmissa_fw-la per_fw-la comites_fw-la ipsius_fw-la quibus_fw-la aliquanto_fw-la posteriores_fw-la diversi_fw-la isti_fw-la commentatores_fw-la probabuntur_fw-la apologet._n cap._n 47._o 47._o hanc_fw-la tibi_fw-la fossam_fw-la determinavit_fw-la ipse_fw-la christus_fw-la qui_fw-la te_fw-la non_fw-la vult_fw-la aliud_fw-la credere_fw-la quam_fw-la quod_fw-la instituit_fw-la ideóque_fw-la nec_fw-la quaerere_fw-la tertul._n de_fw-fr prescript_n cap._n 10._o 10._o v._o tertullianum_fw-la de_fw-fr prescript_n haeret_fw-la cap._n 21._o 21._o see_v vincentius_n lirinensis_n excellent_o treat_v of_o this_o argument_n in_o the_o 32_o chapter_n of_o his_o commonitorium_fw-la commonitorium_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theodotus_n ancyranus_n in_o expositione_n symboli_fw-la nicaem_n romae_fw-la 8._o 1669_o speak_v of_o the_o union_n of_o the_o two_o nature_n in_o the_o single_a person_n of_o christ._n pag._n 26._o 26._o but_o of_o this_o see_v the_o appendix_n appendix_n sciendum_fw-la sanè_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o ecclesiae_fw-la romanae_fw-la symbolo_fw-la non_fw-la habetur_fw-la additum_fw-la descendit_fw-la ad_fw-la inferna_fw-la sed_fw-la neque_fw-la in_o orient_n be_v ecclestis_fw-la habetur_fw-la hic_fw-la sermo_fw-la vis_fw-fr tamen_fw-la verbi_fw-la eadem_fw-la videtur_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la quod_fw-la sepultus_fw-la dicitur_fw-la rufinus_n rufinus_n rufinus_n presbyter_n ecclesiae_fw-la aquileiensis_fw-la in_o expositione_n symboli_fw-la apostolici_fw-la priusquam_fw-la incipiam_fw-la de_fw-la ipsis_fw-la sermonum_fw-la virtutibus_fw-la disputare_fw-la illud_fw-la non_fw-la importunè_fw-la commonendum_fw-la puto_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o diversis_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la aliqua_fw-la in_o his_o verbis_fw-la inveniuntur_fw-la adjecta_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la tamen_fw-la vrbis_fw-la romae_fw-la hoc_fw-la non_fw-la deprehenditur_fw-la factum_fw-la quod_fw-la ego_fw-la propterea_fw-la esse_fw-la arbitror_fw-la quod_fw-la neque_fw-la heresis_fw-la ulla_fw-la illic_fw-la sumpsit_fw-la exordium_n et_fw-la mos_fw-la inibi_fw-la servatur_fw-la antiquus_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la gratiam_fw-la baptismi_fw-la suscepturi_fw-la sunt_fw-la publicè_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la fidelium_fw-la populo_fw-la audiente_fw-la symbolum_fw-la reddere_fw-la et_fw-la utique_fw-la adjectionem_fw-la huius_fw-la saltem_fw-la sermonis_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la praecesserunt_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la non_fw-la admittit_fw-la auditus_fw-la in_o caeteris_fw-la autem_fw-la locis_fw-la quantum_fw-la intelligi_fw-la datur_fw-la propter_fw-la nonnullos_fw-la haereticos_fw-la addit_fw-la a_o quaedam_fw-la videntur_fw-la per_fw-la quae_fw-la novellae_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la sensus_fw-la crederetur_fw-la excludi_fw-la excludi_fw-la v._o eusebium_fw-la de_fw-la vitâ_fw-la constantini_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 4._o 4._o epiphanius_n in_o anchorato_n versus_fw-la finem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d v._o theodotum_fw-la ancyranum_n in_o exposit_n symb_n nic._n pag._n 88_o et_fw-la professionem_fw-la fidei_fw-la à _fw-la romano_n pontifice_fw-la haberi_fw-la solitam_fw-la in_o libre_fw-la diurno_fw-la pontif._n roman_n pag._n 35._o secundum_fw-la constantinopolitanum_n adaequè_fw-fr sanctum_fw-la certum_fw-la quoque_fw-la quinquaginta_fw-la patrum_fw-la concilium_fw-la sub_fw-la imperialis_fw