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bishop_n there_o do_v very_o ready_o embrace_v his_o cause_n and_o without_o hear_v of_o the_o other_o side_n pronounce_v he_o innocent_a and_o so_o absolve_v he_o which_o fact_n of_o his_o be_v afterward_o approve_v by_o boniface_n the_o first_o and_o caelestinus_n the_o first_o pretend_v as_o it_o seem_v that_o as_o in_o all_o civil_a cause_n for_o these_o western_a part_n there_o lie_v appeal_n to_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n so_o in_o all_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n when_o man_n receive_v as_o they_o think_v injury_n under_o any_o of_o the_o patriarch_n or_o other_o bishop_n they_o may_v if_o they_o will_v appeal_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o that_o see_n and_o to_o justify_v that_o their_o ambitious_a challenge_n they_o forge_v a_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a as_o it_o be_v direct_o prove_v in_o the_o african_a council_n hold_v at_o hippo_n about_o the_o year_n 423._o whereupon_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o say_a council_n in_o which_o number_n st._n augustin_n be_v one_o 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