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c._n 51._o multa_fw-la diximus_fw-la etiam_fw-la fatigati_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la frater_fw-la noster_fw-la propter_fw-la quem_fw-la ista_fw-la dicimus_fw-la vobis_fw-la &_o cui_fw-la pariter_fw-la dicimus_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la quo_fw-la tanta_fw-la agimus_fw-la adhuc_fw-la consistit_fw-la lib._n de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la cum_fw-la emerito_fw-la emerito_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n jam_fw-la cum_fw-la inprimis_fw-la vestrae_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la pietati_fw-la sâ—aeque_fw-la sedi_fw-la hunc_fw-la episcopum_fw-la dominus_fw-la deus_fw-la noster_fw-la &_o pater_fw-la constantinus_n restituere_fw-la vellet_fw-la &_o humana_fw-la 〈…〉_z hoc_fw-la votum_fw-la impleret_fw-la requieverit_fw-la ego_fw-la mihi_fw-la convenire_fw-la puto_fw-la ut_fw-la susceptae_fw-la voluntaâ—e_fw-la sacrae_fw-la memoriâ—e_n imperatoris_fw-la id_fw-la ipsum_fw-la adimpleam_fw-it quod_fw-la ille_fw-la non_fw-la potuit_fw-la apud_fw-la athanasiâ—_n ad_fw-la imp._n const._n apolog._n p._n 806._o 806._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ap._n s._n athan._n apol._n ad_fw-la imp._n const._n p._n 784._o persequeris_fw-la eum_fw-la per_fw-la quem_fw-la te_fw-la audire_fw-la praeceperit_fw-la dominus_fw-la agente_fw-la eo_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la humanis_fw-la cohareticum_fw-la tuum_fw-la georgium_n mittis_fw-la successorem_fw-la cum_fw-la tametsi_fw-la fuisset_fw-la liberatus_fw-la jam_fw-la athanasius_n &_o corpore_fw-la l._n è_fw-la corp._n tibi_fw-la non_fw-la licuerit_fw-la mittere_fw-la sed_fw-la fuerâ—t_fw-la ac_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o dei_fw-la manu_fw-la quem_fw-la fuisset_fw-la dignatus_fw-la populo_fw-la svo_fw-la antistitem_fw-la instituere_fw-la per_fw-la seruos_fw-la viz._n suos_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la catholicos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la possit_fw-la impleri_fw-la virtui_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la ad_fw-la dei_fw-la gubernandum_fw-la populum_fw-la nisi_fw-la be_v quem_fw-la deus_fw-la allegisset_fw-la cuique_fw-la manus_fw-la per_fw-la catholicos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la fuisset_fw-la imposita_fw-la hic_fw-la deest_fw-la aliquid_fw-la è_fw-la corpore_fw-la liberetur_fw-la aut_fw-la quid_fw-la simile_n sicut_fw-la defuncto_fw-la moyse_n impletum_fw-la spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-la invenimus_fw-la successorem_fw-la ejus_fw-la jesum_fw-la nave_n loquor_fw-la scriptura_fw-la sancta_fw-la dicens_fw-la &_o jesus_n filius_fw-la nave_n impletus_fw-la est_fw-la spiritu_fw-la intelligentiae_fw-la imposuerat_fw-la enim_fw-la moses_n manum_fw-la super_fw-la eum_fw-la &_o audierunt_fw-la eum_fw-la filii_fw-la israel_n &_o fecerunt_fw-la secundum_fw-la quod_fw-la mandavit_fw-la dominus_fw-la moysi_n conspicis_fw-la ordinationi_fw-la dei_fw-la te_fw-la obviam_fw-la îsse_fw-la contra_fw-la dei_fw-la faciendo_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la temet_fw-la mucrone_fw-la gladii_fw-la tui_fw-la jugulatum_fw-la siquidem_fw-la non_fw-la licuerit_fw-la ordinari_fw-la nisi_fw-la fuisset_fw-la defunctus_fw-la athanasius_n &_o defuncto_fw-la athanasio_fw-la catholicus_n debuerit_fw-la per_fw-la catholicos_fw-la ordinari_fw-la episcopos_fw-la lib._n 1._o superest_fw-la ut_fw-la hac_fw-la ipsâ_fw-la re_fw-la singuli_fw-la quid_fw-la sentiamus_fw-la proferamus_fw-la neminem_fw-la judicantes_fw-la aut_fw-la à _fw-la jure_fw-la communionis_fw-la aliquem_fw-la si_fw-la diversa_fw-la senserit_fw-la amoventes_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la quisquam_fw-la nostrum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la se_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la constituit_fw-la aut_fw-la tyrannico_fw-la terror_fw-la ad_fw-la obsequonâ—â—_n 〈◊〉_d collegas_fw-la suos_fw-la adigit_fw-la quando_fw-la habeat_fw-la omnis_fw-la episcopus_fw-la pro_fw-la licentiâ_fw-la libertatis_fw-la &_o potestatis_fw-la suae_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la proprium_fw-la tamque_fw-la judicari_fw-la ab_fw-la alio_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la quam_fw-la nec_fw-la ipse_fw-la potest_fw-la judicare_fw-la sed_fw-la expectemus_fw-la universi_fw-la judicium_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la jesu_fw-la christi_fw-la qui_fw-la unus_fw-la &_o solus_fw-la habet_fw-la potestatem_fw-la &_o praeponendi_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o ecclesiae_fw-la suae_fw-la gubernation_n &_o de_fw-fr actu_fw-la nostro_fw-la judicandi_fw-la haec_fw-la ad_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la tuam_fw-la erater_n carissime_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la honore_fw-la communi_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la simplici_fw-la dilectione_n pertulimus_fw-la credento_n etiam_fw-la tibi_fw-la pro_fw-la religionis_fw-la tuus_fw-la &_o fidei_fw-la veritate_fw-la placere_fw-la quae_fw-la &_o religiosa_fw-la pariter_fw-la &_o vera_fw-la sunt_fw-la caeterum_fw-la scimus_fw-la quosdam_fw-la quod_fw-la semel_fw-la imbiberint_fw-la nolle_fw-la deponere_fw-la nec_fw-la pro_fw-la positum_fw-la suum_fw-la facile_fw-la murare_fw-la sed_fw-la salvo_fw-la inter_fw-la collegas_fw-la pacis_fw-la &_o concordiae_fw-la vinculo_fw-la quaedam_fw-la propria_fw-la quae_fw-la apud_fw-la se_fw-la semel_fw-la sint_fw-la usurpata_fw-la retinere_fw-la quâ_fw-la in_o re_fw-la nec_fw-la nos_fw-la vim_o cviquam_fw-la facimus_fw-la aut_fw-la legem_fw-la damus_fw-la cum_fw-la habeat_fw-la in_o ecclesiae_fw-la administratione_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la suae_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la liberum_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la praepositus_fw-la rationem_fw-la act_n svi_fw-la domino_fw-la redditurus_fw-la epist._n 71._o quâ_fw-la in_o parte_fw-la nemini_fw-la verecundia_fw-la &_o modestia_fw-la nostra_fw-la a_o praejudicat_fw-la quo_fw-la minus_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la quod_fw-la putat_fw-la sentiat_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la senserit_fw-la faciat_fw-la nos_fw-la quantu_fw-la concipit_fw-la mediocritas_fw-la nostra_fw-la aestimamus_fw-la etc._n etc._n rescripsi_fw-la fili_fw-la carissime_fw-la ad_fw-la literas_fw-la tuas_fw-la quantum_fw-la parva_fw-la nostra_fw-la mediocritas_fw-la valuit_fw-la &_o ostendi_fw-la quid_fw-la nos_fw-la quantum_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la est_fw-la sentiamus_fw-la nemini_fw-la praescribentes_fw-la quo_fw-la minus_fw-la statuat_fw-la quod_fw-la putat_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la praepositus_fw-la actus_fw-la svi_fw-la rationem_fw-la domino_fw-la redditurus_fw-la secundum_fw-la