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generalis_fw-la non_fw-la multo_fw-la ante_fw-la tempora_fw-la concilii_fw-la constantiensis_n constantiensis_n et_fw-fr vid._n synodicon_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la parisiensis_fw-la paris_n 1674._o p._n 6._o inter_fw-la decreta_fw-la odonis_fw-la de_fw-la soliaco_fw-it qui_fw-la floruit_fw-la circa_fw-la an._n 1208._o quo_fw-la tempore_fw-la laici_fw-la calicem_fw-la habebant_fw-la habebant_fw-la hoc_fw-la non_fw-la obstante_fw-la canonum_fw-la authoritâ—s_fw-la laudabilis_fw-la &_o approbata_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la seruat_fw-la &_o servavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n sess._n 13._o 13._o vnde_fw-la cum_fw-la bujusmodi_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la &_o sanctis_fw-la patribus_fw-la rationabilitèr_fw-la introducta_fw-la &_o diutissimè_fw-la observata_fw-la sit_fw-la habenda_fw-la est_fw-la pro_fw-la lege_fw-la etc._n etc._n concilium_fw-la constan._n ibid._n sess._n 13._o 13._o see_v the_o history_n of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n by_o father_n paul_n of_o venice_n sub_fw-la pio_n 4._o add_v an._n 1561._o p._n 458._o of_o the_o translation_n if_o you_o have_v not_o the_o original_a and_o pag._n 459._o 459._o matt._n 26.27_o 26.27_o mark_v 14.23_o 14.23_o vid._n council_n trident._n sâ—ss_n 22._o de_fw-la reformat_fw-la cap._n 11._o where_o the_o council_n refer_v it_o to_o the_o pope_n to_o consider_v of_o the_o restitution_n of_o the_o cup_n to_o the_o laity_n who_o have_v be_v consider_v above_o 120._o year_n and_o as_o yet_o nothing_o do_v to_o give_v satisfaction_n to_o the_o church_n church_n act._n 4.19_o à _fw-la matrimonio_fw-la clericis_fw-la prohibito_fw-la prohibito_fw-la matth._n par._n ad_fw-la an._n 1074._o p._n 9_o in_o edit_n watsii_fw-la iste_fw-la papa_n gregorius_n 7._o in_o synodo_fw-la generali_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la uxoratos_fw-la à _fw-la divino_fw-la officio_fw-la removit_fw-la &_o laicis_fw-la missas_fw-la eorum_fw-la audire_fw-la interdixit_fw-la novo_fw-la exemplo_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la multis_fw-la visum_fw-la est_fw-la inconsiderato_fw-la judicio_fw-la contra_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la patrum_fw-la sententiam_fw-la exit_fw-la qua_fw-la re_fw-la tam_fw-la grave_n oritur_fw-la scandalum_fw-la ut_fw-la nullius_fw-la haeresis_fw-la tempore_fw-la sancta_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la graviori_fw-la schismate_fw-la sit_fw-la discissa_fw-la discissa_fw-la vid._n tho._n walsingham_n hypodig_n neustria_fw-la ad_fw-la an._n 1074._o p._n 439._o 439._o v._o hist._n conc._n trid._n sub_fw-la plo_n 4._o versionis_fw-la angl._n p._n 677._o ad_fw-la ann._n 1563._o 1563._o conc._n triden_n sess._n 24._o de_fw-fr sacramento_n matrimonti_n in_o initio_fw-la can_n 9_o 9_o be_v qui_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la vxorem_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la uxore_fw-la concubinam_fw-la habet_fw-la à _fw-la communione_fw-la non_fw-la repellatur_fw-la si_fw-la una_fw-la concubina_fw-la sit_fw-la contentus_fw-la can._n be_v qui_fw-la 4._o diss._n 34._o 34._o sacerdos_n si_fw-la fornicetur_fw-la aut_fw-la domi_fw-la concubinam_fw-la foveat_fw-la tametsi_fw-la gravi_fw-la sacrilegio_fw-la se_fw-la obstringat_fw-la gravius_fw-la tamen_fw-la peccat_fw-la si_fw-la contrabat_fw-la matrimonium_fw-la cost_n in_o euch._n c._n 15._o propos_fw-fr 9_o p._n 459._o 459._o 1_o cor._n 7.2_o 9_o 9_o 1_o cor._n 9.5_o 9.5_o antiquissimis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la temporibus_fw-la viventibus_fw-la adhuc_fw-la apostolis_n &_o post_v apostle_n aliquot_fw-la adbuc_fw-la annis_fw-la admissi_fw-la sunt_fw-la ad_fw-la sacros_fw-la ordines_fw-la viri_fw-la conjugati_fw-la costerus_n jesuita_fw-la in_o euch._n c._n 15._o propos_fw-fr 2._o p._n 448._o ed._n col._n 1587._o 1587._o per_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la omnis_fw-la vera_fw-la justitia_fw-la vel_fw-la incipit_fw-la vel_fw-la coepta_fw-la augetur_fw-la vel_fw-la amissa_fw-la reparatur_fw-la conc._n trid._n sess_z 7._o de_fw-fr sacramentis_fw-la in_o prooemio_fw-la &_o can._n 6.7_o 6.7_o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la dixerit_fw-la matrimonium_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la verè_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la institutum_fw-la neque_fw-la gratiam_fw-la confer_v anathema_n sit_v conc._n trid._n sess._n 24._o de_fw-fr matrim_n can._n 1._o 1._o sacramenta_fw-la novae_fw-la legis_fw-la gratiam_fw-la quam_fw-la significant_a omnibus_fw-la obicem_fw-la non_fw-la ponentibus_fw-la conserunt_fw-la conc._n trid._n sess._n 7._o in_o decreto_fw-la de_fw-la sacram_fw-la can._n 6._o 6._o see_v the_o hist._n of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n ad_fw-la an._n 1563._o 1563._o see_v the_o say_v hist._n ad_fw-la dictum_fw-la an._n 1563._o pag._n 680._o 680._o the_o popish_a bishop_n take_v a_o oath_n of_o absolute_a allegiance_n to_o the_o pope_n vide_fw-la pontif._n rome_n the_o consec_n episc._n p._n 57_o edit_n romae_fw-la anno_fw-la 1611._o 1611._o so_o the_o spanish_a and_o portugal_n indices_fw-la librorum_fw-la prohibit_v command_v this_o proposition_n to_o be_v blot_v out_o of_o the_o index_n of_o chrysostome_n chrysostome_n their_o own_o sober_a author_n sad_o complain_v of_o the_o impure_a life_n of_o 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logic_n de_fw-fr syllogismo_fw-la probabili_fw-la cap._n 12._o sect._n 18_o p._n 414_o 415._o edit_n london_n anno_fw-la 1641._o 1641._o 1_o tim._n 3.2_o 4.12_o titus_n 1.5_o 6._o 6._o 1_o cor._n 9.5_o 9.5_o 1_o cor._n 7.2_o 9_o 9_o 1_o cor._n 7.9_o 7.9_o 1_o cor._n 7.9_o 7.9_o 1_o tim._n 4.13_o 4.13_o rev._n 18.4_o