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24._o and_o that_o paul_n do_v not_o preach_v the_o faith_n in_o they_o all_o paul_n indeed_o promise_v that_o he_o will_v go_v into_o spain_n but_o baronius_n doubt_v whether_o he_o fulfil_v his_o promise_n although_o st._n jerome_n who_o make_v mention_n of_o none_o of_o the_o other_o western_a region_n affirm_v it_o the_o same_o answer_n may_v be_v give_v concern_v the_o citation_n out_o of_o clemens_n romanus_n comâ—â—â—_n câ—emâ—ns_fw-la eprsi_fw-la ad_fw-la comâ—â—â—_n who_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o corinthian_n according_a to_o the_o edition_n of_o patricius_n junius_n v._o vid._n num_fw-la v._o have_v these_o word_n concern_v paul._n that_o preach_v the_o word_n both_o in_o the_o east_n and_o west_n his_o faith_n have_v a_o illustrious_a fame_n that_o instruct_v the_o whole_a world_n in_o righteousness_n and_o come_v to_o the_o border_n of_o the_o west_n and_o suffer_a martyrdom_n under_o the_o emperor_n he_o so_o leave_v this_o world._n i_o read_v indeed_o here_o that_o 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constantinople_n have_v any_o way_n more_o manifest_o confirm_v this_o truth_n than_o by_o their_o approbation_n of_o
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of_o a_o light_a nature_n which_o be_v innate_a to_o those_o province_n can_v come_v to_o we_o who_o be_v at_o so_o great_a a_o distance_n or_o all_o be_v now_o so_o remote_a they_o be_v not_o relate_v unto_o we_o after_o some_o space_n of_o time_n as_o they_o be_v first_o act_v all_o which_o by_o the_o intercession_n of_o our_o brother_n and_o fellow-bishop_n rufus_n who_o experience_n it_o be_v clear_a have_v be_v approve_v in_o all_o cause_n and_o act_n of_o his_o life_n our_o will_n be_v be_v rescind_v to_o who_o we_o have_v delegated_a our_o authority_n over_o your_o province_n that_o to_o he_o most_o dear_a brethren_n all_o your_o cause_n may_v be_v refer_v let_v none_o be_v ordain_v without_o his_o advice_n let_v none_o enter_v upon_o his_o province_n without_o consult_v he_o let_v they_o not_o presume_v to_o call_v a_o assembly_n of_o bishop_n without_o his_o consent_n if_o there_o be_v any_o thing_n to_o be_v refer_v to_o we_o let_v it_o be_v do_v by_o he_o sixtus_n the_o three_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o perigenes_n confirm_v the_o same_o to_o anastasius_n successor_n to_o rufus_n testify_v that_o he_o know_v of_o no_o new_a thing_n that_o be_v grant_v to_o he_o but_o that_o say_v he_o ibid._n sixtus_n iii_o epist_n ad_fw-la perigenem_fw-la inter_fw-la holsten_n vid._n num_fw-la xvii_o ejusdem_fw-la ad_fw-la episcope_n illyrici_fw-la inter_fw-la holsten_n epistola_fw-la 17._o vid._n ibid._n which_o our_o predecessor_n delegated_a to_o his_o predecessor_n have_v regard_n to_o ecclesiastical_a discipline_n be_v now_o again_o constitute_v he_o confirm_v the_o same_o thing_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o synod_n of_o thessalonica_n as_o also_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o all_o the_o bishop_n of_o illyricum_n where_o he_o say_v thus_o all_o the_o illyrican_a church_n as_o we_o have_v receive_v from_o our_o ancestor_n and_o we_o ourselves_o have_v confirm_v be_v now_o under_o the_o charge_n of_o the_o archbishop_n of_o thessalonica_n that_o by_o his_o care_n 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appeal_n shall_v be_v make_v in_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n yet_o that_o the_o venerable_a bishop_n of_o the_o roman_a see_v do_v in_o a_o more_o especial_a manner_n claim_v a_o jurisdiction_n over_o the_o illyrican_a church_n 4._o that_o illyricum_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o roman_a patriarchate_n be_v so_o manifest_a from_o the_o above_o cite_a testimony_n that_o no_o body_n can_v deny_v it_o see_v therefore_o that_o the_o illyrican_a church_n have_v not_o their_o first_o institution_n from_o peter_n or_o his_o successor_n some_o may_v deduce_v from_o thence_o that_o it_o be_v not_o at_o all_o necessary_a for_o the_o assert_v of_o the_o british_a church_n subjection_n to_o the_o roman_a patriarchate_n that_o it_o shall_v have_v be_v institute_v by_o peter_n or_o his_o successor_n our_o author_n therefore_o foresee_v this_o since_o he_o can_v not_o deny_v the_o testimony_n of_o the_o decretal_n above_o mention_v resolve_v to_o oppose_v they_o assert_v that_o the_o roman_a bishop_n who_o write_v those_o decretal_a epistle_n be_v guilty_a of_o innovation_n and_o usurpation_n over_o the_o rite_n of_o metropolitan_o let_v we_o hear_v his_o feign_a story_n which_o since_o they_o abound_v with_o error_n be_v to_o be_v expose_v to_o the_o end_n that_o they_o may_v be_v confute_v write_v therefore_o concern_v the_o power_n of_o the_o roman_a patriarch_n over_o illyricum_n as_o delegated_a to_o the_o bishop_n of_o thessalonica_n by_o the_o decretal_a epistle_n above_o mention_v he_o say_v that_o leo_n himself_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o anastasius_n 115._o author_n p._n 115._o derive_v this_o authority_n no_o high_o than_o from_o siricius_n who_o give_v it_o to_o anysius_n bishop_n of_o thessalonica_n certa_fw-la tum_fw-la primum_fw-la ratione_fw-la commisit_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la illam_fw-la provinciam_fw-la positis_fw-la quas_fw-la ad_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la teneri_fw-la voluit_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la subveniret_fw-la siricius_n immediate_o succeed_v damasus_n who_o die_v according_a to_o holstenius_fw-la 11._o dec._n 384._o three_o year_n after_o the_o council_n of_o constantinople_n have_v advance_v