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1584._o and_o the_o same_o onuphrius_n say_v pag._n 138._o that_o at_o rome_n supra_fw-la peristâ—â—â—_n extetiotis_fw-la basilicae_fw-la lateranensis_fw-la porticus_fw-la hi_o versus_fw-la sunt_fw-la dogmate_fw-it papali_fw-la datur_fw-la ac_fw-la simul_fw-la imperiali_fw-la quòd_fw-la sim_fw-la cunctarum_fw-la maâ—er_fw-la caput_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la so_o do_v rome_n false_o pretend_v herself_o to_o be_v and_o so_o rome_n real_o and_o true_o be_v the_o mother_n of_o all_o spiritual_a whoredom_n and_o abomination_n in_o respect_n of_o all_o those_o church_n which_o have_v be_v seduce_v by_o she_o and_o as_o there_o be_v a_o clear_a and_o eminent_a antithesis_fw-la between_o jerusalem_n and_o rome_n apostolorum_fw-la rome_n isidorus_n moseonius_n lib._n 1â—_n de_fw-fr cardinalibus_fw-la ubi_fw-la enumerat_fw-la appellationes_fw-la cardinalium_fw-la magis_fw-la proprias_fw-la cardinal_n inquit_fw-la primoâ—n_fw-la loco_fw-la appellantur_fw-la viâ—â—m_fw-la gerentes_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la so_o be_v there_o also_o between_o christ_n apostle_n and_o the_o pope_n cardinal_n there_o be_v no_o person_n in_o the_o whole_a world_n of_o what_o rank_n order_n or_o degree_n soever_o still_v themselves_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vicem_fw-la gerentes_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la as_o they_o do_v they_o be_v the_o very_a substance_n soul_n and_o essence_n of_o the_o papacy_n and_o so_o near_o unite_v to_o the_o pope_n that_o he_o account_v they_o as_o part_n of_o his_o own_o body_n 170._o body_n de_fw-fr donatis_fw-la papae_fw-la cardinal_n debent_fw-la habere_fw-la dâ—midium_fw-la et_fw-la papa_n dimidium_fw-la corum_fw-la quae_fw-la dantur_fw-la cardinalibus_fw-la jacobatius_n de_fw-fr concilijs_fw-la num_fw-la 173._o non_fw-la possunt_fw-la testari_fw-la sine_fw-la licentia_fw-la papae_fw-la &_o quia_fw-la sunt_fw-la pars_fw-la corporis_fw-la papae_fw-la non_fw-la praestant_fw-la juramentum_fw-la fidelitatis_fw-la tanquam_fw-la invisâ—â—rati_fw-la papae_fw-la jdem_fw-la ibid._n item_n papa_n habet_fw-la singular_a they_o diligentiam_fw-la de_fw-fr salute_n corporali_fw-la cardinalium_fw-la unde_fw-la si_fw-la cardinalis_fw-la infirmetur_fw-la non_fw-la minuitur_fw-la ei_fw-la sanguis_fw-la sine_fw-la speciali_fw-la papae_fw-la licentia_fw-la idem_fw-la numero_fw-la 176._o cardinal_n in_o ecclesia_fw-la romanâ_fw-la unum_fw-la corpus_fw-la mysticum_fw-la effecti_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o unum_fw-la collegium_fw-la satro_fw-la sanctum_fw-la cum_fw-la summo_fw-la pontifice_fw-la constituunt_fw-la hieronimus_fw-la manfredus_fw-la de_fw-la cardinalibus_fw-la cap._n 5._o ecce_fw-la illud_fw-la collegium_fw-la 〈◊〉_d apostolorum_fw-la actuum_fw-la 15_o cujus_fw-la in_o locum_fw-la sacer_fw-la cardinalium_fw-la senatus_n submissus_fw-la est_fw-la utroque_fw-la consiliative_n &_o deliberativo_fw-la munere_fw-la praefultum_fw-la alexander_n à _fw-fr turre_n lib_n 2_o 2_o ae_z partis_fw-la pag._n 82._o collegium_fw-la cardinalium_fw-la dicitur_fw-la sacrosanctum_fw-la collegium_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la gremium_fw-la jacobatius_n de_fw-fr concilijs_fw-la num._n 170._o and_o they_o together_o with_o he_o make_v one_o complete_a college_n and_o corporation_n and_o one_o mystical_a body_n actual_o and_o eminent_o contain_v uphold_v and_o represent_v all_o power_n and_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n they_o be_v institute_v in_o the_o first_o most_o remarkable_a foundation_n of_o the_o papacy_n by_o the_o pope_n in_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n about_o the_o time_n of_o constantine_n the_o great_a in_o cardinalatûs_fw-la in_o institutio_fw-la cardinalium_fw-la figuralitèr_fw-la habuit_fw-la ortam_fw-la ab_fw-la institutione_n divinâ_fw-la exemplaritèr_fw-la autem_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la expressa_fw-la autem_fw-la fuit_fw-la facta_fw-la tempore_fw-la pontiani_n &_o marcelli_n rom._n pont._n propter_fw-la baptisma_fw-la gondisalvus_fw-la villadeigo_fw-es tausarum_fw-la olim_fw-la palatij_fw-la auditoris_fw-la in_fw-la 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