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fidei_fw-la nostrae_fw-la sparsim_fw-la in_o scripture_n ostensos_fw-la qui_fw-la istis_fw-la non_fw-la crediderint_fw-la inter_fw-la veros_fw-la catholicos_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la recipiendi_fw-la 3_o ecclesia_fw-la christi_fw-la est_fw-la in_o qua_fw-la purum_fw-la dei_fw-la verbum_fw-la praedicatur_fw-la &_o sacramenta_fw-la juxta_fw-la christi_fw-la ordinationem_fw-la administrantur_fw-la &_o in_o qua_fw-la clavium_fw-la autoritas_fw-la retinetur_fw-la 4_o quaevis_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la particularis_fw-la autoritatem_fw-la habet_fw-la instituendi_fw-la mutandi_fw-la &_o abrogandi_fw-la caeremonias_fw-la &_o ritus_fw-la ecclesiasticos_fw-la modo_fw-la ad_fw-la decorem_fw-la ordinem_fw-la &_o aedificationem_fw-la fiat_fw-la 5_o christus_fw-la tantum_fw-la duo_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la express_v nobis_fw-la commendat_fw-la baptisma_fw-la &_o eucharistiam_fw-la quae_fw-la conferunt_fw-la gratiam_fw-la rite_n sumentibus_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la malus_fw-la sit_fw-la minister_n &_o non_fw-la 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confirmata_fw-la nec_fw-la est_fw-la eucharistia_n ex_fw-la se_fw-la sacrificium_fw-la propitiatorium_fw-la sed_fw-la recordatio_fw-la sacrificii_fw-la semel_fw-la peracti_fw-la 10_o scholastica_fw-la transubstantiatio_fw-la panis_fw-la &_o vini_fw-la in_o corpus_fw-la &_o sanguinem_fw-la christi_fw-la probari_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la ex_fw-la sacris_fw-la literis_fw-la 11_o non_fw-la omne_fw-la peccatum_fw-la mortale_fw-la seu_fw-la voluntariò_fw-la perpetratum_fw-la post_fw-la baptismum_fw-la est_fw-la irremissibile_fw-la &_o peccatum_fw-la in_o spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la 12_o post_fw-la acceptum_fw-la spiritum_fw-la potest_fw-la homo_fw-la peccare_fw-la ac_fw-la denuo_fw-la resipiscere_fw-la neque_fw-la sine_fw-la peccato_fw-la vivit_fw-la quamvis_fw-la regeneratio_fw-la in_fw-la christo_fw-la imputetur_fw-la 13_o justificatio_fw-la ex_fw-la sola_fw-la fide_fw-la est_fw-la certissima_fw-la doctrina_fw-la christianorum_fw-la 14_o elizabetha_n regina_fw-la angliae_fw-la 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