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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 est_fw-la unicus_fw-la &_o supremus_fw-la gubernator_fw-la huius_fw-la regni_fw-la &_o omnium_fw-la dominiorum_fw-la &_o regionum_fw-la suarum_fw-la quarumcunque_fw-la in_fw-la rebus_fw-la &_o causis_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la quam_fw-la temporalibus_fw-la 15_o verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la prohibet_fw-la foeminarum_fw-la regimen_fw-la cvi_fw-la obediendum_fw-la est_fw-la juxta_fw-la ordinationem_fw-la dei_fw-la 16_o romanus_n pontifex_fw-la nullam_fw-la habet_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la regno_fw-la angliae_fw-la nec_fw-la alia_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la potestas_fw-la extranea_fw-la 17_o leges_fw-la civiles_fw-la possunt_fw-la christianos_n propter_fw-la flagitia_fw-la morte_fw-la punire_fw-la 18_o christianis_fw-la licet_fw-la ex_fw-la jussu_fw-la principis_fw-la bella_fw-la gerere_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la justa_fw-la causa_fw-la &_o propria_fw-la possidere_fw-la 19_o doctrina_fw-la scholasticorum_fw-la de_fw-la purgatorio_fw-la &_o invocatione_n divinorum_fw-la nullum_fw-la 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