power_n of_o offer_v sacrifice_n then_o confer_v upon_o the_o ordain_v and_o nothing_o else_o and_o the_o offering_n of_o sacrifice_n be_v the_o chief_a action_n of_o a_o priest_n because_o it_o empower_v he_o to_o consecrate_v the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o christ_n which_o none_o but_o a_o priest_n can_v do_v 36._o albert._n mag._n l._n 6._o theolog._n veritatis_fw-la c._n 36._o actus_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la say_v albertus_n magnus_n est_fw-la consecrare_fw-la corpus_fw-la &_o sanguinem_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o est_fw-la actus_fw-la principalis_fw-la alius_fw-la est_fw-la consequens_fw-la scilicet_fw-la ligare_fw-la &_o solvere_fw-la the_o act_n of_o priest_n be_v to_o consecrate_v the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o christ_n and_o it_o be_v the_o principal_a act._n the_o other_o be_v consequent_a which_o be_v to_o retain_v and_o absolve_v which_o they_o all_o grant_v therefore_o they_o must_v acknowledge_v priesthood_n to_o be_v hereby_o confer_v for_o to_o what_o other_o sense_n 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