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apostle_n so_o our_o fellowship_n and_o all_o proof_n of_o succession_n in_o the_o ministry_n be_v take_v from_o thence_o tertull._n lib._n the_o prescript_n c._n 32._o evolvant_fw-la ordinem_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la suorum_fw-la it_o a_o per_fw-la successiones_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la decurrentem_fw-la ut_fw-la primus_fw-la ille_fw-la episcopus_fw-la aliquem_fw-la ex_fw-la apostolis_n vel_fw-la apostolicis_fw-la viris_fw-la qui_fw-la tamen_fw-la cum_fw-la apostolis_n perseverarit_fw-la habuerint_fw-la auctorem_fw-la &_o antecessorem_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la medo_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la census_fw-la suos_fw-la deferunt_fw-la sic_fw-la smyrnaeorum_n ecclesia_fw-la habens_fw-la polycarpum_fw-la à _fw-la joanne_n collocatumrefert_fw-la sicut_fw-la romanorum_fw-la clementem_fw-la à _fw-la petro_n ordinatum_fw-la edit_fw-la let_v they_o examine_v the_o order_n of_o their_o bishop_n that_o so_o have_v hold_v by_o succession_n from_o the_o beginning_n that_o that_o first_o 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