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inter_fw-la se_fw-la habeant_fw-la commune_v &_o quid_fw-la cuique_fw-la ordini_fw-la sit_fw-la peculiare_a ea_fw-la vero_fw-la in_o tres_fw-la part_n ego_fw-la distribuo_fw-la prima_fw-la est_fw-la evangelii_n praedicatioâ—_n altera_fw-la communicatio_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la &_o tertia_fw-la ecclesiasticae_fw-la gubernationis_fw-la authoritas_fw-la de_fw-fr divers_a grad_n minist_n evang._n p._n 15._o quamvis_fw-la unum_fw-la &_o idem_fw-la evangelii_n ministerium_fw-la sit_fw-la omnibus_fw-la pastoribus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la concreditum_fw-la in_fw-la hac_fw-la tertia_fw-la parte_fw-la non_fw-la parva_fw-la inter_fw-la eos_fw-la invenitur_fw-la inaequalitas_fw-la propter_fw-la diversos_fw-la authoritatis_fw-la gradus_fw-la quos_fw-la primo_fw-la dominus_fw-la statim_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la &_o postea_fw-la apostoli_fw-la constituerunt_fw-la p._n 7._o primum_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la domino_fw-la dvos_fw-la gradus_fw-la evangelii_n ministrorum_fw-la institutos_fw-la 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