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chron_n lib._n 14._o 15._o 16._o 17._o 5._o leo_fw-la mag._n epist_n 92._o cite_v by_o gratian_n be_v consult_v a_o rustico_fw-la narbonensi_fw-la de_fw-la presbytero_fw-la vel_fw-la diacono_fw-la qui_fw-la se_fw-la episcopos_fw-la mentiti_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o the_o his_o quos_fw-la ipsi_fw-la clericos_fw-la ordinârâ—nt_fw-la answer_v nulla_fw-la ratio_fw-la sâ—vit_fw-la ut_fw-la inter_fw-la episcopos_fw-la habeantur_fw-la qui_fw-la nec_fw-la a_o clericis_fw-la sunt_fw-la electi_fw-la nec_fw-la a_o plebibus_fw-la expetiti_fw-la etc._n etc._n yet_o thus_o resolve_v of_o their_o ordination_n siqui_fw-la autèm_fw-la clerici_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la pseudo_fw-la episcopis_fw-la in_o eye_n ecclesus_fw-la ordinati_fw-la sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la proprios_fw-la episcopos_fw-la pertinebant_fw-la &_o ordinatio_fw-la eorum_fw-la cum_fw-la consensu_fw-la &_o judicio_fw-la presidentium_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la potest_fw-la â—ata_fw-la haberi_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o ipsis_fw-la 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