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tom._n 10._o edit_fw-la antverp_n antverp_n baronius_n ad_fw-la ann._n 540._o se_fw-la à _fw-la pontificatu_fw-la abdicâsse_fw-la vigilium_fw-la ex_fw-la spatio_fw-la vacationis_fw-la sedis_fw-la silverii_fw-la dicendum_fw-la omnino_fw-la est_fw-la nam_fw-la quomodo_fw-la potuit_fw-la secundum_fw-la anastasium_n sedes_fw-la vacâsse_fw-la sex_n die_v si_fw-la vigilius_n ipso_fw-la vivente_fw-la silverio_n intrusus_fw-la semel_fw-la sedere_fw-la post_fw-la ejus_fw-la obitum_fw-la perseverà sset_fw-la annal._n tom._n 7._o pag._n 301._o edit_fw-la antverp_n antverp_n baronius_n ad_fw-la ann._n 1076._o privilegia_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la sedis_fw-la &_o romani_fw-la pontificis_fw-la quòd_fw-la papae_fw-la â—â—eat_fw-la imperatores_fw-la deponere_fw-la quòd_fw-la sententia_fw-la illius_fw-la à _fw-la nullo_n debeat_fw-la retractari_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la omnium_fw-la solus_fw-la retractare_fw-la possit_fw-la quòd_fw-la à _fw-la fidelitate_fw-la iniquorum_fw-la subjectos_fw-la potest_fw-la 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ut_fw-la extunc_fw-la ipse_fw-la vassallos_n ab_fw-la ejus_fw-la fidelitate_fw-la denunciet_a absolutos_fw-la &_o terram_fw-la exponat_fw-la catholicis_fw-la occupandam_fw-la qui_fw-la eam_fw-la exterminatis_fw-la haereticis_fw-la sine_fw-la ullâ_fw-la contradictione_n possideant_fw-la conc._n lateran_n 4._o ann._n 1215._o cap._n 3._o de_fw-la haereticis_fw-la collect._n labb_n tom._n 11._o part._n 1._o pag._n 148._o 148._o see_v innocent_n the_o four_o sentence_n against_o the_o emperor_n frederick_n pass_v in_o the_o council_n of_o lion_n it_o be_v at_o large_a in_o labbe_n '_o scollection_n of_o council_n tom._n 11._o part_n 1._o pag._n 640._o in_o the_o close_o be_v these_o word_n nos_fw-la super_fw-la praemissis_fw-la memoratum_fw-la principem_fw-la omni_fw-la honore_fw-la &_o dignitate_fw-la privatum_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la ostendimus_fw-la denunciamus_fw-la &_o nihilo_fw-la minus_fw-la sententiando_fw-la privamus_fw-la omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la ei_fw-la juramento_fw-la fidelitatis_fw-la tenentur_fw-la adstricti_fw-la a_o juramento_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la perpetuo_fw-la absolventes_fw-la autoritate_fw-la apostolicâ_fw-la â—irmiter_fw-la inhibendo_fw-la ne_fw-la quisquam_fw-la de_fw-fr caetero_fw-la sibi_fw-la tanquam_fw-la imperatori_fw-la vel_fw-la regi_fw-la pareat_fw-la vel_fw-la intendat_fw-la et_fw-la decernendo_fw-la quoslibet_fw-la qui_fw-la deinceps_fw-la ei_fw-la velut_fw-la imperatori_fw-la aut_fw-la regi_fw-la consilium_fw-la vel_fw-la auxilium_fw-la praestiterint_fw-la seu_fw-la favorem_fw-la ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la excommunicationis_fw-la vinculo_fw-la subjacere_fw-la subjacere_fw-la universas_fw-la potestates_fw-la &_o dominos_fw-la temporales_fw-la &_o judices_fw-la antedictos_fw-la exhortando_fw-la requirimus_fw-la &_o mandamus_fw-la eisdem_fw-la ut_fw-la pro_fw-la defension_n fidei_fw-la inquisitoribus_fw-la haereticae_fw-la pravitatis_fw-la pareant_fw-la &_o intendant_a praebeantque_fw-la auxilium_fw-la &_o favorem_fw-la labb_n collect._n council_n constant_n bulla_n inter_fw-la cunctas_fw-la pastoralis_fw-la curae_fw-la etc._n etc._n tom._n 12._o pag._n 259._o 259._o cum_fw-la solum_fw-la romanum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la pro_fw-la tempore_fw-la existentem_fw-la tanquam_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la super_fw-la omne_fw-la concilia_fw-la habentem_fw-la tam_fw-la conciliorum_fw-la indicendorum_fw-la plenum_fw-la jus_o &_o potestatem_fw-la nedum_fw-la ex_fw-la sacrae_fw-la scripturae_fw-la testimonio_fw-la dictis_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la patrum_fw-la habere_fw-la manifestè_fw-la constet_fw-la conc._n lateran_n 5._o sess_z 11._o bulla_n pastor_n aeternus_fw-la labb_n collect._n tom._n 14._o pag._n 309._o 309._o puto_fw-la tamen_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la papa_n moveretur_fw-la melioribus_fw-la rationibus_fw-la &_o authoritatibus_fw-la quam_fw-la concilium_fw-la quod_fw-la standum_fw-la esset_fw-la sententiae_fw-la suae_fw-la no_o &_o concilium_fw-la potest_fw-la errare_fw-la sicut_fw-la alius_fw-la erravit_fw-la super_fw-la matrimonium_fw-la contrahendam_fw-la inter_fw-la raptorem_fw-la &_o raptam_fw-la dictum_fw-la hieronymi_n melius_fw-la sentientis_fw-la postea_fw-la praelatum_fw-la fuit_fw-la statuto_fw-la concilii_fw-la no_o in_o concernentibus_fw-la fidem_fw-la etiam_fw-la dictum_fw-la unius_fw-la privati_fw-la praeferendum_fw-la esset_fw-la dicto_fw-la papae_fw-la si_fw-la ille_fw-la moveretur_fw-la melioribus_fw-la rationibus_fw-la novi_fw-la &_o veteris_fw-la testamenti_fw-la quam_fw-la papa_n nec_fw-la obstat_fw-la si_fw-la dicatur_fw-la quod_fw-la concilium_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la errare_fw-la quia_fw-la christus_fw-la oravit_fw-la pro_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la deficeret_fw-la quare_fw-la dico_fw-la quod_fw-la â—icet_fw-la concilium_fw-la generale_fw-mi repraesentet_fw-la totam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la universalem_fw-la tamen_fw-la in_o veritate_fw-la ibi_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la verè_fw-la universalis_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la sed_fw-la repraesentatiuè_fw-la quia_fw-la universalis_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la constituitur_fw-la ex_fw-la collatione_fw-la omnium_fw-la fidelium_fw-la unde_fw-la omnes_fw-la fideles_fw-la orbis_fw-la constituunt_fw-la istam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la universalem_fw-la cujus_fw-la caput_fw-la &_o sponsus_fw-la est_fw-la ipse_fw-la christus_fw-la papa_n autem_fw-la est_fw-la vicarius_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o non_fw-la veer_fw-la caput_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la et_fw-la ista_fw-la est_fw-la illa_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la quae_fw-la errare_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la unde_fw-la possibile_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la vera_fw-la fides_fw-la christi_fw-la remanserit_fw-la in_o uno_fw-la solo_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la verum_fw-la est_fw-la dicere_fw-la quod_fw-la fides_fw-la non_fw-la deficit_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la sicut_fw-la jus_o universitatis_fw-la potest_fw-la residere_fw-la in_o uno_fw-la solo_fw-la aliis_fw-la peccantibus_fw-la panormitan_n super_fw-la s._n decret_a tit._n the_o election_n can._n significâsti_fw-la fol._n 86._o 86._o occam_fw-la dialog_n lib._n 5._o quaeritur_fw-la utrum_fw-la papa_n canonice_fw-la electus_fw-la haereticari_fw-la possit_fw-la cap._n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5._o utrum_fw-la collegium_fw-la cardinalium_fw-la possit_fw-la haereticâ_fw-la pravitate_fw-la maculari_fw-la cap._n 6._o etc._n etc._n utrum_fw-la papa_n cum_fw-la collegio_fw-la cardinalium_fw-la simul_fw-la possit_fw-la hereticâ_fw-la pravitate_fw-la maculari_fw-la cap._n 10._o utrum_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la romana_fw-la seâ—_n sedes_fw-la apostolica_fw-la valeat_fw-la inâ—ici_fw-la haereticâ_fw-la pravitate_fw-la cap._n 11._o utrum_fw-la concilium_fw-la generale_fw-mi ecclesiae_fw-la in_o haereticam_fw-la pravitatem_fw-la labi_fw-la possit_fw-la cap._n 25._o utrum_fw-la tota_fw-la multitudo_fw-la fidelium_fw-la haereticari_fw-la possit_fw-la cap._n 29._o 29._o restiterunt_fw-la alii_fw-la affirmantes_fw-la errare_fw-la posse_fw-la concilia_fw-la &_o jam_fw-la errâsse_fw-la ut_fw-la ariminense_fw-la illud_fw-la tam_fw-la celebriter_fw-la damnatum_fw-la ephesinum_fw-la quoque_fw-la secundum_fw-la item_n constantinopolitanum_n de_fw-fr ponendis_fw-la imaginibus_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o aquisgranense_fw-la cujus_fw-la sententiae_fw-la de_fw-la matrimonio_fw-la raptae_fw-la hieronymi_n determinatio_fw-la praeponitur_fw-la propterea_fw-la si_fw-la haec_fw-la aberraverunt_fw-la alia_fw-la quoque_fw-la errare_fw-la posse_fw-la dicunt_fw-la quâ_fw-la de_fw-la re_fw-la fatentur_fw-la nonnulli_fw-la concilia_fw-la ea_fw-la sive_fw-la universales_fw-la synodos_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la authoritas_fw-la pontificis_fw-la summi_fw-la non_fw-la praesidet_fw-la errare_fw-la posse_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la ea_fw-la quibus_fw-la intervenit_fw-la instant_a illi_fw-la ex_fw-la adverso_fw-la ephesinum_fw-la secundum_fw-la legitimè_fw-la fuisse_fw-la congregatum_fw-la praesidentibus_fw-la etiam_fw-la legatis_fw-la pontificis_fw-la nihilominus_fw-la in_o eversionâ—m_fw-la fidei_fw-la agitatum_fw-la &_o in_o ejus_fw-la correctionem_fw-la à _fw-la leone_n pontifice_fw-la chalcedonensem_fw-la synodum_fw-la institutam_fw-la rursus_fw-la quia_fw-la dari_fw-la remedia_fw-la videntur_fw-la dum_fw-la concilia_fw-la discrepant_a cui_fw-la videlicet_fw-la standum_fw-la adhaerendumque_fw-la magis_fw-la innuitur_fw-la aiunt_fw-la &_o apertè_fw-la etiam_fw-la significatur_fw-la aberrare_fw-la universalia_fw-la concilia_fw-la posse_fw-la j._n fran._n picus_n mirand_n de_fw-fr fide_fw-la &_o ord._n credendi_fw-la theorem_fw-la 4._o tom._n 2._o pag._n 259._o edit_fw-la basil_n basil_n he_o say_v dialogue_n 2d_o pag._n 20._o that_o the_o church_n of_o england_n in_o the_o 6_o article_n of_o their_o 39_o say_v we_o have_v no_o other_o rule_n of_o faith_n but_o scripture_n as_o each_o person_n of_o sound_a judgement_n in_o the_o church_n understand_v it_o and_o what_o be_v prove_v by_o it_o this_o he_o repeat_v dialog_n 3._o pag._n 30._o and_o several_a time_n afterward_o whereas_o the_o word_n of_o the_o article_n be_v these_o holy_a 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