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ad_fw-la object_n gallorum_n christus_fw-la dedit_fw-la pro_fw-la mundo_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la suum_fw-la &_o mundus_fw-la redimi_fw-la noluit_fw-la item_n send_v quartâ_fw-la super_fw-la capita_fw-la gallorum_n qui_fw-la dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la pro_fw-la totius_fw-la mundi_fw-la redemptione_n salvator_fw-la sit_fw-la crucifixus_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la virtutem_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la infidelium_fw-la respicit_fw-la partem_fw-la quum_fw-la sanguis_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la pretium_fw-la totius_fw-la mundi_fw-la sit_fw-la a_o quo_fw-la pretio_fw-la extranei_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la aut_fw-la delectati_fw-la captivitate_fw-la redimi_fw-la noluerunt_fw-la aut_fw-la post_fw-la redemptionem_fw-la ad_fw-la candem_fw-la servitutem_fw-la sunt_fw-la reversi_fw-la vide_fw-la ambrosium_fw-la in_o pag._n titul_a cyrillus_n alexandrinus_n in_o joh._n evang._n lib._n 11.25_o quemadmodum_fw-la praevaricatione_fw-la primi_fw-la hominis_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o primitiis_fw-la generis_fw-la nostri_fw-la morti_fw-la addicti_fw-la sumus_fw-la eodem_fw-la modo_fw-la per_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la &_o justitiam_fw-la christi_fw-la in_fw-la quantum_fw-la seipsum_fw-la legi_fw-la subjecit_fw-la quamvis_fw-la legis_fw-la author_n esset_fw-la benedictio_fw-la atque_fw-la vivificatio_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la spiritum_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la totam_fw-la nostram_fw-la penetravit_fw-la naturam_fw-la leo_n epist_n 72._o ad_fw-la juvenalem_fw-la ut_fw-la autem_fw-la repararet_fw-la omnium_fw-la vitam_fw-la recepit_fw-la omnium_fw-la causam_fw-la &_o vim_o veteris_fw-la chirographi_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la solvendo_fw-la vacuavit_fw-la ut_fw-la sicut_fw-la per_fw-la unius_fw-la reatum_fw-la omnes_fw-la facti_fw-la suerant_fw-la peccatores_fw-la ita_fw-la per_fw-la unius_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la omnes_fw-la fierent_fw-la innocent_n inde_fw-la in_o homines_fw-la manante_fw-la justitiá_fw-la ubi_fw-la est_fw-la humana_fw-la suscepta_fw-la natura_fw-la cyrill_n of_o 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