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ecclesiae_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la ut_fw-la episcopus_fw-la manum_fw-la impositutus_fw-la excurrat_fw-la ad_fw-la invecationem_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la ambr._n de_fw-fr dâ—gait_fw-fr sacerdot_n â—â—â—â—dos_fw-la imponit_fw-la suppicem_fw-la dexiram_fw-la august_n quid_fw-la aliva_fw-la est_fw-la manus_fw-la impositio_fw-la quam_fw-la oratio_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o greek_a church_n have_v ever_o give_v order_n by_o a_o form_n of_o prayer_n conceive_v with_o imposition_n of_o hand_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o they_o impose_v hand_n even_o on_o deaconess_n where_o it_o can_v not_o be_v otherwise_o consider_v then_o a_o deprecative_a gesture_n neither_o be_v it_o like_o the_o african_a father_n ever_o think_v it_o a_o sacrament_n which_o no_o other_o have_v virtue_n and_o power_n to_o minister_v but_o the_o bishop_n for_o than_o they_o will_v never_o have_v admit_v presbyter_n to_o use_v the_o same_o rite_n with_o they_o for_o so_o they_o have_v suffer_v they_o to_o profane_v a_o 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