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apostoke_n priesthood_n or_o bisshoplie_o power_n be_v make_v great_a by_o the_o chief_a castle_n or_o fortress_n of_o religion_n then_o by_o the_o throne_n of_o imperial_a power_n 2._o in_o anuiversa_fw-la assumpt_n serm_n 2._o leo_fw-la the_o great_a have_v say_v that_o in_o saint_n peter_n seat_n his_o own_o power_n live_v his_o authority_n excel_v in_o a_o other_o place_n show_v himself_o to_o have_v be_v the_o successor_n of_o s._n peter_n and_o therefore_o to_o be_v the_o precedent_n of_o the_o church_n for_o thus_o he_o write_v to_o julianus_n the_o bishop_n 30._o epist_n 30._o memor_n sum_n i_o sub_fw-la illius_fw-la nomine_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la praesidere_fw-la cvius_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la jesu_fw-la christo_fw-la est_fw-la glorificata_fw-la confessio_fw-la &_o cvius_fw-la fides_fw-la omnes_fw-la haereses_fw-la destruit_fw-la i_o be_o mindful_a that_o i_o be_o president_n of_o the_o church_n under_o his_o name_n 16_o matth._n 16_o who_o confession_n be_v make_v 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