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in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n to_o do_v what_o he_o think_v best_o and_o if_o he_o decree_v to_o send_v some_o who_o with_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o province_n may_v be_v present_a to_o judge_v have_v authority_n from_o he_o from_o who_o they_o be_v send_v it_o shall_v be_v in_o his_o pleasure_n and_o if_o he_o think_v that_o the_o bishop_n of_o that_o province_n may_v suffice_v to_o end_v the_o business_n let_v he_o do_v whatsoever_o in_o his_o most_o wise_a council_n he_o judge_v best_o before_o i_o proceed_v in_o this_o narration_n let_v some_o thing_n of_o note_n be_v observe_v first_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v now_o grow_v from_o the_o honest_a and_o godly_a conversation_n of_o their_o ancestor_n to_o admirable_a impudence_n that_o dare_v suborn_v a_o canon_n of_o the_o nicen_n council_n and_o publish_v their_o own_o shame_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o church_n then_o and_o leave_v a_o eternal_a monument_n thereof_o to_o the_o world_n for_o ever_o 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and_o six_o pope_n from_o peter_n as_o caranza_n note_v then_o we_o say_v that_o whatsoever_o gregorâ—…e_n have_v write_v against_o john_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n all_o stand_v strong_a against_o boniface_n the_o three_o and_o all_o the_o pope_n after_o he_o for_o he_o first_o obtain_v this_o antichâ—…istian_a name_n and_o all_o the_o rest_n have_v enjoy_v it_o &_o much_o increase_v both_o title_n of_o pride_n and_o power_n answerable_a to_o those_o ticle_n 5._o but_o because_o bellarmine_n will_v salve_v up_o the_o wound_n that_o gregory_n have_v give_v to_o all_o popâ—…_n after_o boniface_n let_v we_o brief_o consider_v his_o shift_n and_o so_o proceed_v first_o he_o say_v that_o by_o gregory_n his_o word_n the_o pope_n shall_v not_o be_v antichrist_n but_o only_a praecursor_n rom._n antichristâ—…_n the_o forerunner_n of_o antichrist_n no_o praecursor_n 13._o say_v he_o non_fw-la debet_fw-la esse_fw-la idem_fw-la cum_fw-la eo_fw-la quem_fw-la praecurrit_fw-la sed_fw-la long_a 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pâ—…uca_fw-la bonifacâ—…o_o statuit_fw-la sedem_fw-la romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ut_fw-la capâ—…t_fw-la esseâ—…_n omnium_fw-la ecclestarâ—…m_fw-la quia_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la constantinopolitana_n primam_fw-la se_fw-la omnium_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la scribebat_fw-la that_o be_v this_o man_n at_o the_o suit_n of_o boniface_n ordain_v that_o the_o sea_n of_o rome_n shall_v be_v head_n of_o all_o church_n because_o the_o church_n of_o constantinople_n write_v herself_o the_o chief_a of_o all_o church_n then_o by_o this_o testimony_n we_o find_v that_o boniface_n obtain_v no_o other_o thing_n of_o phocas_n then_o that_o which_o john_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n have_v seek_v before_o abbas_n vspergensis_n chronic_n say_v post_fw-la â—…abinianum_fw-la bonifacius_n cligitur_fw-la ad_fw-la pontisicatum_fw-la cvius_fw-la rogatu_fw-la phocas_n constituit_fw-la se_fw-la dcm_o romanae_fw-la et_fw-la apostolicâ—…_n ecclesia_fw-la caput_fw-la esse_fw-la omnium_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la nam_fw-la 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