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ego_fw-la n._n 23_o eliz._n 1._o 3_o jacob_n 4._o de_fw-fr majoritate_fw-la &_o obedientiâ_fw-la 15._o q._n 6._o authoritatem_fw-la in_o glossá_fw-la distinct_a 82._o praefbyter_n pelin_n de_fw-fr constit_fw-la cap._n statatae_fw-la canon_n colum_fw-la 6._o q._n 1._o quicunque_fw-la in_o glossâ_fw-la panormitan_n extra_n de_fw-fr divortiis_fw-la sum_fw-la angel_n in_o dictione_n pap._n pigghius_n hierarch_n l._n 3._o cap._n 3._o fol._n 103._o pigghius_n contro_n 3._o de_fw-la ecclesiá_fw-la flaccus_n illiticus_n in_o normâ_fw-la council_n johan_n sleidanus_fw-la lib._n 23._o husius_fw-la l._n 2._o contra_fw-la johan_n brentium_n ludovicus_n vives_fw-la in_o lib._n 13_o de_fw-fr civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la c._n 24._o nicol._n lyra._n in_o deutero_fw-la cap._n 17._o paral._n ursper_n gen._n in_o clemen_n 5._o pap._n huk_n 22.38_o 2_o king_n 6.18_o 5_o eliz._n 23._o johan_n sleidan_n l._n 4._o anno._n 1523._o bernard_n epist_n 125._o pag._n 1316._o albertus_n in_o johan_n cap._n 10._o e._n 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