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own_o conjecture_n yet_o we_o may_v hence_o conclude_v that_o both_o the_o eastern_a and_o the_o western_a church_n may_v well_o and_o just_o pretend_v to_o derive_v their_o form_n from_o the_o apostle_n which_o must_v be_v understand_v as_o to_o the_o ground_n of_o each_o creed_n and_o in_o the_o general_a for_o that_o the_o apostle_n do_v pen_n every_o word_n or_o every_o article_n of_o the_o creed_n which_o now_o bear_v their_o name_n be_v never_o pretend_v or_o assert_v by_o any_o one_o nay_o the_o contrary_a be_v now_o and_o be_v ancient_o acknowledge_v and_o the_o variety_n of_o form_n in_o the_o chief_a apostolical_a see_v use_v according_a to_o the_o exigence_n of_o the_o time_n be_v a_o convince_a proof_n but_o this_o do_v not_o hinder_v but_o rather_o suppose_v that_o there_o be_v a_o short_a form_n propose_v by_o the_o apostle_n as_o the_o ancient_a writer_n have_v assert_v and_o that_o the_o old_a oriental_a creed_n and_o the_o old_a roman_a be_v almost_o in_o expression_n but_o whole_o in_o effect_n the_o same_o and_o consequent_o apostolical_a finis_fw-la finis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o in_o that_o excellent_a speech_n of_o the_o emperor_n constantine_n to_o the_o bishop_n upon_o the_o break_n up_o of_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a just_a before_o their_o departure_n to_o their_o respective_a diocese_n in_o eusebius_n in_o his_o life_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 21._o 21._o 1_o cor._n 12._o 13._o 13._o st._n john_n 14._o 26._o &_o ch._n 16._o 13._o 1_o st._n john_n 1._o 1._o 1._o nobis_fw-la nihil_fw-la ex_fw-la nostro_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la inducere_fw-la licet_fw-la sed_fw-la nec_fw-la eligere_fw-la quod_fw-la aliquis_fw-la de_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la svo_fw-la induxerit_fw-la apostolos_fw-la domini_fw-la habemus_fw-la auctores_fw-la qui_fw-la nec_fw-la ipsi_fw-la quicquam_fw-la ex_fw-la svo_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la quod_fw-la inducerent_fw-la elegerunt_fw-la sed_fw-la acceptam_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la fideliter_fw-la nationibus_fw-la adsignaverunt_fw-la tertullianus_n de_fw-fr praescripti_fw-la haeret_fw-la cap._n 6._o expeditè_fw-fr praescribimus_fw-la adulteris_fw-la nostris_fw-la illam_fw-la esse_fw-la regulam_fw-la veritatis_fw-la quae_fw-la veniat_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la transmissa_fw-la per_fw-la comites_fw-la ipsius_fw-la quibus_fw-la aliquanto_fw-la posteriores_fw-la diversi_fw-la isti_fw-la commentatores_fw-la probabuntur_fw-la apologet._n cap._n 47._o 47._o hanc_fw-la tibi_fw-la fossam_fw-la determinavit_fw-la ipse_fw-la christus_fw-la qui_fw-la te_fw-la non_fw-la vult_fw-la aliud_fw-la credere_fw-la quam_fw-la quod_fw-la instituit_fw-la ideóque_fw-la nec_fw-la quaerere_fw-la tertul._n de_fw-fr prescript_n cap._n 10._o 10._o v._o tertullianum_fw-la de_fw-fr prescript_n haeret_fw-la cap._n 21._o 21._o see_v vincentius_n lirinensis_n excellent_o treat_v of_o this_o argument_n in_o the_o 32_o chapter_n of_o his_o commonitorium_fw-la commonitorium_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theodotus_n ancyranus_n in_o expositione_n symboli_fw-la nicaem_n romae_fw-la 8._o 1669_o speak_v of_o the_o union_n of_o the_o two_o nature_n in_o the_o single_a person_n of_o christ._n pag._n 26._o 26._o but_o of_o this_o see_v the_o appendix_n appendix_n sciendum_fw-la sanè_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o ecclesiae_fw-la romanae_fw-la symbolo_fw-la non_fw-la habetur_fw-la additum_fw-la descendit_fw-la ad_fw-la inferna_fw-la sed_fw-la neque_fw-la in_o orient_n be_v ecclestis_fw-la habetur_fw-la hic_fw-la sermo_fw-la vis_fw-fr tamen_fw-la verbi_fw-la eadem_fw-la videtur_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la quod_fw-la sepultus_fw-la dicitur_fw-la rufinus_n rufinus_n rufinus_n presbyter_n ecclesiae_fw-la aquileiensis_fw-la in_o expositione_n symboli_fw-la apostolici_fw-la priusquam_fw-la incipiam_fw-la de_fw-la ipsis_fw-la sermonum_fw-la virtutibus_fw-la disputare_fw-la illud_fw-la non_fw-la importunè_fw-la commonendum_fw-la puto_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o diversis_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la aliqua_fw-la in_o his_o verbis_fw-la inveniuntur_fw-la adjecta_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la tamen_fw-la vrbis_fw-la romae_fw-la hoc_fw-la non_fw-la deprehenditur_fw-la factum_fw-la quod_fw-la ego_fw-la propterea_fw-la esse_fw-la arbitror_fw-la quod_fw-la neque_fw-la heresis_fw-la ulla_fw-la illic_fw-la sumpsit_fw-la exordium_n et_fw-la mos_fw-la inibi_fw-la servatur_fw-la antiquus_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la gratiam_fw-la baptismi_fw-la suscepturi_fw-la sunt_fw-la publicè_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la fidelium_fw-la populo_fw-la audiente_fw-la symbolum_fw-la reddere_fw-la et_fw-la utique_fw-la adjectionem_fw-la huius_fw-la saltem_fw-la sermonis_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la praecesserunt_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la non_fw-la admittit_fw-la auditus_fw-la in_o caeteris_fw-la autem_fw-la locis_fw-la quantum_fw-la intelligi_fw-la datur_fw-la propter_fw-la nonnullos_fw-la haereticos_fw-la addit_fw-la a_o quaedam_fw-la videntur_fw-la per_fw-la quae_fw-la novellae_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la sensus_fw-la crederetur_fw-la excludi_fw-la excludi_fw-la v._o eusebium_fw-la de_fw-la vitâ_fw-la constantini_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 4._o 4._o epiphanius_n in_o anchorato_n versus_fw-la finem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d v._o theodotum_fw-la ancyranum_n in_o exposit_n symb_n nic._n pag._n 88_o et_fw-la professionem_fw-la fidei_fw-la à _fw-la romano_n pontifice_fw-la haberi_fw-la solitam_fw-la in_o libre_fw-la diurno_fw-la pontif._n roman_n pag._n 35._o secundum_fw-la constantinopolitanum_n adaequè_fw-fr sanctum_fw-la certum_fw-la quoque_fw-la quinquaginta_fw-la patrum_fw-la concilium_fw-la sub_fw-la imperialis_fw