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mortuus_fw-la &_o sepultus_fw-la 5._o descendit_fw-la ad_fw-la inferos_fw-la tertia_fw-la die_fw-la resurrexit_fw-la à _fw-la mortuis_fw-la 6._o ascendit_fw-la ad_fw-la coelos_fw-la sedit_fw-la ad_fw-la dextram_fw-la dei_fw-la patris_fw-la omnipotentis_fw-la 7._o ind_n venturus_fw-la est_fw-la iudicare_fw-la vivos_fw-la &_o mortuos_fw-la 8._o credo_fw-la in_o spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la 9_o sanctam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la catholicam_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la communionem_fw-la 10._o remissionem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la 11._o carnis_fw-la resurrectionem_fw-la 12._o vitam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la amen_n 1._o i_o believe_v in_o god_n the_o father_n almighty_a maker_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n 2._o and_o in_o jesus_n christ_n his_o only_a son_n our_o lord_n 3._o which_o be_v conceive_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n bear_v of_o the_o virgin_n mary_n 4._o suffer_v under_o pontius_n pilate_n be_v crucify_v dead_a and_o bury_v 5._o descend_v into_o hell_n the_o three_o day_n he_o rise_v again_o from_o the_o 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