lib_n 4._o adv_n oecol_n indic_n belg._n censurer_n of_o douai_n in_o reference_n to_o the_o book_n of_o bertram_n who_o author_n they_o place_n under_o the_o time_n of_o lothairius_n and_o charles_n the_o bald_a although_o the_o book_n of_o bertram_n have_v no_o mark_n of_o time_n whereas_o without_o doubt_n they_o will_v have_v place_v he_o under_o the_o reign_n of_o charlemagne_n have_v the_o manuscript_n for_o title_n ad_fw-la carolum_fw-la magnum_fw-la imperatorem_fw-la and_o for_o that_o of_o john_n scot_n it_o be_v to_o be_v believe_v that_o it_o have_v be_v write_v at_o the_o same_o time_n and_o have_v a_o inscription_n almost_o alike_o berenger_n be_v mistake_v in_o apply_v to_o charlemagne_n seq_fw-la sigeb_n catol_n c._n 85._o &_o 99_o de_fw-fr script_n eccl._n fol._n 53._o &_o 55._o praefat._n gener_fw-la in_o vit_fw-fr sanct._n c._n 4._o sect_n 7._o labbe_n de_fw-fr script_n eccl._n t._n 2._o p._n 820._o &_o seq_fw-la what_o ought_v to_o be_v refer_v to_o charles_n the_o 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be_v of_o no_o great_a use_n for_o it_o be_v certain_a there_o be_v never_o a_o more_o crude_a discourse_n than_o that_o which_o he_o now_o give_v we_o first_o what_o signify_v the_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o eutychiens_n acknowledge_v the_o virgin_n mary_n bring_v forth_o a_o son_n that_o appear_v to_o have_v a_o body_n like_o other_o man_n that_o the_o apostle_n converse_v with_o he_o as_o with_o a_o man_n and_o that_o the_o jew_n take_v he_o for_o a_o man_n what_o signify_v this_o to_o the_o prove_v that_o they_o do_v not_o deny_v the_o inward_a substance_n of_o the_o humanity_n remain_v in_o jesus_n christ_n but_o say_v only_o that_o all_o the_o natural_a propriety_n which_o they_o call_v nature_n be_v change_v there_o will_v be_v more_o likelihood_n in_o conclude_v from_o hence_o the_o contrary_a viz._n that_o according_a to_o the_o eutychiens_n the_o inward_a substance_n be_v change_v and_o the_o natural_a propriety_n remain_v for_o if_o we_o real_o distinguish_v these_o 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eccles_n lâ—b_n 18_o c._n 48._o raynald_n ad_fw-la a_o 1341._o dioscorus_n say_v harmenopulus_n affirm_v the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v make_v man_n in_o appearance_n have_v only_o one_o nature_n nicephorus_n callistus_n confirm_v the_o same_o thing_n the_o wretched_a eutyches_n say_v he_o do_v indeed_o acknowledge_v god_n to_o be_v bear_v of_o the_o virgin_n mary_n and_o that_o the_o virgin_n be_v the_o mother_n of_o god_n and_o so_o far_o his_o doctrine_n be_v sound_a and_o true_a but_o he_o likewise_o hold_v that_o the_o flesh_n of_o jesus_n christ_n be_v feign_v that_o the_o word_n be_v change_v and_o make_v flesh_n after_o a_o immutable_a manner_n that_o he_o feign_v in_o appearance_n the_o whole_a oeconomy_n of_o our_o salvation_n and_o that_o whatsoever_o of_o corporeal_a appear_v in_o he_o be_v only_o a_o phantasm_n and_o fiction_n the_o same_o thing_n appear_v in_o respect_n of_o the_o armenian_n from_o the_o information_n which_o pope_n benedict_n the_o twelve_o give_v we_o of_o their_o error_n for_o the_o twenty_o eight_o article_n have_v these_o word_n the_o armenian_n know_v not_o what_o answer_v to_o give_v the_o passage_n of_o the_o gospel_n which_o assert_v our_o saviour_n have_v a_o real_a humane_a body_n after_o his_o resurrection_n forasmuch_o as_o they_o affirm_v that_o at_o the_o moment_n of_o the_o union_n the_o humane_a nature_n be_v convert_v into_o the_o divinity_n answer_v that_o the_o will_n of_o god_n as_o it_o please_v wrought_v all_o these_o thing_n by_o which_o it_o seem_v he_o have_v a_o humane_a body_n although_o in_o effect_n he_o have_v none_o and_o in_o the_o follow_a article_n although_o the_o armenian_n hold_v that_o after_o the_o union_n there_o be_v only_o in_o our_o saviour_n christ_n the_o divine_a nature_n into_o which_o the_o humane_a nature_n be_v convert_v yet_o they_o say_v and_o hold_v that_o the_o divine_a nature_n so_o depend_v on_o the_o will_n of_o christ_n that_o he_o do_v with_o it_o what_o he_o please_v cyrillus_n in_o his_o letter_n to_o witembogard_a relate_v he_o hold_v a_o conference_n with_o one_o of_o the_o chief_a of_o the_o armenian_a doctor_n name_v barsabas_n in_o the_o temple_n of_o jerusalem_n before_o all_o the_o people_n and_o that_o the_o subject_a of_o their_o dispute_n be_v whether_o our_o saviour_n eruditor_fw-la cyril_n epist_n 2._o ad_fw-la witem_fw-la in_o epist_n viror_fw-la eruditor_fw-la christ_n converse_v with_o man_n and_o die_v in_o appearance_n only_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o add_v he_o the_o armenian_n believe_v he_o suffer_v death_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o appearance_n and_o not_o real_o the_o jacobite_n who_o be_v eutychiens_n as_o well_n as_o the_o armenian_n say_v likewise_o the_o same_o thing_n on_o this_o subject_a according_a to_o the_o relation_n of_o john_n cotovic_n they_o affirm_v say_v he_o that_o the_o flesh_n which_o 202._o itinerar_fw-it hier._n &_o syria_n auct_v joanne_n cottovico_n lib._n 2._o c._n 6._o p._n 202._o 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