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episcopatus_fw-la ponendus_fw-la inter_fw-la ordines_fw-la ecclesiasticos_fw-la convenit_fw-la autem_fw-la inter_fw-la omnes_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la aetate_fw-la inter_fw-la episcopos_fw-la &_o presbyteros_fw-la nullum_fw-la discrimen_fw-la &c_n &c_n seven_o even_o mr._n dodwell_n as_o high_a as_o he_o be_v for_o episcopal_a authority_n say_v that_o the_o first_o bishop_n be_v make_v by_o presbyter_n and_o that_o it_o behove_v to_o be_v so_o otherwise_o the_o succession_n can_v not_o be_v secure_v in_o the_o first_o time_n of_o persecution_n how_o this_o consist_v either_o
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celerini_n ad_fw-la lucium_fw-la §_o 3._o quorum_fw-la jam_fw-la causa_fw-la
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