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ut_fw-la pauca_fw-la sint_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la materia_fw-la secura_fw-la almain_n de_fw-fr auct_n eccl._n cap._n 3._o di_o avertire_n vhe_fw-it non_fw-it si_fw-la venga_fw-la mai_fw-gr per_fw-la qual_a causa_fw-la si_fw-la siam_fw-it alla_fw-mi disputa_fw-la dell_fw-it autorita_n di_fw-it papa_n council_n trid._n lib._n 2._o p._n 159._o hic_fw-la articulus_fw-la est_fw-la contra_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la regis_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la privari_fw-la svo_fw-la dominio_fw-la temporali_fw-la respectu_fw-la cujus_fw-la nullum_fw-la superiorem_fw-la recognoscit_fw-la bochell_n lib._n 5._o tit_n 20._o cap._n 45._o this_o article_n be_v against_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o king_n who_o can_v be_v deprive_v of_o his_o temporal_a dominion_n wherein_o he_o acknowledge_v no_o superior_a prima_fw-la sententia_fw-la est_fw-la summum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la habere_fw-la plenissimam_fw-la potestatem_fw-la in_o universum_fw-la orbem_fw-la terrarum_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la quam_fw-la civilibus_fw-la ità _fw-la docent_fw-la aug._n triumphus_fw-la alvarus_n pelagius_n panormitanus_fw-la hostiensis_n silvester_n &_o alii_fw-la non_fw-la pauci_fw-la bell._n 5.1_o the_o first_o opinion_n be_v that_o the_o pope_n have_v a_o most_o full_a power_n over_o the_o whole_a world_n both_o in_o ecclesiastical_a and_o civil_a affair_n this_o be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o aug._n triumphus_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o of_o many_o other_o scripsit_fw-la egregiam_fw-la summam_fw-la de_fw-la potestate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la bell._n the_o script_n anno_fw-la 1301._o error_n est_fw-la non_fw-la credere_fw-la pontificem_fw-la rom._n vniversalis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la pastorem_fw-la petri_n successorem_fw-la &_o christi_fw-la vicarium_fw-la supra_fw-la temporalia_fw-la &_o spiritualia_fw-la vniversalem_fw-la non_fw-la habere_fw-la primatum_fw-la in_fw-la quem_fw-la quandoque_fw-la multi_fw-la labuntur_fw-la dictae_fw-la potestatis_fw-la ignorantiâ_fw-la quae_fw-la cum_fw-la sit_fw-la infinita_fw-la eo_fw-la quòd_fw-la magnus_fw-la est_fw-la dominus_fw-la &_o magna_fw-la virtus_fw-la ejus_fw-la &_o magnitudinis_fw-la ejus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la finis_fw-la omnis_fw-la creature_n intellectus_fw-la in_o ejus_fw-la perscrutatione_fw-la invenitur_fw-la deficere_fw-la aug._n triumph_n de_fw-fr potest_fw-la eccl._n in_o praef_n ad_fw-la p._n joh._n xxii_o thomas_n in_o fine_a secun_fw-fr sentent_fw-fr dicit_fw-la in_o papa_n esse_fw-la apicem_fw-la utriusque_fw-la potestatis_fw-la bell._n 5.1_o quum_fw-la quis_fw-la per_fw-la sententiam_fw-la denunciatur_fw-la propter_fw-la apostasiam_fw-la excommunicatus_fw-la ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la ejus_fw-la subditi_fw-la à _fw-la dominio_fw-la &_o juramento_fw-la fidelitatis_fw-la ejus_fw-la liberati_fw-la sunt_fw-la th._n 2._o secund_n qu._n 12._o art_n 2._o s._n thomas_n in_o lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr regim_n princ._n cap._n 10._o &_o 19_o affirmat_fw-la summum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la habere_fw-la spiritualem_fw-la &_o temporalem_fw-la potestatem_fw-la ut_fw-la supremum_fw-la totius_fw-la mundi_fw-la regem_fw-la adâ—ò_fw-la 〈◊〉_d etiam_fw-la taleas_fw-la omnibus_fw-la christianis_fw-la possit_fw-la imponere_fw-la &_o civitatis_fw-la ac_fw-la castra_fw-la destruere_fw-la pro_fw-la conservatione_fw-la christianitatis_fw-la bell._n 5.5_o quae_fw-la jura_fw-la sunt_fw-la notanda_fw-la quia_fw-la malè_fw-la considerata_fw-la sunt_fw-la per_fw-la multos_fw-la assentatores_fw-la qui_fw-la voluerunt_fw-la placere_fw-la pontificibus_fw-la per_fw-la multa_fw-la retro_fw-la tempora_fw-la &_o usque_fw-la ad_fw-la hodierna_fw-la suaserunt_fw-la eye_n quòd_fw-la omne_fw-la possent_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la quòd_fw-la facerent_fw-la quicquid_fw-la liberet_fw-la etiam_fw-la illicita_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la plus_fw-la quam_fw-la deus_fw-la zabar_fw-la de_fw-fr schism_n orbis_n princeps_fw-la episc._n spal_n sess._n 1._o p._n 24._o regum_fw-la rex_fw-la &_o orbis_n terrarum_fw-la monarcha_fw-la del_fw-it rio_n sess._n 8._o p._n 87._o virum_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la erat_fw-la potestas_fw-la supra_fw-la omnes_fw-la potestates_fw-la â—am_fw-la coeli_fw-la quam_fw-la terrae_fw-la episc._n patrac_n sess._n 10._o p._n 132._o arripe_fw-la ergò_fw-la gladium_fw-la divinae_fw-la potestatis_fw-la tibi_fw-la creditum_fw-la his_fw-la acutum_fw-la &_o jube_fw-la impera_fw-la manda_fw-la ut_fw-la pax_fw-la universalis_fw-la &_o colligatio_fw-la per_fw-la decennium_fw-la inter_fw-la christianos_n ad_fw-la minus_fw-la fiat_fw-la &_o reges_fw-la ad_fw-la id_fw-la in_o compedibus_fw-la magni_fw-la regis_fw-la liga_fw-la &_o nobiles_fw-la in_o manicis_fw-la ferreis_n censurarum_fw-la constringe_v quoniam_fw-la tibi_fw-la data_fw-la est_fw-la omnis_fw-la potestas_fw-la in_o coelo_fw-la
tyrant_n according_a to_o the_o definition_n of_o aristotle_n pol._n 4.10_o cui_fw-la plus_fw-la licet_fw-la quam_fw-la par_fw-fr est_fw-la plus_fw-la vult_fw-la quam_fw-la licet_fw-la vnde_fw-la sicut_fw-la languescente_fw-la capite_fw-la reliquum_fw-la postea_fw-la corpus_fw-la morbus_fw-la invadat_fw-la conc._n bas._n sess._n 23._o p._n 64._o whence_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o if_o the_o head_n be_v sick_a the_o rest_n of_o the_o body_n afterward_o grow_v disease_v vid._n conc._n bas._n p._n 87._o conc._n const._n p._n 1110._o vid._n do_v 40._o cap._n 6._o huius_fw-la culpas_fw-la etsi_fw-la vid._n alu._n pelag._n apud_fw-la riu._n cath._n orth._n p._n 141._o baron_fw-fr pope_n marcellus_n ii_o doubt_a whether_o a_o pope_n can_v be_v save_v thuan._n lib._n 15._o p._n 566._o from_o john_n viii_o to_o leo_n ix_o what_o a_o rabble_n of_o rake-hell_n and_o sort_n do_v sit_v in_o that_o chair_n machiavelli_n hist._n lib._n 16._o p._n 1271._o baron_fw-fr ann._n 912._o §_o 8._o baron_fw-fr ann._n 897._o §_o 5._o it_o be_v say_v of_o vespasian_n solus_fw-la imperantium_fw-la melior_fw-la so_o apt_a be_v power_n to_o corrupt_v man_n solus_fw-la omnium_fw-la ante_fw-la se_fw-la principum_fw-la in_o melius_fw-la mutatus_fw-la est_fw-la tac._n hist._n 1._o p._n 451._o how_o vain_a be_v that_o which_o p._n gregory_n vii_o cit_v out_o of_o p._n symmachus_n b._n petrus_n perennem_fw-la meritorum_fw-la dotem_fw-la cum_fw-la haereditate_fw-la innocentiae_fw-la misit_fw-la ad_fw-la posteros_fw-la greg._n vii_o ep._n 8.21_o quòd_fw-la romanus_n pontifex_fw-la si_fw-la canonicè_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ordinatus_fw-la meritis_fw-la b._n petri_n indubitanter_fw-la efficitur_fw-la sanctus_fw-la be_v one_o of_o p._n greg._n vii_o he_o dictate_v that_o the_o roman_a pontif_n if_o canonical_o elect_v be_v undoubted_o make_v holy_a by_o the_o merit_n of_o bless_a peter_n sap._n 1.5_o vid._n guicciard_n machiav_n his._n fl._n p._n 19_o conc._n bas._n p._n 65._o cum_fw-la non_fw-la ob_fw-la religionem_fw-la &_o dei_fw-la cultum_fw-la appetere_fw-la pontificatum_fw-la nostri_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la videantur_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la fratrum_fw-la vel_fw-la nepotum_fw-la vel_fw-la familiarium_fw-la ingluviem_fw-la &_o avaritiam_fw-la expleant_fw-la plat._n in_o joh._n xvi_o p._n 298._o whereas_o our_o priest_n seem_v to_o desire_v the_o popedom_n not_o for_o religion_n and_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n but_o that_o they_o may_v fill_v the_o raven_a appetite_n and_o covetousness_n of_o their_o brethren_n or_o nephew_n or_o familiar_n 1_o tim._n 2.1_o 2._o matt._n 6.24_o bell._n 5.6_o p._n 1415._o matth._n 12.25_o p._n pasch._n ii_o ep._n 7._o vid._n mach._n hist._n flor._n p._n 18._o impeti_fw-la possunt_fw-la humanis_fw-la praesumptionibus_fw-la quae_fw-la divino_fw-la sunt_fw-la judicio_fw-la constituta_fw-la vinci_fw-la autem_fw-la quorumlibet_fw-la potestate_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la p._n gel._n ep._n 8._o fellix_fw-la p._n ep._n 1._o p._n 597._o non_fw-la enim_fw-la volumus_fw-la aut_fw-la propter_fw-la principum_fw-la potentiam_fw-la ecclesiasticâ—m_fw-la minui_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la aut_fw-la pro_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la dignitate_fw-la principum_fw-la potentiam_fw-la mutilari_fw-la p._n pasch._n ii_o ep._n 28_o &_o 29._o for_o we_o will_v not_o that_o either_o the_o ecclesiastical_a dignity_n shall_v be_v diminish_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o prince_n power_n or_o that_o the_o prince_n power_n shall_v be_v curtail_v for_o the_o ecclesiastical_a dignity_n in_o vain_a do_v s._n bernard_n the_o consid._n 1_o câ—y_v quid_fw-la fine_n alienos_fw-la invaditis_fw-la quid_fw-la falcem_fw-la vestram_fw-la in_o alienam_fw-la messam_fw-la extenditis_fw-la why_o do_v you_o invade_v other_o man_n territory_n why_o thrust_v you_o your_o sickle_n into_o other_o man_n harvest_n harvest_n arietes_n furiosos_fw-la bell._n 5.7_o vid._n tort._n t._n p._n 216._o greg._n vii_o ep._n 1.7.112.13_o 63._o vid._n plat._n de_fw-fr bonif._n viii_o p._n 467._o jul._n 2._o non_fw-la sine_fw-la suspicion_n quod_fw-la illorum_fw-la temporum_fw-la pontifices_fw-la qui_fw-la bella_fw-la extinguere_fw-la discordias_fw-la tollere_fw-la debuissent_fw-la suscitarent_fw-la ea_fw-la potiùs_fw-la atque_fw-la nutrirent_fw-la episc._n modrus_fw-la in_o conc._n lat._n v._o sess._n 6._o p._n 72._o not_o without_o suspicion_n that_o the_o pope_n of_o those_o time_n who_o ought_v to_o have_v extinguish_v war_n and_o put_v a_o end_n to_o dissension_n do_v rather_o raise_v they_o up_o and_o cherish_v they_o see_v greg._n vii_o ep._n 4.2.8.21_o vid._n council_n lugd._n p._n 851._o auctoritate_fw-la apostolica_fw-la de_fw-la fratrum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la consilio_fw-la declaramus_fw-la illa_fw-la juramenta_fw-la praedicta_fw-la fidelitatis_fw-la existere_fw-la &_o censeri_fw-la debere_fw-la clementin_n lib._n 2._o tit._n 9_o cap._n unicum_fw-la we_o declare_v out_o of_o our_o apostolical_a authority_n by_o the_o advice_n of_o our_o brethren_n that_o the_o foresay_a oath_n of_o fealty_n ought_v to_o be_v and_o be_v so_o esteem_v thuan._n lib._n 1._o abutente_fw-la christianorum_fw-la pastore_n christianorum_fw-la principum_fw-la viribus_fw-la ut_fw-la privatae_fw-la ambitioni_fw-la &_o suorum_fw-la libidini_fw-la inserviret_fw-la thuan._n lib._n 1._o p._n 42._o the_o pastor_n of_o christian_n abuse_v the_o power_n of_o christian_a prince_n that_o he_o may_v gratify_v his_o private_a ambition_n and_o the_o will_n and_o lust_n of_o his_o friend_n obseru._n tort._n t._n p._n 210._o 210._o p._n anast._n call_v the_o emperor_n anast._n vicarium_fw-la epist._n p._n 670._o eccles._n leod._n p._n â—22_n secundum_fw-la mutationes_fw-la temporum_fw-la transferuntur_fw-la etiam_fw-la regna_fw-la terrarum_fw-la unde_fw-la etiam_fw-la ecclesiasticarum_fw-la parochiarum_fw-la fine_n in_fw-la plerisque_fw-la provinciis_fw-la mutari_fw-la expedit_fw-la &_o transferri_fw-la p._n pasch._n ii_o ep._n 19_o vid._n bod._n de_fw-fr rep._n 1.9_o p._n 195._o car_fw-fr les_fw-fr princess_n chrestien_n avoient_fw-fr presque_fw-fr tous_fw-fr opinion_n que_fw-fr le_fw-fr pape_n estoit_fw-fr absolvement_fw-fr seigneur_fw-fr sovereign_a de_fw-fr tous_fw-fr les_fw-fr roydume_n dela_n chrestiente_a bod._n ibid._n p._n 196._o tort._n tort._n p._n 216_o etc._n etc._n greg._n vii_o ep._n 1.7.2.13_o alex._n ii_o ep._n 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bas._n de_fw-fr jud._n dei_fw-la t._n 2._o p._n 259._o so_o great_a a_o dissonancy_n and_o jar_a there_o be_v among_o man_n in_o the_o church_n while_o every_o one_o swerve_v from_o the_o doctrine_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n and_o assert_n certain_a conceit_n and_o rule_n of_o his_o own_o by_o his_o own_o authority_n and_o have_v rather_o rule_v contrary_a to_o the_o lord_n than_o be_v rule_v by_o the_o lord_n necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la fideles_fw-la idem_fw-la sentiant_fw-la bell._n 1.9_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o all_o the_o faithful_a shall_v be_v of_o the_o same_o opinion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ath._n nemini_fw-la praescribentes_fw-la manenâ—e_fw-la concordiae_fw-la vinculo_fw-la &_o perseverante_fw-la catholicae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la individuo_fw-la sacramento_n actum_fw-la suum_fw-la disponit_fw-la &_o dirigit_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la episcopus_fw-la rationem_fw-la propositi_fw-la svi_fw-la domino_fw-la redditurus_fw-la cypr._n ep._n 52._o add_v antonianum_n caeterùm_fw-la scimus_fw-la quosdam_fw-la quod_fw-la semel_fw-la imbiberint_fw-la nolle_fw-la deponere_fw-la nec_fw-la propositum_fw-la suum_fw-la facilè_fw-la mutare_fw-la sed_fw-la salvo_fw-la inter_fw-la collegas_fw-la pacis_fw-la &_o concordiae_fw-la vinculo_fw-la quaedam_fw-la propria_fw-la quae_fw-la apud_fw-la se_fw-la semel_fw-la sint_fw-la usurpata_fw-la retinere_fw-la qua_fw-la in_o re_fw-la nec_fw-la nos_fw-la vim_o cviquam_fw-la facimus_fw-la aut_fw-la legem_fw-la damus_fw-la cum_fw-la habeat_fw-la in_o ecclesiae_fw-la administratione_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la suae_fw-la liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la praepositus_fw-la rationem_fw-la actûs_fw-la svi_fw-la domino_fw-la redditurus_fw-la cypr._n ep._n 72._o add_v stephanum_n haec_fw-la ad_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la tuam_fw-la frater_fw-la charissime_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la honore_fw-la communi_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la simplici_fw-la dilectione_n pertulimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n consensu_fw-la &_o auctoritate_fw-la communi_fw-la nam_fw-la cum_fw-la statâ—tum_fw-la sit_fw-la omnibus_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o aequum_fw-la sit_fw-la pariter_fw-la ac_fw-la justum_fw-la ut_fw-la uniuscujusque_fw-la causa_fw-la illic_fw-la audiatur_fw-la ubi_fw-la est_fw-la crimen_fw-la admissum_fw-la &_o singulis_fw-la pastoribus_fw-la portio_fw-la gregis_fw-la sit_fw-la adscripta_fw-la quam_fw-la regat_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la &_o gubernet_fw-la rationem_fw-la actûs_fw-la svi_fw-la domino_fw-la redditurus_fw-la oportet_fw-la utique_fw-la eos_fw-la quibus_fw-la praesumus_fw-la non_fw-la circumcursare_fw-la etc._n etc._n cypr._n epist._n 55._o add_v cornelium_n haec_fw-la tibi_fw-la breviter_fw-la pro_fw-la nostra_fw-la mediocritate_fw-la rescripsimus_fw-la frater_fw-la charissime_fw-la nemini_fw-la praescribentes_fw-la aut_fw-la praejudicantes_fw-la quo_fw-la minùs_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la quod_fw-la putat_fw-la faciat_fw-la habens_fw-la arbitrii_fw-la svi_fw-la liberam_fw-la potestatem_fw-la cypr._n epist._n 73._o ad_fw-la jubabaianum_fw-la quâ_fw-la in_o parte_fw-la nemini_fw-la verecundia_fw-la &_o modestia_fw-la nostra_fw-la praejudicat_fw-la quo_fw-la minùs_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la quod_fw-la putat_fw-la sentiat_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la senserit_fw-la faciat_fw-la cypr._n epist._n 76._o add_v magnum_n nemini_fw-la praescribentes_fw-la quo_fw-la minùs_fw-la statuat_fw-la quod_fw-la putat_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la praepositus_fw-la actûs_fw-la svi_fw-la rationem_fw-la domino_fw-la redditurus_fw-la secundum_fw-la quod_fw-la apostolus_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid._n superest_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-la hac_fw-la re_fw-la singuli_fw-la quid_fw-la
nobis_fw-la data_fw-la plures_fw-la praepositi_fw-la convenire_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la coeperimus_fw-la communicato_fw-la etiam_fw-la vobiscum_fw-la consilio_fw-la disponere_fw-la singula_fw-la &_o reformare_fw-la possimus_fw-la cypr._n ep._n 15._o clero_fw-la rom._n quod_fw-la ut_fw-la simul_fw-la cum_fw-la caeteris_fw-la collegis_fw-la nostris_fw-la stabiliter_fw-la ac_fw-la firmiter_fw-la administremus_fw-la atque_fw-la ut_fw-la catholicae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la pacem_fw-la concordiae_fw-la unanimitate_fw-la teneamus_fw-la perficiet_fw-la divina_fw-la dignatio_fw-la cypr._n ep._n 52._o add_v cornel._n copiosus_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la numerus_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la convenimus_fw-la cypr._n ep._n 45._o add_v anton._n satìs_fw-la erat_fw-la ut_fw-la tu_fw-la te_fw-la episcopum_fw-la factum_fw-la literis_fw-la nunciares_fw-la cyprian_a ad_fw-la cornel._n epist._n 42._o significa_fw-la planè_fw-la nobis_fw-la quis_fw-la in_o locum_fw-la marciani_n arelate_n fuerit_fw-la substitutus_fw-la ut_fw-la sciamus_fw-la ad_fw-la quem_fw-la fratres_fw-la nostros_fw-la dirigere_fw-la &_o cui_fw-la scribere_fw-la debeamus_fw-la cypr._n ep._n 67._o ad_fw-la steph._n p._n cypr._n ep._n 41_o 42_o 52._o pag._n 93._o theod._n 5.9_o euseb._n de_fw-fr p._n samos_n idem_fw-la enim_fw-la omnes_fw-la credimur_fw-la operati_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la deprehendimur_fw-la eadem_fw-la omnes_fw-la censurae_fw-la &_o disciplinae_fw-la consensione_n sociati_fw-la cler._n rom._n ad_fw-la cypr._n epist._n 31._o vid._n conc._n sard._n p._n leonis_fw-la ii_o ep._n 2._o add_v hisp._n episc._n n._n b._n p._n 385._o tom._n 5._o p._n bened._n ii_o ep._n 16._o 1_o cor._n 12.28_o eph._n 4.11_o rom._n 12.7_o act._n 20.28_o nec_fw-la remanere_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la possunt_fw-la qui_fw-la deificam_fw-la &_o ecclesiasticam_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la nec_fw-la actûs_fw-la svi_fw-la conversatione_fw-la nec_fw-la morum_fw-la pace_fw-la tenuerunt_fw-la p._n cornel._n apud_fw-la cyprian_n ep._n 48._o vid._n ep._n 73._o add_v jub_n ep._n firmil_n pag._n 198._o aug._n ep._n 118._o &_o 86._o suprá_fw-fr suprá_fw-fr gravat_fw-la enim_fw-la i_o atque_fw-la contristat_fw-la etc._n etc._n ep._n 44._o add_v confess_v rom._n contra_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la semel_fw-la traditum_fw-la divinae_fw-la dispositionis_fw-la &_o catholicae_fw-la unitatis_fw-la adulterum_fw-la &_o contrarium_fw-la caput_fw-la extra_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la facit_fw-la cyprian_a epist._n 42._o add_v cornel._n relictis_fw-la domini_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la contra_fw-la evangelicam_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la nova_fw-la traditio_fw-la sacrilegae_fw-la institutionis_fw-la exsurgat_fw-la cypr._n ep._n 40._o plebi_fw-la suae_fw-la deus_fw-la unus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o christus_fw-la unus_fw-la &_o ecclesia_fw-la una_fw-la &_o cathedra_fw-la una_fw-la super_fw-la petrum_fw-la domini_fw-la voce_fw-la sundata_fw-la aliud_fw-la altar_n constitui_fw-la aut_fw-la sacerdotium_fw-la novum_fw-la fieri_fw-la praeter_fw-la unum_fw-la altar_n &_o unum_fw-la sacerdotium_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d can._n 20._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d const._n m._n in_o epist._n ad_fw-la eccles._n euseb._n vita_fw-la constantini_n 3.18_o nolo_fw-la humanis_fw-la documentis_fw-la sed_fw-la diviniâ—_n oraculis_fw-la sanctam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la demonstrari_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr vnit._n c._n 3._o eph._n 4._o 1_o cor._n 12._o rom._n 12._o gal._n 3.28_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act._n 11.26_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act._n 14.23_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epiph._n haer_fw-mi 42._o corpus_fw-la sumus_fw-la de_fw-la conscientia_fw-la religionis_fw-la &_o disciplinae_fw-la unitate_fw-la &_o spei_fw-la foedere_fw-la apol._n 39_o itaque_fw-la tot_fw-la ac_fw-la tantae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la una_fw-la est_fw-la illa_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n prima_fw-la ex_fw-la qua_fw-la omnes_fw-la sic_fw-la omnes_fw-la primae_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la dum_fw-la unam_fw-la omnes_fw-la probant_fw-la vnitatem_fw-la communicatio_fw-la paâ—is_fw-la &_o appellatio_fw-la fraternitatis_fw-la &_o contesseratio_fw-la hospitalitatis_fw-la quae_fw-la jura_fw-la non_fw-la alia_fw-la ratio_fw-la regit_fw-la quam_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la una_fw-la traditio_fw-la tertul._n prescript_n cap._n 20._o una_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o illis_fw-la fides_n unus_fw-la deus_fw-la idem_fw-la christus_fw-la eadem_fw-la spes_fw-la eadem_fw-la lavacri_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la semel_fw-la dixerim_fw-la una_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la sumus_fw-la tert._n de_fw-fr virg._n vel_fw-la 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d const._n m._n in_o ep._n ad_fw-la eccles._n euseb._n vit_fw-fr const._n 3.18_o caput_fw-la nostrum_fw-la quod_fw-la christus_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la sua_fw-la esse_fw-la membra_fw-la nos_fw-la voluit_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la compagem_fw-la charitatis_fw-la &_o fidei_fw-la unum_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o se_fw-la corpus_fw-la essiceret_fw-la greg._n m._n ep._n 7.111_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strom._n 6._o init_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d str._n 7._o p._n 516._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d principium_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strom._n 7._o p._n 549._o catholicam_fw-la facit_fw-la simplex_fw-la &_o verus_fw-la intellectus_fw-la intelligere_fw-la singular_a ac_fw-la verissimum_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la &_o vnitas_fw-la animorum_fw-la opt._n i._o p._n 14._o ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-la parietibus_fw-la consistit_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o dogmatum_fw-la veritate_fw-la etc._n etc._n hier._n ps._n 133._o rom._n 13.1_o tit._n 3.1_o 1_o pet._n 2.13_o 17._o 1_o tim._n 1.2_o act._n 2.41_o 47.4.4.6.1.8.1_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act._n 6.7_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d conc._n const._n in_o synod_n ep._n theod._n 5.9_o act._n 9.31.15.41.11.19.8.1_o 1_o cor._n 16.1_o 19_o rom._n 16.4_o vales._n in_o euseb._n 2.16_o gal._n 1.18_o 19.2.1_o 9_o 11._o apoc._n 2._o &_o 3._o 1_o cor._n 14.40_o 1_o thess._n 5.14_o 1_o cor._n 5.12.6.1_o iren._n 3._o c._n 2._o persecutione_n sopitâ_fw-la cum_fw-la data_fw-la esset_fw-la facultas_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la conveniendi_fw-la copiosus_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la numerus_fw-la quos_fw-la integros_fw-la &_o incolumes_fw-la fide_fw-la sua_fw-la ac_fw-la domini_fw-la tutela_fw-la protexit_fw-la in_fw-la unum_fw-la convenimus_fw-la &_o scripture_n diu_fw-la ex_fw-la utraque_fw-la parte_fw-la prolatis_fw-la temperamentum_fw-la salubri_fw-la moderatione_n libravimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n cypr._n ep._n 52._o add_v antonian_a quod_fw-la quidem_fw-la &_o agrippinus_n bonae_fw-la memoriae_fw-la vir_fw-la cum_fw-la caeteris_fw-la coepiscopis_a suis_fw-la qui_fw-la illo_fw-la tempore_fw-la in_o provincia_n africa_n &_o numidia_n ecclesiam_fw-la domini_fw-la gubernabant_fw-la statuit_fw-la &_o librato_fw-la consilii_fw-la communis_fw-la examine_v firmavit_fw-la cypr._n epist._n 71._o add_v quint._n qua_fw-la ex_fw-la causa_fw-la necessario_fw-la apud_fw-la nos_fw-la fit_a ut_fw-la per_fw-la singulos_fw-la annos_fw-la seniores_fw-la &_o praepositi_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la conveniamus_fw-la ad_fw-la disponenda_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la curae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la commissa_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la qua_fw-la graviora_fw-la sunt_fw-la communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la dirigantur_fw-la cypr._n ep._n 75._o superest_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-la hac_fw-la ipsa_fw-la re_fw-la singuli_fw-la quid_fw-la sentiamus_fw-la proferamus_fw-la neminem_fw-la judicantes_fw-la aut_fw-la à _fw-la jure_fw-la communionis_fw-la aliquem_fw-la si_fw-la diversum_fw-la senserit_fw-la amoventes_fw-la etc._n etc._n vid._n conc._n carthag_n apud_fw-la cypr._n p._n 399._o vid._n syn._n ant._n can._n 9_o 9_o vide_fw-la epist._n 28.39.14.18_o sub_fw-la populi_n assistentis_fw-la conscientia_fw-la cypr._n epist._n 78._o actum_fw-la suum_fw-la disponit_fw-la &_o dirigit_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la episcopus_fw-la rationem_fw-la propositi_fw-la svi_fw-la domino_fw-la redditurus_fw-la cypr._n epist._n 52._o every_o bishop_n order_v and_o direct_v his_o own_o act_n be_v to_o render_v a_o account_n of_o his_o purpose_n to_o the_o lord_n cum_fw-la statutum_fw-la sit_fw-la omnibus_fw-la nobis_fw-la ac_fw-la aequum_fw-la sit_fw-la pariter_fw-la ac_fw-la justum_fw-la ut_fw-la uniuscujusque_fw-la causa_fw-la illic_fw-la audiatur_fw-la ubi_fw-la est_fw-la crimen_fw-la admissum_fw-la &_o singulis_fw-la pastoribus_fw-la portio_fw-la gregis_fw-la sit_fw-la adscripta_fw-la quam_fw-la regat_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la praepositus_fw-la rationem_fw-la actûs_fw-la svi_fw-la domino_fw-la redditurus_fw-la cypr._n ep._n 55._o add_v since_o it_o be_v ordain_v by_o we_o all_o and_o it_o be_v likewise_o just_a and_o equal_a that_o every_o man_n cause_n shall_v be_v there_o judge_v where_o the_o crime_n be_v commit_v and_o to_o each_o pastor_n a_o portion_n of_o the_o flock_n be_v assign_v which_o he_o be_v to_o rule_v and_o govern_v be_v to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o his_o act_n to_o the_o lord_n qua_fw-la in_o re_fw-la nec_fw-la nos_fw-la vim_o cviquam_fw-la facimus_fw-la nec_fw-la legem_fw-la damus_fw-la cum_fw-la habeat_fw-la in_o ecclesiae_fw-la administratione_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la suae_fw-la liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la praepositus_fw-la rationem_fw-la actûs_fw-la svi_fw-la domino_fw-la redditurus_fw-la cypr._n ep._n 72._o ad_fw-la steph._n p._n vide_fw-la ep._n 73._o p._n 186._o ep._n 76._o p._n 212._o in_o which_o matter_n neither_o do_v we_o offer_v violence_n to_o any_o man_n or_o prescribe_v any_o law_n since_o every_o bishop_n have_v in_o the_o government_n of_o his_o church_n the_o free_a power_n of_o his_o will_n be_v to_o render_v a_o account_n of_o his_o own_o act_n unto_o the_o lord_n joh._n 18.36_o rom._n 14.17_o gal._n 4.3_o 9_o col._n 2.20_o 1_o pet._n 2.1_o 2_o cor._n 1.12_o 2_o cor._n 4.2.2.17_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o thess._n 2.3_o 5._o 1_o cor._n 1.27_o jam._n 2.5_o 2_o cor._n 10.4_o matt._n 15.9_o colos._n 2.8_o 20_o 21._o gal._n 4.10_o 2_o cor._n 1.24_o 2_o cor._n 4.5_o 1_o pet._n 5.3_o matt._n 20.25_o 26._o 2_o cor._n 6.4_o 1_o tim._n 3.3_o