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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idem_fw-la in_o symbolo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d basilius_n magnus_fw-la lib._n 5._o contra_fw-la eunomium_fw-la cap._n 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d licet_fw-la haeretici_fw-la disrumpant_fw-la seize_v non_fw-la tamen_fw-la disrumpetur_fw-la trinitas_fw-la nazianzenus_n orat._n 40._o quae_fw-la est_fw-la in_o sanctum_fw-la baptisma_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idem_fw-la orat._n 37._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ephiphanius_n haeresi_fw-la 62._o §._o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d haec_fw-la eadem_fw-la est_fw-la doctrina_fw-la communiter_fw-la scholasticorum_fw-la alensis_n in_fw-la summa_fw-la theologiae_n parte_fw-la 3._o quest_n 3._o membro_fw-la 1._o articulo_fw-la 3._o aquinas_n 2._o 2._o quest_n 81._o articulo_fw-la 3._o &_o quest_n 84._o articulo_fw-la 1._o et_fw-la franciscus_n à _fw-la sancto_fw-la claro_fw-la in_o expositione_n confessionis_fw-la anglicanae_n orat._n 28._o negate_fw-la unam_fw-la personam_fw-la divinam_fw-la 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universal_a church_n contain_v all_o christian_n from_o the_o of_o the_o sun_n to_o its_o go_v down_o unitas_fw-la athanasius_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-la communi_fw-la essentia_fw-la trium_fw-la personarum_fw-la probat_fw-la trinitatem_fw-la sedere_fw-la in_o throno_fw-la nazianzenus_n orat._n 26._o docet_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la esse_fw-la patre_fw-la filioque_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o in_o lyturgia_fw-la graeco_fw-la tomo_fw-la 2._o bibliothecae_fw-la patrum_fw-la graec._n latin_n pag._n 112._o ita_fw-la deum_fw-la invocant_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d expers_fw-la principii_fw-la trinitas_fw-la impartibilis_fw-la essentia_fw-la eidem_fw-la incidens_fw-la throno_fw-la unitas_fw-la father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n one_o and_o that_o same_o glorious_a god_n sit_v and_o reign_v conjunct_o upon_o one_o and_o that_o same_o glorious_a throne_n in_o heaven_n according_a to_o the_o lesser_a catechism_n there_o be_v three_o person_n in_o the_o godhead_n equal_a 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