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provinciis_fw-la pura_fw-la &_o inviolata_fw-la manerent_fw-la quae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d
〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 8._o ephes_n conc._n cap._n 8._o from_o the_o beginning_n upward_o they_o have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d according_a to_o old_a prevail_a custom_n you_o see_v i_o do_v not_o exspatiate_v beyond_o the_o bound_n of_o the_o first_o three_o ecumenical_a council_n all_o which_o confess_v that_o these_o metropolitan_o afterward_o patriarch_n be_v no_o late_a nor_o new_a device_n first_o authorize_v by_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a but_o their_o right_a and_o pre-eminence_n be_v even_o then_o a_o ancient_a usage_n and_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n even_o from_o the_o beginning_n now_o if_o i_o may_v take_v liberty_n to_o conjecture_v i_o may_v strong_o presume_v that_o the_o father_n of_o these_o three_o council_n have_v a_o eye_n to_o the_o constitution_n extant_a in_o the_o apostolical_a canon_n the_o bishop_n of_o every_o nation_n must_v know_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o chief_a the_o first_o 35._o apost_n can._n can_v 35._o the_o primate_n and_o will_v he_o to_o 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