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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pag._n 23._o pag._n â—_o pag._n 2._o pag._n 3._o pag._n 6._o pag._n 2._o pag._n 7._o untruth_n remon_n pag._n 8._o malmsbury_n lib._n 4._o hist._n council_n trid._n pag._n 9_o liturgy_n pag._n 10._o 10._o ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la maâ—orum_fw-la devoluta_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o sponsa_fw-la christi_fw-la ut_fw-la haereticorum_fw-la exempla_fw-la sectentur_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la celebranda_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la coelestia_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la lux_fw-la mutuetur_fw-la de_fw-la tenebris_fw-la &_o id_fw-la faciant_fw-la christiani_fw-la quod_fw-la antichristi_fw-la faciunt_fw-la cypr._n ep._n 74._o pag._n 13._o just._n mar._n apost_n 2._o tert._n ap._n ad_fw-la gen._n c._n 39_o just._n mar._n apost_n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d council_n laod._n can._n 18._o conc._n carth._n 3_o can._n 23._o anno_fw-la 397._o conc._n milev_n 2._o can._n 12._o an._n 416._o pag._n 10._o pag._n 11._o pag._n 18._o pag._n 11._o euseb._n de_fw-fr vit_fw-fr con._n li._n 4._o 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