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3_o because_o if_o one_o be_v call_v a_o universal_a patriarch_n ibid._n epist_n 36._o ibid._n the_o name_n of_o patriarch_n be_v take_v from_o the_o rest_n 4._o lest_o some_o private_a thing_n be_v give_v to_o one_o 32._o l._n 4._o epist_n 32._o all_o the_o priest_n may_v be_v deprive_v of_o their_o due_a honour_n hence_o it_o be_v manifest_v that_o saint_n gregory_n understand_v john_n the_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n so_o to_o arrogate_v the_o name_n of_o universal_a bishop_n as_o that_o he_o do_v derogate_v thereby_o from_o all_o other_o bishop_n that_o he_o do_v mad_o arrogate_v that_o power_n whole_o to_o himself_o that_o with_o the_o contempt_n of_o his_o brethren_n he_o alone_o will_v be_v call_v bishop_n that_o the_o name_n of_o patriarch_n will_v be_v take_v from_o the_o rest_n etc._n etc._n as_o though_o forsooth_o he_o alone_o be_v proper_o the_o only_a true_a bishop_n all_o the_o rest_n be_v but_o as_o his_o deputye_n or_o delegate_n which_o be_v indeed_o a_o 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