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delegate_v his_o power_n to_o the_o presbyter_n in_o his_o voyage_n to_o his_o martyrdom_n antioch_n presbyteri_fw-la pascite_fw-la gregem_fw-la qui_fw-la inter_fw-la vos_fw-la est_fw-la donec_fw-la deus_fw-la designaverit_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la principatum_fw-la in_o vobis_fw-la habiturus_fw-la est_fw-la you_o presbyter_n do_v you_o feed_v the_o flock_n till_o god_n shall_v design_n you_o a_o bishop_n till_o then_o therefore_o it_o be_v but_o a_o delegate_v power_n it_o can_v not_o else_o have_v expire_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o a_o superior_a *_o 56._o to_o this_o purpose_n be_v that_o of_o the_o laodicean_n council_n non_fw-la oportet_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la ante_fw-la ingressum_fw-la episcopi_fw-la ingredi_fw-la &_o sedere_fw-la in_o tribunalibus_fw-la nisi_fw-la fortè_fw-la aut_fw-la aegrotet_fw-la episcopus_fw-la aut_fw-la in_o peregrinis_fw-la â—um_fw-la esse_fw-la constiterit_fw-la presbyter_n must_v not_o sit_v in_o consistory_n without_o the_o bishop_n unless_o the_o 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