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according_a to_o catharinus_n opinion_n in_o opusc_n or_o bellarmine_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-la sacram_fw-la in_o gen._n c._n 27._o three_o i_o ask_v how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o priscian_n and_o our_o old_a grammarian_n will_v not_o serve_v to_o construe_v the_o text_n of_o the_o council_n if_o the_o roman_a church_n can_v indite_v with_o so_o perspicuous_a a_o stile_n but_o that_o sess_z 7._o can._n 8._o opus_fw-la operatum_fw-la must_v contrary_a to_o the_o grammar_n rule_v as_o bellarmine_n confess_v lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr sacram._n c._n 1._o be_v understand_v passive_o and_o that_o in_o the_o six_o sess_z cap._n 5._o the_o iustif_a it_o be_v say_v neque_fw-la homo_fw-la ipse_fw-la nihil_fw-la omninò_fw-la agate_n wherein_o 2._o contrary_a to_o grammar_n be_v two_o negative_n express_v which_o can_v be_v resolve_v into_o a_o affirmative_a four_o if_o the_o interpretation_n of_o the_o church_n be_v so_o facile_a and_o easy_a whether_o be_v the_o council_n of_o trent_n meaning_n 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