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fleet_n in_o his_o iren._n pâ—_n 380._o 381._o afford_v you_o plenty_n of_o such_o instanâ—_n where_o ordination_n of_o minister_n be_v perform_v without_o a_o bishop_n and_o though_o the_o kingdom_n of_o â—otland_o do_v early_a receive_v the_o christian_a faith_n yet_o â—e_v find_v by_o johanes_n major_n de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la scot._n lib._n 2._o â—p_n 2._o that_o there_o be_v no_o episcopal_a ordination_n in_o that_o â—urch_n before_o an._n 430._o and_o that_o they_o be_v instruct_v â—e_v episcopis_fw-la so_o fordon_n scot._n chron._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 8._o â—nte_fw-la palladij_fw-la adventum_fw-la habebant_fw-la scoti_n fidei_fw-la doctores_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la ministratores_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la solumâ—odo_fw-la vel_fw-la monachos_fw-la ritum_fw-la sequentes_fw-la eclesiae_fw-la primitivaeâ—eir_n â—eir_z teacher_n and_o such_o as_o administer_v the_o sacrament_n be_v only_a presbyter_n or_o monk_n follow_v â—e_a custom_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n have_v now_o 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