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doctrine_n transubstantiationem_fw-la doctrine_n and_o again_o p._n 768_o l._n a._n unum_n tamen_fw-la addit_fw-la scotus_n quod_fw-la minime_fw-la probandum_fw-la est_fw-la ante_fw-la lateranense_fw-la concilium_fw-la non_fw-la fuisse_fw-la dogma_fw-la fidei_fw-la transubstantiationem_fw-la he_o tell_v we_o that_o this_o doctrine_n of_o transubstantiation_n be_v not_o very_a ancient_n nor_o any_o matter_n of_o faith_n before_o the_o council_n of_o lateran_n all_o which_o the_o vindicator_n himself_o do_v in_o effect_n confess_v the_o same_o be_v 88_o vind._n p._n 88_o 3_o affirm_v by_o docet_fw-la by_o suarez_n in_o 3_o part_n d._n th._n vol._n 3_o disp_n 50._o §_o 1._o p._n 593._o sacramentum_fw-la eucharistiae_fw-la conficitur_fw-la per_fw-la veram_fw-la conversionem_fw-la panis_n &_o vini_n in_o corpus_n &_o sanguinem_fw-la christi_fw-la haec_fw-la assertio_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la fide_fw-la nam_fw-la licet_fw-la sub_fw-la his_fw-la verbis_fw-la non_fw-la habeatur_fw-la in_o scriptura_fw-la ea_fw-la tamen_fw-la docet_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n edocta_fw-la docens_fw-la simul_fw-la ita_fw-la esse_fw-la intelligenda_fw-la verba_fw-la formae_fw-la &_o in_o vero_fw-la sensu_fw-la eorum_fw-la hanc_fw-la veritatem_fw-la contineri_fw-la and_o then_o p._n 594._o col_fw-fr 2._o add_v 1mo_fw-la exit_fw-la hac_fw-la fidei_fw-la doctrina_fw-la colligitur_fw-la corrigendos_fw-la esse_fw-la scholasticos_fw-la qui_fw-la hanc_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la de_fw-la conversione_n hac_fw-la seu_fw-la de_fw-la transubstantiatione_fw-la non_fw-la admodum_fw-la antiquam_fw-la esse_fw-la dixerunt_fw-la inter_fw-la quos_fw-la sunt_fw-la scotus_n &_o gabriel_n biel_n lect_n 41._o in_o can._n etc._n etc._n and_o then_o 2do_fw-la infero_fw-la siquis_fw-la confiteatur_fw-la praesentiam_fw-la corporis_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o absentiam_fw-la panis_n neget_fw-la tamen_fw-la veram_fw-la conversionem_fw-la unius_fw-la in_o aliud_fw-la in_fw-la haeresin_fw-la labi_fw-la quia_fw-la 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