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pater_fw-la qui_fw-la filius_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la pater_fw-la nec_fw-la filius_fw-la qui_fw-la utriusque_fw-la spiritus_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la haec_fw-la tria_fw-la aequalia_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o coaeterna_fw-la &_o omnino_fw-la esse_fw-la una_fw-la natura_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n deinde_fw-la quis_fw-la audeat_fw-la dicere_fw-la patrem_fw-la non_fw-la intelligere_fw-la per_fw-la semetipsum_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la filium_fw-la ibid._n pag._n 123._o ep._n 176_o 177._o calm_a discourse_n p._n 19_o 20_o 21._o pag._n 23._o pag._n 25._o pag._n 40._o pag._n 45._o pag._n 28_o etc._n etc._n pag._n 31._o pag._n 34._o pag._n 37._o pag._n 47._o