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whole_a church_n of_o christ_n communicate_v in_o religion_n 6._o page_n 6._o the_o discourser_n of_o his_o own_o accord_n give_v up_o as_o one_o of_o we_o so_o will_v he_o if_o he_o be_v just_a give_v we_o all_o the_o father_n the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n or_o the_o four_o general_n which_o the_o religion_n by_o law_n establish_v reverence_n approve_v of_o the_o same_o doctrine_n record_v to_o posterity_n what_o be_v lay_v to_o dioscorus_n charge_n who_o be_v condemn_v by_o the_o synod_n among_o other_o of_o the_o accusation_n which_o be_v bring_v against_o he_o we_o find_v that_o he_o be_v impeach_v and_o say_v to_o have_v dispose_v of_o a_o great_a sum_n of_o money_n contrary_a to_o the_o deceased_n desire_n who_o give_v it_o with_o intent_n to_o be_v pray_v for_o 〈◊〉_d conc._n calc_n a_o 451._o tom._n 4._o conc._n lab._n pag._n 401._o act._n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o no_o body_n say_v the_o act_n of_o this_o ecumenical_a synod_n be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o 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church_n because_o speak_v of_o with_o approbation_n in_o a_o ecumenical_a council_n and_o no_o body_n say_v the_o act_n be_v ignorant_a of_o it_o three_o the_o hindrance_n of_o this_o devotion_n be_v look_v upon_o as_o a_o great_a crime_n it_o be_v lay_v to_o dioscorus_n charge_n in_o as_o much_o as_o lay_v in_o he_o sacrifice_n be_v not_o offer_v for_o the_o decease_a theodoretus_n who_o live_v at_o the_o same_o time_n that_o this_o general_a council_n be_v assemble_v give_v we_o another_o confirmation_n not_o of_o a_o private_a person_n pray_v in_o his_o oratory_n for_o the_o soul_n of_o his_o decease_a friend_n but_o of_o the_o emperor_n theodosius_n prostrate_v himself_o before_o the_o relic_n of_o st._n john_n chrysostom_n 〈◊〉_d theod._n l._n 5._o histor_n c._n 36._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o pray_v for_o the_o soul_n of_o his_o decease_a parent_n arcadius_n and_o eudoxia_n his_o look_n say_v this_o historian_n and_o eye_n fix_v on_o the_o tomb_n of_o this_o holy_a man_n st._n chrysostom_n he_o let_v tear_n fall_v for_o his_o parent_n and_o he_o beg_v that_o he_o the_o saint_n will_v obtain_v pardon_n for_o they_o of_o their_o fault_n contract_v through_o ignorance_n for_o long_o before_o this_o his_o parent_n be_v dead_a and_o he_o be_v leave_v very_o young_a and_o a_o orphan_n st._n austin_n be_v so_o clear_a in_o this_o controversy_n for_o roman_a catholic_n that_o calvin_n have_v not_o confidence_n enough_o to_o deny_v it_o these_o be_v the_o saint_n word_n oretur_fw-la st._n aug._n serm._n 34._o de_fw-fr verbis_fw-la apostoli_fw-la orationibus_fw-la st._n ecclesiae_fw-la &_o sacrificio_fw-la salutari_fw-la &_o eleemosynis_fw-la quae_fw-la pro_fw-la illorum_fw-la spiritibus_fw-la erogantur_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la dubitandum_fw-la mortuos_fw-la adjuvari_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la eye_n miseri_fw-la cordiùs_fw-la agatur_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la quam_fw-la eorum_fw-la peccata_fw-la meruerunt_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la à _fw-la patribus_fw-la 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