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conâ—cilii_fw-la quarti_fw-la carthag_n and_o s._n chrysostom_n comment_n on_o the_o 6_o of_o the_o acts._n yet_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o that_o in_o the_o latter_a century_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n the_o order_n of_o deacon_n at_o rome_n who_o be_v but_o seven_o in_o number_n according_a to_o the_o primitive_a institution_n and_o that_o of_o presbyter_n very_o numerous_a begin_v not_o only_o to_o equal_v themselves_o but_o also_o to_o look_v big_a upon_o the_o presbyter_n and_o the_o archdeacon_n assume_v the_o title_n of_o cardinal_n deacon_n which_o superciliousness_n not_o only_o give_v occasion_n to_o the_o frame_n of_o those_o canon_n we_o have_v already_o hint_v at_o against_o they_o but_o also_o to_o st._n hierom_n a_o presbyter_n to_o take_v the_o pen_n in_o his_o hand_n that_o he_o may_v vindicate_v his_o own_o order_n from_o the_o contempt_n of_o their_o inferior_n which_o he_o do_v at_o length_n epist._n 85._o ad_fw-la evagrium_fw-la for_o let_v blondel_n and_o 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