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ceremonias_fw-la libertati_fw-la christianae_n donamus_fw-la &_o permittimus_fw-la ut_fw-la stantes_fw-la vel_fw-la genua_fw-la flectentes_fw-la pij_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la corporis_fw-la &_o sanguinis_fw-la christi_fw-la sumant_fw-la sessionis_fw-la vero_fw-la ad_fw-la mensam_fw-la domini_fw-la quia_fw-la praeter_fw-la ritus_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la per_fw-la europam_fw-la ecclesijs_fw-la vulgo_fw-la consuetas_fw-la illi_fw-la inter_fw-la nos_fw-la primi_fw-la authores_fw-la extiterunt_fw-la qui_fw-la omne_fw-la in_o ecclesijs_fw-la temere_fw-la immutantes_fw-la à _fw-la nobis_fw-la ad_fw-la arrianismum_fw-la transfugae_fw-la facti_fw-la sunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n quare_fw-la hanc_fw-la propriam_fw-la ipsis_fw-la ut_fw-la christum_fw-la ita_fw-la sacra_fw-la eius_fw-la irreverenter_fw-la tractantibus_fw-la &_o tanquam_fw-la minus_fw-la honestam_fw-la &_o religiosam_fw-la simplicioribusque_fw-la admodum_fw-la scandolosam_fw-la ceremoniam_fw-la reijcimus_fw-la here_o sit_v be_v 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