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and_o meeting_n shall_v be_v confiscate_v august_n epist._n 168._o ad_fw-la januar._n 3_o again_o constantine_n disable_v all_o heretic_n to_o make_v a_o will_n of_o their_o good_n or_o any_o way_n to_o bestow_v any_o thing_n upon_o any_o man_n yea_o he_o make_v they_o incapable_a of_o any_o legacy_n or_o to_o enjoy_v any_o thing_n any_o way_n bestow_v upon_o they_o august_n lib._n 1._o contr_n parm._n cap._n 7._o ult._n &_o contra_fw-la petil._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 92._o 4_o against_o the_o arian_n he_o make_v this_o edict_n that_o for_o as_o much_o as_o arius_n have_v choose_v the_o wicked_a who_o he_o will_v imitate_v it_o be_v good_a reason_n that_o he_o also_o shall_v bear_v ignominy_n and_o shame_n with_o the_o wicked_a wherefore_o as_o porphyrius_n for_o his_o impious_a book_n against_o religion_n have_v receive_v his_o reward_n to_o be_v obnoxious_a unto_o eternal_a reproach_n and_o his_o writing_n burn_v and_o bury_v in_o oblivion_n even_o so_o it_o please_v we_o say_v this_o 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at_o alexandria_n brand_a the_o contrary_a professor_n with_o the_o odious_a name_n of_o heretic_n theodoret._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 2._o zozom_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 4._o cod._n justin_n lib._n 1._o tit_n 1._o the_o sum_n trin._n l._n 1._o and_o in_o the_o next_o law_n in_o this_o title_n they_o ordain_v that_o no_o heretic_n shall_v in_o any_o place_n bear_v office_n to_o the_o end_n there_o may_v be_v give_v they_o no_o occasion_n to_o exercise_v the_o madness_n of_o their_o obstinate_a mind_n also_o they_o antiquate_v and_o annihilate_v any_o privilege_n or_o indulgence_n that_o they_o have_v by_o any_o special_a rescript_n fraudulent_o extort_a before_o cod._n justin_n lib._n 1._o tit_n 1._o the_o sum_n trinit_fw-la l._n 2._o 9_o again_o it_o be_v manifest_a out_o of_o augustine_n that_o gratianus_n and_o theodosius_n enact_v some_o decree_n against_o the_o donatist_n august_n epist_n 166._o and_o sulpitius_n severus_n testify_v that_o for_o priscillianus_n his_o sake_n only_o a_o 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