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name_n of_o socinian_o again_o finis_fw-la denique_fw-la vocem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aliquoties_fw-la à _fw-la priscis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la doctoribus_fw-la etiam_fw-la qui_fw-la concilium_fw-la nicaenum_n antecesserunt_fw-la pro_fw-la subsistentia_fw-la vel_fw-la pro_fw-la re_fw-la singulari_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la subsistente_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la intellectu_fw-la praeditis_fw-la idem_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la persona_fw-la usurpari_fw-la multis_fw-la exemplis_fw-la constat_fw-la bull._n defence_n fid._n niâ—aen_n p._n 182._o et_fw-la hoc_fw-la sensu_fw-la sine_fw-la offension_n usurpari_fw-la perseverasset_fw-la ut_fw-la arbitror_fw-la vox_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nisi_fw-la ariani_n ipsam_fw-la abusi_fw-la fuissent_fw-la ad_fw-la propagandam_fw-la haeresin_fw-la svam_fw-la pro_fw-la natura_fw-la &_o substantia_fw-la in_o generaliori_fw-la significatione_n accipientes_fw-la ac_fw-la docentes_fw-la patrem_fw-la &_o filium_fw-la dvas_fw-la esse_fw-la hypostasis_n hoc_fw-la est_fw-la naturas_fw-la ac_fw-la substantias_fw-la diversas_fw-la à _fw-la se_fw-la inuicem_fw-la discrepantes_fw-la ibid._n p._n 188._o p._n 190._o page_n 269._o sed_fw-la haec_fw-la omne_fw-la catholicum_fw-la sensum_fw-la facile_fw-la admittunt_fw-la adeoque_fw-la postulant_fw-la ad_fw-la primum_fw-la quod_fw-la attinet_fw-la potiori_fw-la jure_fw-la pater_fw-la &_o filius_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o methodiâ—_n dicuntur_fw-la quam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d five_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ab_fw-la aliis_fw-la patribus_fw-la appellantur_fw-la qui_fw-la pro_fw-la catholicis_fw-la tamen_fw-la &_o orthodoxis_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la articulo_fw-la habiti_fw-la sunt_fw-la scilicet_fw-la hae_fw-la voces_fw-la omnino_fw-la personaliter_fw-la ut_fw-la dici_fw-la solet_fw-la accipiuntur_fw-la ut_fw-la supra_fw-la ostendimus_fw-la bull._n defence_n p._n 274._o addo_n ego_fw-la personam_fw-la hic_fw-la sine_fw-la essentia_fw-la concipi_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la nisi_fw-la statueris_fw-la personam_fw-la in_o divinis_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la esse_fw-la quam_fw-la merum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quod_fw-la plane_n sabellianum_fw-la est_fw-la p._n 439._o the_o judgement_n of_o a_o disintere_v person_n p._n 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ath._n decret_a syn._n nic._n p._n 267._o p._n 13._o consideration_n concern_v the_o trinity_n page_n 14._o p._n 16._o socr._n h._n e._n l._n 1._o c._n 23._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 19_o p._n 21._o labb_n council_n tom._n 6._o p._n 760._o council_n t._n 11._o p._n 1._o p._n 143._o pet._n de_fw-fr trin._n l._n 6._o c._n 12._o quip_n essentia_fw-la neque_fw-la sic_fw-la gignit_fw-la essentiam_fw-la ut_fw-la ei_fw-la absolutam_fw-la existentiam_fw-la tribuat_fw-la neque_fw-la sic_fw-la gignitur_fw-la ut_fw-la existat_fw-la sed_fw-la generare_fw-la cum_fw-la ad_fw-la essentiam_fw-la pertinet_fw-la est_fw-la generando_fw-la communicare_fw-la gigni_fw-la est_fw-la communicari_fw-la filius_fw-la verè_fw-la &_o propriè_fw-la à _fw-la patre_fw-la gignitur_fw-la essentia_fw-la autem_fw-la ejus_fw-la non_fw-la eodem_fw-la modo_fw-la gigni_fw-la dicitur_fw-la sed_fw-la generatione_n accipi_fw-la vel_fw-la gignere_fw-la est_fw-la dare_v substantiam_fw-la gigni_fw-la est_fw-la datam_fw-la accipere_fw-la pâ—t_fw-la ibid._n parcimus_fw-la hoc_fw-la loco_fw-la celebribus_fw-la in_o belgio_fw-la theologis_fw-la quorum_fw-la scripta_fw-la nuper_fw-la censuerunt_fw-la &_o reprobarunt_fw-la dogmata_fw-la variae_fw-la synodi_fw-la faederatae_fw-la belgicae_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o academica_fw-la judicia_fw-la etiam_fw-la publica_fw-la auctoritate_fw-la expressa_fw-la prior_n in_o hoc_fw-la ordine_fw-la suit_n franckeranus_n theologus_fw-la vir_fw-la acri_fw-la ingenio_fw-la dictione_n eleganti_fw-la cujus_fw-la scripto_fw-la non_fw-la uno_fw-la etiam_fw-la vernaculo_fw-la hae_fw-la videntur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d prima_fw-la nempè_fw-la appellationem_fw-la filii_fw-la tributam_fw-la secundae_fw-la personae_fw-la s._n trinitatis_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o generationem_fw-la ex_fw-la patre_fw-la non_fw-la intelligendam_fw-la esse_fw-la propriè_fw-la ut_fw-la fit_a ab_fw-la orthodoxis_fw-la de_fw-la vera_fw-la aliqua_fw-la generatione_n aeternââ—llâ—â_fw-la quidem_fw-la &_o ineffabili_fw-la secundum_fw-la quam_fw-la pater_fw-la generans_fw-la sit_fw-la verè_fw-la &_o propriè_fw-la pater_fw-la &_o filius_fw-la genitus_fw-la sit_fw-la verè_fw-la sic_fw-la propriè_fw-la filius_fw-la modo_fw-la tamen_fw-la divinae_fw-la naturae_fw-la convenienti_fw-la nihil_fw-la autem_fw-la istis_fw-la vocibus_fw-la patris_fw-la &_o filii_fw-la generantis_fw-la &_o geniti_fw-la innui_fw-la aliud_fw-la in_o scripturâ_fw-la s._n quam_fw-la 1._o quod_fw-la secunda_fw-la persona_fw-la haebet_fw-la eandem_fw-la cum_fw-la primâ_fw-la personâ_fw-la essentiam_fw-la &_o naturam_fw-la illique_fw-la ab_fw-la aterno_fw-la coëxtiterit_fw-la negato_fw-la modo_fw-la illo_fw-la habendi_fw-la per_fw-la ineffabilem_fw-la generationem_fw-la &_o sublatâ_fw-la personali_fw-la illâ_fw-la subsistentiâ_fw-la patris_fw-la generantis_fw-la &_o filii_fw-la geniti_fw-la hinc_fw-la verâ_fw-la relatione_fw-la qualis_fw-la perpetuò_fw-la est_fw-la praecipuè_fw-la in_o scriptis_fw-la novi_fw-la testamenti_fw-la inter_fw-la patrem_fw-la &_o filium_fw-la unde_fw-la vel_fw-la sabellianismi_fw-la vel_fw-la tritheismi_fw-la cujusdam_fw-la oriri_fw-la possit_fw-la suspicio_fw-la nec_fw-la dubia_fw-la his_fw-la minùs_fw-la fuerit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la quam_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d filii_fw-la 2._o quod_fw-la respiciant_fw-la illa_fw-la ad_fw-la oeconomiam_fw-la testamenti_fw-la gratiae_fw-la ad_fw-la manifestationem_fw-la in_o carne_fw-la secundae_fw-la personae_fw-la tanquam_fw-la invisibili_fw-la dei_fw-la imagine_v &_o ad_fw-la executionem_fw-la officii_fw-la mediatorii_n ad_fw-la quod_fw-la datus_fw-la est_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la patre_fw-la quo_fw-la sensu_fw-la generare_fw-la sit_fw-la idem_fw-la quod_fw-la manifestare_fw-la gigni_fw-la idem_fw-la quod_fw-la manifestari_fw-la patefieri_fw-la eitatis_fw-la locis_fw-la prov._n 17._o 17._o 27._o 1._o cant._n 8._o 5_o etc._n etc._n quae_fw-la coincidunt_fw-la ferè_fw-la cum_fw-la exceptionibus_fw-la familiae_fw-la socini_fw-la ad_fw-la verba_fw-la hodie_fw-la genui_fw-la te_fw-la omniumque_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d esse_fw-la videtur_fw-la quod_fw-la repugnet_fw-la vera_fw-la illa_fw-la &_o propria_fw-la generatio_fw-la filii_fw-la ineffabilis_fw-la licet_fw-la ideis_fw-la innatis_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la ipso_fw-la inditis_fw-la menti_fw-la humanae_fw-la quae_fw-la sint_fw-la principium_fw-la omnis_fw-la assensus_fw-la omnis_fw-la verae_fw-la ac_fw-la certae_fw-la cognitionis_fw-la nec_fw-la censendum_fw-la revelasse_n deum_fw-la quicquam_fw-la in_o verbo_fw-la svo_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la ab_fw-la homine_fw-la ad_fw-la idea_n istas_fw-la exigi_fw-la possit_fw-la &_o debeat_fw-la seu_fw-la nihil_fw-la proponere_fw-la deum_fw-la in_o verbo_fw-la svo_fw-la credendum_fw-la assensu_fw-la certo_fw-la &_o fiduciali_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la clare_v &_o distincte_n ab_fw-la homine_fw-la sana_fw-la ratione_fw-la uso_fw-la secundum_fw-la idea_n innatas_fw-la percipi_fw-la possit_fw-la spanhem_n elenchus_n controversiarum_fw-la p._n 670._o etc._n etc._n p._n 35._o p._n 38._o spiritus_fw-la sanctus_fw-la aeternaliter_fw-la ex_fw-la patre_fw-la &_o filio_fw-la non_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ex_fw-la duobus_fw-la principiis_fw-la sed_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ex_fw-la uno_fw-la principio_fw-la non_fw-la duabus_fw-la spirationibus_fw-la sed_fw-la unica_fw-la spiratione_fw-la procedit_fw-la damnamus_fw-la &_o reprobamus_fw-la omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la negare_fw-la praesumpserint_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la aeternaliter_fw-la ex_fw-la patre_fw-la &_o filio_fw-la procedere_fw-la sive_fw-la etiam_fw-la temerario_fw-la ausu_fw-la asserere_fw-la quòd_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sanctus_n ex_fw-la patre_fw-la &_o filio_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ex_fw-la duobus_fw-la principiis_fw-la &_o non_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ex_fw-la uno_fw-la procedat_fw-la conc._n lugdun_n page_n 41._o page_n 42._o 42._o veruntamen_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la caduca_fw-la caeterorum_fw-la quos_fw-la nominavimus_fw-la patrum_fw-la adversus_fw-la arium_fw-la instantia_fw-la si_fw-la debitam_fw-la adhibeas_fw-la distinctionem_fw-la qualem_fw-la insinuat_fw-la praeclarè_v s._n thomas_n 1._o p._n q._n 37._o art_n 2._o ut_fw-la non_fw-la in_o formali_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o causali_fw-la &_o illativo_fw-la ut_fw-la ita_fw-la dicam_fw-la sensu_fw-la sancti_fw-la patres_fw-la intelligantur_fw-la quamvis_fw-la enim_fw-la filius_fw-la quâ_fw-la silius_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la illa_fw-la sapientia_fw-la quâ_fw-la pater_fw-la est_fw-la sapiens_fw-la necessario_fw-la tamen_fw-la cum_fw-la illa_fw-la conjungitur_fw-la ab_fw-la eâque_fw-la oritur_fw-la oritur_fw-la sapientia_fw-la quip_n quae_fw-la in_o patre_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la habitus_fw-la aut_fw-la facultas_fw-la aut_fw-la potentia_fw-la qualis_fw-la est_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la creatis_fw-la sed_fw-la est_fw-la purus_fw-la &_o simplex_fw-la actus_fw-la actus_fw-la porro_fw-la actus_fw-la omnis_fw-la sapiendi_fw-la intelligendÃque_fw-la verbum_fw-la necessariò_fw-la complectitur_fw-la omnis_fw-la intellectionis_fw-la terminum_fw-la inevitabilem_fw-la sine_fw-la quo_fw-la sapiendi_fw-la aut_fw-la intelligendi_fw-la actus_fw-la ne_fw-la quidem_fw-la animo_fw-la concipi_fw-la potest_fw-la terminus_n autem_fw-la est_fw-la ipsum_fw-la verbum_fw-la graecè_fw-la denominatum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ut_fw-la advertit_fw-la cyrillus_n l._n 4._o in_o joan._n c._n 48._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nunquam_fw-la enim_fw-la mens_fw-la erit_fw-la sine_fw-la verbo_fw-la quod_fw-la &_o in_o l._n 5._o thesauri_fw-la uberiùs_fw-la explicat_fw-la et_fw-fr s._n thomas_n loco_fw-la paulò_fw-la antè_fw-la allegato_fw-la res_fw-la ait_fw-la communiter_fw-la denominari_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la à _fw-la suis_fw-la formis_fw-la sicut_fw-la album_fw-la ab_fw-la albedine_fw-la homo_fw-la ab_fw-la humanitate_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la à _fw-la termino_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la arbour_n dicitur_fw-la florida_fw-la à _fw-la floribus_fw-la quos_fw-la produxit_fw-la quamquam_fw-la non_fw-la sint_fw-la arboris_fw-la forma_fw-la sed_fw-la effectus_fw-la &_o terminus_fw-la atque_fw-la ita_fw-la optimè_fw-la contra_fw-la arium_fw-la patrem_fw-la non_fw-la fuisse_fw-la actu_fw-la sapientem_fw-la nec_fw-la esse_fw-la potuisse_fw-la sine_fw-la verbo_fw-la ac_fw-la unigenito_fw-la filio_fw-la concludunt_fw-la sancti_fw-la patres_fw-la page_n 44._o page_n 45._o page_n 46._o page_n 49._o page_n 52._o page_n 56._o page_n 57_o page_n 58._o page_n 59_o
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but_o thereby_o meaning_n that_o they_o be_v of_o a_o different_a nature_n and_o substance_n 188._o unlike_a to_o each_o other_o and_o that_o in_o opposition_n to_o they_o it_o be_v that_o the_o sardican_a council_n teach_v father_n and_o son_n to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d one_o hypostasis_fw-la that_o be_v as_o they_o themselves_o express_o affirm_v in_o the_o sense_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o one_o nature_n and_o essence_n we_o may_v find_v a_o great_a deal_n more_o to_o this_o purpose_n in_o the_o same_o place_n in_o his_o vindication_n of_o origen_n from_o the_o objection_n of_o huetius_n who_o charge_v he_o with_o deny_v the_o father_n and_o son_n to_o be_v of_o the_o same_o essence_n and_o substance_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o he_o oppose_v those_o who_o deny_v the_o holy_a ghost_n to_o have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o substance_n of_o his_o own_o distinct_a from_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n whereas_o that_o learned_a 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