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bellar._n de_fw-fr râ—m_n pont._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 16._o 1_o pet._n 5._o vers_fw-la 1_o 2_o 3._o 3._o dubitabit_fw-la aliquis_fw-la cur_n si_fw-la non_fw-la mattheus_fw-la matthaei_n tamen_fw-la graeâ—us_fw-la interpres_fw-la 〈◊〉_d nominum_fw-la &_o generis_fw-la distinctionem_fw-la adhibuâ—â—_n it_o respondeo_fw-la in_o promptu_fw-la rationem_fw-la esse_fw-la quia_fw-la quamvis_fw-la graeci_fw-la petra_n &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d genere_fw-la masculino_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—â—miâ—ino_fw-la dicatur_fw-la tamen_fw-la petrus_n quia_fw-la vir_fw-la erat_fw-la non_fw-la petra_n foeminino_o sed_fw-la petâ—uâ—_n masculino_fw-la nomine_fw-la vocandus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d sâ—…do_fw-la autâ—m_fw-la loco_fw-la ubi_fw-la de_fw-la aedificij_fw-la fundamento_fw-la agehatur_fw-la non_fw-la petrum_fw-la sed_fw-la petram_fw-la dixit_fw-la quamvis_fw-la ideâ—_n utrun_v que_fw-la nomen_fw-la significaâ—er_fw-la â—oiâ—_n in_o eâ—usmodi_fw-la aedificijs_fw-la nomen_fw-la petra_n foemininum_fw-la magis_fw-la est_fw-la usitatum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d enim_fw-la &_o atticum_fw-la &_o rarum_fw-la est_fw-la maldonat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 16._o matthaei_n vide_fw-la bellar._n de_fw-fr rom._n pont_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 10._o what_o the_o name_n of_o cephas_n do_v import_v in_o saint_n peter_n 〈◊〉_d 4._o 14._o 14._o 14._o â—…_n cornelius_n qui_fw-la patrem_fw-la luminibus_fw-la carentem_fw-la pro_fw-la baculo_fw-la regebat_fw-la scipio_n cognon_fw-fr inâ—…_n dedit_fw-la macrob._n satur._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 6._o 6._o vide_fw-la macrobium_fw-la loco_fw-la citato_fw-la citato_fw-la matth._n 16._o ver_fw-la 13_o 14_o 15_o &c_n &c_n john_n 1._o v_o 49._o 49._o pronomen_fw-la hanc_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la reseâ—ri_fw-la ad_fw-la christum_fw-la petram_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la petrum_fw-la petran_n debet_fw-la enim_fw-la referri_fw-la ad_fw-la aliquod_fw-la proximum_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la â—emotum_fw-la proximè_fw-la ante_fw-la dictum_fw-la fuerat_fw-la non_fw-la 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