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75._o animad_fw-la p._n 76._o animad_fw-la p._n 48._o pag._n 79._o pag._n 80._o anim._n chap._n 4._o p._n 90._o pag._n 94._o pag._n 101._o pag._n 104._o pag._n 107._o vindic._n p._n 8._o pag._n 100_o anim._n chap._n 5._o p._n 118._o vindic._n p._n 66._o pag._n 119._o 119._o ideo_fw-la ipsa_fw-la mirabilis_fw-la simplicitas_fw-la commendatur_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la ibi_fw-la in_o trinitate_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la esse_fw-la aliud_fw-la intelligere_fw-la vel_fw-la siquid_fw-la aliud_fw-la de_fw-la dei_fw-la natura_fw-la dicitur_fw-la anima_fw-la verò_fw-la quia_fw-la est_fw-la etiam_fw-la dum_fw-la non_fw-la intelligit_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la quidem_fw-la esse_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la intelligit_fw-la aug._n evod._n ep._n 102._o proinde_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la deum_fw-la patrem_fw-la &_o filium_fw-la &_o spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la credamus_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la nec_fw-la filius_fw-la credatur_fw-la esse_fw-la qui_fw-la pater_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la 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