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council_n hold_v at_o aurelia_n lay_v down_o many_o godly_a decree_n tom_fw-mi 2._o council_n  _fw-fr domninus_n b._n of_o antioch_n after_o euphremius_fw-la euagr._fw-la lib._n 4._o ca._n 37_o fellix_fw-la 4._o be_v b._n of_o rome_n after_o john_n and_o continue_a 4._o year_n anton._n chronic_n bonifacius_n 2._o be_v b._n of_o rome_n after_o felix_n 2._o year_n anton._n chronic_n tom_fw-mi 2._o council_n john_n 2._o be_v b._n of_o rome_n after_o bonifacius_n 2._o year_n tom_fw-mi 2._o council_n agapetus_n be_v b._n of_o rome_n after_o john_n 2._o one_o year_n anton._n chronic_n siluerius_n be_v b._n of_o rome_n after_o agapetus_n one_o year_n tom_fw-mi 2._o council_n â–ª_o zoilus_n be_v b._n of_o alexandria_n after_o theodosius_n euagr._fw-la lib._n 4._o ca._n 11_o theodora_n the_o wife_n of_o justinianus_n the_o emperor_n be_v of_o eutyches_n opinion_n euag._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 10._o justinianus_n the_o emperor_n write_v a_o edict_n but_o god_n bereave_v hin_n of_o his_o life_n 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