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st._n augustine_n say_v the_o content_n of_o this_o treatise_n chap._n i._n of_o their_o error_n in_o doctrine_n pag._n 1_o xix_o error_n concern_v the_o scripture_n pag._n 2_o xxi_o error_n concern_v god_n and_o christ_n pag._n 6_o xxxiv_o error_n concern_v man_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 10_o viii_o error_n concern_v the_o sacrament_n in_o general_n pag._n 23_o xi_o error_n concern_v baptism_n pag._n 26_o xxx_o error_n concern_v the_o lord_n supper_n or_o eucharist_n pag._n 30_o xiii_o error_n concern_v the_o mass_n of_o many_o ceremony_n which_o go_v before_o the_o celebration_n of_o the_o mass_n of_o the_o ceremony_n which_o they_o use_v in_o the_o very_a action_n itself_o pag._n 37_o of_o many_o error_n and_o blasphemy_n in_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o mass_n as_o touch_v the_o matter_n pag._n 45_o of_o other_o error_n in_o the_o manner_n of_o celebrate_v