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romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la caelestino_n primus_fw-la mittitur_fw-la episcopus_fw-la ibid._n num_fw-la xlvii_o matthaeus_n westmonasteriensis_n audita_fw-la verò_fw-la morte_fw-la palladii_fw-la patricius_n theodosio_n &_o valentiniano_n imperantibus_fw-la à _fw-la papa_n caelestino_n ad_fw-la part_n occiduas_fw-la missus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la vexillum_fw-la s._n crucis_fw-la gentibus_fw-la praedicaret_fw-la cumque_fw-la ad_fw-la britanniam_fw-la pervenisset_fw-la praedicavit_fw-la ibi_fw-la verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o à _fw-la genti-incolis_a gratanter_fw-la est_fw-la susceptus_fw-la deindè_fw-la ad_fw-la scotos_fw-gr se_fw-la conferens_fw-la praedicavit_fw-la verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la potuit_fw-la alligari_fw-la ibid._n num_fw-la xlviii_o jocelinus_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la s._n patricii_fw-la illique_fw-la inquit_fw-la vice_n svas_fw-la committens_fw-la atquen_fw-la legatum_fw-la suum_fw-la constituens_fw-la quaecumque_fw-la in_o hibernia_n gesserat_fw-la 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flectit_fw-la genua_fw-la sva_fw-la ad_fw-la patrem_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la deprecans_fw-la ut_fw-la visum_fw-la caeco_fw-la quem_fw-la amiserat_fw-la restitueret_fw-la &_o per_fw-la illuminationem_fw-la unius_fw-la hominis_fw-la corporalem_fw-la in_o plurimorum_fw-la cordibus_fw-la fidelium_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la gratiae_fw-la lucem_fw-la accenderet_fw-la nec_fw-la mora_fw-la illuminatur_fw-la caecus_fw-la ac_fw-la verus_fw-la summae_fw-la lucis_fw-la praeco_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la praedicatur_fw-la augustinus_n tum_o britones_n confitentur_fw-la quidem_fw-la intellexisse_fw-la se_fw-la veram_fw-la esse_fw-la viam_fw-la justitiae_fw-la quam_fw-la praedicaret_fw-la augustinus_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 104_o num_fw-la lii_o gregorius_n magnus_n lib._n 4._o epist_n 32._o cunctis_fw-la enim_fw-la evangelium_fw-la scientibus_fw-la liquet_fw-la quod_fw-la voce_fw-la dominica_n sancto_fw-it &_o omnium_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la petro_n principi_fw-la apostolo_n totius_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cura_fw-la commissa_fw-la est_fw-la pag._n 105_o the_o index_n a._n what_o province_n there_o be_v in_o egypt_n and_o to_o who_o they_o be_v subject_a p._n 87._o the_o egyptian_n do_v in_o the_o three_o age_n acknowledge_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n as_o supreme_a p._n 79_o aethiopia_n appertain_v to_o the_o see_v of_o alexandria_n because_o athanasius_n send_v a_o bishop_n thither_o who_o plant_v the_o aethiopic_a church_n p._n 30_o the_o epistle_n of_o agatho_n show_v of_o what_o bishop_n the_o patriarchal_a synod_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n consist_v p._n 54_o agricola_n first_o bring_v the_o pelagian_a heresy_n into_o britain_n p._n 98_o the_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n have_v the_o care_n over_o all_o egypt_n commit_v to_o he_o 82._o the_o nicene_n council_n entrust_v he_o also_o with_o the_o computation_n of_o easter_n day_n 68_o he_o have_v metropolitan_a bishop_n under_o he_o p._n 84_o the_o bishop_n of_o antioch_n have_v 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