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successione_n in_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la catholica_fw-la conseruat_fw-la as_o pari_fw-la pietatis_fw-la affectu_fw-la ac_fw-la reverentia_fw-la suscipit_fw-la ac_fw-la veneratuâ—_n tridentina_n synodus_fw-la that_o be_v all_z the_o book_n of_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n as_o also_o the_o tradition_n themselves_o pertain_v both_o to_o faith_n and_o manner_n as_o be_v either_o pronounce_v from_o the_o mouth_n of_o christ_n or_o deliver_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o by_o continual_a succession_n preserve_v in_o the_o catholic_a church_n the_o council_n of_o trent_n receive_v and_o honour_v with_o like_a and_o equal_a affection_n of_o piety_n and_o reverence_n card._n bellarm._n lib._n de_fw-la verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la script_n cap._n 3._o asserimus_fw-la in_o scripture_n non_fw-la contineri_fw-la expressè_fw-la totam_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la necessariam_fw-la sive_fw-la de_fw-la fide_fw-la sive_fw-la de_fw-la moribus_fw-la &_o proinde_fw-la preter_fw-la verbum_fw-la deâ—_n scriptum_fw-la requiri_fw-la etiam_fw-la verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la scriptum_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la divinas_fw-la &_o apostolicas_fw-la traditiones_fw-la that_o be_v we_o affirm_v that_o in_o the_o scripture_n be_v not_o contain_v express_o all_o necessary_a doctrine_n whether_o of_o faith_n or_o manner_n and_o therefore_o beside_o the_o write_a word_n of_o god_n be_v require_v also_o the_o unwritten_a word_n of_o god_n namely_o divine_a and_o apostolical_a tradition_n card._n bellar._n ibid._n cap._n 4._o scripturae_fw-la sine_fw-la traditionius_n nec_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la neâ—essariae_fw-la nec_fw-la sufficientes_fw-la that_o be_v the_o scripture_n without_o tradition_n be_v neither_o simple_o necessary_a nor_o yet_o sufficient_a card._n bellar._n ibid._n cap._n 12._o dico_fw-la scripturam_fw-la etsi_fw-la non_fw-la â—it_n facta_fw-la praecipuè_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la regula_fw-la fidei_fw-la esse_fw-la tamen_fw-la regulam_fw-la fidei_fw-la non_fw-la 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