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world._n i_o will_v add_v but_o one_o instance_n more_o by_o which_o it_o will_v far_o appear_v how_o you_o run_v against_o or_o at_o least_o evade_v the_o true_a power_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o pastor_n of_o the_o church_n vest_v in_o they_o by_o christ_n for_o the_o oblige_v the_o whole_a and_o it_o be_v that_o of_o schism_n which_o in_o prosecution_n of_o your_o forego_n notion_n you_o assert_v pag._n 290._o to_o be_v a_o violation_n of_o that_o communion_n which_o christian_n be_v oblige_v to_o upon_o the_o acknowledgement_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o christian_a religion_n or_o upon_o own_v christianity_n the_o way_n to_o true_a happiness_n dissentio_fw-la quisquis_fw-la ille_fw-la est_fw-la &_o qualiscunque_fw-la est_fw-la christianus_n non_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la christi_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la cypr._n de_fw-fr novato_fw-la ep._n 52._o ind_n enim_fw-la schismata_fw-la &_o haereses_fw-la oboriuntur_fw-la dum_fw-la episcopus_fw-la qui_fw-la unus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la priest_n superba_fw-la quorundam_fw-la praesumptione_n contemnitur_fw-la et_fw-la homo_fw-la dignatione_fw-la dei_fw-la honoratus_fw-la indignus_fw-la hominibus_fw-la judicatur_fw-la idem_fw-la ep._n 171._o et_fw-la non_fw-la attendisti_fw-la inter_fw-la schismaticos_fw-la &_o haereticos_fw-la quam_fw-la magna_fw-la distantia_fw-la sit_fw-la inde_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la ignoras_fw-la quae_fw-la sit_fw-la sancta_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la miscuisti_fw-la optat._n count_v parmen_fw-la donatist_n lib._n 1._o catholicum_fw-la facit_fw-la simplex_fw-la &_o verus_fw-la intellectus_fw-la singular_a &_o verum_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la &_o unitas_fw-la animorum_fw-la schisma_fw-la verò_fw-la sparso_fw-la coagulo_fw-la pacis_fw-la generatur_fw-la &_o deserta_fw-la matre_fw-la catholica_fw-la impii_fw-la silij_fw-la dum_fw-la foras_fw-la exeunt_fw-la &_o se_fw-la separant_fw-la à _fw-la radice_fw-la matris_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la invidiae_fw-la falcibus_fw-la amputati_fw-la errando_fw-la rebel_n abscedunt_fw-la nec_fw-la possunt_fw-la novum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la aut_fw-la aliud_fw-la agere_fw-la quam_fw-la quod_fw-la jamdudum_fw-la apud_fw-la svam_fw-la matrem_fw-la didicerunt_fw-la haeretici_fw-la veritatis_fw-la exules_fw-la sacri_fw-la symboli_fw-la desertores_fw-la etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr se_fw-la nosci_fw-la voluerunt_fw-la ideo_fw-la &_o falsum_fw-la habent_fw-la baptisma_fw-la vobis_fw-la vero_fw-la schismaticis_fw-la quamvis_fw-la in_o catholica_fw-la non_fw-la sitis_fw-la haec_fw-la negari_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la quia_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la vera_fw-la &_o communia_fw-la traxistis_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la ibid._n the_o very_a schism_n in_o the_o day_n of_o st._n paul_n at_o corinth_n for_o if_o he_o that_o come_v preach_v another_o jesus_n who_o we_o have_v not_o preach_v or_o if_o you_o receive_v another_o spirit_n which_o you_o have_v not_o receive_v or_o another_o gospel_n which_o you_o have_v not_o accept_v you_o may_v well_o bear_v with_o he_o 2_o cor._n 11.4_o immanes_n non_fw-la habentes_fw-la dei_fw-la dilectionem_fw-la svam_fw-la utilitatem_fw-la potius_fw-la considerantes_fw-la quam_fw-la unitatem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o propter_fw-la modicas_fw-la &_o quaslibet_fw-la causas_fw-la magnum_fw-la &_o gloriosum_fw-la corpus_fw-la christi_fw-la conscindunt_fw-la &_o dividunt_fw-la &_o quantum_fw-la in_o ipsis_fw-la est_fw-la interficiunt_fw-la pacem_fw-la loquentes_fw-la &_o bellum_fw-la operantes_fw-la veer_fw-la liquantes_fw-la culicem_fw-la &_o camelum_fw-la diglutientes_fw-la nulla_fw-la enim_fw-la ab_fw-la iis_fw-la tanta_fw-la fieri_fw-la potest_fw-la correptio_fw-la quanta_fw-la est_fw-la schismatis_fw-la corruptio_fw-la irenaeus_n l._n 4._o c._n 62._o sed_fw-la crimine_fw-la schismatis_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la immanissimo_fw-la sacrilegio_fw-la nemo_fw-la vestrum_fw-la se_fw-la dicere_fw-la potest_fw-la immunem_fw-la quamdiu_fw-la non_fw-la communicate_v unitati_fw-la omnium_fw-la gentium_fw-la aug._n l._n 2._o cont._n petil._n donatist_n c._n 96._o quid_fw-la ergò_fw-la prodest_fw-la homini_fw-la vel_fw-la sana_fw-la fides_fw-la vel_fw-la sanum_fw-la fortasse_fw-la solum_fw-la fidei_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la vbi_fw-la letali_fw-la vulnere_fw-la schismatis_fw-la perempta_fw-la est_fw-la sanitas_fw-la charitatis_fw-la per_fw-la cujus_fw-la solius_fw-la peremptionem_fw-la etiam_fw-la illa_fw-la integra_fw-la trabuntur_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la idem_fw-la l._n 1._o de_fw-la baptismo_fw-la contra_fw-la donatist_n c._n 8._o nobiscum_fw-la enim_fw-la estis_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la in_fw-la symbolo_fw-la in_fw-la caeteris_fw-la dominicis_fw-la sacramentis_fw-la in_fw-la spiritu_fw-la autem_fw-la unitatis_fw-la in_fw-la ipsa_fw-la denique_fw-la catholica_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la non_fw-la estis_fw-la ep_v 48._o vincentio_n quisquis_fw-la ab_fw-la hac_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la catholica_fw-la fuerit_fw-la separatus_fw-la quantumlibet_fw-la laudabiliter_fw-la se_fw-la vivere_fw-la existimet_fw-la hoc_fw-la solo_fw-la scelere_fw-la quod_fw-la à _fw-la christi_fw-la unitate_fw-la disjunctus_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la habebit_fw-la vitam_fw-la sed_fw-la ira_fw-la dei_fw-la manet_fw-la supra_fw-la eum_fw-la ep._n 152._o and_o so_o in_o the_o apostle_n canon_n can_v 31._o the_o schismatic_a be_v he_o that_o altar_n aliud_fw-la erigit_fw-la nolente_fw-la episcopo_fw-la &_o can._n 6._o conc._n constant_a 2._o gen._n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v call_v schismatic_n though_o of_o a_o sound_n faith._n schisma_fw-la est_fw-la recessio_fw-la à _fw-la proprio_fw-la episcopo_fw-la can._n 13._o conc._n 1_o 2_o constantinop_n and_o to_o the_o same_o effect_n can._n 10._o conc_fw-fr carthag_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d contra_fw-la proprium_fw-la episcopum_fw-la i_o will_v add_v but_o this_o one_o authority_n more_o and_o it_o be_v st._n basil_n ad_fw-la amphiloc_n can._n 1._o haereses_fw-la quidem_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la omnino_fw-la abrupti_fw-la 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