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eminentissimam_fw-la erga_fw-la figmentum_fw-la suum_fw-la dilectionem_fw-la eam_fw-la quae_fw-la esset_fw-la ex_fw-la virgin_n generationem_fw-la sustinuit_fw-la ipse_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la hominem_fw-la adunans_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o passus_fw-la sub_fw-la pontio_n pilato_n &_o resurgens_fw-la &_o in_o claritate_fw-la receptus_fw-la in_o gloriâ_fw-la venturus_fw-la salvator_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la salvantur_fw-la &_o judex_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la judicantur_fw-la &_o mitten_n in_o ignem_fw-la aeternum_fw-la transfiguratores_fw-la veritatis_fw-la &_o contemptores_fw-la patris_fw-la svi_fw-la &_o adventûs_fw-la svi_fw-la to_o this_o form_n or_o rule_n tertullian_n plain_o allude_v in_o his_o book_n against_o praxea_n make_v it_o as_o ancient_a as_o the_o first_o preach_v of_o the_o gospel_n by_o the_o apostle_n cap._n 2._o nos_fw-la verò_fw-la &_o semper_fw-la &_o nunc_fw-la magis_fw-la ut_fw-la instructiones_fw-la per_fw-la paracletum_fw-la deductorem_fw-la scil._n omnis_fw-la veritatis_fw-la unicum_fw-la quidem_fw-la deum_fw-la credimus_fw-la sub_fw-la hûc_fw-la tamen_fw-la dispensatione_fw-la quam_fw-la oeconomiam_fw-la credimus_fw-la ut_fw-la unici_fw-la dei_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o filius_fw-la sermo_fw-la ipsius_fw-la qui_fw-la ex_fw-la ipso_fw-la processerit_fw-la per_fw-la quem_fw-la omne_fw-la facta_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la quo_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la nihil_fw-la hunc_fw-la missum_fw-la à _fw-la patre_fw-la in_o virginem_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la eâ_fw-la natum_fw-la hominem_fw-la &_o deum_fw-la filium_fw-la hominis_fw-la &_o filium_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o cognominatum_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la hunc_fw-la passum_fw-la hunc_fw-la mortuum_fw-la &_o sepultum_fw-la secundum_fw-la scripturas_fw-la &_o resuscitatum_fw-la à _fw-la patre_fw-la &_o in_o caelos_fw-la resumptum_fw-la sedere_fw-la ad_fw-la dextram_fw-la patris_fw-la venturum_fw-la judicare_fw-la vivos_fw-la &_o mortuos_fw-la qui_fw-la exinde_fw-la miserit_fw-la secundum_fw-la promissionem_fw-la svam_fw-la à _fw-la patre_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la paracletum_fw-la sanctificatorem_fw-la fidei_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la credunt_fw-la in_o patrem_fw-la &_o filium_fw-la &_o spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la hanc_fw-la regulam_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la evangelii_n decucurrisse_fw-la etiam_fw-la ante_fw-la priores_fw-la quosque_fw-la haereticos_fw-la nedum_fw-la ante_fw-la praxean_fw-la hesternum_fw-la probabit_fw-la tam_fw-la ipsa_fw-la posteritas_fw-la omnium_fw-la haereticorum_fw-la quam_fw-la ipsa_fw-la novellitas_fw-la praxeae_fw-la hesterni_fw-la but_o more_o contract_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr velandis_fw-la virginibus_fw-la thus_o regula_n quidem_fw-la sidei_fw-la una_fw-la omnino_fw-la est_fw-la sola_fw-la immobilis_fw-la &_o irreformabilis_fw-la credendi_fw-la scil._n in_fw-la unicum_fw-la deum_fw-la omnipotentem_fw-la mundi_fw-la conditorem_fw-la &_o filium_fw-la eius_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la natum_fw-la ex_fw-la virgin_n mariâ_fw-la crucisixum_fw-la sub_fw-la pontio_n pilato_n tertio_fw-la die_fw-la resuscitatum_fw-la à _fw-la mortuis_fw-la receptum_fw-la in_o caelis_fw-la sedentem_fw-la nunc_fw-la ad_fw-la dextram_fw-la patris_fw-la venturum_fw-la judicare_fw-la vivos_fw-la &_o mortuos_fw-la per_fw-la carnis_fw-la etiam_fw-la resurrectionem_fw-la novatianus_n a_o roman_a presbyter_n who_o live_v about_o the_o year_n 240_o thus_o begin_v his_o book_n de_fw-fr trinitate_fw-la regula_n exigit_fw-la veritatis_fw-la ut_fw-la primò_fw-la omnium_fw-la credamus_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la patrem_fw-la &_o dominum_fw-la omnipotentem_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la verum_fw-la omnium_fw-la perfectissimum_fw-la conditorem_fw-la cap._n 9_o eadem_fw-la regula_fw-la veritatis_fw-la docet_fw-la nos_fw-la credere_fw-la post_fw-la patrem_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o filium_fw-la dei_fw-la christum_fw-la jesum_fw-la dominum_fw-la deum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la dei_fw-la filium_fw-la huius_fw-la dei_fw-la qui_fw-la &_o unus_fw-la &_o solus_fw-la est_fw-la conditor_fw-la scilicet_fw-la rerum_fw-la omnium_fw-la ut_fw-la jam_fw-la &_o superius_fw-la expressum_fw-la est_fw-la cap._n 29._o sed_fw-la