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maignan_n philosophia_fw-la saâ—ra_fw-la part_n 2._o append._n 5._o necnon_fw-la traditiones_fw-la ipsas_fw-la tum_fw-la ad_fw-la â—idem_fw-la tum_fw-la ad_fw-la mores_fw-la pertinentes_fw-la tanquam_fw-la vel_fw-la ore_fw-la tenn_n â_fw-la christo_fw-la vel_fw-la à _fw-la spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-la dictatas_fw-la &_o continuâ_fw-la successione_n in_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la catholica_fw-la conservatas_fw-la pari_fw-la pietatis_fw-la affectu_fw-la ac_fw-la reâ—erentià _fw-la suscipit_fw-la &_o veneratur_fw-la hist._n council_n trident._n l._n 6._o c._n 14._o n._n 3._o n._n 4._o aug._n l._n 2._o c._n julian_n et_fw-la cetera_fw-la nostrae_fw-la saluti_fw-la necessaria_fw-la quae_fw-la omne_fw-la sola_fw-la docet_fw-la sacra_fw-la scriptura_fw-la lection_n in_o canon_n missae_fw-la 71._o haec_fw-la autem_fw-la in_o sacris_fw-la scripture_n discuntur_fw-la per_fw-la quas_fw-la solas_fw-la plenam_fw-la intelligere_fw-la possumus_fw-la dei_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la ib._n eâ—â—e_fw-la quo_fw-la 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apostolicis_fw-la literis_fw-la continentur_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la notius_fw-la nihil_fw-la certius_fw-la id._n c._n 2._o quare_fw-la cum_fw-la sacra_fw-la scriptura_fw-la regula_n credendi_fw-la certissima_fw-la tutissimáque_fw-la sit_fw-la ibid._n l._n 4._o c._n 9_o 9_o et_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la proâ—onantur_fw-la omnibus_fw-la credenda_fw-la quae_fw-la pertinent_a ad_fw-la fiaem_fw-la 2._o 2._o q._n 171._o prol_n prol_n 1._o q._n 1._o a._n 5._o 5._o melch._n can._n l._n 12._o c._n 3._o marsil_n in_o 4._o lib._n sentent_fw-fr l._n 1._o prooem_n q._n 2._o art_n 2._o pet._n de_fw-fr alliâ—co_n in_o sent._n l._n 1._o q._n 1._o a._n 3._o greg._n arimin_n q._n 1._o a._n 2._o durand_n prol._n q._n 5._o n._n 9_o a._n 13._o n._n 21._o l._n 3._o dist._n 25._o q._n 2._o no_o in_o concernentibus_fw-la fidem_fw-la etiam_fw-la dictum_fw-la unius_fw-la privati_fw-la esset_fw-la praâ—erendum_fw-la dicto_fw-la papae_fw-la si_fw-la ille_fw-la movereâ—ur_fw-la melioribus_fw-la rationibus_fw-la novi_fw-la &_o veteris_fw-la testamenti_fw-la quam_fw-la papae_fw-la cum_fw-la ergo_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la veritate_fw-la veritas_fw-la divina_fw-la sit_fw-la certior_fw-la &_o immutabilior_fw-la ergo_fw-la omnes_fw-la aliae_fw-la debent_fw-la regulari_fw-la per_fw-la illam_fw-la &_o in_o quantum_fw-la conformantur_fw-la illi_fw-la sunt_fw-la verae_fw-la in_fw-la quantum_fw-la autem_fw-la deviant_fw-la ab_fw-la illa_fw-la deviant_fw-la à _fw-la natura_fw-la veritatis_fw-la sacra_fw-la autem_fw-la scriptura_fw-la veritas_fw-la divina_fw-la est_fw-la ideo_fw-la judicium_fw-la nostrum_fw-la debemus_fw-la regular_fw-la per_fw-la illam_fw-la applicando_fw-la ad_fw-la eam_fw-la etc._n etc._n tostatin_n ep._n hieron_n c._n 6._o p._n 28._o d._n non_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o auctoritate_fw-la aequantur_fw-la absit_fw-la sed_fw-la sequantur_fw-la non_fw-la quidem_fw-la in_o subsidium_fw-la auctoritatis_fw-la canonicae_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o admonitionem_fw-la 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