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baptismatibus_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la adesse_fw-la secretis_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o venerabilibus_fw-la ministeriis_fw-la per_fw-la eas_fw-la rite_n aguntur_fw-la and_o the_o rest_n of_o that_o chapter_n give_v divers_a other_o rule_v concern_v they_o the_o 15._o canon_n of_o chalcedon_n appoint_v a_o deaconess_n not_o to_o be_v ordain_v till_o she_o be_v forty_o year_n of_o age_n it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o canon_n and_o it_o be_v appoint_v that_o it_o be_v do_v after_o a_o strict_a examination_n but_o that_o after_o she_o be_v ordain_v and_o continue_v some_o time_n in_o the_o ministry_n if_o she_o give_v herself_o in_o marriage_n she_o as_o one_o that_o have_v reproach_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n be_v to_o be_v anathematise_v with_o her_o husband_n zonara_n reconcile_v this_o age_n with_o the_o apostle_n that_o the_o apostle_n speak_v of_o widow_n and_o this_o canon_n of_o virgin_n though_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o canon_n yet_o it_o 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