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linus_n linus_n baron_fw-fr ad_fw-la annum_fw-la 44._o n._n 45._o &_o annum_fw-la 60._o n._n 6._o possev_n in_o appar_n v._o linus_n of_o papias_n papias_n euseb_n l._n 3._o c._n 39_o 39_o baron_fw-fr mart._n ad_fw-la diem_fw-la jan_n 26._o of_o egesippus_fw-la of_o the_o decretal_a epistle_n what_o they_o be_v the_o collection_n ascribe_v to_o isidore_n a_o counterfeit_n counterfeit_n pseudo_fw-la isidor_n cap._n 2._o 2._o histor_n l._n 2._o c._n 18._o 18._o see_v onuphr_n chronicon_fw-la pontif._n pontif._n vide_fw-la baron_n in_o notis_n martyrolog_n ad_fw-la 4._o apr._n baron_fw-fr anno_fw-la christ_n 865._o n._n 5._o 5._o de_fw-fr roman_n pontif._n l._n 2._o cap._n 14._o 14._o baron_fw-fr ad_fw-la ann._n 865._o n._n 5_o 6_o 7_o 8._o 8._o baron_fw-fr ibid._n n._n 7._o reason_n to_o show_v the_o decretal_a epistle_n to_o be_v forgery_n forgery_n extrav_fw-mi de_fw-fr rescriptis_fw-la ad_fw-la audientiam_fw-la a_o letter_n from_o clement_n to_o st._n james_n a_o forgery_n vide_fw-la platin._n a_o decretal_a epistle_n about_o remove_v st._n peter_n boves_fw-la boves_fw-la the_o catacumbae_fw-la or_o catatumboe_n as_o here_o write_v be_v vast_a public_a vault_n or_o underground_o repository_n for_o dead_a body_n see_v a_o handsome_a discourse_n of_o they_o at_o rome_n and_o those_o other_o more_o spacious_a one_o at_o naples_n in_o dr._n burnet_n letter_n who_o prove_v that_o they_o can_v not_o be_v the_o workmanship_n of_o the_o primitive_a christian_n for_o the_o bestow_n of_o the_o body_n of_o their_o martyr_n as_o be_v common_o suggest_v and_o intimate_v here_o by_o this_o feign_a epistle_n but_o rather_o be_v cut_v out_o from_o the_o first_o beginning_n of_o the_o city_n for_o the_o common_a burial_n place_n of_o the_o ancient_a heathen_n especial_o the_o vulgar_a sort_n slave_n etc._n etc._n etc._n june_n the_o 29_o prove_v to_o be_v a_o forgery_n of_o clemens_n of_o abdias_n abdias_n in_o recogn_n of_o the_o pontifical_a baronius_n despair_n of_o any_o certainty_n of_o the_o apostle_n action_n not_o mention_v in_o scripture_n of_o the_o time_n of_o peter_n come_v to_o rome_n how_o long_o he_o stay_v there_o what_o year_n peter_n suffer_v do_v paul_n suffer_v at_o the_o same_o time_n time_n act_n 7_o 58._o of_o peter_n successor_n the_o answer_n to_o both_o whether_o peter_n sit_v seven_o year_n at_o antioch_n before_o he_o go_v to_o rome_n the_o history_n of_o peter_n according_a to_o onuphrius_n object_n 1._o answer_n object_n 2._o answer_n answer_n baron_fw-fr annal_n tom._n 1._o ad_fw-la ann._n 69._o s._n 9_o 9_o idem_fw-la ad_fw-la an._n 39_o 39_o defence_n pac._n part_n 2._o c._n 16._o 16._o occh._n dial._n par_fw-fr 1._o l._n 2._o ca_n 3._o peter_n not_o at_o rome_n the_o first_o two_o year_n after_o the_o passion_n nor_o in_o the_o three_o nor_o four_o nor_o in_o the_o five_o or_o six_o peter_n not_o at_o rome_n between_o the_o six_o and_o twelve_o year_n after_o the_o passion_n passion_n joseph_n antiq_n l._n 18._o ca._n 8._o 8._o lib._n 19_o ca._n 7._o peter_n not_o at_o rome_n between_o the_o 12_o and_o 16_o year_n of_o the_o passion_n passion_n oros._n l._n 7._o c._n 6._o 6._o in_o claud._n 7._o ca._n 24._o peter_n not_o at_o rome_n before_o the_o 12_o of_o claudius_n claudius_n lib._n â—0_n c._n 5._o peter_n have_v not_o be_v at_o rome_n the_o 24_o year_n after_o the_o passion_n peter_n not_o at_o rome_n in_o the_o three_o or_o four_o year_n of_o nero._n peter_n not_o at_o rome_n during_o the_o rest_n of_o nero_n reign_n bellarmine_n scheme_n of_o st._n peter_n travel_n answ_n object_n 2._o answer_n object_n 3._o answ_n obj._n 4._o answ_n object_n 5._o answ_n it_o be_v a_o reproach_n to_o st._n peter_n to_o fancy_v he_o bishop_n of_o rome_n the_o story_n of_o pope_n joan_n and_o pope_n peter_n compare_v compare_v anno._n chr._n 855._o 855._o tert._n l._n contr._n judaeos_fw-la judaeos_fw-la clem._n l._n 1._o stromat_n stromat_n lact._n instit_n l._n 4._o c._n 4._o 4._o iren._n l._n 2._o ca._n 39_o 39_o euseb_n l._n 2._o ca._n 25._o object_n answer_n