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the_o preistlie_a company_n and_o the_o venerable_a sacrifice_n offer_v how_o can_v it_o be_v that_o we_o shall_v not_o appease_v god_n prayinge_v for_o they_o the_o very_a like_a he_o write_v in_o a_o other_o place_n chrisost_n homil._n 69._o add_v popul_n antiochen_n and_o s._n basile_n set_v down_o many_o
thing_n deliver_v by_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o apostle_n say_v s._n basil_n l._n 5._o the_o universal_a eccl_n this_o tradition_n do_v commend_v the_o word_n of_o long_a prayer_n and_o consecration_n over_o the_o bread_n and_o chalice_n set_v down_o in_o order_n multifariam_fw-la digesta_fw-la super_fw-la panem_fw-la &_o calicem_fw-la prolixae_fw-la orationis_fw-la &_o consecrationis_fw-la verba_fw-la commendavit_fw-la irenaeus_n say_v the_o church_n receive_v this_o order_n of_o sacrifice_n from_o the_o apostle_n and_o in_o his_o time_n offer_v it_o to_o god_n in_o all_o the_o world_n oblationem_fw-la novi_fw-la testamenti_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n accipiens_fw-la in_o universo_fw-la mundo_fw-la offer_v deo_fw-la irenaeus_n l._n 4._o cap._n 32._o contr_n haeres_fw-la the_o ancient_a learned_a bishop_n stephanus_n eduensis_n writtinge_n of_o this_o holy_a sacrifice_n set_v down_o the_o manner_n how_o the_o apostle_n practise_v and_o preach_v it_o stephan_n eduen_n 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