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29._o canon_n say_v this_o 23._o so_o nicolaus_n the_o pope_n in_o his_o decree_n say_v the_o clergy_n and_o people_n do_v choose_v the_o pope_n reliquus_fw-la clerus_fw-la &_o populus_fw-la romanus_n ad_fw-la consensum_fw-la nova_fw-la electionis_fw-la pontificis_fw-la à _fw-la cardinalibus_fw-la factae_fw-la accedant_fw-la so_o 62._o gelasius_n the_o pope_n write_v to_o philippus_n and_o cernutiâ—â—_n bishop_n so_o stephanus_n ad_fw-la romanum_fw-la 62._o archiepiscopum_fw-la rauâ—â—natensem_fw-la be_v cite_v in_o the_o gloss_n to_o that_o purpose_n in_o 3._o the_o epistle_n of_o ivo_n bishop_n of_o chartres_n we_o be_v call_v by_o the_o will_n of_o god_n the_o cleâ—gy_n and_o people_n of_o such_o a_o city_n and_o this_o pope_n urâ—â—â—_n practise_v upon_o ivo_n 2._o conclus_fw-la but_o election_n in_o the_o ancient_a church_n be_v not_o by_o one_o single_a congregation_n but_o by_o the_o bishop_n of_o diverse_a other_o church_n in_o the_o 65._o council_n of_o sardis_n si_fw-mi unum_fw-la tantùm_fw-la in_o provincia_fw-la contigerit_fw-la remanere_fw-la episcopum_fw-la suporstes_fw-la episcopus_fw-la conâ—â—care_fw-la debet_fw-la episcopos_fw-la vicinae_fw-la
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