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evidenter_fw-la verum_fw-la ipsam_fw-la esse_fw-la veram_fw-la dei_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la sed_fw-la tamen_fw-la efficiunt_fw-la evidenter_fw-la credibile_fw-la de_fw-fr ecclesia_fw-la lib._n 4._o cap._n 3._o 3._o lutheranorum_n notae_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la ullo_fw-la modo_fw-la sufficientes_fw-la nam_fw-la non_fw-la declarant_fw-la quae_fw-la sit_fw-la vera_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la secundum_fw-la heretic_n nisi_fw-la probabiliter_fw-la lib._n eod_a cap._n 2._o 2._o hoc_fw-la orbis_fw-la terrarum_fw-la comprobat_fw-la quota_fw-la tu_fw-la pars_fw-la es_fw-la orbis_fw-la terrarum_fw-la qui_fw-la solus_fw-la facis_fw-la cum_fw-la homine_fw-la scelelerato_fw-la &_o pacem_fw-la orbis_fw-la dissolvis_fw-la theod._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 16._o athan._n epist_n ad_fw-la solitariam_fw-la vitamagentes_fw-la bellar._n lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr eccles_n milit_fw-la cap._n 16._o idem_fw-la lib._n 4._o cap._n 5._o alii_fw-la flammis_fw-la exusti_fw-la alii_fw-la ferro_fw-la perempti_fw-la alii_fw-la flagris_fw-la verberati_fw-la alii_fw-la cruciati_fw-la patibulo_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n haeretici_fw-la sunt_fw-la per_fw-la tam_fw-la faciem_fw-la terrae_fw-la alii_fw-la hic_fw-la alii_fw-la ibi_fw-la alia_fw-la secta_fw-la in_o africa_n alia_fw-la haeresis_fw-la in_o oriente_fw-it august_n de_fw-fr de_fw-fr past_a cap._n 8._o hieron_n in_o dialog_n contr_n luciferianos_fw-la luciferianos_fw-la durand_n lib._n 2_o 2_o dominus_fw-la deus_fw-la noster_fw-la papa_n exit_fw-la tran_v iâ—h_o 22._o ut_fw-la citat_fw-la jewel_n liberius_n testae_fw-la aâ—han_n epist_n ad_fw-la solitariam_fw-la vitâ—m_fw-la agentes_fw-la â—dem_fw-la patet_fw-la ex_fw-la â—â—eambulo_fw-la council_n nicen._n bodin_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nazianz._n in_o oratione_fw-la contra_fw-la arrianos_fw-la 2_o kin._n 19_o 28._o brevi_fw-la occupapavit_fw-la doctrina_fw-la lutheri_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la multa_fw-la regna_fw-la in_o partibus_fw-la septentrionalibus_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la indos_n excurrere_fw-la ausa_fw-la est_fw-la bel._n lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr pont._n ro_n ca._n 23_o psal_n 19_o 4._o vid._n bell._n de_fw-fr pontif._n rom._n lib_n 3._o cap._n 21._o nostris_fw-la temporibus_fw-la romana_fw-la sedes_fw-la magnam_fw-la germaniae_fw-la partem_fw-la amisit_fw-la suetiam_fw-la gothiam_n norvegiam_fw-la daniam_fw-la etc._n etc._n act._n 19_o â—_o august_n in_o psal_n 39_o chrysost_n hom_n 40._o ad_fw-la populum_fw-la antiochen_n livius_n decad_a 1_o lib._n 9_o hic_fw-la non_fw-la tenetur_fw-la nota_fw-la marginalis_fw-la quae_fw-la nonnunquam_fw-la occurrit_fw-la in_o li._n sent._n p._n lombardi_n vive_fw-fr de_fw-fr causis_fw-la corrupt_a art_n plut._n apoth_o plut._n in_o vita_fw-la sertorii_fw-la use_v 2._o canâ—_n lipsius_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr con._n plut._n in_o thess_n rom._n 8._o 1._o joh._n 29._o 13._o isa_n 65._o 5._o matth._n 5._o 20._o psal_n 119._o phil._n 3._o 13._o verba_fw-la morientis_fw-la hadrian_o ovid_n meta_n lib._n â—5_n eccl._n 12._o 8._o 2._o proposition_n josh_n 18._o 1._o psal_n 132._o 14._o 15._o psal_n 132._o 5._o sigon_n de_fw-fr rep_n heb._n lib._n 6._o cap._n 7._o sigâ—â—ius_n de_fw-fr ep_n heb._n lib._n 1._o â—oh_o 4._o isa_n 1._o