immediate_o before_o the_o foresay_a mauritius_n aemulator_n say_v that_o roman_a pontiff_n 678._o pontiff_n agatio_n be_v choose_v pope_n or_o rather_o bishop_n of_o rome_n a_o 678._o agatho_n verae_fw-la &_o apostolicae_fw-la fidei_fw-la piae_fw-la memoriae_fw-la augustus_n justinianus_n cujus_fw-la fidei_fw-la rectitudo_fw-la quantum_fw-la pro_fw-la sincera_fw-la confession_n deo_fw-la placuit_fw-la tantum_fw-la rempublicam_fw-la christianam_fw-la exaltavit_fw-la et_fw-la ubique_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la gentibus_fw-la ejus_fw-la religiosa_fw-la memoria_fw-la veneratione_n digna_fw-la censetur_fw-la cujus_fw-la fidei_fw-la rectitudo_fw-la per_fw-la augustissima_fw-la ejus_fw-la edicta_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la orbe_fw-la diffusa_fw-la laudatur_fw-la will_v agatho_n have_v say_v so_o of_o a_o heretic_n 565._o heretic_n to_o agatho_n i_o may_v add_v gregory_n ii_o in_o several_a epistle_n nay_o and_o a_o far_o great_a authority_n too_o viz._n the_o father_n of_o the_o six_o 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and_o no_o man_n that_o as_o much_o as_o pretend_v learning_n be_v now_o so_o ignorant_a as_o not_o to_o know_v that_o even_o entire_a catholic_n nation_n and_o many_o such_o too_o oppose_v very_o many_o such_o canon_n even_o of_o those_o very_a council_n which_o themselves_o esteem_v or_o allow_v as_o true_o general_n and_o oppose_v not_o the_o bare_a word_n or_o epithet_n only_a as_o our_o dispute_n now_o be_v of_o such_o word_n or_o even_o of_o bare_a epithet_n but_o the_o whole_a matter_n and_o sense_n and_o purpose_n nay_o and_o the_o very_a end_n too_o uncontroverted_o admit_v to_o have_v be_v that_o of_o such_o general_a council_n and_o the_o reason_n be_v obvious_a enough_o uz_o that_o in_o canon_n of_o reformation_n discipline_n or_o manner_n as_o it_o be_v general_o allow_v and_o certain_a the_o father_n deliver_v not_o nor_o intend_v nor_o pretend_v to_o deliver_v or_o declare_v the_o catholic_n faith_n and_o that_o in_o all_o other_o thing_n they_o be_v as_o fallible_a and_o as_o subject_a to_o error_n as_o so_o many_o other_o man_n of_o equal_a knowledge_n though_o without_o any_o of_o their_o authority_n or_o spiritual_a superiority_n 2._o because_o that_o in_o the_o very_a decree_n or_o canon_n of_o faith_n general_a council_n even_o the_o most_o true_o such_o may_v err_v in_o such_o word_n as_o be_v not_o of_o absolute_a necessity_n for_o declare_v that_o which_o be_v the_o only_a purpose_n of_o such_o canon_n for_o so_o even_a bellarmine_n himself_o teach_v l._n 2._o de_fw-la concilior_fw-la authoritate_fw-la c._n 12._o express_o and_o purposely_o and_o in_o these_o very_a word_n denique_fw-la in_o ipsis_fw-la decretis_fw-la de_fw-la fide_fw-la non_fw-la verba_fw-la sed_fw-la sensuâ—_fw-la tantum_fw-la ad_fw-la fidem_fw-la pertinet_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la haereticum_fw-la dicere_fw-la in_fw-la canonibus_fw-la conciliorum_fw-la aliquod_fw-la verbum_fw-la esse_fw-la supervacaneum_fw-la aut_fw-la non_fw-la rectè_fw-la positum_fw-la nisi_fw-la forte_fw-fr de_fw-fr ipso_fw-la verbo_fw-la sit_fw-la decretum_fw-la formatum_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o concilio_n niceno_fw-la decreverunt_fw-la recipiendam_fw-la vocem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d et_fw-fr in_o ephesino_n vocem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o you_o see_v that_o he_o exempt_v only_o from_o this_o general_a rule_n the_o case_n wherein_o a_o council_n shall_v of_o purpose_n frame_v a_o decree_n or_o canon_n of_o faith_n concern_v the_o very_a use_n of_o such_o or_o such_o a_o word_n or_o epithet_n as_o the_o first_o of_o nice-did_a for_o the_o word_n bâ—mousion_n or_o consubstantial_a against_o arrius_n and_o the_o council_n of_o ephesus_n do_v for_o the_o word_n deotocon_fw-mi or_o godbearing_n against_o nestorius_n which_o can_v be_v say_v by_o bellarmine_n or_o any_o other_o in_o his_o behalf_n or_o that_o either_o any_o council_n or_o pope_n have_v ever_o yet_o do_v so_o as_o to_o or_o concern_v the_o use_n of_o the_o word_n jus_o 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