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Non-Catholic writers have sought to rob the passage of its importance by translating the word convenire "to resort to", and thus understanding it to mean no more than that the faithful from every side (undique) resorted to Rome, so that thus the stream of doctrine in that Church was kept immune from error.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Irenæus asserts that every Church, i.e., believers in all parts of the world, must agree with this Church ( "convenire" is to be understood in a figurative sense; the literal acceptation "every Church must come to that of Rome" is not admissible).
History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890
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Extra quoque diversoria fenestrarum claudantur de nocte, ne in locis huiusmodi possint seculares ad intempestiva colloquia convenire.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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Qui perjurum convenire vult hominem, mitto in Comitium;
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Ego vero agnosco amatorium scriptum mihi non convenire: qui jam meridiem praetergressus in vesperem feror.
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[3313] The Latin text of this difficult but important clause is, "Ad hanc enim ecclesiam propter potiorem principalitatem necesse est omnem convenire ecclesiam."
ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001
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[3794] One of the Antiochian Canons probably reflects the current language of an earlier antiquity thus: dia to en te metropolei pantachothen suntrechein pantas tous ta pragmata echontas: and, if so, this suntrechein gives the meaning of convenire.
ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001
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Addit vero, in fundamento hujus sententiæ (quod est gratiam Dei non præveniri ab ullo opere nostro sed contra, ab illa omnia opera nostra præveniri, ira ut nihil omnino boni, quod attinet ad salutem sit in nobis, quod non est nobis ex Deo), convenire
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966
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Rationibusque haud sane frigidis docuit _quiesco_ e littera longa dici non convenire.
The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it Frances Ellen Lord
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Quirites; nam ex parente meo et ex aliis sanctis viris ita accepi, munditias mulieribus, viris laborem convenire, omnibusque bonis oportere plus gloriae quam divitiarum esse; arma, non supellectilem decori esse.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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