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  • S. Basilii ad Amphilochium, Iconii episcopum, et alias epistolae quinque canonicae, fol.

    NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works 1895

  • Although Ramus firmly rejected this accusation, he had difficulties in clearing himself of the charge (Ramus, Collectaneae praefationes, epistolae, orationes, p. 327).

    Petrus Ramus Sellberg, Erland 2006

  • De proportione, qva gravia decidentia accelerantvr epistolae tres: quibus ad totidem epistolas R.P. P.tri Cazraei Societatis Iesv respondetur.

    Pierre Gassendi Fisher, Saul 2005

  • De apparente magnitvdine solis hvmilis et svblimis epistolae qvatvor: in qvibvs complvra physica, opticaque problemata proponuntur,

    Pierre Gassendi Fisher, Saul 2005

  • Busbequii legationis Turcicae epistolae iv. _, and has been translated into several languages.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

  • Don Rocco turned around so as to stand in cornu epistolae, toward the empty benches, imagined them full of people, of his people of every Sunday, and a spirit of eloquence entered into him.

    Stories by Foreign Authors: Italian Various

  • From the earliest ages the letters of the Roman pontiffs constitute, with the canons of the councils, the principal element of canon law, not only of the Roman Church and its immediate dependencies. but of all Christendom; they are everywhere relied upon and collected, and the ancient canonical compilations contain a large number of these precious "decretals" (decreta, statuta, epistolae decretales, and epistolae synodicae).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

  • Among his non-biblical writings the following may be considered: "Theologia vivificans, Dionysii coelestis hierarchia, Ignatii XV epistolae, Polycarpi epistolai"

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

  • His letters ( "Aureae ad familiares epistolae", Paris, 1499) are important for the history of contemporary thought.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

  • Hence cornu epistolae and cornu evangelii mean the epistle and gospel side of the altar respectively, cornu anterius and cornu posterius evangelii or cornu dexterum anterius and dexterum posterius mean respectively the anterior or posterior corner of the altar at the gospel side.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

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