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Spurious things; especially, acounterfeit orforged written work or one of doubtfulattribution .
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While it cannot be received as having been actually composed by Anthony, it probably in large measure goes back to him, being for the most part made up out of the utterances attributed to him in the Life and the "Apophthegmata"; it contains, however, an element derived from the spuria and also from the "Pachomian Rules".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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All the above spuria are printed in Hartel's edition of Cyprian.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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[37] Inter excerpta (spuria) ed.Lips. 1770, p. 1004: si vis vacare animo, aut pauper sis oportet, aut pauperi similis.
The Following of Christ. c. 1300-1361 1910
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In addition to the genuine Aristotelian works, some spuria were also translated by Hunayn and his associates: Hunayn himself possibly translated the Problemata Physica (Filius
Greek Sources in Arabic and Islamic Philosophy D'Ancona, Cristina 2009
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III, xxv, 4): "Let there be placed among the spuria the writing of the Acts of Paul, the so-called Shepherd and the Apocalypse of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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[* Inga spuria, which we must not confound with the common inga, Inga vera, Willd.
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"Reliqua ejusmodi spuria omittenda censuimus, qualia sunt ...
Primitive Christian Worship Or, The Evidence of Holy Scripture and the Church, Against the Invocation of Saints and Angels, and the Blessed Virgin Mary James Endell Tyler 1820
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(* Inga spuria, which we must not confound with the common inga, Inga vera,
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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Quae structurae asperitas sensusque an, bifi; uitas non potest non do - cumeuto esse, aut, id quod Cnsauhono et nuper Jacoho pla - cuit, ra «A/.cj corrigenda, aut, quam equidem rationem prae - ttilerini, omnem hanc enuntiationem, co rc) aXXa avvedovaiv, pro spuria ejiciendam esse.
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