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¹¹ Ibid., 150 citing Sententia super Metaphysicam 7.41337 (Rocca's italics).

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¹³ Ibid., 152.

¹⁴ Ibid., 151.

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³⁰ Ibid., 46.

³¹ Ibid., 121.

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³³ Ibid., 126–131.

³⁴ Ibid., 25, 134, 270–74.

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³⁸ Figures 5 and 6 are based on http://www.math.ubc.ca/~cass/courses/m308-02b/projects/franco/index.htm.

³⁹ Calculations from http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html.

⁴⁰ October 2011, “Response,” 2–3 at the USCCB Website (http://www.usccb.org/about/doctrine/publications).

⁴¹ Statement, 7.

⁴² Ibid., 8.

⁴³ Ibid., 8, citing Quest, 19.

⁴⁴ Ibid., 8.

⁴⁵ Quest, 18.

⁴⁶ Ibid., 19.

⁴⁷ Ibid.

⁴⁸ The opposite of “cracks open” at page 3 in “Response” confirms that different meanings of “literal” are being confused.

⁴⁹ Ibid., 18.

⁵⁰ Statement, 12.

⁵¹ Quest, 20.

⁵² Statement, 4.

⁵³ Ibid., 20.