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Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 283
… Let us be at one in faith, and peace will follow immediately. A Commentary on the Apostles' Creed. ------------------------ This exposition of the Creed was made at the request of Laurentius, a Bishop whose see is …
2,402 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 108
… Anathema to him that composed this creed! The First Council of Ephesus anathematized this creed and its author. We know only one symbol of faith, that which the holy fathers of Nice set forth and …
2,383 wordsTertullian — Latin Christianity • SECTION 170
… 8.] [2060] Jura, "rights." [2061] That is, of the faith, or Christian creed. Chapter XXI.--All Doctrine True Which Comes Through the Church from the Apostles, Who Were Taught by God Through Christ. All Opinion …
1,055 wordsHippolytus, Cyprian, Caius & Novatian • SECTION 311
… 18)." Thus, the faith of Peter is confessed the only foundation, in a direct exposition of the text so often quoted with another intent. In spite of all this, the Creed of Pius IV. was …
2,313 wordsSulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins & John Cassian • SECTION 149
… 25); so also, according to the Benedictine rule, there are twelve Psalms at mattins, besides the fixed ones, iii. and xcv. (see c. 9 and 10), as there are still in the Roman Breviary on …
1,103 wordsAugustine — Confessions & Letters • SECTION 82
… The reference, however, in this place, is to the Apostles' Creed, which, Dr. Pusey in a note remarks, was delivered orally to the catechumens to commit it to memory, and by them delivered back, i …
1,889 wordsAugustine — Trinity, Doctrinal & Moral Treatises • SECTION 223
… Receive, my children, the Rule of Faith, which is called the Symbol (or Creed [1762] ). And when ye have received it, write it in your heart, and be daily saying it to yourselves; before ye …
2,226 wordsSulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins & John Cassian • SECTION 115
… A General Rule for distinguishing the Truth of the Catholic Faith from the Falsehood of Heretical Pravity. [4.] I have often then inquired earnestly and attentively of very many men eminent for sanctity and learning …
2,099 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 7
… Creed (Rom. x. 9, Acts viii. 37, Text. Rec., cf. 1 Cor. xv. 3-4) began to serve as a tessera or passport of right belief, and as a regulative standard, a rule of faith …
2,429 wordsBasil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 61
… The Creed brought to Constans in Gaul by Narcissus and other Arians in 342. 4. The Creed "sent by Eudoxius of Germanicia into Italy," i.e. the "Macrostich," or "Lengthy Creed," rejected at Milan in …
2,261 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 133
… We find the expanded form which we now use in the Nicene Creed, in a work written by Epiphanius seven years before the Council of Constantinople. So that at all events the enlarged Creed was …
2,384 wordsThe Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr & Irenaeus • SECTION 91
… the same thing, being of one mind, thinking the same thing, and walking by the same rule of faith," [1299] as Paul admonished you. For if there is one God of the universe, the Father …
798 wordsLactantius, Venantius, Asterius, Victorinus & Others • SECTION 211
… be a creed, strictly speaking. It may be an orthodox confession, like the Quicunque Vult, but cannot be imposed in terms of communion, any more than the Te Deum [4019] Any other faith. The composition …
2,245 wordsAugustine — Trinity, Doctrinal & Moral Treatises • SECTION 141
… ix.--cxiii.), to expound the objects of faith, taking as his text the Apostles' Creed; and in the course of this exposition, besides refuting divers heresies, he throws out many observations on the conduct of …
1,449 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 47
… For on a considerate review by us of all points, our decision has been to adhere to the ancient faith which the prophets, the gospels, and the apostles have revealed through our Lord Jesus Christ …
2,205 wordsSulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins & John Cassian • SECTION 132
… on every minor question of the Divine Law, but only, at all events especially, where the Rule of Faith is concerned. Nor is this way of dealing with heresy to be resorted to always, or …
1,253 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 8
… The baptismal creed (as we find it in the primitive basis of the Apostles' Creed) does not solve the problem thus presented to Christian reflexion. Monarchianism attempted the solution in two ways. Either the One …
2,507 wordsTertullian — Latin Christianity • SECTION 178
… believe me! I once gave the gospel and the doctrine of the said rule (of life and faith) to my apostles; but afterwards it was my pleasure to make considerable changes in it! I had …
2,336 wordsThe Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr & Irenaeus • SECTION 327
… acts and the doctrine of the apostles, and holding the unadulterated rule of truth, may be saved. His testimony, therefore, is true, and the doctrine of the apostles is open and stedfast, holding nothing in …
1,349 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 116
… But such as dare either to put together another faith, or to bring forward or to teach or to deliver a different Creed (heteron sumbolon) to as wish to be converted to the knowledge of …
2,294 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 52
… rest to be instructed, are holding and teaching our people the Holy Creed which was founded on the teaching of the Apostles, and in no way departs from the definitions of the Fathers. But through …
1,106 wordsAugustine — Sermon on the Mount & Gospel Harmony • SECTION 148
… The Creed then has respect to the faith, the Lord's Prayer to prayer; because it is he who believeth, that is heard when he calleth. 2. But many ask for what they ought not …
2,318 wordsJerome — Principal Works • SECTION 181
… either revelation and faith, or philosophy and reason, the starting point and ruling power of theology." Doctor Schaff in Dict. of Chris. Biog. [4095] Baptism was at this time, as a rule, administered by the …
2,315 wordsAugustine — Trinity, Doctrinal & Moral Treatises • SECTION 287
… Credulousness, distinguished from faith, [989]357. Creed, the Apostles', [990]238; current in 4th century, [991]318; expounded, [992]321 sq.; the rule of faith or symbol, [993]369 sq.; not written, repeated by Catechumens …
819 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 30
… of the Apostles' Creed, and still more so of accepting the popular derivation of the word symbolum (sumbolon) as the twelve Apostles' twelve "contributions" (one each) to the Church's rule of faith. [325] Communio …
1,408 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 115
… This is the faith of the fathers, this is the faith of the Apostles. So we all believe, thus the orthodox believe. Anathema to him who does not thus believe. Peter has spoken thus through …
2,685 wordsLactantius, Venantius, Asterius, Victorinus & Others • SECTION 210
… This Nicæno-Constantinopolitan Creed was solemnly ratified by the Council of Ephesus (a.d. 431) with the decree [4017] that "No one [4018] shall be permitted to introduce, write, or compose any other faith, [4019 …
2,207 wordsTertullian — Latin Christianity • SECTION 163
… fallen from the rule (of faith), will heresies on that account appear to possess [1866] the truth? Do we prove the faith [1867] by the persons, or the persons by the faith? No one is …
1,493 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 12
… The Nicene definition and the work of Athanasius which followed were a summons back to the simple first principles of the Gospel and the Rule of Faith. What then is their value to ourselves? Above …
2,434 wordsAugustine — Sermon on the Mount & Gospel Harmony • SECTION 271
… rule and standard of all prayer, [1887]275; the blessing of, taught by our Advocate and Judge, [1888]284; said daily in church before altar, [1889]288; taught to the Competentes after the Creed, [1890 …
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