ST. JEROM, L. C. “I know that the Church is founded upon Peter, that is, on a rock. Whoever eateth the lamb out of that house, is a profane man. Whoever is not in the ark, shall perish by the flood.” Ep. xiv. ad Dam. Pars 2. T. iv. p. 19. “I cease not to proclaim, he is mine who remains united to the Chair of Peter.” Ibid. Ep. xvi. p. 22. “The assembly of the One Church has but one faith; nor is she defiled by a variety of doctrines, nor rent asunder by heresies: she remains a virgin.” Adv. Jovinian. L. 2. T. iv. p. 213.
St. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, G.C. Speaking of the Church, so called by St. Paul, he observes : “The Apostle calls it the Church of God, shewing that it ought to be united. For if it be of God, united it is, and is one; is one, not in Corinth only, but in all parts of the earth. The name of Church is not a name of separation, but of union and concord." Hom. 1. in 1. Ep. ad Corinth. T. x. p. 4. Parisiis, 1718-1738. “If it was not allowed (to the Corinthians) to call themselves by the names of Paul, and Apollos, and Cephas, much less can it be allowed on less occasions. If it did not become their master, and the prince of the Apostles, and the instructor of so many people, to give their names to their followers, much less does it become those who are nothing.” Ibid. Hom. iii. p. 16. “The Apostle says: Until we all meet into the unity of faith, that is, till we shew that we have one belief. For that finally constitutes unity of faith when we are all one, and we all acknowledge the same; I therefore solemnly declare, that to disunite the Church is as great a crime as heresy. The
