novelty ; because nothing must be added to antiquity. The pure and plain belief of our Ancestors must be troubled by no base admixture.” Ep. ad Joan. Antioch. Conc. Gen. T. iii. p. 1262 .
St. LEO,[1] L. C.-“ Entire Faith, true Faith, is a great defence, in which nothing can be added, nothing taken away; for unless Faith be one, it is not Faith; the Apostle declaring, One Lord, one Faith, one Baptism, (Ephes. iv.5.) To this unity, my brethren, adhere with unshaken minds.": Serm. iv. in Nativ. p. 156. Edit. Quesnel. Paris. 1675.
COUNCIL OF CHALCEDON,[2] G. C.-“ Our Lord, and Saviour, Jesus Christ, confirming the Faith of his disciples, said: Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you: (John xiv. 27.) that no one differ from his neighbour in religious principles, but that all may conspire together to announce the truth.” Act. v. Conc. Gen. T. iv. p. 561.
THE CHURCH ALWAYS VISIBLE.
The Visibility of the Church follows so evidently from the promises of Christ; from the commission of the Apostles “to teach all nations;" and from the essential character of
- ↑ His exalted qualities and signal government of the Church, acquired for him the appellation of Great ; while the works which he has left, comprising many sermons and letters, prove the solidity of his judgment, the extent of his acquirements, and the firmness of his courage on many trying occasions. His style is at once elevated and elegant. He died in 461.
- ↑ This was the fourth General Council; and was held in 451, against the Eutychians and Nestorians.
