"Every care should be taken to hold fast to what has been believed everywhere, always, and by all. This general rule will be truly applied if we follow the principles of universality, antiquity, and consent. We do so in regard to universality if we confess that faith alone to be true which the entire Church confesses all over the world. In regard to antiquity if we in no way deviate from those interpretations which our ancestors and fathers have monifestly proclaimed as inviolable. In regard to consent if, in this very antiquity, we adopt the definitions of all, or almast all, the bishops and pious theologians." - St Vincent of Lerins
"Let us not knock casually, but with eagerness and presistence, and let us not lose heart while knocking, for so it will be opened to us. Should we read once and then a second time and still not understand what we are reading, let us not be discouraged..Ask thy father, and he will declare to thee: thy elders and they will tell thee" St. John of Damacus
2007-11-02
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