221
He seems to refer to Matt. x. 24: οὐκ ἔστι μαθητὴς ὑπὲρ τὸν διδάσκαλον.
222
S. Irenæus, lib. iii. c. 2; lib. iii. c. 1.
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“Quos et successores relinquebant, suum ipsorum locum magisterii tradentes.”
224
S. Irenæus, lib. iii. c. 3, 4.
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“Hoc enim Ecclesiæ creditum est Dei munus.”
226
Lib. iii. c. 24.
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Lib. v. c. 20.
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“Qui cum episcopatus successione charisma veritatis certum secundum placitum Patris acceperunt.” iv. 26, 2; and 5, “ubi igitur charismata Domini posita sunt, ibi discere oportet veritatem, apud quos est ea quæ est ab apostolis ecclesiæ successio.”
229
S. Ignatius, quoted above, p. 206.
230
Schwane, p. 661.
231
Hagemann, p. 622.
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Letter of the Synod of Arles to Pope Sylvester: “Quoniam recedere a partibus istis minime potuisti, in quibus et Apostoli quotidie sedent, et cruor ipsorum sine intermissione Dei gloriam testatur.” Mansi, Concilia, ii. 469.
233
Tertull. de Præsc. 19, 20.
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The word here stands evidently for the whole body of Christian truth, rites, and discipline, the communication of which was a sacramentum.
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That is, he opposes the word choosers to the word Christians; the one signifying those who believe what they choose, the other those who believe what Christ taught.
236
De Præscrip. 37.
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ἡ τοῦ κυρίου κατὰ τὴν παρουσίαν διδασκαλία.
238
Clem. Alex. Strom. vii. 16, p. 890-894; 17, p. 897-900. The sections 15-17, p. 886-900, treat of the spirit and conduct of heresy.
239
De Principiis, pref. p. 47. See also on Matt. tom. iii. 864, a passage equally decisive.
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Cont. Cels. vi. 48, tom. i. 670.
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De Civ. Dei, xvi. 2.
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De dono persev. 53.
243
Enarr. in Ps. 54, tom. iv. 513.
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Serm. 51, tom. v. 288.
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S. Mark's Gospel would be referred to S. Peter, and S. Luke's writings to S. Paul.