The Church of God

“Within the Catholic Church, we hold that which hath been believed everywhere, always, and of all men: for that is truly and properly Catholic, which comprehendeth all things in general after an universal manner. And that shall we do if we follow Universality, Antiquity, Consent.

Universality shall we follow thus, if we profess that One Faith to be true, which the whole Church throughout the world acknowledgeth and confesseth.

Antiquity shall we follow, if we part not any whit from those senses which it is plain that our holy elders and fathers generally held.

Consent shall we likewise follow, if, in this very Antiquity itself, we hold the definitions and opinions of all, or at any rate almost all, the Priests and Doctors together.”

- Vincent of Lerins, against Heresy, Ch. ii.

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“God is in the midst of Her; She shall not be moved.”

Psalm xlvi. 5.

“Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.”

St. Matthew xxviii. 20.

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