opinions, who does not see, that the doctrine of the Church will be condemned, as if truth were on their side? But two opposite doctrines, on the same point, cannot possibly be true.”-Orat. xlvi. p. 722.
S. EPIPHANIUS,[1] G. C.-" There is a royal way, which is the Church of God, and the road of truth. But each of these heresies, deserting that royal way, turning to the right or to the left, and trusting to error, is carried away, so as to keep within no bounds. Therefore, ye servants of God, and children of the Church, who follow a sure Rule of Faith, and walk in the way of truth, take care, that you be not deceived by the inconsistent discourses of lying sects.”Hær. xxxix. T. 1. p. 504. Edit. Coloniæ, 1682.
S. AMBROSE, L. C.-“ How can the traveller walk in the dark? His foot stumbles in the night, unless the moon, as it were the eye of the world, point out the way. Thou also art in the night of the world. Let the Church point out the way to thee; let the sun of justice enlighten thee from on high, in order that thou mayest be secure from a fall.” Enar. in Ps. xxxv. T. 1. p.776. Coloniæ, 1616.—“ If devils are cast out by the finger of God, Faith is discovered by the finger of the Church." In Lucam. I. v. T. 1. p. 1378.“ The new and the old, my beloved, I have kept for thee. ( Cant. vii. 13.) I keep all the commandments of the Old and New Testaments. The Church alone is able to say this."
- ↑ He was chosen Bishop of Salamis, in the Isle of Cyprus, in 368, and was the author of many works, against the reigning heresies particularly. The unity of faith was never more zealously supported than in these early ages. He died very early in the fifth century.
