PROLEGOMENA. IX. 



One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. 

 For 



I. lis Unity or Oneness is proved by the 

 perfect union of sentiment in matters of Faith 

 and Doctrines, which has pervaded the whole 

 church in every age and country. By this it is 

 distinguished from /feresi/ or Protestant disunion, 

 which has ever gone on dividing its dupes, and 

 breaking out into schisms, of no magnitude or 

 duration, but which lead the mind into endless 



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mazes of absurdity. 



II. Its Sanctity or Holiness is proved, 

 1st, by the Fruits of Sanctity, a rule of judging 

 laid down by our Lord himself, and by applying 

 which to the apostolic tree, we find its fruits to 

 be those of sound doctrines, pure and unshake- 

 able Faith, lively Hope and Charity loving God 

 above all things, and our neighbour as ourselves. 

 And in the higher degrees, the perfection of charity, 

 or the Evangelical Councils in which the Saints 

 lived. We there find, 1st. Voluntary Poverty, 

 or the surrender of all belonging to the individual 

 for the general good : 2d. Entire Obedience to 

 the will of God, recognised in the authority of 

 superiors : and lastly, Perpetual Chastity, or 

 a voluntary abstaining from all carnal pleasures : a 

 mode of self denial, agreeable to the doctrine of 

 St, Paul, and of the Christian system of the 

 abnegation of self ; and conformable to the most 



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