AD CATHOLICOS EPISTOLA CONTRA DONATISTAS VULGO DE UNITATE ECCLESIAE LIBER UNUS. [Note: [Col. 0391] Liber de Unitate Ecclesiae castigatus olim per Lovanienses ex collatione Endoviensis manuscripti, et nunc per nos emendatus est denuo ex veteris codicis Floriacensis, ac editionum Am. Er. et Lov. lectione.] [Note: [Col. 0391] Comparavimus praeterea eas omnes editiones initio Retr. et Confess., tom. 1, memoratas. M.] (C,G,S)*
De Unitate Ecclesiae: On the Unity of the Church
Migne Patrologia Latina
MPL 43:0391-0446
CSEL Vol. 52, pp. 231-322
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Augustine
Introduction: The question has been proposed: Is the Church of Christ among the Catholics or among the Donatists? This needs to be determined from specific and clear citations in Holy Scripture. First, evidence is brought forth from the Old Testament and then from the New Testament. By this it is shown that it is clearly and specifically taught that the true Church of Christ is spread throughout the whole world. Then it is shown that few passages from these same canonical Scriptures which are usually brought forth by the schismatics on the Donatist side are both ambiguous and uncertain, and these passages cannot of themselves defend their cause since they can be interpreted with contrary arguments in a different sense. Also, other slanders against the Catholics concerning handing over of Scriptures and the persecution of the Donatists will be refuted when the occasion arises.
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