[1253] Erl. ed., 31, p. 333.
[1254] Ib., p. 332.
[1255] Ib., p. 334.
[1256] Ib., p. 332.
[1257] Cp. Köstlin-Kawerau, 2, p. 552: “While he … repeatedly declared, that, in spite of the Divine promises, Christendom had fallen into error on certain points, he could never be induced to admit this of the article of the Presence of the Body [of Christ in the Sacrament].”
[1258] Erl. ed., 31, p. 339. Elsewhere he likewise admits, that, in the olden Church and particularly in the convents “there lived many great saints”; it was true that they, “the elect of God,” had been led astray, “yet they were at last delivered and made their escape through faith in Jesus Christ.” Weim. ed., 26, p. 504; Erl. ed., 30, p. 366 (1528).
[1259] Erl. ed., 26², p. 46 f.
[1260] Ib., p. 43.
[1261] “Augustinus voluit scribere iudicanda non credenda, sicut alius locus eiusdem scriptoris testatur: Nolo meis scriptis plus credi,” etc. (“Colloq.,” ed. Bindseil, 1, p. 17). Cp. vol. iv., p. 400.
[1262] “Ecclesia verbo Dei generatur, alitur, nutritur, roboratur” (Erl. ed., 25², p. 420).