[87] The brothers Walemburg, Treatise on Necessary and Fundamental Articles.
[88] Nicole, de l'Unité de l'Eglise.
[89] See the recognition of this law, Mark xvi. 16; Matt xxviii. 18-20; Luke xii. 8, 9; Rom. x. 10.
[90] Such the Fathers call Faith, terming it, "the beginning and foundation," "the greatest mother of virtues," "the principle of salvation," "the prelude of immortality," "the clear eye of Divine knowledge," "the foundation of all wisdom." See Suicer, art. [Greek: pistis]
[91] After having gone through this search for ten long years, it may be allowed to express how great its danger, and how great too the blessedness of those who are not exposed to it. It is worth the experience of half a life to receive the truth, without personal enquiry, from a competent authority. Protestantism begins its existence by casting away one of the greatest blessings which man can have.
[92] De Symbolo, Diss. 1, 39, and Hist. Symb. Apostol. cap. 6. 16.
[93] Pacian, Ep. 1, n. 4. Cyril of Jerusalem, Catech. 18, n. 23. Eusebius on Isai. xxxii. 18. Chrysostome on Colos. hom. 1, n. 2, on 1 Cor. hom. 32, n. 1, Jerome on Matt. xxiv. 26.
[94] Augustine on Ps. 41, n. 7; Epist. 49, n. 3-52, n. 1, and elsewhere.
[95] Council of Antioch, quoted by Euseb. Hist. Lib. 7, c. 30. Origen on Romans, Lib. 8, n. 1; Cyprian, Epist. 52; Acts of S. Fructuosus, n. 3, and of S. Pionius. n. 9.
[96] Irenæus, Lib. 3, c. 17, and Epistle on martyrdom of S. Polycarp, n. 19.