“True piety admits no other rule than that whatsoever things have been faithfully received from our fathers the same are to be faithfully consigned to our children; and that it is our duty, not to lead religion whither we would, but rather to follow religion whither it leads; and that it is the part of Christian modesty and gravity not to hand down our own beliefs or observances to those who come after us, but to preserve and keep what we have received from those who went before us.” ChildrenHas BeensHandsChristianFatherBeliefDutyOur ChildrenPreservesCatholicismGravityModestyOur FatherPietyObservance Book:The Commonitory of Vincent of Lerins Source: The Commonitory of Vincent of Lerins
“What, then, shall a Catholic Christian do ... if some novel contagion attempt to infect no longer a small part of the Church alone but the whole Church alike? He shall then see to it that he cleave unto antiquity, which is now utterly incapable of being seduced by any craft or novelty.” IfsWholeChristianChurchNovelCatholicCraftsIncapableNoveltyAntiquitySmall PartsContagion Author:Vincent of Lerins