“One canon reduced to writing by God himself, two testaments, three creeds, four general councils, five centuries, and the series of Fathers in that period – the centuries that is, before Constantine, and two after, determine the boundary of our faith.”
Quote by Lancelot Andrewes
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“Take away, O Lord, the veil of my heart while I read the Scriptures.”
Source: The Devotions of Bishop Andrewes: Translated from the Greek and Arranged Anew
Source: Apospasmatia Sacra, Or A Collection of Posthumous and Orphan Lectures
“The foundation of authority is based upon the consent of the people.”
“I confess it is beyond our power to awaken the heart, but ordinarily this way does good.”
Source: The Works of John Jewel, Bishop of Salisbury: The Fourth Portion
“But the word of the Gospel is not as the word of an earthly prince.”
Source: The Works of John Jewel
Source: The Works of John Jewel, D.D., Bishop of Salisbury
Source: The Works of John Jewel, D.D., Bishop of Salisbury
