23 August 2011

Patristic Quote of the Day

It is the Holy Spirit's teaching that is published in the canonical writings.  If councils decide anything against this, I consider them wicked. -- St. Jerome on Galatians 1 (cited in *The Church*)

2 comments:

  1. This is over a decade late, but curious if you have an exact citation for this quote? I see Chemnitz and other reformers (e.g. John Jewel) use this quote multiple times with the same Latin wording but I can't find it in Jerome's Commentary on Galatians 1.

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  2. It’s cited by Gerhard in his Locus on the Church (p. 222) in the English version, but sadly no further reference is given. Have you checked Migne for this?

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