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The Commonitory of Vincent of Lérins, For the Antiquity and Universality of the Catholic Faith Against the Profane Novelties of All Heresies.
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Introduction.
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Chapter I. The Object of the Following Treatise.iii.ii
Chapter II. A General Rule for distinguishing the Truth of the Catholic Faith from the Falsehood of Heretical Pravity.iii.iii
Chapter III. What is to be done if one or more dissent from the rest.iii.iv
Chapter IV. The evil resulting from the bringing in of Novel Doctrine shown in the instances of the Donatists and Arians.iii.v
Chapter V. The Example set us by the Martyrs, whom no force could hinder from defending the Faith of their Predecessors.iii.vi
Chapter VI. The example of Pope Stephen in resisting the Iteration of Baptism.iii.vii
Chapter VII. How Heretics, craftily cite obscure passages in ancient writers in support of their own novelties.iii.viii
Chapter VIII. Exposition of St. Paul's Words, Gal. i. 8.iii.ix
Chapter IX. His warning to the Galatians a warning to all.iii.x
Chapter X. Why Eminent Men are permitted by God to become Authors of Novelties in the Church.iii.xi
Chapter XI. Examples from Church History, confirming the words of Moses,--Nestorius, Photinus, Apollinaris.iii.xii
Chapter XII. A fuller account of the Errors of Photinus, Apollinaris and Nestorius.iii.xiii
Chapter XIII. The Catholic Doctrine of the Trinity and the Incarnation explained.iii.xiv
Chapter XIV. Jesus Christ Man in Truth, not in Semblance.iii.xv
Chapter XV. The Union of the Divine with the Human Nature took place in the very Conception of the Virgin. The appellation “The Mother of God.”iii.xvi
Chapter XVI. Recapitulation of what was said of the Catholic Faith and of divers Heresies, Chapters xi-xv.iii.xvii
Chapter XVII. The Error of Origen a great Trial to the Church.iii.xviii
Chapter XVIII. Tertullian a great Trial to the Church.iii.xix
Chapter XIX. What we ought to learn from these Examples.iii.xx
Chapter XX. The Notes of a true Catholic.iii.xxi
Chapter XXI. Exposition of St. Paul's Words.--1 Tim. vi. 20.iii.xxii
Chapter XXII. A more particular Exposition of 1 Tim. vi. 20.iii.xxiii
Chapter XXIII. On Development in Religious Knowledge.iii.xxiv
Chapter XXIV. Continuation of the Exposition of 1 Tim. vi. 20.iii.xxv
Chapter XXV. Heretics appeal to Scripture that they may more easily succeed in deceiving.iii.xxvi
Chapter XXVI. Heretics, in quoting Scripture, follow the example of the Devil.iii.xxvii
Chapter XXVII. What Rule is to be observed in the Interpretation of Scripture.iii.xxviii
Chapter XXVIII. In what Way, on collating the consentient opinions of the Ancient Masters, the Novelties of Heretics may be detected and condemned.iii.xxix
Chapter XXIX. Recapitulation.iii.xxx
Chapter XXX. The Council of Ephesus.iii.xxxi
Chapter XXXI. The Constancy of the Ephesine Fathers in driving away Novelty and maintaining Antiquity.iii.xxxii
Chapter XXXII. The zeal of Celestine and Sixtus, bishops of Rome, in opposing Novelty.iii.xxxiii
Chapter XXXIII. The Children of the Catholic Church ought to adhere to the Faith of their Fathers and die for it.iii.xxxiv
Appendix I. Note on Section 41, Page 143.iii.xxxv
Appendix II. Note on Section 69, Page 149.iii.xxxvi
Appendix III. Note on Section 85, Page 156.iii.xxxvii