Church: unity

Though Paracelsus scorned religious authority, once describing Martin Luther and the Pope as two whores discussing chastity, he remained a Roman Catholic, if a somewhat unorthodox one. He supported the Church on the question of Christian unity and upheld much of Catholic dogma. He differed from the Church on several points, however. For example, he maintained that both heaven and... 

The new intolerance established anti-Semitism and anti-Paganism as a permanent part of European culture, radicalized an otherwise benign Islam, and had many repercussions throughout the history of chemistry. The Crusades however did add strength and unity to the Christian church, and when the revival in chemical learning came, the church was the first to stir. 

American landscape architect Thomas Church designed more than 2,000 residential gardens over the course of his career and public gardens at Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley. He focused on principles of unity, scale, function, and simplicity in his designs. 

In 1847, Joule was able to outline in detail his views on the conservation of forces and their unity in his lecture at St. Ann s Church School. This was published subsequently in the Manchester Courier. (37) Joule maintained that "the most convincing proof of... 

We rejoice that in other parts of Africa you have been marvellously effective in serving the unity of the Catholic church. Equally, however, we grieve that the region of Hippo Regius and the neighbouring area on the borders of Numidia have not yet deserved to benefit from the vigour with which you as governor have applied your edict, my excellent lord and son truly and deservedly honoured and welcome in the love of Christ. 

Look at what follows next If I have no love, it does not help me. That is the love to which you are called that love refuses to allow you to perish. You think that it can help you to throw yourself headlong to your death but it cannot benefit you even if someone else kills you as an enemy of love. No-if you have set yourself up outside the church, separated from its bond of unity, its chain of love, you are due to suffer everlasting punishment even if you are burnt alive for the name of Christ. That is what the apostle means when he says And if I hand over my body for me to he burnt, but have no love, it does not help me [1 Cor 13.1-3]. 

Therefore, even if you were walking quietly outside the banquet of the holy unity of the church, we would still find you in the streets, as it were. As it is, however, you are full of prickly thorns, so to speak, since you inflict so many evil acts of cruelty on our people. Consequently, we find you in the hedgerows and compel you to come in. If one is forced to go where one does not want, one goes under duress. Once having entered, though, one grazes willingly. Come now curb your spirit of injustice and rebellion and then you will find the banquet of salvation within the true church of Christ. 

It may be that some of them say that the Son is less than the Father however, they have not denied that he is of the same substance. But the majority of them say that they believe just what the Catholic church believes about the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Furthermore, this is not the question that is being debated with them. Their unfortunate legal battles are on the question of communion only it is against the unity of Christ that they, with their distortions and errors, are fostering their rebellious hostility. 

Christ. They keep the sacrament of his body outside but they do not hold the reality itself within - the reality of which it is the sacrament. Therefore they eat and drink judgement for themselves [i Cor 11.29]. The one bread is the sacrament of unity Since there is one bread, a>e who are many are one body [i Cor 10.17], as the apostle says. The Catholic church alone, then, is the body of Christ, and he, her head, is the saviour of the body. The Holy Spirit does not give life to anyone outside this body, because (to quote the apostle) the love of God is spread in our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who is given to us [Rom 5.5]. 

An enemy of unity cannot share in God-given charity. Those who are outside the church do not have the Holy Spirit. Scripture refers to them in the words. Those who separate themselves have souls, but not spirit [Jude 1.19]. Someone who merely pretends to be in the church does not acquire the Spirit for scripture says in reference to this, the Holy Spirit of instruction will jlee deceit [Wisd 1.5]. If anyone, then, wishes to possess the Holy Spirit, he should take care not to remain outside the church and he should take care not to pretend that he has entered within or else, if he has entered her in this way, he should take care not to persist in his pretence. Then he might be truly united with the tree of life. 

What has the emperor to do with the church During an ensuing period of violence, spurred on by the Circumcellions, and following Constans decree of unity under Gratus, he was arrested and exiled, most probably to Gaul. He never returned to Africa. 

M ARCI ANUS, perhaps a Catholic priest at Urga, near Hippo Regius. As a Donatist priest he converted to the Catholic church prior to the Edict of Unity in 405. He was later attacked by Donatist clergy and by Circumcellions some time prior to June 410 (cf. Letter 105.3). 

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