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S. Mater Ecclesia Ravennas, vera mater, vera orthodoxa nam ceterae multae Ecclesiae falsam propter metum et terrores Principum superinduxere doctrinam; haec vero et veram et unicam Sanctam Catholicam tenuit Fidem, nunquam mutavit fluctuationem sustinuit, a tempestate quassata immobilis permansit. Holder-Egger. Such was the work achieved in the fortunate capital.
And last of all, in the bases at the foot, beneath all the scenes, the same Cristofano painted the device of M. Sforza; that is, some obelisks, or rather triangular pyramids, which rest upon three balls, with a motto around that reads Immobilis.
'Regula quidem fidei una omnino est, sola immobilis et irreformabilis. The rule of faith may be better understood by a later age than an earlier, but there can be no additions, only a sort of unpacking of a treasure which was given whole and entire in the first century.
I, The Journals of Captain R. F. Scott, Rn., C. V. O., p. 417. Tertullian: De Virginibus Velandis, Cap. I "Regula quidem fidei una omnino est, sola immobilis et irreformabilis." The Papal Syllabus of Errors, A. D. 1864, Sec. 1, 5. Exodus 6:3; Chap. 19. Exodus 33:22-23. Numbers 21:14. Exodus 15:3. Judges 11:24. I Samuel 26:19. II Kings 5:17. Jeremiah 23:24. Psalm 96:5.
While dogma was stationary immobilis et irreformabilis there seemed to be no prospect except that the progress of human knowledge would leave theology further and further behind, till the rupture between Catholicism and civilisation became absolute. The idea that the Church would ever modify her teaching to bring it into harmony with modern science seemed utterly chimerical.
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