We are brethren, let us also be colleagues. What have we to do with the disgraceful titles of Remonstrants, Contra-Remonstrants, Calvinists, or Arminians? We are Christians, let us also be like-minded. We are one body, let us be also of one spirit. [Joseph Hall, Member of the British Delegation; from his sermon to the delegates [...]
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Unity and Identity
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Rule of Sacred Doctrine
"Those ... who use philosophy in sacred doctrine can err in two ways. In one way by making use of teachings that are contrary to the faith, which consequently do not belong to philosophy but are a corruption and abuse of it [...] In another way by including the contents of faith within the bounds of philosophy, as would happen should somebody decide to believe nothing but what could be established by philosophy. On the contrary, philosophy should be brought within the bounds of faith, as the Apostle says in 2 Corinthians 10:5: 'We ... take every thought captive to obey Christ.'" ~ Thomas Aquinas, Expositio super librum Boethii de Trinitate, Q. 2, a. 3.-
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