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> This brings me to my question. Could someone supply me with the
> background of the phrase - "that which has always and everywhere been
> believed." Where is this -- or similar language -- first found?
> Credited to whom? What is the Latin rendering?
Vincent of Lérins, "Commonitorium". "Quod ubique, quod semper, quod ab
omnibus . . ."
See Bettenson, "Documents of the Christian Church" p. 119, "Now in the
Catholic Church itself we take the greatest care to hold THAT WHICH HAS
BEEN BELIEVED EVERYWHERE, ALWAYS AND BY ALL." [Bettenson's caps.]
For a translation of the full text, see NPNF, second series, vol. 11.
The relevant quotation is on page 132.
Oriens.
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