A Catholic apologetics & formation system.

Century: 5th

Scripture & Tradition
Jerome translates the Scriptures into Latin to make them accessible, returning to the original Hebrew and Greek
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Petrine Ministry
Jerome appeals to the chair of Peter in Rome as the doctrinal authority for settling disputes
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Eschatology
The resurrection of the body means the same body that died will rise, not a different spiritual substitute
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Petrine Ministry
Gelasius I asserts that spiritual and temporal authority are distinct — priests bear greater weight because they answer for kings
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Ecclesiology
The grace that assists the Christian in daily life is distinct from and greater than mere moral instruction
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Scripture & Tradition
The canon of both Old and New Testaments was settled by the authority of the Catholic churches
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The Sacraments
Baptism in the name of the Trinity is valid even when performed by a heretic or schismatic
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The Sacraments
Infants who die without baptism are in a condition of original sin — Augustine refuses to promise them glory
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Scripture & Tradition
Vincent of Lérins defines authentic development of doctrine as growth in the same doctrine, not contradiction of it
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Scripture & Tradition
The Vincentian Canon — what has been believed everywhere, always, and by all — is the test of authentic tradition
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