Commonitory
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| Author | Peregrinus (pseud. of Vincent of Lérins) |
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| Translator | Reginald S. Moxon |
| Language | Latin |
| Subject | apologetics, Christian theology |
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| LC Class | BR65 .V4 |
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The Script error: No such module "Lang". or Commonitory is a 5th-century Christian treatise written after the council of Ephesus under the pseudonym "Script error: No such module "Lang"." and attributed to Vincent of Lérins.[2][3] It is known for Vincent's famous maxim: "Moreover, in the Catholic Church itself, all possible care must be taken, that we hold that faith which has been believed everywhere, always, by all."[3]Template:Rp[a]
Charles Heurtley introduced the Commonitory, in his translation, as Vincent's personal reference to "distinguish Catholic truth from heresy" based on the authority of Holy Scripture by which "all questions must be tried in the first instance" and "supplemented by an appeal to that sense of Holy Scripture which is supported by universality, antiquity, and consent."[3]
- by universality – of the whole Church
- by antiquity – held from the earliest times
- by consent – acknowledged belief of all, or of almost all, whose office and character gave authority to their decision
Thomas Guarino commented, in Vincent of Lérins and the Development of Christian Doctrine, that Vincent of Lérins' theology "is often reduced to a memorable slogan: 'We hold that faith which has been believed everywhere, always, and by everyone.'"[4]
Bernard Prusak explained in The Church Unfinished, that for Vincent, "the decrees of a universal council were to be preferred to the ignorance of a few" and the deposit of faith "did not exclude development or progress, as long as it was not an alteration" and accordingly, doctrines "could be taught in a new way."[5]
Most of the work contains illustrations and applications of this principle. The work consisted originally of two tomes; but the second was lost or, according to Gennadius of Massilia, stolen while Vincent was still alive, and he wrote only a synopsis of the lost tome's contents but never rewrote it.
Further reading
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ferreiro, Alberto (1995). "Simon Magus and Priscillian in the Commonitorium of Vincent of Lérins". Vigiliae Christianae. 49 (2). Leiden: Brill: 180–188. doi:10.2307/1584394. ISSN 0042-6032. JSTOR 1584394.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Guarino, Thomas (1994). "Vincent of Lerins and the hermeneutical question: historical and theological reflections". Gregorianum. 75 (3). Rome: Gregorian & Biblical Press. ISSN 0017-4114. JSTOR 23579794.
Notes
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Vincentius Lerinensis (1985). "Commonitorium". In Demeulenaere, Roland (ed.). Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina (in Latina). Vol. 64. Turnholti: Brepols. ISBN 2503006418.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Guarino, Thomas G. (2013). Vincent of Lérins and the development of Christian doctrine. Foundations of theological exegesis and Christian spirituality. Vol. 2. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic. ISBN 0801049091.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Prusak, Bernard P. (2004). The church unfinished: ecclesiology through the centuries. New York: Paulist Press. p. 131. ISBN 0809142864.
External links
- Commonitory Newadvent.org
- The Commonitory of Saint Vincent of Lerins, translated by J. Shanahan. New York, 1833
- The Commonitory of Vincent of Lerins, 1847
- File:Speaker Icon.svg The Commonitory of Saint Vincent Lerins public domain audiobook at LibriVox
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