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    • That a schism must not be made, even although he who withdraws should remain in one faith, and in the same tradition.
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    86.  That a schism must not be made, even although he who withdraws should remain in one faith, and in the same tradition.

    In Ecclesiasticus, in Solomon: “He that cleaveth firewood shall be endangered by it if the iron shall fall off.”4555

    4555 Eccles. x. 9.

    Also in Exodus: “In one house shall it be eaten: ye shall not cast forth the flesh abroad out of the house.”4556

    4556 Ex. xii. 4.

    Also in the cxxxiid Psalm:  “Behold how good and how pleasant a thing it is that brethren should dwell in unity!”4557

    4557 Ps. cxxxiii. 1.

    Also in the Gospel according to Matthew: “He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.”4558

    4558 Matt. xii. 30.

    Also in the first Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians: “But I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all say the same thing, and that there be no schisms among you; but that ye be all joined together in the same mind and in the same opinion.”4559

    4559 1 Cor. i. 10.

    Also in the sixty-seventh Psalm: “God, who maketh men to dwell with one mind in a house.”4560

    4560 Ps. lxviii. 6. [So Vulgate and Anglican Psalter.]

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