The Light of the East June 1945

46) WHEN THE HEIR IS YOUNG THE OPIUM OF THE PEOPLE CHALCEDON AND THE PAPACY WORTH QUOTING THE LIGHT OF THE EAST NUMBER 6 VOL. [...] Paul's letters the Acts and the other New Testament books— argue that since the term Church (ecclesia) occurs but twice in the Gospels the idea of gathering His disciples present and future into one compact body professing the same faith sanctified by the same sacrments submitting to the same leaders and accepting the same religious and moral law was either foreign to the mind of Christ [...] Its definitions put an end to controversies affecting the Catholic doctrine of the Trinity and the Incarnation ; its proceedings afford the clearest testimony from the undivided Eastern Churches to the Papacy as pertaining to the common belief of the Church of Christ. [...] (15)* Hefele 3/424."prelude to the canon reads : We define first of all that the primacy ( proteia ) and the eminent honour following the canons being safeguarded for the most holy Archbishop of ancient Rome it is also necessary that the most holy Arcbishop of the Imperial City new Rome Contantinople enjoy the same privileges of honour and receive authoritatively the power to ordain the [...] The verb used is apdiclOmi and that does not mean " confer " or " bestow " but " render as a due ". The same verb is used in the New Testament when there is question of " render to Cesar.." The obvious meaning of the word " Fathers " is the Apostles and their lawful successors unless you prefer the probable opinion sustained by A. Westall in the Dublin Review ( 1903) THE FATHERS GAVE ROME THE