...quoted the following words, which he said Richard Baxter had taken from an obscure German treatise r "In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty ; in all things, charity." Though not believing in the Bible himself, he was tolerant of those who did. For instance, when his...

...adopted, to express the first requisite of all organization, that fine axiom of the Catholic Church; in necessary things, unity: in doubtful things, liberty : in all things, charity : — a maxim which admirably proposes the problem, without, however, suggesting the principles by...

...opinions, of feelings, most different from our own, and, as we think, in some respects most erroneous. "In necessary things unity, in doubtful things liberty, in all things charity." Such was the rule laid down by a great Father of the ancient Church, who in this very city was by God's...

...times known as the Bloody Way."—Pp. 376, 377. Here is a fine rendering of the moral of the parable: "'In necessary things unity, in doubtful things liberty, in all things charity." Such was the rule laid down by a great Father of the ancient Church, who in this very city was by God's...

...opinions, of feelings, most different from our own, and, as we think, in some respects most erroneous. " In necessary things unity, in doubtful things liberty, in all things charity." Such was the rule laid down by a great Father of the ancient Church, who in this very city was by God's...

...opinions, of feelings, most different from our own, and, as we think, in some respects most erroneous. "In necessary things unity, in doubtful things liberty, in all things charity." Such was the rule laid down by a great father of the ancient church. It is indeed a general maxim,...

...DECREES 0F A P0NTIFICAL C0NGREGATI0N, " T HOLD firmly every doctrine defined by the Church J- " as of faith, and am therefore as fully a Catholic " as...right, as a Catholic, to hold " that the Pope's civil princedom is injurious to true " religion. Yet if I publish this opinion, my book is " put on the Index...

...united, earnest, Christian actions, by realizing the motto which you have placed on these walls : " In necessary things, unity ; in doubtful things, liberty ; in all things, charity"; by depending on Christianity pure and simple, needing no help but from itself, we shall demonstrate...

...obscure. The spirit of Christianity was long ago defined by St. Augustine in these memorable words: In necessary things unity, in doubtful things liberty, in all things charity. The course of centuries has changed nothing. Besides, I have before said, and I now repeat, that the...

...already puts liberty of conscience out of the question." And again, while admiring the old Catholic maxim " In necessary things unity, in doubtful things liberty, in all things charity," he remarks aptly enough that it all depends on how that unity is obtained, and says, " it ought to...