39.
THE QUESTION WAS:
According
to Protestant scholar JND Kelly,
Augustine identifies the Church with the universal
Catholic Church of his day, with its ________________, and with its centre at
Rome.
a. hierarchy and sacraments
b. chaos
Answer
..A
..hierarchy and sacraments (Kelly wrote: It goes without saying that Augustine
identifies the Church with the universal Catholic Church of his day, with its
hierarchy and sacraments, and with its centre at Rome
)
Heres the full quote: "According to him
[St. Augustine], the Church is the realm of Christ, His mystical body and His
bride, the mother of Christians [Ep 34:3; Serm 22:9]. There is no salvation
apart from it; schismatics can have the faith and sacraments....but cannot put
them to a profitable use since the Holy Spirit is only bestowed in the Church
[De bapt 4:24; 7:87; Serm ad Caes 6]....It goes without saying that Augustine identifies
the Church with the universal Catholic Church of his day, with its hierarchy
and sacraments, and with its centre at Rome...." (JND Kelly, Early
Christian Doctrines, page 412ff)
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