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
Also in
Exodus: “In one house shall it be eaten: ye shall not
cast forth the flesh abroad out of the house.”
4556
Also in the cxxxiid Psalm:
“Behold how good and how pleasant a thing it is that brethren
should dwell in unity!”
4557
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
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
Also in the sixty-seventh
Psalm: “God, who maketh men to dwell with one mind in a
house.”
4560
4555
Eccles. x. 9
.
4556
Ex. xii. 4
.
4557
Ps. cxxxiii. 1
.
4558
Matt. xii. 30
.
4559
1 Cor. i. 10
.
4560
Ps. lxviii. 6
. [So Vulgate and Anglican
Psalter.]