Appeal, therefore, must not be made to the Scriptures, nor must the contest be carried on concerning points where victory is impossible or uncertain or too little certain. For even though the discussion from the Scriptures should not so result as to place each side in an equal position, the order of things would demand that this point should first be decided — the point which alone now calls for discussion, namely: Who holds the Faith to which the Scriptures belong? From whom and through whom, and when, and to whom was the doctrinal teaching delivered whereby men are made Christians? For
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