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That the Church is the interpreter of the Scriptures:<\/div>\n
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\u201cTo him that believes, all will be plain, if he read diligently the Scripture with the aid of those who are the priests in the Church, and in whose hands, as we have shown rests the doctrine of the Apostles.\u201d \u00a0\u2013 \u00a0St Irenaeus, \u00a0Adv. Heres. 1.iv.c.52<\/span><\/div>\n

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\u201cThose who are out of the Church cannot have any understanding of the Divine Word\u2026they all quote Scripture, but without the sense of Scripture.\u201d Hilary of Poitier, In Matthaum xiii.1<\/span><\/div>\n

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\u201cTo attain to the truth of the Scriptures, we must follow the sense of them as entertained by the Universal Church, to which the Scriptures themselves bear testimony.\u201d \u00a0St Augustine of Hippo, Contra Crescon, 1.i.c.33<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That the Church is the interpreter of the Scriptures: \u201cTo him that believes, all will be plain, if he read diligently the Scripture with the aid of those who are the priests in the Church, and in whose hands, as we have shown rests the doctrine of the Apostles.\u201d \u00a0\u2013 \u00a0St Irenaeus, \u00a0Adv. 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