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St. AUGUSTIN, L. C.-“ But if we are to consider the series of Episcopal successions, with how much greater certainty we number from Peter, to whom, as representing the whole Church, Christ said : on this rock I will build my Church. To Peter succeeded Linus,” &c. T. 11. p. 120.-“For who can be ignorant, that the most blessed Peter is the first of the Apostles?" Tract. lvi. In Evang. Ioan. Pars 2. T. III. p. 656.-“ The Apostle Peter, on account of the Primacy of his Apostleship, represented the Church. As to himself, by nature he was one man; by grace a Christian; but by a more abundant grace, the first Apostle.” 16. Tract. cxxiv. p. 822.-“ Peter, among the Apostles the first, the most ardent in his love of Christ, often answered for the rest. When Christ asked, what men said of him? and when others mentioned their various opinions; to the question ; but who do you say that I am ? Peter answered: Thou art Christ, the Son of God. One answered for many." De Verbis Dom. Serm. lxxvi. c. 1. T. v. p. 415.

St. CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA, G. C. “ Christ predicts, that not Simon, but Peter, shall be his name; by the word opportunely signifying, that on him, as on a firm rock, he was about to build his Church.” Com. Joan. Lib. 11. T. iv. p. 131.—He calls him on other occasions, “ The Chief of the Disciples." Ibid. p. 1064.—“The head of the Apostles.” ''Hom. de Myst. Cæna, T. v. par. 11. p. 376.

COUNCILS OF EPHESUS AND CHALCEDON, G. C. “The passages from these Councils may be seen under the following head, p. 153, 154.