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§ 1. persuaded that there is no salvation for man or woman, but through the Holy and adorable  our ; He Who delivered Himself up to be betrayed, and endured pain, and crucifixion, and death, and the grave for sin." From the Khâmees "on Repentance."

§ 2. " the of the Righteous, the Saviour of the world, has in His pity given unto all a baptism for the remission of sins, and such as by repentance attain to the true faith are born of, and all who do not attain unto this, are without the gift of life and eternal salvation." From the service in the Khudhra for the seventh Sunday in Lent.

§ 3. The following, quoted under Chap. XI., proves the Nestorians to believe that even before His coming, mankind was saved through alone.—"Thou didst receive the inhabitants of Nineveh when they knocked at Thy door with fasting and prayer, with contrition and true penitence; and Thou didst turn away Thine anger from them, and didst not destroy them. Thou didst rescue their life from the jaws of death, and in pity and in mercy didst heal their rebellion; and hereby Thou didst prefigure to coming generations the restoration of the Gentiles, and their salvation through faith in ."

§ 4. "… And for all men who are living in sin and error, that Thou, O, mayest graciously make them to know the