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68* better part, until it shall be taken away from thee!

Again, says this master, all wise things taught by the present Church – particularly those concerning the temporal power – are based on the teachings and practices of the early apostles. Were this not a lie, truly an enormous number of people would be saved and the glory of God would increase, so rich is the Church in possessions! (But God will not accept the offerings of this ugly Church, rich in things displeasing His eye). But to go on, this doctor asserts in his speech that Christ and the Holy Spirit having established himself in the Church at Basel, directs through her the salvation of mankind. And, indeed, this is the manner in which the Council calls itself in its documents:

Luke 10:42.

Meaning: if possessions were as much worth as salvation, what a treasury of salvation the Church would have!

In the ( p.63, n.1 the following allocutions are found:"Sacrosancta generalis synodus basiliensis, in spiritu sancto legitime congregata, universalem ecclesiam repraesentans; Spiritus Sanctus paracletus, hujus sacri concilii gubernator et director qui cum Patre et Filio regnat in secula"