sins, but we ought most thoroughly to believe that those things
3G6 ON FAITH AND THE CREED. [CHAP. X.
thy mind ; " i but also toward our neighbour, for " thou shalt love," saith lie, " thy neighljour as thyself;" ^ and inasmuch, moreover, as the faith in question is less fruitful, if it does not comprehend a congregation and society of men, wherein brotherly charity may operate ;
CiFAP. X. Of the catholic Churchy the remission of sins, and the resurrection of the flesh. —Inasmuch, I repeat, as this is the case, we believe also in THE HOLY Church, [intending thereby] assuredly the catholic .
Tofliiotli heretics and schismatics style their congregations churches. But heretics, in holding false opinions regarding
God, do injury to the faith itself ; while schismatics, on the other hand, in wicked separations break off from brotherly charity, although they may believe just w^hat we believe.
Wherefore neither do the heretics belong to the Cliiirch catholic, which loves God ; nor do the schismatics form a part of the same, inasmuch as it loves the neighbour, and consequently readily forgives the neighbour's sins, because it prays that forgiveness may be extended to itself by Him who has reconciled us to Himself, doing away with all past things, and calling us to a new life. And until we reach the perfection of this new life, we cannot be without sins. Nevertheless it is a matter of consequence of what sort those sins may be.
22. Neither ought we only to treat of the difference between sins, but we ought most thoroughly to believe that those things in which we sin are in no way forgiven us, if we show ourselves severely unyielding in tlie matter of forgiving the sins of others.'' Thus, then, we believe also in tlie remission of
SINS.
23. And inasmuch as there are three things of which man consists,—namely, spirit, soul, and body,—which again are spoken of as two, because frequently the soul is named along with the spirit ; for a certain rational portion of the same, of which beasts are devoid, is called spirit : the principal part in us is the spirit ; next, the life whereby we are united with the body is called the soul ; finally, the body itself, as it is visible, is the last part in us. This " wliole creation" (crcatura), how-
' Dout. vi. 5. ' Luke x. 27. ' Matt. vi. 15.