"What is held by the whole Church, and that not as instituted by Councils, but as a matter of invariable custom, is rightly held to have been handed down by authority."

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Source: 'De Baptismo contra Donatistas' bk. 4, 100, 17, 24.

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Saint Augustine

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Saint Augustine was a theologian and philosopher whose works, particularly 'Confessions,' profoundly influenced Christian thought and Western philosophy.

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