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Contempt of predecessors.

Symbol of faith indispensable
Unwillingness of the Church to impose it

SECTION III.-The Church of Alexandria.

1. Its missionary and political character:-

Its local position

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2. The Disciplina Arcani, or secret teaching:
Scripture the storehouse, not the organ of teaching
Nor Apologists an organ, as not authoritative
The secret teaching consistent with the rudimental
Not arbitrary, but an apostolical tradition .
Not derogatory to the authority of Scripture
Terminating with the rise of the Councils

3. The Allegorical method :-

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