Commonitory

Proposes a rule of catholicity by testing doctrine through continuity, universality, and consent in the church.

Vincent of Lerinsc. AD 434-4355th century

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Overview

Category: Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers
Genre: Compendium
Tradition: Western
Region: Gaul
Original language: Latin
Date certainty: Range

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Manuscript context

This text is represented here through a composite Latin witness set associated with Vincent of Lerins and its transmission in Gaul. Approved translation support is available in English, Spanish, and Indonesian.

Themes

Doctrine DevelopmentTraditionHeresy ResponseEcclesiology

Controversies

Doctrinal novelty debates
Pelagian controversy

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Witness status: Composite witness set

Composite across both available Commonitorium witnesses.

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Commonitorium Primum [ex Editione Baluziana]
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Commonitorium Secundum
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