Three Books Of Testimonies Against The Jews by Cyprian
86. That a schism must not be made, even although he who withdraws should remain in one faith, and in the same tradition.
In Ecclesiasticus, in Solomon: |He that cleaveth firewood shall be endangered by it if the iron shall fall off.| Also in Exodus: |In one house shall it be eaten: ye shall not cast forth the flesh abroad out of the house.| Also in the cxxxiid Psalm: |Behold how good and how pleasant a thing it is that brethren should dwell in unity!| Also in the Gospel according to Matthew: |He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.| Also in the first Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians: |But I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all say the same thing, and that there be no schisms among you; but that ye be all joined together in the same mind and in the same opinion.| Also in the sixty-seventh Psalm: |God, who maketh men to dwell with one mind in a house.|
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