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Lérins (lārăNs`), group of four small islands, Alpes-Maritimes dept., SE France, in the Mediterranean Sea SE of Cannes. Sainte-Marguerite is the largest island. On Saint-Honorat is the oldest monastery in W Europe, founded (A.D. 400) by St. Honoratus. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Vincent of Lerins (who died about 450 AD) was no doubt acting to preserve what he believed to be the truth of Christianity, when he enunciated the "Vincentian canon," which describes as a test of Catholicity "what has been believed everywhere, always and by all. Vincent of Lerins declared, "If one yields ground on any single point of Catholic doctrine, one will later have to yield on another and again on another, and so on until such surrenders come to be something normal and acceptable. Criticising the latter for anti-Pelagianism, Vincent of Lerins (Commonitorium 434) speaks of "the Fathers who each in his own time and place, in unity of communion and faith, were regarded as true masters. |
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