Quote#God & Faith
[T]he course of ages has fulfilled the prophecy and promise, "Thou…
Quote byJohn Henry Newman · 1801–1890
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Letter Addressed to His Grace the Duke of Norfolk (1875), Part III: The Papal Church, p. 27.
English (original)
[T]he course of ages has fulfilled the prophecy and promise, "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build My Church; and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." That which in substance was possessed by the Nicene Hierarchy, that the Pope claims now.
— John Henry Newman
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