Panthenosia: The Composition of All Dissensions

it was necessary that the following things be united to the last. For as the law of nature, of Scripture, and of grace began from union, and made an end in dissipation. From one Adam, the sons of God and the sons of men were born. From Moses, the Sadducees, Scribes, Pharisees, Essenes, and Zealots. From one Christ, infinite sects, which infest all others, either by preferring themselves or even by persecuting: whereas God is not of dissension, but of peace. Since the author of salvation gave this to his servants in an orderly way, so that they might gather and keep this flock in the place of Adam, it is necessary that he who is to have charge of the flock should receive all those who are entangled in whatever errors, so that he may at last cherish, heal, and unite them absolutely, as a father.

THAT IN ORDER TO DEPOSE

the internal hatred, and the false or hateful

judgment of men, the union of spirits

is to be brought about by the bonds

of eternal truth.

Since all men not only agree from the latter part by seeking salvation, but since they see that both they themselves and all other things were necessarily created by God, it is necessary that they not only recognize both God and nature, but also recognize the condition of nature, even the most rude, and through it the properties of God, so that they may be capable of the truths of both natures. For although through sin that excellent mind which was from that world.