¹¹ This is not a denial of the validity of Novatian ordinations, which were admitted by the 8th Canon of the Council of Nicaea, but of their lawful jurisdiction.

¹² S. John xx. 22, John xx. 23.

¹³ Binding and loosing here refer rather to the infliction of open penance, the outward sign of repentance, than to absolution.

¹⁴ Rom iii. 4.

¹⁵ Hosea vi. 6.

¹⁶ Ezek. xviii. 32.

¹⁷ Rom. viii. 3, Rom. viii. 4.

¹⁸ Jerem. xvii. 9 [LXX.].

¹⁹ Ps. li. [l.] 5.

²⁰ Rom. vii. 24.

²¹ Rom. viii. 31-35.

²² S. Matt. xi. 29.

²³ S. Matt. xi. 30.

²⁴ S. Matt. x. 28.

²⁵ S. Matt. x. 32, Matt. x. 33.

²⁶ Omnis.

²⁷ S. Luke xii. 8, Luke xii. 9.

²⁸ Ps. lxxvii. [lxxvi.] 7. In the Psalm this passage is a question of the Psalmist in his bitter troubles, "Will God cast off?" St. Ambrose, in arguing against Novatian, not only modifies the text, but somewhat modifies its meaning.

²⁹ Ps. lxxvii. [lxxvi.] 8, Ps. lxxvii. [lxxvi.] 9.

³⁰ Hos. vi. 4.

³¹ Hos. xi. 8.

³² Hos. xi. 8.

³³ Ps. xxx. 15 [LXX.].

³⁴ Lam. iii. 31, Lam. iii. 32.

³⁵ Lam. iii. 34.

³⁶ Isa. xxix. 13.

³⁷ S. Matt. xv. 8.

³⁸ Col. ii. 18.

³⁹ Col. ii. 19.

⁴⁰ S. Luke xiv. 21.

⁴¹ Jerem. xvii. 14.

⁴² S. Matt. ix. 21.

⁴³ S. Matt. xxv. 36.

⁴⁴ S. John xiii. 8.

⁴⁵ S. Matt. xvi. 19.

⁴⁶ 2 Cor. ii. 10.

⁴⁷ S. John xiv. 12; S. Matt. x. 8.

⁴⁸ Acts ix. 17.

⁴⁹ S. Matt. xiv. 31.

⁵⁰ S. Matt. v. 14.

⁵¹ S. Matt. iii. 11.

⁵² S. Mark xvi. 17, Mark xvi. 18.

⁵³ S. John xx. 17.

⁵⁴ Isa. vi. 5.

⁵⁵ Job xiv. 4 [LXX.].

⁵⁶ Ps. li. [l.] 2.

⁵⁷ Celebraturus.

⁵⁸ S. Matt. iii. 14, Matt. iii. 15.