Behold how Christ is the foundation of the church and the apostles are the foundations! Christ is by a figure of speech - antonomastice - the foundation because the edifice of the church begins from him and is finished in him and through him. But the prophets and apostles are the foundations because their authority bears up our weakness.
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"Behold how Christ is the foundation of the church and the apostles are the foundations! Christ is by a figure of speech - antonomastice - the foundation because the edifice of the church begins from him and is finished in him and through him. But the prophets and apostles are the foundations because their authority bears up our weakness." — Jan Hus
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Behold how Christ is the foundation of the church and the apostles are the foundations! Christ is by a figure of speech - antonomastice - the foundation because the edifice of the church begins from him and is finished in him and through him. But the prophets and apostles are the foundations because their authority bears up our weakness. — Jan Hus
About Jan Hus
Jan Hus was a Philosopher from Kingdom of Bohemia (1369–1415).
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Who said "Behold how Christ is the foundation of the church and the apostles are the foun…"?
This quote is attributed to Jan Hus, a Philosopher from Kingdom of Bohemia.
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Jan Hus lived from 1369 – 1415.