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.