Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians

It is therefore befitting that you should in every way glorify Jesus Christ, who hath glorified you, that by a unanimous obedience "ye may be perfectly joined together in the same mind, and in the same judgment, and may all speak the same thing concerning the same thing,"[21]

Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians

It is therefore befitting that you should in every way glorify Jesus Christ, who hath glorified you, that by a unanimous obedience "ye may be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment, and may all speak the same thing concerning the same thing,"[26]

Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians

I therefore, yet not I, out the love of Jesus Christ, "entreat you that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind, and in the same judgment."[32]

Epistle of Ignatius to the Philippians "that ye all speak the same thing, being of one mind, thinking the same thing, and walking by the same rule of faith,"[4]

Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II

But if all things have been conferred on you, and all things allowed you, and "if all things are lawful, yet all things are not expedient,"[255]

Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics

men to turn away from such, teaching them that they should "all speak and think the selfsame thing,"[47]

Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics

-as if they spoke of one God in the Church, (and) another at home, and described one substance of Christ, publicly, (and) another secretly, and announced one hope of the resurrection before all men, (and) another before the few; although they themselves, in their epistles, besought men that they would all speak one and the same thing, and that there should be no divisions and dissensions in the church,[288]

Origen de Principiis Book I

And in keeping with this is the declaration of the same apostle, when he exhorts us, who even in the present life are placed in the Church, in which is the form of that kingdom which is to come, to this same similitude of unity: "That ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment."[111]

Cyprian Treatise I On the Unity of the Church

And does any one believe that in one place there can be either many shepherds or many flocks? The Apostle Paul, moreover, urging upon us this same unity, beseeches and exhorts, saving, "I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no schisms among you; but that ye be joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment."[27]

Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

Also in the first Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians: "But I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all say the same thing, and that there be no schisms among you; but that ye be all joined together in the same mind and in the same opinion."[748]

A Treatise on Re-Baptism by an Anonymous Writer

But since it is not in our power, according to the apostle's precept, "to speak the same thing, that there be not schisms among us; "[3]

Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book II

Be ye of one mind, O ye bishops, one with another, and be at peace with one another; sympathize with one another, love the brethren, and feed the people with care; with one consent teach those that are under you to be of the same sentiments and to be of the same opinions about the same matters, "that there may be no schisms among you; that ye may be one body and one spirit, perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment,"[209]

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