CHAPTER 8

 8:1  I therefore did my own part, as a man composed

unto union. But where there is division and anger,

there God abideth not. Now the Lord forgiveth all men

when they repent, if repenting they return to the

unity of God and to the council of the bishop. I have

faith in the grace of Jesus Christ, who shall strike

off every fetter from you;

 8:2  and I entreat you, Do ye nothing in a spirit of

factiousness but after the teaching of Christ. For I

heard certain persons saying, If I find it not in the

charters, I believe it not in the Gospel. And when I

said to them, It is written, they answered me That is

the question. But as for me, my charter is Jesus

Christ, the inviolable charter is His cross and His

death and His resurrection, and faith through Him;

wherein I desire to be justified through your prayers.