ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 3 v11

THE FOUNDATION LAID FOR THE GENTILES. ORIGEN: The other apostles laid this foundation among the Jews, while Paul and Barnabas laid it among the Gentiles. COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1.15.41-42.

NO OTHER FOUNDATION. AMBROSIASTER: Nobody can lay another foundation, because even if some people are heretics, they do not teach except in the name of Christ. They cannot commend the inventions of their error in any other way. So through the dignity of his name they try to make contradictory and absurd ideas acceptable. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

CEMENTED TO THE FOUNDATION. CHRYSOSTOM: The foundation is already in place, and no one can change it. Let us therefore build on it and cling to it in the way that branches cling to the vine, so that there is no gap between us and Christ. For the minute a gap opens up between the vine and its branches, the branches wither and perish. Similarly, if a building is not cemented to its foundation, it will collapse. Therefore, let us not merely cling to Christ, but let us be cemented to him, for if we stand apart we shall perish. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 8.7.

THE PRETENSE OF THE HERETICS. AUGUSTINE: It should not be denied that this is the distinctive basis of the orthodox faith, just because it is shared between us and certain heretics as well. For if we think carefully about the meaning of Christ we shall see that among some of the heretics who want to be called Christians, the name of Christ is held in honor, but the reality to which the name points is not. ENCHIRIDION 2.5.

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