Gleanings from Orthodox Christian Authors and the Holy Fathers

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Christ the Lord called that Church the Catholic Church which maintains the true and saving confession of the Faith. It was for this confession that He called Peter blessed when He declared '...upon this rock [i.e., of right faith] I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it (Matt. 16:18)'. St. Maximus the Confessor