Million Book Collection - The Fishers of Men Ministries

360 ONE SHEPHERD.
mainly due to the schism of the West, which
weakened for a time the great voice of Peter. That
success produced in England the dethronement
of Richard II., the successive struggles of rival
branches of the royal house, culminating in the
Wars of the Eoses. When, therefore, our ancestors
said, " I believe in the Holy Catholic Church," it was
no vain word. There was one only Faith in England,
one Sacrifice, one Priesthood, all resting upon the
person of Peter, whether he called himself in the
words of St. Gregory, " Servant of the Servants of
God," or " Bishop of the Catholic Church," J that is,
Chief Shepherd of Christ's sheep.
1 A title often used in ecclesiastical documents. See Mansi,
Sacrorum Conciliorum Colledio.