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"So although we take our stand in different ways with different theological underpinnings, we stand together with St. Augustine, who only finds the Roman bishop authoritative so long as he conforms to Holy Scripture. And as it is defined by the Athanasian Creed (Quicunque Vult), catholicity is not demonstrated by any particular bishopric or bureaucracy, but by the confession of the catholic faith as articulated in, as Augustine puts it, “the sacred scriptures.” And in the Athanasian Creed, this biblical, catholic faith is found centered on the confession of the Most Holy Trinity, and the two natures - and the work and ministry of - our Blessed Lord Jesus Christ."