1-3:3
ΤΟΥΤΟ τὸ κήρυγμα παρειληφυῖα, καὶ ταύτην τὴν πίστιν, ὡς προέφαμεν, ἡ Ἐκκλησία, καίπερ ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ κόσμῳ διεσπαρμένη, ἐπιμελῶς φυλάσσει, ὡς ἔνα οἶκον οἰκοῦσα· καὶ ὁμοίως πιστεύει τούτοις, ὡς μίαν ψυχὴν καὶ τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχουσα καρδίαν, καὶ συμφώνως ταῦτα κηρύσσει, καὶ διδάσκει, καὶ παραδίδωσιν, ὡς ἓν στόμα κεκτημένη. Καὶ γὰρ αἱ κατὰ τὸν κόσμον διάλεκτοι ἀνόμοιαι, ἀλλʼ ἡ δύναμις τῆς παραδόσεως μία καὶ ἡ αὐτή. Καὶ οὔτε αἱ ἐν Γερμανίαις ἱδρυμέναι ἐκκλησίαι ἄλλως πεπιστεύκασιν, ἢ ἄλλως παραδιδόασιν, οὔτε ἐν ταῖς Ἰβηρίαις, οὔτε ἐν Κελτοῖς, οὔτε κατὰ τὰς ἀνατολὰς, οὔτε ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, οὔτε ἐν Λιβύῃ, οὔτε αἱ κατὰ μέσα τοῦ κόσμου ἱδρυμέναι· ἀλλʼ ὥσπερ ὁ ἥλιος, τὸ κτίσμα τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ κόσμῳ εἷς καὶ ὁ αὐτὸς, οὕτω καὶ τὸ κήρυγμα τῆς ἀληθείας πανταχῇ φαίνει καὶ φωτίζει πάντας ἀνθρώπους τοὺς βουλομένους εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν ἀληθείας ἐαθεῖν. Καὶ οὔτε ὁ πάνυ δυνατὸς ἐν λόγῳ τῶν ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις προεστώτων, ἕτερα τούτων ἐρεῖ· οὐδεὶς γὰρ ὑπὲρ τὸν διδάσκαλον· οὔτε ὁ ἀσθενὴς ἐν τῷ λόγῳ ἐλαττώσει τὴν παράδοσιν. Μιᾶς γὰρ καὶ τῆς αὐτῆς πίστεως οὔσης, οὔτε ὁ πολὺ περὶ αὐτῆς δυνάμενος εἰπεῖν ἐπλεόνασεν, οὔτε ὁ τὸ ὀλίγον, ἠλαττόνησε
Having received this preaching and this faith, as we said before, the Church, although scattered throughout the whole world, diligently guards it, as though dwelling in a single house; and she believes these things alike, as though having one soul and the same heart, and proclaims and teaches and hands them down in harmony, as though possessing one mouth. For although the languages throughout the world are dissimilar, yet the force of the tradition is one and the same. And neither do the churches established in the Germanies believe otherwise, or hand down otherwise, nor those in the Spains, nor among the Celts, nor in the East, nor in Egypt, nor in Libya, nor those established in the middle parts of the world; but just as the sun, the creature of God, is one and the same throughout the whole world, so too the preaching of the truth shines everywhere and enlightens all men who are willing to come to the knowledge of the truth. And neither will the one who is very powerful in speech among those who preside over the churches say anything other than these things—for no one is above his teacher—nor will the one who is weak in speech diminish the tradition. For since the faith is one and the same, neither has the one able to say much concerning it added to it, nor has the one who can say little diminished it.
正如我們先前所說的，教會領受了這宣講和這信仰，雖然分散在全世界，卻殷勤地持守它，如同住在同一個家裡；她也照樣相信這些事，如同只有一個魂、一樣的心；她和諧一致地宣講、教導並傳遞這些事，如同只有一張口。因為世上的語言雖然各不相同，傳統的力量卻是同一的。設立在日耳曼諸地（Germanies）的眾教會，所信的並無不同，所傳的也無不同；在西班牙諸地（Spains）、在凱爾特人（Celts）中間、在東方、在埃及、在利比亞（Libya），以及設立在世界中部的眾教會，都是如此。反倒像神的造物太陽一樣，在全世界乃是同一個，照樣真理的宣講也遍處照耀，光照一切願意來認識真理的人。在眾教會中那些作領袖、極善於言詞的，不會講論與這些不同的話——因為沒有人能高過他的師傅；而那言詞遲鈍的，也不會削減這傳統。因為信仰既是同一的，那能多多講論它的並沒有加添什麼，那只能少少講說的也沒有減少什麼。