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Letters concerning the Establishment of the Holy Synod (1723)

Eastern Patriarchs, tr. King, 1865

9. Article 9

We believe that no one is saved without faith—by faith, we mean the most correct opinion we have concerning God and divine things, which, working by love, that is to say, by the divine commandments, justifies us before Christ; and without this it is impossible to please God.