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had taken form through the ages and had a definite, base purpose.

Here is that doctrine. I expound it according to the Symbol of Faith, the Epistle of the Eastern Patriarchs, Filarét’s Catechism, and, mainly, Makári’s Dogmatic Theology, a book which the church regards as the best dogmatic theology.