himself the stone and the Rock of foundation, for the Lord says: "Behold I will lay for a foundation in Zion a corner-stone tried and precious, a stone of sure foundation," Isaiah 28:16. And also in the Psalms 118:22. "The stone which the builders rejected has been made the head of the corner."[1] Therefore, Christ himself is the foundation of the apostles and the whole church, and in him it is fitly framed together.
For this reason the apostle says: "So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God, being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone, in whom each several building fitly framed together groweth into a holy temple unto the Lord," Eph. 2:19-21. Here St. Remigius says [Migne's ed., 117: 711]: "The foundation of the apostles and prophets and of all the faithful is Christ because they are established and grounded in faith in him, just as he himself said, 'On this Rock' that is, 'on myself, I will build my church,' which consists of angels and righteous men. For every one that hath faith in Christ is founded upon him, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner-stone. How, then, is Christ the foundation and the chief stone? For this reason, that faith begins with him and is perfected and completed in him and by him so that all the elect are grounded in him." Thus Remigius Haymo.[2]
From these things it is plain that Christ alone is the chief foundation of the church, and in this sense the apostle thought of that foundation, because he did not dare to speak of anything except what was built upon that foundation. Hence he says: "I will not dare to speak of any thing save those which Christ wrought through me by the obedience
