vincent

Vincent is a male name derived from the Roman name, Vincentius, which is derived from the Latin verb, vincere, to conquer.

St. Vincent of Lerins died c. 445 and is considered one of the early Church fathers, which puts him in a unique position to speak. I chose one of his quotes:
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Heresy is poison:
They have, in fact swallowed a quantity of poison — not enough to kill, yet more than can be got rid of; it neither causes death, nor suffers to live. O wretched condition! With what surging tempestuous cares are they tossed about! One while, the error being set in motion, they are hurried wherever the wind drives them; another, returning upon themselves like refluent waves, they are dashed back: one while, with rash presumption, they give their approval to what seems uncertain; another, with irrational fear, they are frightened out of their wits at what is certain, in doubt whither to go, whither to return, what to seek, what to shun, what to keep, what to throw away. (ch. 49)

They do, in fact, what nurses do when they would prepare some bitter draught for children; they smear the edge of the cup all round with honey, that the unsuspecting child, having first tasted the sweet, may have no fear of the bitter. So too do these act, who disguise poisonous herbs and noxious juices under the names of medicines, so that no one almost, when he reads the label, suspects the poison. (ch. 65)
 
Francis
Commenting on the Commonitory, he said, “The dogma of the Christian religion must follow these laws. It progresses, consolidating over the years, developing with time, deepening with age.” His suggestion that there is progression, another word for innovation, doesn’t sound like Lerins.​​