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It is often misattributed to St. Augustine of Hippo, but seems to have been first used in the 17th century by the Archbishop of Split ( Spalato ) Marco Antonio de Dominis ( 1560-1624 ), in book 4, chapter 8 ( p. 676 of the first volume ) of his De republica ecclesiastica libri X ( London, 1617 ), where it appears in context as follows: Quod si in ipsa radice, hoc est sede, vel potius solio Romani pontificis haec abominationis lues purgaretur et ex communi ecclesiae consilio consensuque auferretur hic metus, depressa scilicet hac petra scandali ac ad normae canonicae iustitiam complanata, haberemus ecclesiae atrium aequabile levigatum ac pulcherrimis sanctuarii gemmis splendidissimum.
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