In necessariis unitas, In dubiis libertas, In omnibus autem caritas.
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In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity (love).
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The first known occurence of such an expression is as "Omnesque mutuam amplecteremur unitatem in necessariis, in non necessariis libertatem, in omnibus caritatem" in De Republica Ecclesiastica by Marco Antonio de Dominis, Pars I. London (1617), lib. 4 cap. 8 p. 676 (penultimate sentence) books.google, cf. liberlocorumcommuniumAugustine of Hippo
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