The Infallibility of the Pope (Classic Reprint): A Lecture: A Lecture (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Marshall, Arthur Featherstone

 
9781330798690: The Infallibility of the Pope (Classic Reprint): A Lecture: A Lecture (Classic Reprint)

Sinopsis

The Infallibility of the Pope is presented as a defense of papal authority and its role in guiding faith and reason. This edition frames the Pope’s infallibility as a cornerstone of church unity, tracing its basis through councils, history, and the continuity of doctrine. It argues that the Pope’s infallible teaching protects both Revelation and human understanding from error.

From ancient Rome to the Vatican Council, the text surveys how leaders and nations have acknowledged the Pope’s unique place. It defends the idea that infallibility applies to faith and morals when the Pope teaches ex cathedra, and explains why this authority is essential for the Church’s coherence and truth.


The work also engages debates about church authority, councils, and the relationship between church and state, offering a historical argument for why this doctrine matters to Catholics and those studying church history alike.




  • Explains the concept of papal infallibility in faith and morals.

  • Discusses how councils and church history relate to the Pope’s authority.

  • Addresses common objections and historical examples from Christian history.

  • Clarifies why the doctrine is presented as a safeguard for truth and unity.



Ideal for readers interested in Catholic theology, church history, and the debates surrounding papal authority.

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Reseña del editor

Excerpt from The Infallibility of the Pope: A Lecture

It has been objected, again, that, more than once in Church history, there have been two, or three, Popes at a time.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Infallibility of the Pope: A Lecture

Ideally, what is Christianity?

Christianity means the union of man with the divinity, the soul, and the body of our Lord Jesus Christ. It means that man is in this life united to the intellect and the spirit of God. It means that man knows, as creature, whatever is true of God, in so far as it has been revealed by Himself; and that he knows this certainly, definitely, infallibly. It can mean nothing less; for if it does, then Christianity has failed in its object If God has died upon a Cross to teach man truth, and man cannot know that truth, then Christianity is the greatest of failures. That God should be our Teacher, yet fail to teach; that He should annex salvation to the sovereign necessity of an integral and implicit faith; and that He should have died upon a Cross to accomplish both the revelation and its perfect acceptance by ourselves; and yet that we should be unable to know, for a certainty, what that revelation was and is - is the most patent incongruity and folly that the human mind can possibly conceive.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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