What Rome Teaches Author:Mary Francis Cusack General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1891 Original Publisher: Baker and Taylor Subjects: Religion / Christianity / Catholic Religion / Christianity / Denominations Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the Gener... more »al Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: WHAT ROME TEACHES. CHA. PTER I. INFALLIBILITY. The doctrine of the infallibility of the Church is the first and foundation doctrine of Eome. This is obvious. If Rome is infallible, there can be no argument with her. If she sits in the temple of God, exercising the very authority of God, there can be no question as to our obedience. Hence it is necessary first to understand what Rome means by infallibility, and then to know what are the consequences of this doctrine. Nor must we forget that Rome bases her claim to infallibility on Scripture teaching ; that is, on her interpretation of Scripture But in order to do this, she must first prove that she is the only authorized interpreter of Scripture. The whole argument runs in a vicious circle. Rome bases her claim to infallibility on certain texts of Scripture, and then when we dispute her interpretation of these texts she bases her right to interpret them on her infallibility. But first we will consider what Rome says on the subject of her own infallibility -- how she defines thisdoctrine. And here we come face to face with facts for which there can be neither denial nor excuse, and which at once overthrow her whole claim to infallibility. Until the Vatican Council held in 1870, the Pope was not infallible ; if he had been infallible, there was certainly no need to convene a council to make him infallible. It is amazing how Roman Catholics with even ordinary common sense can fail to see the inconsistencies of their position. The...« less