The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-06-16
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THE 1NFALLIBILITY PYRAMID.

We trust that our Romish friends will not
become weary of the work of con viuclng ms
that the Pope is infallible: 1t was their
own proposal, and we shall o emu muSt o1s
fact il is necessary that they should go on
for if the belief that Plus the Ninth is
infallible is essential to our. salvation, the
Romish Church will be beDefactor to the
world in making tire thing 50 plain that al
can see and believe it; on the other hang,
if this ia not true, it is necessary that the
Romish Church should clear itself from the
charge OF bearing false witness against
| Christianity.
| 1t will not I've enough, in a matter SO
serious, to fill our ears with empty asser
tiops: the case calls for the piainest and
most c1tr vinciug proof, and we must REFUGE
to consider mere assertions, however sim
cerely they may be entertained:
Their article, which we publish to-
purports to recapitulate the whole OF their
Bpect we consider IT Of great Importance,
and invite the attention Of our readers to
the nature Of the pyramid upon which their
faith Is based.
i. They assert, in the frst place, that
Scripture proves that Peter, ana hence me
their assertion that of Archbishop Kenrick,
whose argument we have quoted, and who
declares chat not even the prinnacy, TAR iess
the infaIlib.iity of the Pope can be proved
from Scripture. .f.,
9. They assert that the fathers or the
I this thing. We place opposite this asssr-
tion the statement Of Dollinger, that 1.-The
4 fathers of the Church have all, without ex-
Iception. explained the texts in question rs
bearing q totally different meaning"
3. They assert that the tradition OF the
Church proves the infalibility of the Pope
We place in opposition the statement of the
historian Dollinger, who says-"the whole
true tradition of the Church is 10 irrecon
/ cilable opposition to It,"
d. They assert that the dogma has al
ways been acknowledged in the Romisi
i Church and never denied. We place II
9 opposition the statement of Archbishop
r Kenrick, one of their own ablest theolo
cians, that prior to July 1870, Papal infal
iibiliSy was not contained in the symbols o
0 faith, nor presented as an article of faith i
q the catechisms, and is not found as such ii
: any document of public worship "-more
over, "that Pope Innocent XII, approves
Bossuet's work declaring that on this SUB
y iect opinion is Free"
70 &. they assert that on this question til
- Romish Church is higher authority tina
. the Bible, owing to the fact that tn
3. Romish Church made the canon of Scrip
d ture. We reply that the canon of the OF
n Testament Scripture was closed more tina
- two centuries before the advent of Christ
y and ne for the assertion that the canon
s. the New Testament was decided by tb
l. Romish Church, We utterly deny it, an
10 challenge the proof. -,
The entire amount of evidence for I'll
OF dogma of infallibility, then, is contained
le these fve empty assertions assertions VI
=. connterbalanCed by the, authority an
TO learning of the. Distinguished membets
the Ranish Church whose argRnsnts7 ?
he have quoted. r1saEca . 8. nj hszC =5g1