Protestantism and the Bible: Lectures Delivered in St. Ann's Church (Classic Reprint)

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Bible must be authenticated by some living, infallible witness, or else it cannot stand. If it be accepted as the work of the Divine Spirit upon the testimony of the Catholic Church, then in all things must that testimony be obeyed. The Scriptures and the Church cannot be separated, neither in logic nor in fact. The attempt to separate them violates the order of God, and leads to countless contradictions; while it results in the abuse of the sacred word to the destruo tion of faith and piety. It is strange that the lessons of the past three hundred years are lost upon so many that any should fail to see the truth which is so plain, which responds to the needs of the intellect and heart. One reason why men do not accept the teachings of Catholic faith, is that they are nu willing to submit their intelligence to an authority external to themselves. If they would reason for one moment, they would see that such an authority is essential to the exercise of faith, and that the Pro testant principle destroys, root and branch, the fun damental idea of Christianity, which is a fixed creed coming from God through Christ.

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