The Catholic Controversy (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt From The Catholic Controversy This Teaching He Tests In Part Ii. By The Rule Of Faith. Assuming As Common Ground That The Word Of God Is The Rule Of Faith, He Shows That The So Called Reformers Have Composed A False Scripture, And That They Err Also In Rejecting Tradition Or The Un Written Word Of, God. And Then, Proceeding To The Central Point Of His Case, He Shows That While The Word Of God Is The Formal Rule Of Faith, Is The External Standard By Which Faith Is To Be Measured And Adjusted, There Is Need Of A Judge Who May Explain, Apply, And Declare The Meaning Of The Word That Judge Is The Holy Catholic Church. She Is Thus The Necessary Exponent Of The Rule Of Right-Believing, And Each Of The Voices By Which She Utters Her Decision Becomes Also A Part Of The Rule Of Faith, Viz., Her Own General Body, Councils, Fathers, And Her Supreme Head And Mouthpiece, The Pope, The Successor Of S. Peter And Vicar Of Christ. Miracles And Harmony Of Doctrines May Be Considered The Complement Of The Rule Of Faith. In All These Matters The Saint Proves Conclusively That The Catholic Church Alone Fulfils The Necessary Conditions. In Part Iii. He Comes To The Doctrines Of The Church In Detail, But Of This Part There Only Remain To Us Three Chapters On The Sacraments And An Essay On Purgatory. This May Suffice As To The Aim And Subject-Matter Of The Treatise. Of Its Intrinsic Merits The AuthorS Name Is Sufficient Guarantee, But We Add More Direct Testimony Because It Is A New Revelation Of The Saint. About The Publisher Forgotten Books Publishes Hundreds Of Thousands Of Rare And Classic Books. Find More At 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.