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The safe religion, or, Three disputations for the reformed catholic religion against popery proving…The safe religion, or, Three disputations for the reformed catholike religion against popery proving…
The safe religion, or, Three disputations for the reformed catholic religion against popery proving that popery is against the Holy Scriptures, the unity of the catholic church, the consent of the ancient doctors, the plainest reason, and common judgment of sense it self / by Richard Baxter.The safe religion, or, Three disputations for the reformed catholike religion against popery proving that popery is against the Holy Scriptures, the unity of the catholike church, the consent of the antient doctors, the plainest reason, and common judgment of sense it self / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1657
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Argu. 3. If the Pope and his pretended General Councils have erred already, then are they not infallible: But the Pope and his pretended General Councils have erred already: Therefore they are not infallible.
As the first Argument was taken from the no proof of his infallibility, and the second from the common senses of mankind, so the third is taken from certain experience; which is a medium so evident that their vain words and subtle evasions, have the less force to elude or obscure it. Of the validity of the consequence there is no question can be made. He that hath erred, is not infallible. All the doubt therefore is of the Antecedent, which hath by unquestionable evidence of History been put out of doubt by our Writers long ago. I shall produce some few instances of many.
As the first Argument was taken from the no proof of his infallibility, and the second from the common senses of mankind, so the third is taken from certain experience; which is a medium so evident that their vain words and subtil evasions, have the less force to elude or obscure it. Of the validity of the consequence there is no question can be made. He that hath erred, is not infallible. All the doubt therefore is of the Antecedent, which hath by unquestionable evidence of History been put out of doubt by our Writers long ago. I shall produce some few instances of many.
1There are no less than forty Popes whom Bellarmine himself takes notice of as charged with error or heresy, for whom he frameth such poor excuses, that I should think any impartial Reader might receive satisfaction enough from Bellarmine that the Pope is too fallible. Yea that even judicially and in fundamentals he may err.