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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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But I will add another Argument like the last▪ which is as followeth.
Argu. 4. If the Pope be infallible, then all the ⟨p. 252⟩writings of all Popes are of infallible verity: But all the writings of all Popes are not of infallible verity: Therefore the Pope is not infallible.
The consequence of the Major Proposition will be denied by Bellarmine, unless it be limited to such writings by which the Pope doth teach the Church in matters of faith: Though indeed they will never prove him infallible in Teaching the Church while they confess him fallible in his own judgement, yet let us for disputation sake grant them this: But then (for the proof also of the Minor) I proceed thus: All the Theological writings of Leo, Gregory, Gelasius, Nicolus 1. Adrian 6. and other Popes are not infallible: But all these writings were to teach the Church in matters of faith: Therefore all the Popes writings which are to teach the Church in matter of Faith, are not infallible. I think no •ober Papist will maintain that all these writings are infallible. And that they are written about matters necessary to be believed or done for our salvation, is evident to any man that readeth them. And if they were not written to teach the Church to what end were they written? Do Popes publish writings about matters of Religion, and not to teach the Church by them? If they say, it is but to teach part of the Church: I answer. 1. What part is it? and where is the limitation expressed: for example, of Gregory's Dialogues, Morals, de officio Pastoris, &c. 2. The Pope in a Provincial Council may teach but part of the Church, and yet Bellarmine saith that he is there infallible.