The Faith of Catholics, Vol. 1: Confirmed by Scripture and Attested by the Fathers of the First Five Centuries of the Church: Confirmed by Scripture ... Centuries of the Church (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from The Faith of Catholics, Vol. 1: Confirmed by Scripture and Attested by the Fathers of the First Five Centuries of the Church

This would be the common-sense reply to the objection that Rome has added to the Faith. To many it would be sufficient; to others it Would be more satisfactory to see the expressions of the Teachers of the early Christian ages concerning the present formulated Catholic doctrines.

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To justify the so-called Reformation, to oppose a return to the Old Church, "the Mother and Mistress of Churches," it is persistently asserted that Rome has added to the "Faith once delivered to the Saints," that she has imposed on the One Fold practices and doctrines which are no part of the Gospel of the Shepherd of our souls. It is triumphantly pointed out that as late as 1854 and 1870 the dogma of the Immaculate Conception and of the Infallibility of the Pope have been added to the Creed of the Roman Church.

Catholics meet this grave charge by saying that all Revelation was completed and closed by Jesus Christ, who committed it as the depositum fidei to the Divine-Human Organism, the Church appointed and authorized to be the sole Teacher, Guardian, and Judge of this Revelation. To fulfil her mission the "assistance" of the Holy Spirit, but not "inspiration," is given her. Consequently she has no power to add to the truths of Revelation.

The decisions made in the first Council held at Jerusalem by the Apostles to those of the last convened by the Chief Pastor of the Old Church at the Vatican in 1869 are not additions to Revelation, but explicit declarations of what is contained in Revelation.

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