For the fact--true from the beginning, _viz._, that the
Pope enjoys the prerogative of personal infallibility--is not only a
profound truth; but a truth for the first time formally recognised,
defined, promulgated and explicitly taught as an article of Divine
faith. Consequently, without summoning a thousand Bishops from the
four quarters of the globe, the Sovereign Pontiff may now rise in his
own strength, and proclaim to the entire Church what is, and what is
not, consonant with the truths of revelation. This is evident from the
Vatican's definition, which declares that "THE POPE HAS THAT SAME
INFALLIBILITY WHICH THE CHURCH HAS"--"Romanum Pontificem ea
infallibilitate pollere, qua divinus Redemptor Ecclesiam suam in
definienda doctrina de fide vel moribus instructam esse voluit". Words
of the Bull, "PASTOR AETERNUS".
FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 4: See _Life of Cardinal Manning_, vol. ii., p. 452.]
CHAPTER III.
WATCHMAN! WHAT OF THE NIGHT?
The most sacred deposit of Divine Revelation has been committed by
Jesus Christ to the custody of the Church, and century after century
she has guarded it with the utmost jealousy and fidelity.
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