The infallibility of the Pope holds no terror for Catholics. It is the one thing that gives peace of soul and spiritual security. As Catholics we know what, the Pope will do and what he won't do, because we know what he can do and what he can't do, We know that he cannot impose upon us anything that we do not already believe' explicitly or implicitly, because we know that his infallible authority extends only to the deposit of faith originally entrusted to the Church by Christ, the Son of God. And every Christian should be prepared to accept whatever Christ revealed, We have already it in our act of faith, when we say: I believey O Lord, all that thou hast revealed, because Thou hast revealed it, With us, then, it is not 'la question that a new doctrine wil be im on us. The Pope cannot do it. fallibility is not revelation, God does not tell the Pope what to say. Neither is it inspiration. God does not put into the Pope's mind what He wants him to say. The Pope has to acquire the knowledge of God's revelation in the ordinary way, and what he does not know, he cannot teach. Infallibility is a preventative of error. Under certain circumstances and within definite limits, God will not allow the Pope to teach error. Its funety tion is to make sure that we shall be able to know with certainty truths which are vitally necessary to
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