Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1845. Excerpt: ... THE PRIEST AND THE INFIDEL. THE POPE'S LOGIC. 110 not make a few watches go together. Remember how sagely the ex-Emperor moralised thereon. The machinery of the human mind is more complicated and delicate than that of a watch! Your Inquisition, Sir, could not prevent the Reformation. Coercion may make hypocrites of knaves and cowards. The upright and honourable are its martyrs." "Well, Sir, as this is a mere subsidiary argument, I will not stop to contest that point, but come to the main question at issue. The infallibility of our Church is a doctrine of revelation, as clearly established as any other truth of the Christian religion. I will first refer you to Matt." "Hold, Sir! not so fast," remarks the infidel. "You are about to prove the infallibility of the Papal Church from the Bible. I am glad that your infallible mother condescends to appeal to my private judgment as to the meaning of the Bible, and especially on a point so important--the very foundation on which she stands! But allow me to say that thero is a preliminary question--I do not believe in the Bible. I hold it to be a collection of fables, a mass of absurdity from beginning to end. You must demonstrate, first of all, that there is a God. Secondly, that he has spoken to man. Thirdly, you must settle the canon of Scripture, adducing such arguments as are calculated to satisfy a candid mind as to the authenticity and inspiration of the Bible. When you have done this, I will expect you to point out the portions of Scripture that teach the infallibility of the Church of Rome, and also to maintain the soundness of your private interpretation of those passages. A Herculean task!" "Oh, not at all, I assure you!" replies Mr. Spencer; "we receive God's Word, written and unwritten, on the authority...
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