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To: Pio
122. Q. Which are the attributes of the Church?

A. The attributes of the Church are three: authority, infallibility, and indefectibility.

123. Q. What do you mean by the authority of the Church?

A. By the authority of the Church I mean the right and power which the Pope and the bishops, as the successors of the Apostles, have to teach and govern the faithful. Authority is the power which one person has over another, so as to be able to exact obedience. A teacher has authority over his scholars, because they must obey him; but the teacher need not obey the scholars, because they have no authority over him. God alone has authority of Himself and from Himself All others who have authority receive it from God, either directly or through someone else. The Pope has authority from God Himself, and the priests get theirs through their bishops. Therefore, to resist or disobey lawful authority is to resist and disobey God Himself.

*I don't think the Baltimore Catechism is for you :)

30 posted on 11/24/2004 11:57:09 AM PST by bornacatholic
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To: bornacatholic
You think wrong. Catechisms are not infallible. You modernists have expanded infalliblity to every document and sentence uttered by Vataicanisti and the Bishops you like.

Bishops have the right and duty to teach...the only problem is that many of them reject what they ought to teach.

What authorizes you to reject the Baltimore Catechism? Or treat acceptance of the Baltimore Catechism as a schismatic act?

31 posted on 11/24/2004 12:06:52 PM PST by Pio (There is no salvation outisde the Roman Catholic Church)
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