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"Sola Ecclesia Romanus" does not mean "Only the Church of Rome" ... anything. The closest it could mean, after assuming a verb, would be "only the church is a (male) Roman".

"Only the Roman Church" would be "Sola Ecclesia Romana", since adjectives must agree with their referents in number, case, and gender. "Only the Church of Rome" would be "Sola Ecclesia Romae" (Romae = genitive form of "Roma").

Thus endeth the Latin lesson for today. We now return you to our regularly scheduled program, "the fictional Protestant history of Scottish Christianity".

100 posted on 01/20/2006 9:38:20 AM PST by Campion ("I am so tired of you, liberal church in America" -- Mother Angelica, 1993)

since adjectives must agree with their referents in number, case, and gender.

Oh, my. I just had flashbacks to Mrs. Bailey's 9th grade Latin class.....

101 posted on 01/20/2006 9:52:00 AM PST by Terabitten (If you've abused the public trust, the public should never trust you again. Throw the bums out!)