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To: Campion

That is the sola that the catholic church follows

Sola Ecclesia Romanus
Only the Church of Rome is the Rule of Faith


Catechism of the Catholic Church

85 "The task of giving an authentic interpretation of the Word of God, whether in its written form [Scripture] or in the form of Tradition, has been entrusted to the living, teaching office of the Church alone. Its authority in this matter is exercised in the name of Jesus Christ."47 This means that the task of interpretation has been entrusted to the bishops in communion with the successor of Peter, the Bishop of Rome.

Source: Catechism of the Catholic Church, published by Liguori Publications, English translation copyright 1994 by the United States Catholic Conference, Inc., Libreria Editrice Vaticana, page 27.


98 posted on 01/20/2006 9:09:56 AM PST by RnMomof7 ("Sola Scriptura,Sola Christus,Sola Gratia,Sola Fide,Soli Deo Gloria)
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To: RnMomof7
"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)
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