That would be a huge 10-4 -- with sprinkles.
It's immensely complicated. What constitutes a "proof" from Scripture, for example? What do we mean by "merit" and is it the same thing that say Luther or Calvin meant by the word?
And then, now I know this will astonish you, I, myself, have been, I know this will upset you ... known to err. No really. Even I. Both as to fact and as to interpretation or inference. Of course in my case it's extremely rare, but still, if I can err, why then nothing can be relied on!
I am grateful for the kind of nonsense that the article which started all this contained, because it's so very over the top. But in serious conversations, it's very easy to misunderstand and to be outraged, when no one means to outrage. And then sometimes we lose patience and stomp all over the most delicate and tender parts of our interlocutors' hearts.
Tricky business this.
**And then, now I know this will astonish you, I, myself, have been, I know this will upset you ... known to err.**
Don't we all fall at one time. I know I have made mistakes here on FR, and thank goodness, other good Catholics have corrected me in a very loving way.