[bcsco]

I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.

Isn't that like saying "I wouldn't buy into the Democrat stimulus if Obama did not move me to do so."?

[MarkBsnr]

***I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.

Isn’t that like saying “I wouldn’t buy into the Democrat stimulus if Obama did not move me to do so.”?***

Actually, this is a quote from St. Augustine.

“If you should find someone who does not yet believe in the gospel, what would you [Mani] answer him when he says, ‘I do not believe’? Indeed, I would not believe in the gospel myself if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so” (Against the Letter of Mani Called ‘The Foundation’ 5:6).

Augustine, in debating Mani, wrote this. So, no. St. Augustine, inspired by God, wrote this. St. Augustine, at other times wandered from the Church into heresy and yet came back, left and came back again.

His Retractions are particularly interesting.