[roamer_1]

Individual Church Fathers are not the Magisterium. Individual opinions, of Augustine or Jerome or anyone else, can be erroneous. That is why we reject the 'any milkmaid' interpretation of the Word or the word. If you read the Gospels and the rest of the NT, it is the collective interpretation of the Church that is to be considered correct, not anyone's whim or opinion.

Thanks for that. But if your magisterium confounds the law, what then? The commandment of Yeshua is to uphold the Torah and the prophets. If the magisterium is found to have broken the laws of YHWH, how then is it any less fallible than your average milkmaid?

[JCBreckenridge]

“Thanks for that. But if your magisterium confounds the law, what then? The commandment of Yeshua is to uphold the Torah and the prophets. If the magisterium is found to have broken the laws of YHWH, how then is it any less fallible than your average milkmaid?”

I might ask of you the same question. What happens when you confound the law and teach what is wrong? Is anyone going to come along and correct you, or will you simply continue on, blissfully unaware? What would the consequences be for getting it wrong?

[MarkBsnr]

Thanks for that. But if your magisterium confounds the law, what then? The commandment of Yeshua is to uphold the Torah and the prophets. If the magisterium is found to have broken the laws of YHWH, how then is it any less fallible than your average milkmaid?

Because Jesus told the fledgling Church that He would send the Holy Spirit to guide them and that He would be with them until the end of world. We believe in His word. Notice that even Paul uses, over and over, terminology that says that the teaches whether oral or written by the Church is to be believed and followed over any man's interpretation.