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To: jjotto
"I agree. Just to point out that hierarchy argument is quite weak given the current situation. "

That's a solid test of who the, "Oh ye of little faith" shoe fits like it was custom fitted to their foot.

21 posted on 07/19/2014 7:32:02 AM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory.)
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To: Rashputin

A better argument might be that authority is collective among those who have been educated and trained in the field, but it also must withstand the test of generations.

A Pope, or even a generation, can be in error, but, in Catholic parlance, the magisterium, considered over generations, can’t be in error.

Most religions have some version of this idea. Catholics have a hierarchy and Pope (mostly just in theory these days), which is a bit unique.

“You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.”


24 posted on 07/19/2014 7:43:24 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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