By who? Bishops, the Pope, or other Fathers of the Church?
By who? Bishops, the Pope, or other Fathers of the Church?
Presumably, by authority of the Magisterium. Obviously, not all the writings of the Sainted early Fathers are considered part of your Holy Tradition. Why is that? Wasn't Origen considered an early Father? Yet, he was excommunicated. In addition, many of the original Reformers, now considered heretics, were humanly inspired by Augustine. All I was saying is that there were lots of Fathers who went off the reservation, as compared to the majority, on at least one issue or other. I'm asserting that the reason for that must have been the accusation of private interpretation.