The faith of our fathers - Carmel Apologetics

"We"154 THE FAITH OF OUR FATHERS.theD, to be separated from this faith and doctrine,we hope to merit to be in the one communion whichthe Apostolic See preaches, in which See is the fulland true solidity of the Christian religion."This Council clearly declares that immaculate doobrinehas always been preserved and preached in theRoman See. But how could this be said of her, ifthe Roman See ever fell into error ? and how couldthat See be preserved from error, if the Roman Pontiffs presiding over it ever erred in faith ?In the Second General Council of Lyons, (1274,)the Greek Bishops made the following professionof faith : The holy Roman Church possesses fullprimacy and principality over the universal Catholic Church, which primacy, with the pleuitude ofpower, she truly and humbly acknowledges to havereceived from our Lord Himself, in the person ofBlessed Peter, Prince or Head of the Apostles,whose successor the Roman Pontiff is ;and as theRoman See, above all others, is bound to defendthe truth of faith, so, also, if any questions on faitharise, they ought to be defined by her judgment."Here the Council of Lyons avows that the RomanPontiffs have the power to determine definitely, andwithout appeal, any questions of faith which mayarise in the Church ;in other words, the Councilacknowledges them to be the supreme and infallibleai biters of faith.define," says the Council of Florence, (1439,,at which also were present the Bishops of the Greek