The faith of our fathers - Carmel Apologetics

INFALLIBLE AUTHORITY. 91Church will be continuous, without any interval ofabsence, to the consummation of the world.And this is also the sentiment of the Apostle ofthe Gentiles writing to the "Ephesians God gave:some indeed Apostles, and some Prophets, and someEvangelists, and others Pastors and Teachers, forthe perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ, until we all meet in the unity of faith,. . . that wemay no more be children, tossed to and fro, andcarried about with every wind of doctrine, by thewickedness of men, in craft, by which theywait to deceive.". 1lie inNotwithstanding these plain declarations of Scripture, some persons think it an unwarrantable assumption for the Church to claim infallibility.But markthe consequences that follow from denyingit.If your church is not infallible, it is liable to errfor there is no medium between infallibility and liability to error. If your church and her ministersare fallible in their doctrinal teachings, as theyadmit, they may be preaching falsehood to you,instead of truth. If so, you are in doubt whetheryou are listening to truth or falsehood. If you arein doubt, you can have no faith, for faith excludesdoubt, and in that state you displease God, for"without faith it is impossible to please God." 9Faith and infallibility must go hand in hand. Theone cannot exist without the other. There can be1Eph. iv. 11-14. 2Heb. xi. 6.