Views During The Time of the Reformation (10): Views on the Church: The Formal Principle

Rome, therefore, contends that the Church, as an external and visible society, consisting of those who profess the Christian religion, united in communion of the same sacra­ments and subjection to lawful pastors, and especially to the Pope of Rome, is divinely appointed to be the infallible teacher of men in all things pertaining to faith and practice. Rome, therefore, contends that the Church, as an external and visible society, consisting of those who profess the Christian religion, united...