Side note | Page |
Diversity of religious opinions a source of anxiety | 1 |
On account of others and on our own | 1 |
Confusion from the number of guides | 2 |
Motives of credibility for an infallible living arbiter | 2 |
Fallacy and presumption of these À priori arguments | 3 |
Probable arguments at best are no ground of infallible assurance | 5 |
Argument for infallibility from the analogy of the Jewish Church | 6 |
. . . answered | 6 |
Transmission of the Scripture no proof of infallible interpretation | 8 |
Three requisites to afford us infallible assurance | 8 |
First requisite wanting. Organ of infallibility uncertain | 9 |
Second requisite wanting in the Three Organs of infallibility. The Pope singly | 11 |
Pretensions of the Pontiff scripturally considered | 11 |
Pretensions of the Pontiff traditionally considered | 14 |
Pretensions of the Pontiff morally considered | 18 |
Difficulties of ascertaining infallibly when the Pope speaks ex cathedr | 19 |
Papal inconsistencies and heresies | 20 |
Second alleged Organ of Infallibility | 21 |
A general council singly | 22 |
Pretensions of a general council Scripturally considered | 22 |
Difficulties of knowing what is a general council | 25 |
Third organ of infallibility | 25 |
Pope and general council in conjunction | 26 |
Uncertainty of the Papal sanction to a council | 26 |
Additional argument against Popes and Councils jointly | 27 |
Third requisite to afford infallible assurance. This requisite wanting | 28 |
Theory of Development | 31 |
Right path to saving knowledge | 32 |
Difference of this Scriptural principle from the three preceding | 33 |
Rules for acquiring sound Christian knowledge | 33 |
Concluding exhortation | 37 |