of all Catholic doctors at this day, and it is, I think, a thing certain by faith.'
'But the said Rogerus ventured to answer, both as to this definition (that of Boniface VIII. in Extrav. "Unam Sanctam," "De Major," etc.) and as to other pontifical decrees, that it is not certain de fide that the Pontiff defining without a General Council cannot err. But this answer is not only rash in the extreme, but also erroneous: for although formerly some Catholic doctors may have doubted or erred in this without pertinacity, yet at this day there is so consistent an agreement in the Church, and so concurrent a sense of Catholic writers as to this truth, that it is in no wise lawful to call it in question.'[1]
So also Sylvius teaches: 'The answer is certain de fide, that the judgment of the Roman Pontiff is infallible in determining matters of faith. So
- ↑ 'Nihilominus veritas Catholica est, Pontificem definientem ex Cathedrâ esse regulam fidei, quse errare non potest, quando aliquid authenticè proponit universæ Ecclesiæ, tanquam de fide divinâ credendum; ita decent hoc tempore omnes Catholic! doctores, et censeo, esse rem de fide certain.' Suarez, Disp. v. de Fide, sect. 8, n. 4.
At vero tam de hac definitione (Bonifacii VIII. in Extravag. "Unam Sanctam," " De Major:" &c.) quam de aliis decretis Pontificum ausus est dictus Rogerus respondere, non esse de fide certum, Pontificem definientem sine Concilio General! non posse errare. Sed est responsio, non solum nimis temeraria, sed etiam erronea: nam licet olim fortasse aliqui Doctores Catholic! sine pertinacia in hoc dubitaverint, vel erraverint, jam vero tarn est conMans Ecclesiæ consensus, et Catholicorum scriptorum concors de hac veritate sententia, ut earn in dubium revocare, nullo modo liceat.' Suarez, De Fide, disp. xx. s. 3. num. 22.
