The Decrees of the Vatican Council (Vatican I, English)

by Vincent McNabb

Publisher:

Benziger Brothers

, 1907

Overview

The First Vatican Council was the twentieth ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, which met three hundred years after the Council of Trent. It was convened in order to refute modern theological differences and to define Catholic doctrine in response to the rise of modernism. The First Vatican Council approved two constitutions: one on the Dogmatic Constitution of the Catholic Faith, and the other—famously—on papal infallibility. The council also clarified the role of the pope in the Roman Catholic Church.

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Contents

Top Highlights

“For the Holy Spirit was not promised to the successors of Peter, that by His revelation they might make known new doctrine, but that by His assistance they might inviolably keep and faithfully expound the revelation or deposit of faith delivered through the Apostles.” (Page 45)

“These the Church holds to be sacred and canonical; not because, having been carefully composed by mere human industry, they were afterwards approved by her authority; not because they contain revelation, with no admixture of error; but because, having been written by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, they have God for their author, and have been delivered as such to the Church itself.” (Page 21)

“full power was given to him in Blessed Peter, by Jesus Christ our Lord, to rule, feed and govern the universal Church” (Page 40)

“the Roman Church possesses a sovereignty of ordinary power over all other Churches” (Page 40)

“this See of Saint Peter remains ever free from all blemish of error” (Pages 45–46)

Product Details

• Title: The Decrees of the Vatican Council (Vatican I, English)
• Editor: Vincent McNabb
• Publisher: Benziger Brothers
• Publication Date: 1907
• Pages: 47

About Vincent McNabb

Vincent McNabb (1868–1943), was a Dominican scholar who studied Theology at St. Malachy's College in Belfast, and at the University of Louvain.

McNabb was familar with Hebrew, Greek, and Latin—and often discoursed on Scholastic writings such as Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica. McNabb sought to unify the Angelican and Catholic doctrines, and heavily promoted that desire across his works.

About Vincent McNabb

Vincent McNabb, O.P. (8 July 1868 – 17 June 1943) was an Irish scholar and priest, based in London, active in evangelisation and apologetics.