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Jean-Henri Merle D'Aubigné

 
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The Council And Infallibility: An Address by Jean-Henri Merle D'Aubigné. The address, delivered in Geneva on December 10, 1869, argues against the papal doctrine of infallibility and critiques the Vatican Council's claim to universal authority. Merle D'Aubigné contrasts the Rome-centered assembly with the Gospel's universality, insisting that true ecumenical fellowship cannot be confined to a single city or a single church. He traces the origins of papal supremacy to forgeries and decretals, explains how the forged Isidore Decretals cemented the Vatican's power, and cites historical episodes in which popes were fallible or condemned by councils, including Liberius, Honorius, Formosus, and Galileo's era. He asserts that the only infallible authority is the Word of God, and that Scripture should guide church life, not papal decrees or ceremonial grandeur. The speech laments the exclusion of Scripture from the Roman church and calls for the Bible to be given to the people again. It concludes with a plea for Protestants and Catholics to unite around the Gospel, reject human traditions, and advance liberty and truth.

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