"Those who blindly and indiscriminately defend every decision of the Supreme Pontiff are the very ones who do the most to undermine the authority of the Holy See. They destroy instead of strengthen its …More
"Those who blindly and indiscriminately defend every decision of the Supreme Pontiff are the very ones who do the most to undermine the authority of the Holy See. They destroy instead of strengthen its foundations." - Bishop Melchor Cano, O.P., Bishop of Islas Canarias (1509-1560) Source: George Weigel, Witness to Hope, p. 15; John Jay Hughes, Pontiffs: Popes Who Shaped History, Huntington, Ind., Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division, 1994, p. 11. [edited quote]
"The memorable and germane words of Melchor Cano, the great Dominican Theologian and one of the most learned Bishops at the Council of Trent." - Cardinal Raymond L. Burke, D.D., J.C.D., Bishop Athanasius Schneider, ORC, A Clarification About the Meaning of Fidelity to the Supreme Pontiff [edited quote]
Bishop Melchor Cano [Catholic-Hierarchy]
elcaminosantiago.com/PDF/Book/Witness_To_Hope.pdf
Library : A Clarification About the Meaning of Fidelity to the Supreme Pontiff
vatican2voice.org/7reception/hebblethwaite.htm
"The memorable and germane words of Melchor Cano, the great Dominican Theologian and one of the most learned Bishops at the Council of Trent." - Cardinal Raymond L. Burke, D.D., J.C.D., Bishop Athanasius Schneider, ORC, A Clarification About the Meaning of Fidelity to the Supreme Pontiff [edited quote]
Bishop Melchor Cano [Catholic-Hierarchy]
elcaminosantiago.com/PDF/Book/Witness_To_Hope.pdf
Library : A Clarification About the Meaning of Fidelity to the Supreme Pontiff
vatican2voice.org/7reception/hebblethwaite.htm
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