Sunday Evangelium - Totus2us

Fr Marcus: "One of the great minds of the 19th century, Blessed John Henry Newman, converted to Catholicism precisely because of its teaching authority. For Newman it became a straight choice between Catholicism or no revelation from God at all; there was no middle ground for him. Christianity would not be credible if God had not given clarity and direction, a living voice of teaching authority, a guaranteed and reliable continuation of Jesus's teaching on earth. If this faith, this Christianity, is so vital for all human beings, as Jesus and his followers claimed, then it must have an infallible and consistent expositor, an expounder for all times and all places. Only the Pope and the bishops around the world claimed and exercised the authority throughout history. Only they, concluded Newman, are worthy of belief because only they fit the job description and have the qualifications. And this is the Church - a moral miracle, an ever present phenomena. As the historian traverses the anals of history, he sees t