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IX. Can Catholicity and Protestantism be both equally true?
— Evidently no.
Religion is the knowledge and service of the one true God; hence it must be one, as God is. One God, one Truth, one Christ, one Faith, one Religion.
Whoever asserts that the true religion of Christ is in Protestantism as well as in Catholicity, and vice versa, is either an infidel, that cares very little about truth, or an ignorant man, who talks at random.
If two religions which are diametrically opposed, such as the Catholic on one side, and the sects on the other, could be equally true, we must admit that both yes and no can be asserted as equally true on any question upon which two disputants may happen to join opposite issues.
I have given proofs of the fundamental opposition which exists between the Catholic Church and the different fractions of Protestantism. Let us re-quote one: —
The Church teaches that our Lord Jesus Christ is really, truly, and substantially in the Eucharist. The Protestant sects deny this, and charge the Church with idolatry. In sooth, one of the two must be false. But a religion which is wrong, even in only one point, cannot be the true one. Therefore it is simply impossible that Catholicity and Protestantism should both be true.
— Evidently no.
Religion is the knowledge and service of the one true God; hence it must be one, as God is. One God, one Truth, one Christ, one Faith, one Religion.
Whoever asserts that the true religion of Christ is in Protestantism as well as in Catholicity, and vice versa, is either an infidel, that cares very little about truth, or an ignorant man, who talks at random.
If two religions which are diametrically opposed, such as the Catholic on one side, and the sects on the other, could be equally true, we must admit that both yes and no can be asserted as equally true on any question upon which two disputants may happen to join opposite issues.
I have given proofs of the fundamental opposition which exists between the Catholic Church and the different fractions of Protestantism. Let us re-quote one: —
The Church teaches that our Lord Jesus Christ is really, truly, and substantially in the Eucharist. The Protestant sects deny this, and charge the Church with idolatry. In sooth, one of the two must be false. But a religion which is wrong, even in only one point, cannot be the true one. Therefore it is simply impossible that Catholicity and Protestantism should both be true.
"So let us be confident, let us not be unprepared, let us not be outflanked, let us be wise, vigilant, fighting against those who are trying to tear the faith out of our souls and morality out of our hearts, so that we may remain Catholics, remain united to the Blessed Virgin Mary, remain united to the Roman Catholic Church, remain faithful children of the Church."- Abp. Lefebvre