The Afterpiece to the Comedy of Convocation; In Two Scenes

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870. Excerpt: ... Kayeo. But not the last you will hear of it, I am thinking. But it is the old comedy that we are upon. As I was saying, I was talking with O'Kaye about it, and I asked him if he had read it. He said, yes. I asked him what he thought of the argument. Argument! said he; it had not occurred to him to look upon it in that light; he had taken it for a squib, and as such he had read it. I assured him it was meant for argument, and I asked him, Would he read it again, with special reference to its logic, and then give me his opinion of it? He said he would. He was a very accommodating man. Camla. And did he do so? Kayeo. He did. Camla. And what was his opinion of it? Kayeo. Of the argument? Camla. Yes. Kayeo. He said he thought it specious rather than solid, and the greater part of it not even that. Camla. How did he dispose of the first argument? Kayeo. That which you put into the mouth of Archdeacon Theory, that, the Church of England proclaiming herself fallible, it necessarily follows that it is the duty of her members to doubt everything she teaches? Camla. Yes. Kayeo. He said it proved too much; for if its allegations were well founded, then it was the duty not only of every " The Church of England, in denying her own infallibility, laid all her members under the religious obligation of doubting everything she taught. Fallibility, properly denned, was not simply liability to err, it was the state of error. As infallibility is a state of certainty, which does not admit of error, so fallibility is a state of doubt, which does not admit of conviction. Consequently, it is one and the same thing to say that we ought to deny the Church's infallibility, and that we ought to doubt what the Church teaches. Now, the Church of England teaches that there is a God....