Excerpt from The Sower and the Virgin Was it revealed some centuries after the apostolic age? To say that is to contradict what S. Dionysius asserted; namely, that the Holy Scriptures express all that is necessary to be believed. It contradicts what Pope S. Gregory the Great affirmed, to the same effect; namely, that all the faith has been declared in the Scriptures. It had not been revealed in the time Of Pope Sixtus IV., because he anathematized by bull every one who should say either that to affirm or to deny the doctrine is heretical. It had not been revealed at the time of the Council of Basle, because that council merely declared that the doctrine was consistent with Scripture, but did not say it had been revealed nor did it condemn the contradictory. It had not been revealed at the Council of Trent, because that council, when treating Of original sin, merely renewed the bull of Pope Sixtus IV. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.