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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 22, 1910

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 38.

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Doctor of Sacred Scriptures

There has been much talk concerning the new degree of “Doctor of Sacred Scriptures,” which is to be conferred by authority of the Catholic Church in Rome. But the candidate must declare his submission “to all the decisions, declarations, and prescriptions of the Apostolic See or the Roman pontiffs concerning the right manner of explaining them.” Considering all that is involved in this, it would seem more appropriate to make the degree one of “Doctor of the Councils, the Fathers, and Tradition.” But the pledge goes still farther, and requires the candidate to accept whatever decisions may at any future time be rendered by papal councils.