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ers. On whose authority do we accept this testimony as valid? Belief begins with the acceptance of another's authority.
That authority must be put to the test. A person who intends to purchase an authoritative book at a local bookstore is well-advised to examine the footnotes before making a purchase.
Footnotes reveal a good deal of the extent of the author’s research and the sources he relies upon to draw his conclusions.
A medical book on treating heart disease that extensively cites voodoo witchcraft in the footnotes may be suspect to the discerning reader.
We live in troubled times when people question the very authority of the Church. Can we rely on the Church to accurately hand on these truths? How does a Christian know what to accept as true?
The Church cherishes sacred Scripture as a means of God’s self-revelation. Yet Sacred Scripture itself was born from the early Catholic Church. By the authority of the Church, some writings — such as the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John — were declared normative or “canonical.” The
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