Given so many claims today by non-Protestants for the infallibility of the Church, Augustine made the following statement in his Commentary on the Psalms. Of course, the way non-Protestants attempt to get around this quote is to claim that their communion (church) is the on-going incarnation of Jesus Christ.
Augustine (354-430): God alone swears securely, because He alone is infallible. NPNF1: Vol. VIII, St. Augustin on the Psalms, Psalm 89, § 4.
Latin text: Deus solus securus jurat, quia falli non potest. See In Psalmum LXXXVIII Enarratio, Sermo I, PL 37:1122.
Nonetheless, it seems evident to me that Augustine was concerned to stress here the need for us to maintain the Creator/creature distinction.
DTK
Augustine (354-430): God alone swears securely, because He alone is infallible. NPNF1: Vol. VIII, St. Augustin on the Psalms, Psalm 89, § 4.
Latin text: Deus solus securus jurat, quia falli non potest. See In Psalmum LXXXVIII Enarratio, Sermo I, PL 37:1122.
Nonetheless, it seems evident to me that Augustine was concerned to stress here the need for us to maintain the Creator/creature distinction.
DTK