Excerpt from Rome or Reason: A Series of Articles Contributed to the North American Review HE Vatican Council, in its Decree on Faith has these words The Church itself, by its marvelous propaga tion, its eminent sanctity, its inexhaustible fruitfulness in all good things, its catholic unity and invincible stability, is a vast and perpetual motive of credibility, and an irrefragable witness of its own Divine legation. Its Divine Founder said I am the light of the world; and, to His Apostles, He said also, Ye are the light of the world, and of His Church He added, A city seated on a hill cannot be hid The Vatican Council says, The Church is its own witness. My purpose is to draw out this assertion more fully. 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.