Pope Pius V on Authority of Scripture
Scripture with tradition and church teaching office
Now all the doctrines in which the faithful are to be instructed are contained in the Word of God, which is found in Scripture and tradition.
THE POSITION
In its introduction, the catechism issued under his authority places the whole of Christian doctrine in one Word of God that reaches the faithful by two routes, Scripture and tradition. It ties that Word to the Church's teaching office: Christ invested the ministry of the Church with his own authority ("He that hears you, hears me"), and in Article IX the Church "cannot err in faith or morals, since it is guided by the Holy Ghost." The catechism is a commission's work published by his order, so this is the teaching he promulgated rather than a treatise of his own.
16 Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”
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ABOUT THIS FIGURE
Michele Ghislieri, a Dominican friar and inquisitor, was pope from 1566 to 1572 and carried the Council of Trent's decrees into practice. Under his authority came the Roman Catechism (1566), the reformed Breviary (1568) and Missal (1570), and the bull Ex omnibus afflictionibus (1567) on the teaching of Michael Baius; he also named Thomas Aquinas a Doctor of the Church. He wrote little theology of his own, so this entry rests on what he promulgated: the Roman Catechism, read in the McHugh and Callan translation, a commission's work issued by his order, and the 1567 bull in Deferrari's translation of Denzinger.
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"Pope Pius V on Authority of Scripture", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/pius-v/scripture-authority (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/pius-v/scripture-authority).