Quotes from John Joseph Laux

Protestants appeal to Scripture against the Church, "they forget that it is from this very Church, and on her authority, that Scripture is received.

Protestants, in the words of the famous Protestant Biblical scholar Credner, "have built a new Church on the foundation of Scripture, first without understanding, then without the will to understand, that Scripture itself rests on nothing but Tradition.

Holy Scripture is the work of the Holy Ghost, it can be rightly and infallibly interpreted by Him alone or under His guidance. Now, God did not promise the Holy Ghost to every reader of the Bible, but only to the Church.

From what has been said, it is clear that a book is either inspired or not inspired whilst it is being written.

The system of those who limit divine inspiration to matters of faith and morals cannot be tolerated.

However, unless there is a divinely appointed guardian of the sacred text, there is no positive assurance that in the course of time it would not be badly corrupted even in very important matters.