de veris ac falsis Doctoribus.

Now, it cannot be denied in any way that those teachers who are placed by God to teach must be endowed with such authority that, as I was saying, even those who are not able to judge the logic of the doctrine for themselves can and ought to prudently assent to them. For what purpose does the office of teachers exist in the Church? It is, as the Scripture indicates, that they may instruct many in righteousness and thus in salvation: that is, that they may explain in a way adapted to each person's capacity those things which must necessarily be believed. Dan. 12. Does God, who wills that all men be saved, wish that only those who are able to discern and judge the logic of doctrine be instructed in this way by the ministry of teachers for their salvation, and not everyone at all? Indeed, I believe that no one stands in greater need of the authority and ministry of teachers, lest they fluctuate like infants and be carried about by every wind of doctrine, than those who, because of their ignorance of doctrine, are most prone to fluctuate in faith like infants. Nor is the work of the masters of faith unnecessary for those who can and ought to be participants in the true faith. But the divine 1. ad Tim.