“The Holy Roman Church, which, by a special privilege both of divine and of human authority, has been made the Head (after Christ) of all the Churches, affects all the members of the whole Christian body according to the quality and condition of her own Bishop or ruler; so that they all correspond with her, rejoicing in safety when she is safe, and languishing in weakness when she is weak. . . . And in fact all men look up to the dignity of the Apostolic See with so much reverence, that they in quire after some parts of the discipline of the ancient canons, and the old form of the Christian religion, more from the mouth of some former occupant of that See than from the Holy Scriptures or the traditions of the Fathers. They observe the inclination of his wishes this way or that, so as to govern their own manner of living according to his will. Wherefore, if as is most profitable both to himself and to every one else—he is continually consumed by a zeal for God’s house, if he is a wise and faithful steward, and labours to keep himself blameless, both in word and deed, before God and man, then (if I must speak the truth) he causes well-nigh all the world to run after God with fear and earnest anxiety; then he leads to his Lord and Master, over whose goods he will be hereafter set, crowds of people, of both sexes, and of every age, rank, and condition of life. But if he is found careless of his own and his neighbour’s salvation, idle and unprofitable in his works, and moreover keeps silence from good words—a thing most injurious to himself and to every one else—then, in like manner, he leads with him innumerable crowds of people, to be beaten forever, together with himself, With many stripes in the slavery of hell. No man, however, may presume to rebuke his faults, because he is the judge of all men and can be judged by none, unless perchance he be found deviating from the faith. The Whole multitude of the faithful continually prays for his well-being with so much the greater earnestness, in proportion as they know and feel that their salvation mainly depends, after God, upon his safety.” St. Boniface (As quoted by Bishop Ullathorne in “The Council and Papal Infallibility. A Letter Addressed to the Clergy and Laity of the Diocese of Birmingham”, London, BURNS, OATES & CO., pub. 1870; footnote states “See Decret. Gratiani, ed. Richter, P. i. Dist. x1. c. 6, Notationes Correctorum.”)