indeficiency

The sum of which is this; That because a present multitude of Christians (viz. the Roman church) are persuaded, that Christ's doctrine hath descended to them solely by an uninterrupted oral tradition, therefore this persuasion is an effect which cannot be attributed to any other cause but the indeficiency of oral tradition.

The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 10. 1630-1694 1820

Mr.S. affirms to be "impossible with out tradition's ever-indeficiency to beget it."

The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 10. 1630-1694 1820

I come now to his demonstration, which I shall set down in his own words, with the principles upon which it relies: "[185]" The effect then we will pitch upon, and avow to be the proper one of such a cause, is the present persuasion of traditionary Christians (or catholics) that their faith descended from Christ and his apostles uninterruptedly, which we find most firmly rooted in their heart; and the existence of this persuasion we affirm to be impossible, without the existence of tradition's ever indeficiency to beget it.

The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 10. 1630-1694 1820

[291] "It would require a large volume to unfold particularly how each virtue contributes to shew the unerrable indeficiency of tradition, and how the principles of almost each science are concerned in demonstrating its certainty: Arithmetic lends her numbering and multiplying faculty, to scan the vast number of testifiers; Geometry her proportions, to shew a kind of infinite strength of certitude in

The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 10. 1630-1694 1820