Reply to Lawrence J. Welch

[In the course of his critique of Richard Gaillardetz's views on the ordinary universal magisterium, Professor Welch also called into question certain formulations on that topic articulated in various writings of Francis Sullivan. To clarify his own position and to elucidate further his own convictions, Sullivan here expatiates on his original intention and contextualizes several earlier statements. Central to the argument is his distinction between criterion and condition.]