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Please note: I said that the election of the Pope is NOT a function of the Magisterium. It has nothing to do with the content of the Faith, or the teaching of the Faith.

Whether a man was the “wrong” man is a highly subjective judgment. It’s a judgment that, in HINDSIGHT, it’s safe to make about some Popes.

Regardless, any man elected by the College of Cardinals, who accepts the office, is Pope.

26 posted on 10/02/2013 6:34:18 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan (If you're FOR sticking scissors in a female's neck and sucking out her brains, you are PRO-WOMAN!)

To: Arthur McGowan; LovedSinner

Please note: I said that the election of the Pope is NOT a function of the Magisterium. It has nothing to do with the content of the Faith, or the teaching of the Faith. Whether a man was the “wrong” man is a highly subjective judgment. It’s a judgment that, in HINDSIGHT, it’s safe to make about some Popes. Regardless, any man elected by the College of Cardinals, who accepts the office, is Pope.

In the post following yours, LovedSinner wrote that the Cardinals' choice is guided by the Holy Spirit, but that "the Cardinals can reject the Holy Spirit for the most part", thus the "wrong man" can be picked Pope. Presumably, this "wrong Pope" can reject the Holy Spirit as well?

If that is the case, how did/does "papal infallibility" happen?

30 posted on 10/02/2013 7:26:15 AM PDT by Alex Murphy (Just a common, ordinary, simple savior of America's destiny.)

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