Nor is the pope as an individual. What is infallible is Jesus Christ working through the church that he established. Thus the pronouncements of the pope are only infallible when he officially exercises his office on questions of faith and morals. It is the office, not the person, which is infallible. God is quite capable of preventing his church from teaching error, no? If not then we have no way to know what should be included in the Bible in the first place.
“Nor is the pope as an individual. What is infallible is Jesus Christ working through the church that he established. Thus the pronouncements of the pope are only infallible when he officially exercises his office on questions of faith and morals. It is the office, not the person, which is infallible. “
Of course I would expect you to believe this kind of thing, since you are required to believe it. My point is that as an argument, it is ineffective unless you have prebelief in it as a truth. We find no such evidence in Scripture.
“God is quite capable of preventing his church from teaching error, no? If not then we have no way to know what should be included in the Bible in the first place.”
This is a false argument. God is capable of many things He does not do and didn’t do in history. The catholic denomination has taught error and teaches error today. Despite those things, we have confidence in His Word.
Our sovereign God is the foundation of our confidence in His Word.
**What is infallible is Jesus Christ working through the church that he established. **
Right you are.