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To: Vicomte13
So, is Ott's work infallible?

Of course not. But I don't know of any errors in his compilation. Ott's book should give your earnest search for the truth a good start.

If you want to go directly to the infallible sources you'll have to read through the decrees of the various Church Councils and dogmatic papal pronouncements which are available online. But they won't give you any information regarding the various levels of Church teaching regarding diverse subjects.

239 posted on 11/29/2005 6:30:56 PM PST by Aquinasfan (Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
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To: Aquinasfan

"If you want to go directly to the infallible sources you'll have to read through the decrees of the various Church Councils and dogmatic papal pronouncements which are available online. But they won't give you any information regarding the various levels of Church teaching regarding diverse subjects."

But if I do that, how will I know what's infallible and what isn't? Further up the thread there's one papal pronouncement about baptism, and a later pronouncement that contradicts it. My impression would be that, in dealing with a core sacrament, a papal pronouncement that was the doctrine taught by the Church for centuries would fall into the list of things infallible. To then see the contradictory doctrine is disconcerting.

How do I know if something is infallible or not be reading through the Church doctrines. I understand that it's all mandatory, as a disciplinary matter, but that being the case, what is the additional use of infallibility - other than as a cudgel?


324 posted on 11/30/2005 6:41:28 AM PST by Vicomte13 (Et alors?)
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