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To: ksen; Salvation
I have, but I was told that the Pope has only spoken infallibly a handful of times. There is a lot more than a "handful" of documents on the Vatican website.

Ksen, do you realize the absurdity of that statement? Of course there are more than a handful of documents that have been issued by various Popes throughout history, that doesn't mean that all of them are to be taken as infallible dogma.

608 posted on 05/13/2005 5:49:48 AM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: wagglebee; biblewonk; Salvation
Ksen, do you realize the absurdity of that statement?

Which statement? I speak absurdly so many times it's hard to keep them all straight. ;^)

Of course there are more than a handful of documents that have been issued by various Popes throughout history, that doesn't mean that all of them are to be taken as infallible dogma.

I wasn't asking for every Papal document. I was asking for a concise list of the "handful" of places where the Pope has spoken infallibly.

I was talking above with one of the Catholics about this and he said that the Pope has only spoken infallibly a handful of times. I asked for a list of them. He gave me two so far. Then I was graciously told to do my own research. Then I was told to look on the Vatican website. I commented that there are a lot of documents on Vatican website. How do I tell which ones are infallible, and which ones aren't?

Why is it turning out to be so hard to get a list of these few infallible pronouncements? I wouldn't think it'd be this hard since there are supposedly only a few documents.

609 posted on 05/13/2005 6:00:45 AM PDT by ksen ("He that knows nothing will believe anything." - Thomas Fuller)
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