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So the Pope's knowledge and authority depend on where he is sitting?

767 posted on 02/16/2006 9:17:18 PM PST by tenn2005 (Birth is merly an event; it is the path walked that becomes one's life.)

To: tenn2005; jo kus; annalex

So the Pope's knowledge and authority depend on where he is sitting?

Again, your knee-jerk tendency is preventing you from seeing or hearing anything. Do you understand WHY there was the need for the clause -- in case of ecumenical disputes with no possible sign of an agreement, the Pope is expected to be the person through whom the Holy Spirit guides The Church to reach a decision. So, the Church mandates that the Pope becomes the instrument of God and ONLY IN THOSE RESTRICTED CASES. It curtails this to prevent any human frailities -- the Pope does make an infallible statement when not ex cathedra and is not considered infallible on things like -- who will win the next super bowl...

779 posted on 02/16/2006 10:19:09 PM PST by Cronos (Never forget 9/11. Restore Hagia Sophia! Ultra-Catholic)

836 posted on 02/17/2006 7:29:53 AM PST by Jaded (The truth shall set you free, but lying to yourself turns you French.)

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