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How is not erring in matters of faith or morals equivalent or identical to enjoying personal perfection? They seem very different to me, as different as the clear water and the rusty and cracked conduit which brings it to me.

So when one pope sells the position to someone else, God will honor that person, whether a Christian or not and make him a conduit, eh???

That philosophy doesn't float with the scriptures...But I guess it looks good on paper to a Catholic...

And BTW, God promised perfect teaching...He did not guarantee perfect following...Paul rebuked your 'first pope' because he veered off the path of this perfect knowledge...

And BTW, God promised perfect teaching...He did not guarantee perfect following.

Isn't that pretty much what I'm saying?

Catherine of Siena wasn't shy about rebuking the same Pope to whom she expressed love and loyalty.

This isn't rocket science. You've articulated (vaguely) our contention: God promised perfect teaching, not perfect following. He has even kept that promise when the way the successor of Peter got into that position was less than savory.

But again, I asked:

How is not erring in matters of faith or morals equivalent or identical to enjoying personal perfection? They seem very different to me, as different as the clear water and the rusty and cracked conduit which brings it to me.

May I have an answer?