The post I was replying to (which was a reply to my earlier post) asked about the last 1500 years. That period covers every Papal policy I mentioned. The question on the table is whether or not the Pope's interpretation of scripture is any better than that of anyone else. Perhaps you are confusing this thread with another one.
“The post I was replying to (which was a reply to my earlier post) asked about the last 1500 years. That period covers every Papal policy I mentioned.”
The only policy prior to 1450 is the one which confers temporal power on the office of the Pope. Says nothing about ecclesiastical power. Even that dates to the 9th century at best, and wouldn’t really come to the forefront until the Investiture crisis.
So there’s this great big hole in the 300-400 years prior.
There are plenty of things that the Popes did in this period. I’m not going to list them all, but our dating system, calendar all of this was codified and established by the pope. The things you use everyday, yet you don’t seem to have a problem in using it. You celebrate Easter, based on the days and customs that he fixed. etc.
“The question on the table is whether or not the Pope’s interpretation of scripture is any better than that of anyone else.”
For the most part, if you are a Christian, you accept the authority of the Pope. Accepting the ecumenical councils is sufficient to affirm that you accept the majority of the tradition handed to you from the Apostles.