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To: massgopguy
The Pope is not infallible, the Sacraments are.

What does that supposed to mean? Infallibility applies to the Pope, not the sacraments. Perhaps you're confusing impeccability with infallibility.
21 posted on 01/04/2011 6:19:33 AM PST by Carpe Cerevisi
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To: Carpe Cerevisi; massgopguy
It means that the sacraments of Baptism, Eucharist, etc. are infallible, i.e. never wrong. The pope as a person is not "infallible". As an office it is infallible only when speaking on doctrinal issues 'ex-cathedra' i.e. specifically delineating some theology. Note that this is papal AND council infallibility -- like the councils of Nicea etc that defined the Creed and canon (the Bible). They were infallible

When the pope speaks as an individual believer, he's not infallible. The bishop is just a human being, sinful like us all, yet a tool of God.
34 posted on 01/04/2011 7:07:12 AM PST by Cronos (Kto jestem? Nie wiem! Ale moj Bog wie!)
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To: Carpe Cerevisi

GEESH!!! It’s what the Pope puts forward as DOGMA!!!! Not something stupid and mundane that he says. HUGE difference for anyone who really wants to know the difference!


179 posted on 01/02/2017 4:03:30 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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