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To: Arthur McGowan

No, I did not miss your point. I have never heard that we Catholics can choose to say or believe, “I don’t think that this particular person should have been canonized”. I have never heard of Catholics ever been able to choose one of the previous canonized saints in the history of the Church and say “The pope was wrong to canonize him/her”.

Please share Church teaching that states Catholics can “disagree” with the Pope on matters such as canonizations.


16 posted on 04/17/2016 4:31:41 AM PDT by piusv (The Spirit of Christ hasn't refrained from using separated churches as means of salvation:VII heresy)
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To: piusv

You have completely missed my point.

Catholics are NOT at liberty to say: “The Pope canonized JPII, but I think JPII is in Hell.”

Catholics are at liberty to say: “The Pope canonized JPII, but I think it was a bad idea because JPII is not an example of a great Pope.”


17 posted on 04/17/2016 5:01:41 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: piusv

The Church doesn’t teach things like: “Catholics are free to disagree with the Pope about X, Y, and Z.”

What the Church DOES do is teach to what the Pope’s authority extends, and to what it does not extend.

Are you familiar with the definition of Papal Infallibility from Vatican I?


19 posted on 04/17/2016 5:07:10 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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