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To: ealgeone
There's a big difference between asserting that the Pope is some sort of oracle of the Holy Spirit, versus asserting merely that the Holy Spirit will prevent the Pope from teaching error in certain defined and limited circumstances.

The former assertion would amount to claiming that the Pope possessed the gift of inspiration, which would effectively make everything he said equal to Scripture. That is heresy from a Catholic POV.

The latter is an assertion about what the Pope won't teach … nothing more. It's a claim that the Holy Spirit will prevent him from teaching something erroneous (concerning faith and morals) as dogmatic truth.

Despite the attempts of Protestant apologists to paint Catholics as believing that the utterances of Popes are equal to Scripture, that is not in fact what we believe.

11 posted on 07/08/2017 7:58:32 AM PDT by Campion (Halten Sie sich unbedingt an die Lehre!)
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To: Campion

What about Unam Sanctum?


12 posted on 07/08/2017 8:01:16 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Campion

Pope Urban II promised forgiveness of sins for for those fighting in the crusades. A sort of Christian jihad. I’d say that would be an erroneous teaching against faith and morals.


13 posted on 07/08/2017 8:14:11 AM PDT by ealgeone
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