Opinions of theologians are just that. Opinions. Do you know what V I specifically said about canonizations?
That would be magisterial teaching.
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Do you know what V I specifically said about canonizations?
I don't believe the First Vatican Council ever pronounced the infallibility of canonizations.
We teach and define as a divinely revealed dogma that when the Roman pontiff speaks EX CATHEDRA, that is, when, in the exercise of his office as shepherd and teacher of all Christians, in virtue of his supreme apostolic authority, he defines a doctrine concerning faith or morals to be held by the whole church, he possesses, by the divine assistance promised to him in blessed Peter, that infallibility which the divine Redeemer willed his church to enjoy in defining doctrine concerning faith or morals.
Canonizations are secondary objects of the Church’s infallibility. The secondary objects of the Church’s infallibility are truths on faith and morals, which are not formally revealed, but are closely connected with the teaching of Revelation.