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To: Legatus
The Unam Sanctam citation would make for a very interesting intra-Catholic discussion. If it was a genuine exercise of infallibility does the degree of submission necessary change with the man holding the office? I mean Benedict seems to have a very relaxed view of what’s required, so too his immediate predecessors.

Assuming it meets the standard of "infallibility" it would make no difference who held the ofice. An individual Pope could privately disagree with it but would be bound to accept it.

I am still, however; waiting for an answer concerning it's "infallibility" according to the published formula.

FWIW I have asked the same question many times in the past few years and have yet to receive a reasoned answer.

I do have my own well reasoned logic to explain the absence of a definitive answer:

THERE IS NO CATHOLIC TEACHING WHICH IS SO CLEAR IT CANNOT BE DENIED, MODIFIED, OR RE-INTERPRETED AS REQUIRED!

340 posted on 08/28/2010 5:20:51 PM PDT by OLD REGGIE (I am a Biblical Unitarian?)
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To: OLD REGGIE

Are you so predisposed as to accept the Word of God or is your neck so stiff and heart so hardened as to reject the message of our savior? Catholicism is a 2000 year old Bride of Christ not some fly by night protestant outfit constantly branching off in different heretical directions as the Lutherens are currently accomplishing .

The deposit of faith is entrusted to His Bride for interpretation and dissemination not to some who see UFO’s in Fatima. If protestants fail to comprehend simple Catholic teaching how then can they claim to interpret scripture correctly?


342 posted on 08/28/2010 5:37:23 PM PDT by bronx2 (while Jesus is the Alpha /Omega He has given us rituals which you reject to obtain the graces as to)
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To: OLD REGGIE
THERE IS NO CATHOLIC TEACHING WHICH IS SO CLEAR IT CANNOT BE DENIED, MODIFIED, OR RE-INTERPRETED AS REQUIRED!
Why the anger? What bothers you so terribly about my Catholic faith?
351 posted on 08/28/2010 6:39:48 PM PDT by narses ( 'Prefer nothing to the love of Christ.')
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To: OLD REGGIE

THERE IS NO CATHOLIC TEACHING WHICH IS SO CLEAR IT CANNOT BE DENIED, MODIFIED, OR RE-INTERPRETED AS REQUIRED!


Boy is that for sure—backed up by a huge pile of white hankys.


353 posted on 08/28/2010 6:43:47 PM PDT by Quix (C THE PLAN of the Bosses: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2519352/posts?page=2#2)
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To: OLD REGGIE

So, as a comparison, what is the Unitarian view, and/or your view, on the divinity of Christ?


390 posted on 08/29/2010 1:39:35 AM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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