If Bergoglio decided to banish the Pauline epistles from the Bible what would your response be? Does he possess that authority?
Or what if a council were held, let’s call it Vatican III, and the council decreed that the canon no longer included the Genesis because it’s so controversial and archaic in light of modern science. Would they have that infallible authority? Would you accept that decision?
Is the Catechism of the Catholic Church infallible? Do you accept it in full? After all it was prepared by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith under the direction of then Cardinal Ratzinger and approved personally by Pope John Paul II.
Ping me if you get an answer.
I’ll break out the popecorn.
No.
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"Or what if a council were held, let’s call it Vatican III, and the council decreed that the canon no longer included the Genesis because it’s so controversial and archaic in light of modern science. Would they have that infallible authority? Would you accept that decision?"
Again, they cannot do that. An infallible teaching of the Church will never contradict a previous infallible teaching of the Church. That is one of the special protections God has provided for His Catholic Church.
You might just as well ask yourself, "What if the moon fell on our heads?" It never has, and never will -- don't worry yourself needlessly about that.
A similar kind of outlandish question would be "What if all the Protestants in the whole world started chanting the same chant that some pro-abortion supporters were chanting the other day down in Texas: "Hail Satan! Hail Satan! Hail Satan!"? You should really not worry about things like that either -- they simply will not happen (not even for those Protestants who are also very rabidly pro-abortion).
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"Is the Catechism of the Catholic Church infallible? Do you accept it in full? After all it was prepared by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith under the direction of then Cardinal Ratzinger and approved personally by Pope John Paul II."
For the answer to that question in it's fullest form, please read this entire web page:
Frequently Asked Questions about the Catechism of the Catholic Church