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To: AndyTheBear

The doctrine of papal infallibility means that the Pope cannot err or teach error when he speaks on matters of faith and morals ex cathedra.

They almost never speak Ex Cathedra. The last example of an ex cathedra decree took place in 1950, when Pope Pius XII defined the Assumption of Mary as an article of faith.


27 posted on 07/17/2021 9:17:44 AM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign! )
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To: Jim from C-Town; AndyTheBear

The Assumption is dogma.

Papal Infallibility has not been around long, not to be confused with the universal authority of the pope. Infallibility was defined at Vatican I.


36 posted on 07/17/2021 9:59:18 AM PDT by Marchmain (i vote pro-life)
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