The idea of papal infallibility has both baffled and amused Protestants at least since the First Vatican Council formally adopted the idea nearly 150 years ago (though the notion existed informally ...
There is no greater scandal among moderns than the Catholic Church's claim to infallibility. And who can blame them? For as this century drags to a close, it does look as though only a cretin could ...
Historically, there were many expressions similar to “papal infallibility”, such as: papal authority, papal primacy, headship, papal supremacy, Roman primacy, etc. All of those can be traced back to ...
A contemporary painting (1870) of the First Vatican Council, at which the doctrine of papal infallibility was declared (Wikimedia Commons) Papal infallibility, solemnly defined by the First Vatican ...
Priests lie prostrate before Pope Benedict XVI during their ordination Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican May 7, 2006. (CNS/Chris Helgren) Rome-- When Pope Benedict XVI used the word ...
Pope Paul VI greets a child as he visits the parish of Jesus the Divine Master in Rome April 2, 1972. (Credit: Giancarlo Giuliani/ Catholic Press Photo via CNS.) Listen ROME – Over the past few days, ...
Since the First Vatican Council of 1870, it has been a dogma of the Roman Catholic Church that the Pope, when he speaks ex cathedra on matters of faith or morals, is infallible. In the most ...