[Orual]

Orual, Peter, Paul, and God did not write that text.

Ah, yes, I forgot that, thank you so much for pointing it out to me, but I think Christ said something or other to Peter about being a rock and establishing His Church, that must have thrown me off. In addition,since sinkspur has unofficially appointed himself the Official Interpreter of Church Law and Doctrine, I have become so careless. It scares me so.

[patent]

>>>but I think Christ said something or other to Peter about being a rock and establishing His Church,

He did, or course. He did not say that the Pope was infallible on jurisdictional matters.

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[Mike Fieschko]

I think Christ said something or other to Peter about being a rock and establishing His Church

(Gee ... where've I been?)

The sacraments are funny-odd things, because they've got to do the thing they signify (baptism cleansing, etc.). Now somehow we've got to 'develop' and hand down a rite for administration. In a way, the Church can't get it wrong -- if (hypothetically) the Church gives us a rite of baptism which doesn't cleanse, something's seriously wrong.

But Our Lord promised in St Matthew 28:19 to be with us always.

I've read the argument that that promise includes some 'infallibility' in the sacraments.