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To: budj

>> Here are the four absolute requirements for a Pope to teach infallibly:

So, does Bergoglio meet the four requirements? Or does he not?


14 posted on 10/09/2023 9:54:36 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Jesus is LORD and Savior! And Donald Trump is President of the United States of America.)
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To: Nervous Tick
Read the requirements carefully. They apply to a specific teaching document, they don't inhere in the Pope personally.

In the document in question, he doesn't define any doctrine to be believed by Catholics, and when he strays into scientific claims (AGW) that don't directly touch on Christian belief, he's not even talking about faith and morals, so it fails the infallibility test twice over.

+Francis doesn't seem to really believe in infallibility anyway. He tolerates bishops who suggest that women can be ordained (contradicting JP2's Ordinatio Sacerdotalis, which meets all four conditions for infallibilty), and has even made an offhand comment rejecting the Immaculate Conception (taught infallibly in 1854 by Pius IX).

61 posted on 10/10/2023 5:58:58 AM PDT by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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