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[–] theamigan@lemmy.dynatron.me 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

...We teach and define that it is a dogma divinely revealed that the Roman pontiff when he speaks ex cathedra, that is when in discharge of the office of pastor and doctor of all Christians, by virtue of his supreme Apostolic authority, he defines a doctrine regarding faith or morals to be held by the universal Church, by the Divine assistance promised to him in blessed Peter, is possessed of that infallibility with which the divine Redeemer willed that his Church should be endowed in defining doctrine regarding faith or morals, and that therefore such definitions of the Roman pontiff are of themselves, and not from the consent of the Church, irreformable.

Sounds pretty cut and dried to me. It applies whenever the Pope speaks ex cathedra, and the bishop was directly contravening such doctrine regarding faith or morals.

[–] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

ex cathedra

There is no set list of ex cathedra teachings, but that’s because there are only two, and both are about Mary: her Immaculate Conception (declared by Pope Pius IX in 1854 and grandfathered in after the First Vatican Council’s declaration of papal infallibility in 1870) and her bodily Assumption into heaven (declared by Pope Pius XII in 1950). source

I thought there was one more by Pope John, but I might be remembering wrong.

[–] theamigan@lemmy.dynatron.me 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The literature about this subject is all over the place. I definitely see no consensus that there have only been two. Maybe two that are very good examples, but the general theme is that whenever he speaks of faith or morals he is infallible. Oh well, you could spend a lifetime trying to logic the illogical.

[–] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

I think you're misinterpreting what they're saying, especially when they have latin describing something. It's like their laws. I was always taught in catholic school that he was only infallible when he spoke very specifically as infallible.