My ramblings as I move forward in my life Journey.

A correction…

Posted: May 15th, 2008 | Author: | Filed under: Religion | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments »

It was brought to my attention that I may have made a typo in this posting. (I know, I’m in a retreat, and should be away from my computer, but I check emails and voice mails in the PM due to family things going on, and I need to be in the loop…)

In that post I said that I do not believe that Pope to be infallible. When it comes to the dogma and teachings of the Church, I do believe he is infallible when he makes a declaration on such things. What I mean by him not being infallible is on things not related to the faith and beliefs of the Church.

For example, approving of the Crusades, which was not an issue dealing with what the Church believes and teaches, but was an attempt to regain control of religious items and of trying to mass convert other faiths, was something that the Pope approved of and gave his blessings on.

There have been other non-faith interpretations, non-dogma and non-teaching related events and issues in which the Pope may have made the wrong choice on, with or without the help of his Cardinals and Bishops.

So, what I should have written was that I believe that the Pope is human, may make bad business moves, but when it comes to the Faith of the Church, he has the backing of our Lord and God, and his teachings are infallible.

So, I guess I do believe that he is infallible, but I also believe that he is human and may make mistakes and sin in life. His teachings are true though.

Words from our current Pope, Pope Benedict:

“…The pope is not an oracle, he is infallible on the rarest of occasions, as we know…”

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5 Comments on “A correction…”

  1. 1 Kim said at 11:42 pm on June 7th, 2008:

    :)

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  2. 2 Arwen said at 1:42 pm on June 28th, 2008:

    Nobody is infallible, we all make mistakes sometimes.

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  3. 3 Debbie said at 10:57 am on July 4th, 2008:

    Only infallible human being was Jesus Christ.

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  4. 4 shea said at 3:41 am on July 20th, 2008:

    The Pope is supposed to be the represenative of Jesus Christ on Earth, but in Catholic doctrine it says that the Pope is Jesus Christ on Earth. I don’t believe or agree with that. The Pope is a man, although perhaps “holy”. Jesus Christ was the Son of God. Being a man, human, and not DIVINE, the Pope is not infallible.

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  5. 5 Administrator said at 5:24 pm on July 21st, 2008:

    Shea,

    The Roman Catholic Church does NOT say that the Pope is Jesus Christ on Earth. We say that he is the direct Successor of St. Peter, the first “Pope”. We only believe that he is infallible when it comes to interpretation of the Bible, in proclamation of the Word, and when he decrees things dealing with the Faith. This process has happened on a VERY FEW times of the last 2008 years. (Less than two handfuls of times…)

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