{"id":59353,"date":"2005-02-16T21:10:00","date_gmt":"2005-02-17T03:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=59353"},"modified":"2023-02-16T21:12:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T03:12:03","slug":"roman-catholic-quotes-regarding-the-pope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/roman-catholic-quotes-regarding-the-pope\/","title":{"rendered":"Roman Catholic Quotes Regarding the Pope"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\tIt would of course be a monstrous anachronism were we to attribute a belief in papal infallibility to Ante-Nicene Fathers.<br \/>\n[Addis and Arnold,\u00a0<em>Catholic Dictionary<\/em>, The Catholic Publication Society, 1887, page 674]\nThe Pope in himself is subject to error like other men; his infallibility comes from the Spirit of God, which on certain occasions protects him from error in faith and morals. He has no infallibility in merely historical or scientific questions. Even in matters of faith and morals he has no inspiration, and must use the same means of theological inquiry open to other men. He may err as a private doctor; nor is any immunity from error granted to books which he may write and publish. Even when he speaks with Apostolic authority he may err.<br \/>\n[Addis and Arnold,\u00a0<em>Catholic Dictionary<\/em>, The Catholic Publication Society, 1887, page 677]\nThe number of texts infallibly interpreted by the Church is small; it has been estimated indeed that the total of such texts is under twenty.<br \/>\n[<em>Catholic Commentary<\/em>, page 59]\nIt would be an enormous mistake to suppose that the Pope is considered infallible, even on matters of faith, in his ordinary conversation; nor is he believed to be so in preaching; nor necessarily in his writings concerning matters of religion.<br \/>\n[George M. Searle,\u00a0<em>Plain Facts<\/em>, Paulist Press, New York, page 38]\nA pope is not infallible in proceedings such as those of Honorius who contributed unintentionally to the increase of heresy.<br \/>\n[<em>Question Box<\/em>, 1929 edition, page 173]\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It would of course be a monstrous anachronism were we to attribute a belief in papal infallibility to Ante-Nicene Fathers. [Addis and Arnold,\u00a0Catholic Dictionary, The Catholic Publication Society, 1887, page 674] The Pope in himself is subject to error like other men; his infallibility comes from the Spirit of God, which on certain occasions protects&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,201],"tags":[1599],"class_list":["post-59353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","category-notes","tag-roman-catholic-church"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55609,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-conclave\/","url_meta":{"origin":59353,"position":0},"title":"The Conclave","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 7, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"by Dudley Ross Spears The death of the man called \"John Paul II\" has put the Roman Catholic Church in the position of electing a new \"visible head\" of their church. The late Karol Wojyhla was elected to be the 264th \"visible head\" of all Catholics around the world. He\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/cardinals-sitting-in-conclave-mary-evans-picture-library-216x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":19443,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/roman-catholic-quotes-regarding-the-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":59353,"position":1},"title":"Roman Catholic Quotes Regarding the Bible","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 31, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The Bible Alone was Used in the Early Church There was far more extensive and continuous use of Scriptures in the public service of the early Church than there is among us. [Addis and Arnold,\u00a0Catholic Dictionary, The Catholic Publication Society, 1887, page 509] Our present convenient compendiums -- the Missal,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":87366,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-i-left-the-catholic-church\/","url_meta":{"origin":59353,"position":2},"title":"Why I Left the Catholic Church","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 31, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by David Weaks Twenty-One Years a Catholic I grew up a member of the Roman Catholic Church. Most of my mother's side of the family had been Catholic for generations. However, in February of 1985, I found I was no longer content to be part of the Catholic Church just\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":68731,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-bible-on-roman-catholicism\/","url_meta":{"origin":59353,"position":3},"title":"The Bible on Roman Catholicism","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 4, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"by Zeke Flores A while back, I read a shared post by a Catholic priest. He was angered by \"a sea of stupid articles, idiotic commentary and boneheaded op-eds about the Catholic Church, by people who have no clue what they're talking about.\" He went on to rant about \"the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":20486,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-it-ecclesiasticus-or-sirach\/","url_meta":{"origin":59353,"position":4},"title":"Is it Ecclesiasticus or Sirach?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 16, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: In your article \"The Extra Catholic Books,\" I had a question. In all of the Catholic Bibles I have seen I have not seen the book Ecclesiasticus. 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