papal infallibility

The pope's teaching is indefectible and cannot be judged or "overruled" by any man (or...

[see book and purchase information] St. John Henry Cardinal Newman fully accepted (indeed, was pleased with) the...

This is one of a series of extensive excerpts (with my occasional commentary) from The...

This is one of a series of extensive excerpts (with my occasional commentary) from The...

From my book: Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths (2009): available for only $2.99 as an...

Popes can err if they are not talking in the limited circumstances in which we...

Mark Martinson is a Lutheran (WELS). He showed up on my Facebook page under my...

[Cardinal Newman's words will be in blue. Newman biographer Ian Ker's words (heavily citing Cardinal Newman)...

The fully developed theory of infallibility cannot be "proven" -- it is a matter of...

It is incorrect to say that the pope does not possess the gift of infallibility...

1. The Church's Developing Understanding of Infallibility A. Papal Primacy and the Universal Church (Catholic Statement)  "We...

***** "St. Worm" is a friendly guy with whom I've interacted off and on through...

Explanation of the Subtleties of Church Teaching and Debate with Several Radical Catholic Reactionaries [words...

This occurred in a combox on the Reformed Protestant-dominated Green Baggins website, starting at comment...

An Anglo-Catholic (words in blue) on the Coming Home Network board asked: Shalom to all...

Pope Honorius possibly was personally a heretic, but infallibility isn't involved. My evangelical Protestant friend's words...

Prophet Isaiah, by Antonio Balestra (1666-1740) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (4-9-06) ***** Doctrine...

Study after Velazquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X (1953), by Francis Bacon (1909-1992) [Flickr

  St. Augustine and St. Ambrose: detail (c. 1437), by  Filippo Lippi (1406-1469) [public domain...

The Synaxis of the holy and the most praiseworthy Twelve Apostles (Russian, early 14th century)...

[see full book and purchase information] *** [from my book, A Biblical Defense of Catholicism,...

(Including Luther's Dissent at the Leipzig Disputation in 1519) Leipzig Disputation, by Julius Hübner (1806-1882)...

Mosaic depicting Pope Honorius I, from the 7th century basilica of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura,...

Saints Peter and Paul, from an etching in a catacomb: 4th century [public domain

Pope St. John Paul II in Cali, Colombia: June 1986. Photograph by Hernan Valencias [Wikimedia Commons...

St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Bulgaria. Photo by Dennis Jarvis, 13 June 2013 [Flickr / CC...

Classic Anti-Catholic Lies: George Salmon, James White, David T. King et al (8-11-11) [I have...

. . .  How Popes Routinely Consult Bishops, Priests, and Laity Prior to Momentous Decrees...

  [completed on 21 March 2012; 150 pages; published by Lulu on the same day]...

[published in March 2012, 150 pages] [see full book and purchase information] *** [Papal Encyclicals...