Forged Documents and Papal Power

[Miguel_florida]

I have someone send me this via email to prove that the Pope’s infallibility is false and made up by us Catholics. I am going over these point one by one but have not been able to find any defense or documentation on the following two points:

*“In the middle of the twelfth century, a monk named Gratian wrote the “Decretum,” which became the basis for Canon Law (the legal system for running the Roman Catholic Church). It contained numerous quotations from forged documents. Gratian drew many of his conclusions from those quotations. Gratian quoted 324 passages which were supposedly written by popes of the first four centuries. Of those passages, only eleven are genuine. The other 313 quotations are forgeries. [Note 8]”
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In the thirteenth century, Thomas Aquinas wrote the “Summa Theologica” and numerous other works. His writings are the foundation for scholastic theology. Aquinas used Gratian’s “Decretum” for quotations from church fathers and early popes. [Note 9] Aquinas also used forged documents which he thought were genuine. [Note 10]

I am looking for something on this “Decretum.” Any help will be appreciated. This comes from the following website:

bereanpublishers.com/Cults/The%20Roman%20Catholic%20Church/forged_documents_and_papal_power.htm

Thanks,

Miguel

 

[pablope]

I have someone send me this via email to prove that the Pope’s infallibility is false and made up by us Catholics. I am going over these point one by one but have not been able to find any defense or documentation on the following two points:

*“In the middle of the twelfth century, a monk named Gratian wrote the “Decretum,” which became the basis for Canon Law (the legal system for running the Roman Catholic Church). It contained numerous quotations from forged documents. Gratian drew many of his conclusions from those quotations. Gratian quoted 324 passages which were supposedly written by popes of the first four centuries. Of those passages, only eleven are genuine. The other 313 quotations are forgeries. [Note 8]”
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In the thirteenth century, Thomas Aquinas wrote the “Summa Theologica” and numerous other works. His writings are the foundation for scholastic theology. Aquinas used Gratian’s “Decretum” for quotations from church fathers and early popes. [Note 9] Aquinas also used forged documents which he thought were genuine. [Note 10]

I am looking for something on this “Decretum.” Any help will be appreciated. This comes from the following website:

bereanpublishers.com/Cults/The%20Roman%20Catholic%20Church/forged_documents_and_papal_power.htm

Thanks,

Miguel

This says it all why: Forged Documents and Papal Power By Mary Ann Collins

She is an anti catholic, claimed to be a former nun…you can safely be confident that all she is writing about are lies.

From here:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decretum_Gratiani

The Decretum Gratiani or Concordia discordantium canonum (in some manuscripts Concordantia discordantium canonum) is a collection of Canon law compiled and written in the 12th century as a legal textbook by the jurist known as Gratian. It forms the first part of the collection of six legal texts, which together became known as the Corpus Juris Canonici. It retained legal force in the Roman Catholic Church until Pentecost 1918,** when a revised Code of Canon Law (Codex Iuris Canonici) promulgated by Pope Benedict XV on 27 May 1917 obtained the Force of Law[1].**

Look Pope Benedict XV’s promulgation on May 27, 1917. This should put the question to rest.

 

[promethius]

I have someone send me this via email to prove that the Pope’s infallibility is false and made up by us Catholics. I am going over these point one by one but have not been able to find any defense or documentation on the following two points:

“In the middle of the twelfth century, a monk named Gratian wrote the “Decretum,” which became the basis for Canon Law (the legal system for running the Roman Catholic Church). It contained numerous quotations from forged documents. Gratian drew many of his conclusions from those quotations. Gratian quoted 324 passages which were supposedly written by popes of the first four centuries. Of those passages, only eleven are genuine. The other 313 quotations are forgeries. [Note 8]”

In the thirteenth century, Thomas Aquinas wrote the “Summa Theologica” and numerous other works. His writings are the foundation for scholastic theology. Aquinas used Gratian’s “Decretum” for quotations from church fathers and early popes. [Note 9] Aquinas also used forged documents which he thought were genuine. [Note 10]

I am looking for something on this “Decretum.” Any help will be appreciated. This comes from the following website:

bereanpublishers.com/Cults/The%20Roman%20Catholic%20Church/forged_documents_and_papal_power.htm

Thanks,

Miguel

Does a monk possess magisterial authority? No. Is Canon Law dogmatic in it’s entirety and being? No. Was Decretum Gratius ever considered to be infallible? No.

Was Thomas Aquinas possessed of magisterial authority? No. Is Summa Theological considered a magisterial document? No.

So what’s her argument? “OH LOOK, THESE TWO DOCUMENTS THE CHURCH SAYS AREN’T INFALLIBLE REALLY ARENT INFALLIBLE! FOR SHAME!”

No really, what is she trying to say other than that non-infallible documents CAN contain errors (which the church teachees anyway)