Fundamentalism and Papal Infallibility

[Usbek_de_Perse]

Are Fundamentalism and Papal Infallibility both reactions to the uncertainty of modern times? Both are ideas that were codified in the late 19th century, but had roots going back for centuries before.

Your opinions, please!

 

[James_S_Saint]

Are Fundamentalism and Papal Infallibility both reactions to the uncertainty of modern times? Both are ideas that were codified in the late 19th century, but had roots going back for centuries before.

Your opinions, please!

I think “uncertainty of modern times” is the wrong phrase. “Unleashing of rampant and rabid questioning” would be more accurate a phrase for the cause.

 

[lozeerose]

Are Fundamentalism and Papal Infallibility both reactions to the uncertainty of modern times? Both are ideas that were codified in the late 19th century, but had roots going back for centuries before.

Your opinions, please!

Fundamentalism is not the same as Papal infallibility. The latter may have been officially recognized as dogma but it has always been accepted and taught within the Church. The Church identifies as dogma items that have always been taught but for some reason heretics or others begin to question and thus the Church exercises her God-given authority to define the issue. Keep in mind that the Church does not have the authority to create “new” dogmas or revelations, she can only define, affirm and confirm what has already been revealed and is contained as part of the “Deposit of Faith.”

I hope I expressed this properly. If not, I am sure more learned Catholics will explain and correct better.

 

[mathematician]

Are Fundamentalism and Papal Infallibility both reactions to the uncertainty of modern times? Both are ideas that were codified in the late 19th century, but had roots going back for centuries before.

Your opinions, please!

I would say that just about sums it up. Fundamentalists are people who want absolute certainty, and they get it either from the Bible, or the Magesterium, according to taste.

 

[Just_Lurking]

They are both a reaction to new ideas from the 19th century, scientific conclusions that upset the tenets of faith, e.g., the idea that the Bible might not be literally true in the case of fundamentalism.