Is the Apostolic Exhortation Infallible?

[GracieRuth]

I get so confused about this stuff.

No one has said that the Pope made an Ex Cathedra Statement, but I think I remember learning that if a Pope exhorted the Church in matters of faith and morals he was speaking infallibly.

1. Is the Joy of Love infallible?
2. How can I know when any of these Papal documents are infallible? Are encyclicals infallible? Do I have to believe we’re causing climate change?
3. Is there a list anywhere of infallible teachings of the Church?

 

[KSU]

I get so confused about this stuff.

No one has said that the Pope made an Ex Cathedra Statement, but I think I remember learning that if a Pope exhorted the Church in matters of faith and morals he was speaking infallibly.

1. Is the Joy of Love infallible? Yes, except for the portions concerning the Pope’s opinions regarding what is at this time the best type of pastoral care for those in “irregular” marriages. Those opinions–perhaps they can be termed directives–nevertheless carry substantial weight and make sense, if you have been following along for the past two years and can understand what he means but doesn’t say.The rub, of course, is that EVERYONE, including Francis himself, I believe, expects some pastors to go far beyond what Francis would approve. Our Pope did not just fall off the turnip truck; he knows well the ways of the world, the flesh and the Devil, but considers his directives in this matter worthwhile.
2. How can I know when any of these Papal documents are infallible? Are encyclicals infallible? **Papal documents are infallible when the Pope and/or the rest of the magisterium clearly indicates they are, and when they do not change Church teaching. Amoris Laetitia not only does not change Church teaching, it is a strong confirmation of Church teaching on abortion, contraception, divorce, homosexuality, same-sex marriage and the indissolubility of marriage. **
   Do I have to believe we’re causing climate change? **Of course not. Despite Francis’ personal opinion about it, he states clearly in Laudato Si’ that science, not the Church, has the expertise in that matter. So, his opinion on man-made climate change is clearly not infallible, but we all can agree that God does not smile on unnecessary pollution. **
3. Is there a list anywhere of infallible teachings of the Church? **I don’t know, but now you have touched on an area where a good pastor can help you .

Some advice, if I may: Don’t believe what you read about the Church in a talk or article from some Vatican Commission speaker; or in the secular media (including Fox News which, regarding the Church, is sensationalist first and Liberal “Catholic” second, except for Fr. Jonathan Morris); or of course in the dissident “Catholic” media such as the National Catholic Reporter. There are plenty of solidly orthodox Catholic websites, including some CAF Departments. **

 

[Jesus_123]

. . . :compcoff: . . .
PAPAL INFALLIBILITY**"+****P**apal infallibility is the dogma in Roman Catholic theology that, by action of the Holy Spirit, the Pope is preserved from even the possibility of error [1] when he solemnly declares or promulgates to the universal Church a dogmatic teaching on faith or morals as being contained in DIVINE REVELATION, or at least being intimately connected to DIVINE REVELATION. It is also taught that the **Holy Spirit **works in the body of the Church, as sensus fidelium, to ensure that dogmatic teachings proclaimed to be infallible will be received by all Catholics. This dogma, however, DOES NOT state either that the Pope cannot sin in his own personal life or that he is necessarily free of error, even when speaking in his official capacity, outside the specific contexts in which the dogma applies.

This doctrine was defined dogmatically in the First Vatican Council of 1870. According to Catholic theology,** there are several concepts important to the understanding of infallible, divine revelation**: ** :bible1: Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and the Sacred Magisterium**. The infallible teachings of the Pope are part of the Sacred Magisterium, which also consists of ecumenical councils and the “ordinary and universal magisterium”. In Catholic theology, papal infallibility is one of the channels of the infallibility of the Church. The infallible teachings of the Pope must be based on, or at least not contradict, Sacred Tradition or :bible1: Sacred Scripture. Papal infallibility DOES NOT signify that the Pope is impeccable, i.e…, that he is specially exempt from liability to sin.

In practice, popes seldom use their power of infallibility, but rely on the notion that the Church allows the office of the pope to be the ruling agent in deciding what will be accepted as formal beliefs in the Church. [2]

Since the solemn declaration of Papal Infallibility by Vatican I on July 18, 1870, this power has been used ONLY ONCE ex cathedra: in 1950 when Pope Pius XII defined the Assumption of Mary as being an article of faith for Roman Catholics. Prior to the solemn definition of 1870, Pope Pius IX, with the support of the overwhelming majority of Roman Catholic bishops, had proclaimed the Immaculate Conception of Mary an ex cathedra dogma in December 1854." - Wapedia​

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Link: wapedia.mobi/en/Ex_cathedra

Some other sites available for research:

catholic.com/library/Papal_Infallibility.asp

newadvent.org/cathen/07790a.htm

papalencyclicals.net/Councils/ecum20.htm

. . . all for Jesus**+**
. . . thank You Sweet Spirit of our Holy God***+*​

 

[Tim_D]

My question is, what difference does it make?

 

[Tim_D]

“Is the Joy of Love infallible? Yes, except for the portions concerning the Pope’s opinions…”

I have never heard of something being considered “infallible, except for…” That simply does not make sense.

"Papal documents are infallible when the Pope and/or the rest of the magisterium clearly indicates they are, and when they do not change Church teaching. "

Sorry but I think you simply made this up.

 

[Petaro]

No it is not an infallible teaching, having a lower status of authority than an encyclical. However a wise man does not need the authority of infallibility to endorse traditional Catholic teaching. I still read the whiff of frustrated hope in the leftist commentary, somehow hoping that the Pope leaves the door open to communion for the remarried divorced. Hard to open an option on a topic not even mentioned in the Exhortation, however, the thirst for a change in the truth has always been the cornerstone of much media commentary.