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twinc
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imho the the authority to bind and loose was not just given to the Pope but also to the Magisterium of Bishops - this would make both the Magisterium and the Pope infallible - any comments - twinc
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Tantum_ergo
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To answer, from the Catechism of the Catholic Church:
**890 **The mission of the Magisterium is linked to the definitive nature of the covenant established by God with his people in Christ. It is this Magisterium’s task to preserve God’s people from deviations and defections and to guarantee them the objective possibility of professing the true faith without error. Thus, the pastoral duty of the Magisterium is aimed at seeing to it that the People of God abides in the truth that liberates. To fulfill this service, Christ endowed the Church’s shepherds with the charism of infallibility in matters of faith and morals. The exercise of this charism takes several forms:
891 “The Roman Pontiff, head of the college of bishops, enjoys this infallibility in virtue of his office, when, as supreme pastor and teacher of all the faithful - who confirms his brethren in the faith he proclaims by a definitive act a doctrine pertaining to faith or morals. . . . The infallibility promised to the Church is also present in the body of bishops when, together with Peter’s successor, they exercise the supreme Magisterium,” above all in an Ecumenical Council.418 When the Church through its supreme Magisterium proposes a doctrine "for belief as being divinely revealed,"419 and as the teaching of Christ, the definitions "must be adhered to with the obedience of faith."420 This infallibility extends as far as the deposit of divine Revelation itself.421 892 Divine assistance is also given to the successors of the apostles, teaching in communion with the successor of Peter, and, in a particular way, to the bishop of Rome, pastor of the whole Church, when, without arriving at an infallible definition and without pronouncing in a “definitive manner,” they propose in the exercise of the ordinary Magisterium a teaching that leads to better understanding of Revelation in matters of faith and morals. To this ordinary teaching the faithful "are to adhere to it with religious assent"422 which, though distinct from the assent of faith, is nonetheless an extension of it.
There you go. Always useful to have the authoritative answer, I think.
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Little_Mary
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Thank you Tantum Ergo
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davidv
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Why do you think the the authority to bind and loose is the same and the charism of infallibility. If you study the Church teachings you will find that though they are tightly linked, they are not the same. Which is why, when the bishops teach the whole in harmony with the Pope and each other on the matters of faith or morals they will be protected from teaching in error. But will not be when setting out the specific rituals of fasting.
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tonyrey
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It is absurd to believe the Church founded by the Son of God promulgates false doctrines!
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