What would be the next doctrine to be proclaimed infallibly ex cathedra?

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I do not mean that I have literally every single book that was in the TAN catalog. I was using figurative exaggeration for comic affect. I do have many TAN books.
 
HomeschoolDad said:
I would welcome infallible proclamation of direct abortion always being murder, as long as the zygote/embryo/fetus has an immortal soul. Only problem is, we don’t know the moment at which that takes place. We make the assumption that it is at the moment of conception, but we don’t know that as an absolute fact
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I am confused. Doesn’t the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception clarify this beyond any reasonable doubt?
 
Not defined (yet) and I doubt it will be anytime soon, but it’s not condemned either, and if we read the writings of most Marian scholars (among which I personally favor St. Maximilian Kolbe) we’ll realize that this is a long-held belief. I could quote you all the popes from the past 500 years that have officially taught this doctrine including Benedict XVI, I have it saved somewhere on my computer for reference. I guess it’s not easy to understand, it requires a certain degree of Marian devotion and theological understanding of her role. Otherwise we can stick with the solid statement of Vatican 2, namely that she is Mediatrix of Grace (and that can’t be argued against, or it wouldn’t have made it there).
 
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Margaret_Ann said:
The canon of Holy Scripture - OT & NT - was infallibly defined by the Councils of Carthage, Florence & Trent.
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Would the council of Carthage be considered to be infallible? I thought it was a local Roman council? Don’t get me wrong, I do believe it is one of the main sources in which the Scriptures in the West was determined.

ZP
 
lil_user said:
I would welcome infallible proclamation of direct abortion always being murder, as long as the zygote/embryo/fetus has an immortal soul. Only problem is, we don’t know the moment at which that takes place. We make the assumption that it is at the moment of conception, but we don’t know that as an absolute fact
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Actually, the Immaculate Conception does strongly indicate that the soul is infused at the moment of conception. But that is all — “strongly indicate”. The dogma as proclaimed infallibly falls short of actually speaking of the infusion of the soul:

We declare, pronounce, and define that the doctrine which holds that the most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instance of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin, is a doctrine revealed by God and therefore to be believed firmly and constantly by all the faithful.

Anything further I would say, would only be speculation, and I am woefully unqualified to make that kind of speculation. I am only a well-catechized simple layman. That is all.

Can anyone else contribute something to this?
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HomeschoolDad said:
Has the Church ever said “these 72 books are the canon of Scripture, it is fixed for all time, and there will never be any additions to it, even if new books are discovered”?
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Yes, at the Ecumenical Council of Trent, it declared anathema on anyone who would question the Biblical canon “defined” at Trent, in whole or any part.
HomeschoolDad said:
They could also maintain that Almighty God would not allow His Word to be given to the world incomplete for 2000 years. That actually would make some sense.
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Which is why I would think proclaiming the OT canon infallibly “ex cathedra” also, along with the NT canon, since both canons are God-breathed and the Bible.
 
Margaret_Ann said:
The canon of Holy Scripture - OT & NT - was infallibly defined by the Councils of Carthage, Florence & Trent.
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@porthos11 @ziapueblo
Actually it wasn’t “defined” until Trent. Florence had the same books, but it was not “defined” at Florence, because some still questioned Sirach. The Councils of Carthage of 397 and 419 did not have the exact same canon as Florence and Trent. In fact, the 2 Carthage Councils did not share the exact same canon either.
 
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On Tan Books that are out of print.
You might try addall.com, a great source of purchasing out-of-print books.
 
Margaret_Ann said:
I didn’t know that - thank you!
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No problem. The part about doubts about certain books, like Sirach, even after the Council of Florence (1441) & the canon not being “defined” until the Council of Trent (1546) is on EWTN:

EWTN: Deuterocanonical Books in Canon of Scripture, Fr. William Most

The part about the fourth & fifth century councils not having the same books as Florence & Trent (and even not having the same books between themselves) is based on a book that came out earlier this year: “Why Protestant Bibles Are Smaller.”
 
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