Papal Infallibility
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In Roman Catholic theology, papal infallibility is the doctrine that the Pope is unable to teach error when he solemnly declares a dogmatic teaching on faith or morals, by action of the Holy Spirit. This doctrine was defined in the First Vatican Council in 1870 AD. This teaching is not acceptable by any other Christian denomination.
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In Roman Catholic theology, papal infallibility is the doctrine that the Pope is unable to teach error when he solemnly declares a dogmatic teaching on faith or morals, by action of the Holy Spirit. This doctrine was defined in the First Vatican Council in 1870 AD.
This teaching is not acceptable by any other Christian denomination.
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 Sacred Scripture. Papal infallibility does not signify that the pope is impeccable, i.e., that he is specially exempt from liability to sin.
Since the 1870 solemn declaration of Papal Infallibility by Vatican I, this power has been used only once: in 1950 when Pius XII defined the Assumption of Mary as being an article of faith for Roman Catholics.
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