Good on Maine

[AnnaG]

Maine other question was marijuana which won so you get the justice of the peace high on weed and they will marry the gays

Heckuva good idea. Sometimes you surprise me, LM.

 

[coldstream]

Sure it is infallible, and that is the scary part of Catholic religion. In theory, the Pope could repeal the law of gravity and invoke the doctrine of infallibility. Then anybody who disagrees with the Pope, anybody who says that law of gravity is still around, is not a good Catholic, by definition.

Absolutely Not. First of all the Pope never invokes anything in isolation. He builds a consensus within the Magisterium (the college of cardinals, bishops and the curia). In order to become 'infallible' it must be proclaimed 'ex cathedra' from the chair, and then ONLY in matters of faith and morals.

The Pontiff cannot revoke the Law of Gravity. His encyclicals, while authorative, are not considered infallible and therefor beyond error and question. As far as i am aware, the last time infallibility was invoked, was by Pius XII, in 1950, in promulgating the doctrine of the Assumption of Mary. It is very rarely used, and when it is used, it is usually to settle abstruse theological debates within the Church.

 

[AnnaG]

Oh, well. I'd imagine only avid Catholics care about what some pope says anyway.

Gods and the like are irrelevant. It's just that most people can't understand that. They haven't been able to evolve past the superstitions.