04-03-2007, 02:21 AM
Bismillah: Assalamo Alikum.
Quote:All for the glory of God!
Peace Wael!
Letters, speeches, encyclicals etc, aren't necessarily infallible. They can contain/reiterate infallible statements though. There's also a difference between 'solemn pronouncements' & 'ordinary teachings' of the Church.
It's a little tricky to get your head around it, but if you're interested in learning more, I'm happy to provide some handy links :)
The Church hasn't/can't err in matters pertaining to faith & morals. For 2000 years our dogmas have remained the same. Don't ever underestimate the power of the Holy Spirit.
God bless.
No need to go back 2000 years to point out the errors of the Catholic Church, just study the history of Pope Pius IX who was also declared <b>INFALLIBLE</b> in August 1870 and yet he was the most hated man during his time. At his funeral, the Romans tried to throw his body into the Tiber River. We may wonder why!.
Here are some of his quotations: <b>you don’t need to reply this post FHC</b>, just think if this man was really infallible or not.
Quote:The Church is not a true and perfect society, entirely free- nor is she endowed with proper and perpetual rights of her own, conferred upon her by her Divine Founder; but it appertains to the civil power to define what are the rights of the Church, and the limits within which she may exercise those rights. --Allocution "Singulari quadam," Dec. 9, 1854
Quote:The Church has not the power of defining dogmatically that the religion of the Catholic Church is the only true religion. -- Damnatio "Multiplices inter," June 10, 1851.
Quote:The doctrine that Christ has raised marriage to the dignity of a sacrament cannot be at all tolerated. -- Apostolic Letter "Ad Apostolicae," Aug. 22, 1851.
Quote:In the dark ages the Church began to establish diriment impediments, not by her own right, but by using a power borrowed from the State. -- Apostolic Letter "Ad Apostolicae," Aug. 22, 1851.
Quote:Protestantism is nothing more than another form of the same true Christian religion, in which form it is given to please God equally as in the Catholic Church. -- Encyclical "Noscitis," Dec. 8, 1849.
Salam
Wael.