Thanks for this post!
Anyhow, Benedict XVI is in my humble opinion a great Pope because he is a very fine theologian and a profound thinker. And most impressive is his true humility. I see in him a real follower of Christ. I converted from a Reformed tradition to the RCC this year because of this Pope, who he is, what he says (not what the MSM pretend he says and does!) and for his incredible writings and books that speak to modern and post-modern man without selling out the Gospel.
Long live this Bishop of Rome. The only Christian leader at present who can be fully admired.
He has rightly been called the Pope of Christian Unity. May God grant him many years!
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This text seems to be talking about two things, the pope's occasional infallibility and the pope's terrestial authority. If the pope is not an absolute monarch, where are the limits of his authority? What congress or court checks his decisions? With regard to the pope's occasional infallibility, that is, of course, concerning doctrinal matters. Now, the pope could say anything he wants and call it infallible, but clearly no pope would risk the prestige of the papacy by overuse of ex cathedra pronouncements. An interesting situation would occur if a pope were to make an ex cathedra statement and have its orthodoxy challenged by respected authorities inside the church. Would, by the statement of J Ratzinger, this ex cathedra statement be of questionable infallibility?
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