Is There a Charism of Infallible Safety?
The faithful are ultimately preserved from dangerous error not by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the pope.
Traditional Theology of the Magisterium, pt. 3: Evidence from Tradition
Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude of the people also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.
Traditional Theology of the Magisterium, pt. 2: The Evidence of Sacred Scripture
I follow the approach outlined by Joachim Salaverri in his Tractatus de Ecclesia from the Sacrae Theologiae Summa.
Traditional Theology of the Magisterium – Part 1
We need to be sufficiently well-versed in the traditional faith of the Church to recognize and resist when our shepherds would lead us astray from the rich pastures of true doctrine and right worship, but we also need to remember that submission to the hierarchical authority of the Church is itself an essential part of…
Disputed Questions on Papal Infallibility – Part 5
Editor’s note: this and related articles have now been published in a book entitled: Disputed Questions on Papal Infallibility (Os Justi Press, 2022). Part 1 (Question 1) Part 2 (Question 1) Part 3 (Question 2) Part 4 (Question 2) Article 8: Whether the Oath Against Modernism is an Infallible Profession of Faith? Objection 1. It seems…
Disputed Questions on Papal Infallibility – Part 4
Editor’s note: this and related articles have now been published in a book entitled: Disputed Questions on Papal Infallibility (Os Justi Press, 2022). Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Article 4: Whether the Pope Speaks Infallibly in Ordinatio Sacerdotalis? Objection 1. It seems that the pope does not speak infallibly in Ordinatio Sacerdotalis (1994). For according…
Kwasniewski Brings Good Out of Evil in Hyperpapalism Book
Editor’s note: this review was first published in The Latin Mass: The Journal of Catholic Culture and Tradition. We thank our allies at this traditional publication for their kind permission to reprint here. How can faithful Catholics navigate the doctrinal confusion of the present time? At one level, the answer is simple: Keep the Faith. On…
Disputed Questions on Papal Infallibility – Part 3
Editor’s note: this and related articles have now been published in a book entitled: Disputed Questions on Papal Infallibility (Os Justi Press, 2022). Question II: On Particular Cases of Papal Teaching The previous question (part 1 and part 2) considered the extension and limits of papal infallibility in general by means of a close examination…
Disputed Questions on Papal Infallibility – Part 2
Editor’s note: this and related articles have now been published in a book entitled: Disputed Questions on Papal Infallibility (Os Justi Press, 2022). For part 1 see here. Question I: On the Extension and Limits of Papal Infallibility (Continued) Article 3 Whether the Infallibility of the Pope Is Limited to the Exercise of His Extraordinary Magisterium?…
Disputed Questions on Papal Infallibility – Part 1
Editor’s note: the genre of Quaestiones Disputatae is traditionally devoted, among true theologians of the Church, for resolving unresolved theological propositions. Part of the problem today is that 1.) many of the faithful assume that the following disputed questions are already resolved and 2.) our faith is so weak as to disallow for the degrees…
Submission to the Non-Infallible Papal Magisterium is Conditional
In a previous article (here), I made the case that the pope, when he exercises his non-infallible teaching authority, as he typically does in encyclical letters, apostolic exhortations, letters to bishops, etc., does not speak therein with the full authority of the Church (as he does when he speaks ex cathedra), but rather with his…
