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…
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…
We live at a time when Rome could credibly abuse its power and authority over the bishops of the whole world. It is now believable that a time might come in which orthodox bishops are removed without legal procedure and clearly for the wrong reasons. Moreover, precisely the orthodoxy of the bishops could become the…
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…
Above: Bl. Pius IX with members of the Papal court, c. 1868. This is part 2 in a series reviewing last year’s debate about Ultramontanism. Not all statements contained herein may reflect the opinions of the editorial board. In our last essay we discussed different terminological aspects of Ultramontanism. The primary dichotomy which I am…
Since the publication of our editorial stance a little over a year ago, I have been pleased to read the contributions to the fraternal debate about Ultramontanism here at OnePeterFive as well as with our friends over at Rorate Caeli. Reflecting on the year’s contributions, I intend in this and subsequent articles to reply to…
Above: Canossa, Italy, where Emperor Henry IV did penance before Pope Gregory VII. Public Domain. From Hypothetical Speculation to Fearful Reality In light of the unprecedented centralization of authority under the Francis pontificate, discussions on the extent of papal power take on a fresh urgency. The question is not so much on the pope’s doctrinal…
Above: Blessed Pius IX addresses the Liberal mob in Rome. Painting by Bryullov Karl (1799-1852). The Barque of Peter, the Holy Catholic Church, has been sailing the seas of history for two thousand years. Sometimes the sea is calm, the wind is favorable, and the barque glides smoothly over the waves. At other times,…
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?…
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…
Above: Catholic counter-revolutionary Joseph de Maistre. The crisis the Church is experiencing today is certainly unprecedented in its characteristics, but it is neither the first nor the last in history. Think, for example, of the attack suffered by the Papacy in the years of the French Revolution. In 1799 the city of Rome was invaded…
