Meanings
nounpapal infallibility (uncountable)
- uncountableCatholicismThe concept that the Pope, under certain circumstance (when making a statement on faith or morals, etc.) is protected by the Holy Spirit from being able to make a mistake.
Before examining specific interpretations of papal infallibility, we will first give a general introduction to the doctrine. This chapter begins with an overview of the pontificate of Pius IX and the historical setting of Vatican I. This overview is ...
2009, Mark E. Powell, Papal Infallibility: A Protestant Evaluation of an Ecumenical Issue, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, →ISBN, page 20
Translations
French infaillibilité pontificale
- infaillibilité pontificaleCatholic concept of an infallible Pope
German (päpstliche) Unfehlbarkeit
- (päpstliche) UnfehlbarkeitCatholic concept of an infallible Pope
Polish nieomylność papieża, nieomylność papieska
- nieomylność papieżaCatholic concept of an infallible Pope
- nieomylność papieskaCatholic concept of an infallible Pope
Portuguese infalibilidade papal
- infalibilidade papalCatholic concept of an infallible Pope
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