I'm Catholic and this is about the papacy, so that's why I am looking for answers from other Catholics. Thanks for understanding.
As the Church teaches, when the pope speaks and teaches of the Holy Scripture, he is infallible then. The Holy Spirit guides God's Word and God is infallible....... My question is -
Pope Benedict had written many things while he was Cardinal Ratzinger. He was not ever declared infallible as cardinal. Now as pope, I know of at least 2 of those writings that now have been declared as encyclicals by him. So, am I to understand that these writings when he was a cardinal, as a Catholic, I didn't have to believe them to be infallible but now I am to believe them to believe infallible? His new writings after he became pope I can accept as infallible. But I don't understand how some of his writings from years ago can now be delared infallible. Can any of you explain this to me?
I haven't read them yet. I've only read ones from Pope JPII.
2007-07-14
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