Who says the Pope is infallible?

Answer 1

the Pope.

Answer 2

In the Catholic Church, if the Pope makes an official declaration regarding faith or morals, he is considered to be infallible. Anything else he says is just as fallible as the rest of us. The Pope does not use the infallibility clause very often. Some Popes never do.

Answer 3

Indeed the pope. Pope Pius IX (pope from 1846 untill 1878), strong anti semite and infamous because he stole a jewish child from its family, thought it a good idea to declare the immaculate conception of the holy virgin and the infalibility of the pope as points of doctrine.
This means: if you do not accept these points, you are not a catholic.
Edit: Nic B: Before you start using words like backwards, read the answers. Nobody has stated in his answer that the pope is always infallible. You shoot before you even see the elephant.
Both the immaculate conception and the infallibility are points of the doctrine everybody has to believe who wants to be a catholic. I assume Blair believes this now.

Answer 4

Jesus Christ, in the Bible.

The Catholic Church teaches that the Pope is infallible at closely defined times.

The Pope is only infallible when he, in union with the body of bishops, solemnly teaches that a doctrine as true. This is called "ex cathedra", literally meaning in Latin "from the chair".

This comes from the words of Jesus to Peter (the first Pope) and the Apostles (the first bishops), "Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven" (Matthew 18:18) and "He who hears you hears me" (Luke 10:16).

At all other times the Pope can be just as wrong or sinful as you and me and be in need of forgiveness.

For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, section 891: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt1sect2chpt3art9p4.htm#891

With love in Christ.

Answer 5

I do!!!!! Back off and let me live my life, ok? I just want to watch my bollywood movies and declare that the pope is infallible in peace.

Answer 6

It just shows from the backwards answers given by some of these people that they have ABSOLUTELY no clue about this topic. The Pope is not infallible on every issue. If he says that we are all supposed to skip rope on the third Thursday of the month or that the Ocean is now yellow, he is wrong just like the rest of us. If he says that evolution is proper science, he is wrong just like the rest of us. These are his personal opinions.

But, when it comes to matters of Faith and morals, he is protected by the Holy Spirit to teach and instruct Christ's Church on earth without error. Jesus knew that there would be divisions among Christians, and so did the early Christians like Paul - as a matter of fact he wrote about it in almost every one of his epistles, most notably 1Cor 1:10-17 and 1Cor 11:18-22 - among many others. To protect against divisions and sects, we - as human beings - need to be sure that there is one truth and that that one truth is protected from being twisted and falsely taught. That is why Jesus Christ gave Peter the keys of authority in Matthew 16:18 and instructed him to "Feed His sheep" three times in John 21:15-18. By doing this, Jesus created the office of the Pope, with St. Peter being the first Pope of the Christian Church on earth. Nowadays, the pope falls into the trap of modernism and rationalism just like everyone else does. We have to remember that he is merely a human being and makes mistakes, but not when he is stricken with the duty of protecting and teaching Church doctrine.

Unfortunately in today's world, the truth that Jesus protects with the papacy is being twisted to no end. In the 16th century, a man named Martin Luther told Christians that they could interpret Scripture for themselves - thus starting the error of Protestantism. Because people think that they are the final authority and can interpret Scripture for themselves without a Divinely given authority, there are now over 40,000 different Protestant denominations in the world, all differing on matters of faith and morals. Thats not counting all of the "non-denominational" sects that are out there - with there belief systems the number could easily plummet over a million. Do you think that this was God's plan, for His people to disagree with each other on simple matters of doctrine and create their own religions that somewhat resemble the true Faith (some more than others), or do you think that God planned for there to be ONE Church with ONE set of doctrine, just as Scripture tells us in Ephesians 4:5. The Bible also tells us that the CHURCH is the pillar and foundation of all truth (1Timothy 3:15), not one's own interpretation of the Bible.

Answer 7

a counsil by the catholic church on 1870's or so. it is in no way biblical. to be an infallible statement it has to made as one. that has only happened once in 1950's to say mary was brought bodily to heaven because her body would not decay because she was sinless. all this is unbiblical.

Answer 8

The pope is just a clergyman who was born of woman, hence has the sin of Adam on him. He will get old and die like everyone ever born.
There is nothing supernatural about him.

Answer 9

The pope.

Answer 10

The Roman Catholic Church. But only since the 20th Century. If they made it retroactive they've got a lot of explaining to do.