papal infallibility

American  

noun

Roman Catholic Church.

1. the dogma that the pope cannot err in a solemn teaching addressed to the whole church on a matter of faith or morals.

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infallibility, papal Cultural  

1. The belief of the Roman Catholic Church that the pope is kept by God from making a mistake when he speaks on a question of faith or morals.

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Etymology

Origin of papal infallibility

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

Küng, who brought Ratzinger to Tübingen, would later be barred from teaching by his former colleague, after he rejected papal infallibility.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2022

Most famously, Ratzinger helped censure his friend Hans Kung, a Swiss theologian skeptical of the concept of papal infallibility.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2022

The Catholic Church believes in papal infallibility on the very few and rare instances in which he speaks ex cathedra.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2018

“The Doctrine of Papal Infallibility” John Freymann traces the origins and development of papal infallibility, placing it a historical context and drawing out its theological implications.

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2017

The remark of Cardinal Rauscher that, when the dogma of papal infallibility is defined the Church will be deprived of one of her most effective institutions, viz.,

From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von