Word: cathedras
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...doctrine of infallibility-which holds that the Pope cannot be in error when he speaks ex cathedra ("from the throne") on matters of faith or morals -is both a cornerstone of the Roman Catholic Church and an obnoxious obstacle to other Christians. That, and the question of papal authority in general, has been so non-negotiable for both Catholics and non-Catholics that until recently even serious discussion of the problem was ruled out by ecumenical etiquette. Now the papacy and its powers are being studied in official talks between Catholic and Lutheran theologians in the U.S. Within Catholicism itself...
...weak biblical and historical basis. The most dangerous consequence of infallibility, in Kűng's opinion, is the way it colors the "ordinary" teaching office of the church. Pope Paul VI's birth control encyclical of 1968, for example, though not made as an ex cathedra infallible pronouncement, is nonetheless considered certain and binding. Kűng believes that Paul actually wanted to issue a liberal decree but felt that he could not admit that there had been so major a longstanding error in church teaching...
...three places. "Then on Monday morning, July 18, 1870, it abated briefly, allowing the 535 Fathers of the First Vatican Council to assemble in St. Peter's Basilica. Before them lay a historic document. In matters of faith and morals, it declared, when the Roman Pontiff speaks ex cathedra (from the chair of Peter, i.e., by virtue of his office) to the universal church, he is incapable of error...
Only once in the 100 years since Vatican I has a Pope explicitly invoked the power recognized on that stormy summer day. In 1950, Pope Pius XII defined ex cathedra the dogma of the bodily assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven. Still, the doctrine of infallibility continues to trouble many Catholics. Among other things, its mere presence lends greater authority to other papal pronouncements not usually defined as infallible, such as Pope Paul VI's controversial encyclical Humanae vitae, which reaffirmed strictures against artificial birth control...
...fourth publisher. Under his stewardship, the Times brightened its pages with more pictures and a crisper, more readable writing style, expanded its coverage with greater emphasis on personality studies and news analysis. He allowed his editors wide latitude in day-to-day operations, engaged in debate rather than ex-cathedra dicta to implement his ideas, delighted in writing long letters to the editor under the pen name A. Aitchess. By 1961, the Times's daily circulation had risen 48%, to 680,265, and its Sunday circulation had nearly doubled, to 1,306,418. Sulzberger was nearing...