RE: Does human life have INHERENT value?
June 23, 2015 at 12:58 am
(This post was last modified: June 23, 2015 at 12:59 am by Catholic_Lady.)
(June 22, 2015 at 10:34 pm)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote:(June 21, 2015 at 11:17 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: It was never ok for those people to do that. They acted wrongly, and against Catholic doctrine.
But isn't the pope infallible when it comes to church doctrine?
People often think that "papal infallibility" means the pope is a perfect person who never does or says anything wrong. This is far from the case.
Popes are infallible only on matters of faith and morals, and only when they announce that they are speaking infallibly for the Church.
^This has only happened about a dozen times in the last 2000 years, if that. Last time it happened was in the 1950's. The time before that was in the 1800's. It's a rare thing.
To address the point, burning heretics was never Church dogma. It was a personal choice made by some of the Catholic people of the time.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
