(June 23, 2015 at 12:58 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(June 22, 2015 at 10:34 pm)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote: 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.
What did the church do over 300 years to stop it, you coolaid swilling bimbo?
