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As far as I know, the Pope is considered human, even by Catholics, so even the Pope can make mistakes.
Catholics believe the pope is a liable to make mistakes as any other. Where this idea that the pope can never do wrong stems out of a misunderstanding regarding papal infallibility. Papal infallibility is so specific and rare an occasion that most popes never invoke it during their reign. A pope is guaranteed by God never to make a mistake when invoking his office ex cathedra (from the seat of Peter) to definitively teach to the universal Church some doctrine pertaining to Faith and Morals. The last such invocation was made by Pius XII, decades ago. The pope is also not able to fall into formal heresy - he may through ignorance, misunderstanding or poor execution say or do things that appear heretical or are "material heresy" but he is protected from personally espousing these things, to believe them, which would be "formal heresy". A typical example of this is the Sede Vacantist movement, some strains of which point to John XXIII as both a material and formal heretic and thus breaking the papal line. The pope's leniency and fostering of modernist and Protestant ideals was material heresy, however, whether it was formal is not determined since the pope never declared his personal belief in them.
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What is the word for the pope not being able to make mistakes when he is talking about matters of faith and morals?
Infallible is the word to describe when a pope speaks ex cathedra in matters of faith and morals.
What did Martin Luther think of the pope not making mistakes?
There may be some confusion here. The Catholic Church doesn't say that the Pope cannot make mistakes. They merely say that when he defines a Church doctrine in the name of the Church, and for the entire Church, his definition will not be in error. Since the Church doesn't CLAIM that the pope makes no mistakes, then, we should not expect Martin Luther to have used the idea as an objection to the Church.Source: http://oce.catholic.com/index.php?title=Infallibility
Who wrote to err is human to forgive is divine?
The phrase "to err is human, to forgive is divine" is attributed to the English poet Alexander Pope in his poem "An Essay on Criticism" published in 1711. Pope was emphasizing the human tendency to make mistakes and the virtue of forgiveness as a divine quality.
How does teacher's reaction make you feel when you make mistakes?
They make you feel upset, but mistakes are mistakes.
We have made a mistakes when you are in a hurry or make mistakes when we are in a hurry?
We make mistakes when we are in a hurry.
What mistakes did King Henry make?
A couple of mistakes Henry II made were:1. He upset most barons when he asked French relatives and friends for assistance, instead of Englishmen.2. He did whatever the Pope wanted i.e. he raised the taxes for the Church.
Could the Chatholic Pope do mistakes or wrong deeds?
Of course, he's only human.
Are you human because you make mistakes or do you make mistakes because you are human?
You make mistakes because you are human, not the other way around.
What is the meaning of 'to err is human'?
To err is to make a mistake. To make a mistake is human. Humans are not perfect. They make mistakes. To make a mistake is to be human. You are human, and you are prone to mistakes. You will make a mistake sometime in your life. Probably a lot more than one. If you make a mistake you are simply experiencing one of the things humans are prone to. To err is human; to forgive, divine. That's the whole of the quote from Alexander Pope.
Do you make mistakes?
Everyone makes mistakes. Making mistakes is simply a part of being human.
Does everybody make mistakes?
Yes!! Everybody makes mistakes. It is something we just can't resist. We don't know we have made a mistake but we just do. You, I and everybody else, we all make mistakes. It's very common to make mistakes. You can learn from your mistakes and you will probably will never make the same mistake again.
Can the pope make a new sacrament?
No, the pope can not make a new sacrament.
