Fallible Authority
Old Catholic theologians have often underlined the relationship between papal supremacy and infallibility and the priority of the former: the pope has full, supreme, and universal power over the whole Church, therefore he must be obeyed; but at the same time, he may be obeyed, because he will not mi...
| Published in: | Ecclesiology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2017
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Ecclesiology
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KCB Papacy KCC Councils KDB Roman Catholic Church RB Church office; congregation |
| Further subjects: | B
Authority
Papacy
Infallibility
Vatican i
Old Catholic Church
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | Old Catholic theologians have often underlined the relationship between papal supremacy and infallibility and the priority of the former: the pope has full, supreme, and universal power over the whole Church, therefore he must be obeyed; but at the same time, he may be obeyed, because he will not mislead the Church due to his infallibility. This article analyses this relationship, applying differentiations on two axes: on the one hand, Bocheński’s typology of epistemic and deontic authority; on the other hand, the notions of personal, formal and constitutional authority. The fact that the infallibility dogma of Vatican i considers papal authority at the same time as epistemic and constitutional authority, is identified as a major weakness of the dogma. The article will then approach the question how church leaders should practise their deontic authority in a context where their (and everybody else’s) epistemic authority is considered to be fallible. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5316 |
| Contains: | In: Ecclesiology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/17455316-01302003 |