tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14247942.post7013870037301183820..comments2023-08-10T05:32:21.163-04:00Comments on An Examined Life: On InfallibilityVitae Scrutatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12808120163472036743noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14247942.post-20213890894457842252008-06-10T08:50:00.000-04:002008-06-10T08:50:00.000-04:00Eeeeek - thinking about infallibility systematical...Eeeeek - thinking about infallibility systematically makes my head want to explode. Luckily, I still believe in the infallibility of the OUM in a cheerfully naive way.<BR/><BR/>Funny - I can think about issues like this HISTORICALLY pretty easily - talk to me about the Assumption or the Immaculate Conception in the 4th or the 14th century and I have no problem explaining why enough people always preached them (though not necessarily under the modern name) that I have no trouble understanding the development of doctrine.TheCrankyProfessorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15044204782286107779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14247942.post-28943933843858099692008-06-09T18:28:00.000-04:002008-06-09T18:28:00.000-04:00Scott:Thanks for the blurb. Just a small correctio...Scott:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the blurb. Just a small correction though.<BR/><BR/>My next essay, the one for which I've issued a promissory note, is the one in which I propose to establish that the normative criteria for determining whether a given teaching is IOUM are "clear enough in magisterial documents themselves to be authoritatively extended to particular teachings." The teaching on women's ordination is the example I plan to use to illustrate that. Only in a third and final essay will I extend the point to the contraception issue, which was the initial motivation for the series.<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/>MikeMike Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18100363229707213441noreply@blogger.com