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Brother Warrior,
Thank you for taking some time to actually talk instead of get into a defensive posture and think I'm an orc pounding at the gate. It's nice to know someone cares enough to seek a dialogue and not a cage match WWF style.
Thank you for taking some time to actually talk instead of get into a defensive posture and think I'm an orc pounding at the gate. It's nice to know someone cares enough to seek a dialogue and not a cage match WWF style.
That in itself is how we know every successor to Peter will always be revealed what the Lord wants at the time when He wants us to know.
The East held councils on their own, for their region but it was not binding on the entire Church without the Pope giving a yay or nay to the council and he then gave the teachings.
St Leo is a good one to read.
He called it teaching from Peter's chair and no one argued - because it was a known fact.
No one ever argued against the chair of Peter. Until near the schism regardless of Tradition and the writings of all the ecf's - East as well as West.
There are many things said about the Chair of Peter.
Anyway - the Church cannot be infallible if the teacher is NOT infallibly teaching - which would make Christ's promise moot if the teacher could teach heresy... but how would Peter [successors et al] be able to prevail over the gates of hell if he [successors] could teach error??
Faith.
If you believe in Christ and all His promises and you believe in the faithfulness of the Holy Spirit - it really is not a question.
You have to start at the point of faith in the Triune God - Who all chose, give honor and guide the chair of Peter.
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