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So I have come to the point that I don't think I can bend my knee to Papal Infallibility without going against my own heart and mind. It's making me sad, as it means I can't be part of the Catholic Church I have been part of. Very sad inside, like heart breaking. I don't know how to reconcile my heart and the RCC.
To me, it's so historically easy to disprove, as Cardinal Newman also noted when it was proposed. I won't go into the arguments, but none of them work without a predisposed opinion to make them work. Simple exegesis does not come to this conclusion.
But now there is a bigger hurdle in this - it was "infallibly declared" at an infallible council. So this would also prove that Catholic councils are not infallible as they insist as well. Wow - the ball of yarn starts to unwind.
How do some very intelligent, well educated, and seemingly well intentioned people buy into this hook, line, and sinker?
I'm just feeling spiritually depressed and lost. And have lost all trust for the judgement of Catholic clergy through this.
Where would you go from here?
To me, it's so historically easy to disprove, as Cardinal Newman also noted when it was proposed. I won't go into the arguments, but none of them work without a predisposed opinion to make them work. Simple exegesis does not come to this conclusion.
But now there is a bigger hurdle in this - it was "infallibly declared" at an infallible council. So this would also prove that Catholic councils are not infallible as they insist as well. Wow - the ball of yarn starts to unwind.
How do some very intelligent, well educated, and seemingly well intentioned people buy into this hook, line, and sinker?
I'm just feeling spiritually depressed and lost. And have lost all trust for the judgement of Catholic clergy through this.
Where would you go from here?