A Two Part Question..YAY

[MissRowboat]

First question..

Do we as Catholics believe that the Pope is infallible when it comes to interpretting (sp?) scripture?

And if so..

Second question..

If the Pope is supposedly infallible at intepretting Scripture, why did he misinterpret the passages about God making the sun stop moving so Gideon (maybe it was Joshua) could have more daylight to fight in battle, thinking that it meant that solar system was geocentric, when it's true that the solar system is heliocentric?

We're just discussing Galileo in history and I was thinking about this. Cus if the Pope is infallible when it comes to interpretting Scripture, why did he get this wrong?

 

[ZooMom]

First question..

Do we as Catholics believe that the Pope is infallible when it comes to interpretting (sp?) scripture?

No.

And if so..

Second question..

If the Pope is supposedly infallible at intepretting Scripture, why did he misinterpret the passages about God making the sun stop moving so Gideon (maybe it was Joshua) could have more daylight to fight in battle, thinking that it meant that solar system was geocentric, when it's true that the solar system is heliocentric?

We're just discussing Galileo in history and I was thinking about this. Cus if the Pope is infallible when it comes to interpretting Scripture, why did he get this wrong?

I haven't a clue. *shrug*


I can see I was very helpful to you. Hopefully, someone more informed than I will be here soon to help you.


Peace be with you.

Sandy

 

[Benedicta00]

First question..

Do we as Catholics believe that the Pope is infallible when it comes to interpretting (sp?) scripture?

The pope doesn’t interpret scripture.

And if so..

Second question..

If the Pope is supposedly infallible at intepretting Scripture, why did he misinterpret the passages about God making the sun stop moving so Gideon (maybe it was Joshua) could have more daylight to fight in battle, thinking that it meant that solar system was geocentric, when it's true that the solar system is heliocentric?

Huh?

We're just discussing Galileo in history and I was thinking about this. Cus if the Pope is infallible when it comes to interpretting Scripture, why did he get this wrong?

Pope doesn’t interpret scripture.

 

[InnerPhyre]

For the Pope to make an infallible statement, he has to come out and say beforehand "This is an infallible statement."

 

[Irenaeus]

If the Pope is supposedly infallible at intepretting Scripture, why did he misinterpret the passages about God making the sun stop moving so Gideon (maybe it was Joshua) could have more daylight to fight in battle, thinking that it meant that solar system was geocentric, when it's true that the solar system is heliocentric?

We're just discussing Galileo in history and I was thinking about this. Cus if the Pope is infallible when it comes to interpretting Scripture, why did he get this wrong?

Welcome!

The fact is, the Pope is not infallible in science, only in matters of faith and morals, when officially defined. He is not infallible in interpreting Scripture all the time, only when as the Universal Pastor of the Church he decrees something ex cathedra, which is an official declaration of dogma.

It is possible that God stopped the earth's rotation in Joshua, or allowed a natural prodigy to occur.

Funny thing about Galileo -
The Jesuits were very interested in his new invention, the Telescope. This when many civil authorities were accusing him of witchcraft.