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Q to Catholics - degree of Papal authority?
Trying to figure out the degree of Papal authority in official Papal declarations (I believe this is called "Ex Cathedra")
Papal authority comes from Matthew 16:19, where Peter is explicitly commissioned to "bind and loose", i.e. to include and exclude Jewish observances for non-Jewish converts. There isn't any evidence that the Jewish followers of Jesus themselves stopped practising these observances.
Ex Cathedra (the office of pronouncement) should not be confused with the apostolic authority granted to Peter as the first to hold this office as the 'bishop of Rome', i.e. the first 'pope'. The authority is to "bind and loose"
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- salsaman60Lv 48 years agoFavorite Answer
The official Papal declarations which are related Catholic Dogma are call infallible.
Source(s): Catholic Doctrine - harpertaraLv 78 years ago
When the pope decrees something 'Ex Cathedra', it automatically is added to the belief system of the Church. This has only happened on very rare occasions. At that moment the pope is considered infallible and that he is speaking the will of God and what he declares becomes the law of the church.
