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The heresy of “Solo Papa”; Cultural elite stands up for TLM; and more

Tradition and Sanity

An extreme papalism — what might be called solo papa, short for “we know the truth/the Faith by the pope alone,” with its corollary “we must always do as the pope bids” — is untenable and in fact contradictory to other constitutive elements of Catholicism, no less than sola fide or sola Scriptura is. It is wrong to label as “Protestants” those Catholics who, for serious reasons — e.g., knowledge of prior truths or more authoritative teachings, or even the requirements of basic logical consistency — question or reject a non-infallible teaching of the pope. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.traditionsanity.com/subscribe