MAGISTERIUM

BASIC R.C. BELIEF

"The teaching authority of the Church in the pope and the bishops united

with the pope. It is designed to take things from scripture and tradition

(remote rules of faith) and apply them in a living way, hence it's being

called the proximate rule of faith" (Dr. Ludwig Ott, FUNDAMENTALS OF

CATHOLIC DOGMA).

In spite of this definition by a Roman Catholic theologian, any matter

that has not been made an article of faith is open to theological debate.

POST VATICAN II

This theological debate has especially been active since Vatican II, but

the recent papal censure of Hans Kung by Pope John Paul II indicates that

the Pope is re-asserting the traditional teaching of the Church.

CHRISTIAN COMMENT

By having this proximate rule of faith the ultimate authority, it becomes

unimportant what the Bible says. What the pope says the Bible says is

important.

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