Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 30, No. 1. 1967.
Pope infallible
Pope infallible
But there were moments when the faith of the Church on some matter was in doubt. When the Pope spoke on this he was infallible.
The papacy could still perform this function in a reunified church but the direct authority of the Bishop of Rome would have to be cut down or largely decentralised. The Baroque-Byzantine image of the Papacy would have to be changed, Father Durning said.
Some kind of authority on the interpretation of the Bible would also be needed but apart from this the papacy would only be last court of appeal on matters of faith.