Assertion: infallibility | /r/HasProperty | negative charism
Facets:
value: eminently
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Infallibility is a negative charism (gratia gratis data) that prevents the possibility of error.
text: It is eminently positive.
text: Peter shares the gift of infallibility (a negative gift in the sense it keeps him from teaching error on matters of faith and morals) with the other apostles and their successors, the bishops.
text: Because infallibility is a NEGATIVE charism, and because by their very nature, Church doctrines are inextricably intertwined with other doctrines, there is no HUMAN way to say such and such is an infallible teaching.
text: It is important to remember that the infallibility of the Church is a negative definition.
text: Infallibility is a negative charism (gratia gratis data) that prevents the possibility of error.
text: Since infallibility is only a negative charism, it does not inspire a pope to teach what is true or even defend revealed truths, nor does it “make the pope’s will the ultimate standard of truth and goodness” (2), but simply prevents him from teaching error under certain limited conditions.
text: Since infallibility is only a negative charism, it does not inspire a pope to teach what is true or even defend revealed truths, nor does it “make the pope’s will the ultimate standard of truth and goodness”,2 but rather, it simply prevents him from teaching in error under certain limited conditions.