What are the limits of a popes infallibility?
Meaning where does the Ordinary, Universal Magisterium come into play. I take it that if it’s found in Denziger, then it’s part of the OUM. Any thoughts on this. Popes are infallible when they excercise their authority as the Successor of Peter in matters of Faith and Morals, teaching the entire Church and binding every Catholic to their teaching for all time (ex Cathedra). They are also infallible when promulgating any doctrine discussed and approved in an ecumenical Council, when rendering a formal “decision” on some doctrinal question put to them, and when (whether explicitly or by implication) they present their teaching as being “divinely revealed,” and in their official capacity as the Successor of Peter, or their ministry of “confirming the brethren” or other words clearly to that effect. The first two listed here comprise the Supreme and extraordinary Magisterium, and as such everything in that category is infallible. The other examples above are contained within the Ordinary U
