Papal Infallibility

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

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🗓️ 26 November 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Why does the Roman Catholic Church claim that the pope is infallible? Today, R.C. Sproul surveys the historical, political, and doctrinal factors that contributed to the rise of the papacy.

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Meet Today’s Teacher:

R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God’s Word. He was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.

Meet the Host:

Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.

Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

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0:00.0	It's interesting, I think, for Protestants to understand that the notion, the doctrine of papal infallibility is of recent definition.
0:10.1	It's only a little over a hundred years old.
0:18.3	Did you realize that?
0:20.6	Welcome to the Tuesday edition of renewing your mind. It's good to have you with us.
0:25.6	The Pope is regarded by Rome as the chief pastor of the whole church, the vicar of Christ upon the earth.
0:32.6	And if you watch the news or see the headlines on social media, you quickly realize that the
0:38.2	Pope's influence extends far beyond the church.
0:41.9	But this fairly new notion of the Pope's infallibility is a claim that we need to examine.
0:47.9	And R.C. Sprawl does that today in a series in which he carefully and respectfully looks
0:53.1	at the doctrines at the heart of the Roman Catholic and Protestant divide.
0:58.1	And don't forget that until tomorrow, you can request this series and his book, Are We Together,
1:04.4	when you make a year-end donation of any amount at renewingyourmind.org.
1:09.6	Here's Dr. Spraw on the question of papal infallibility.
1:16.7	Today we're going to continue our series of lectures on Roman Catholic theology,
1:21.8	and the theme of our concern in this session will be the doctrine of papal infallibility.
1:29.6	Papal infallibility as an official doctrine of the church, a doctrine that became of the status
1:37.4	called Defe Defe De, that is to be embraced by all true and faithful Catholic people,
1:48.2	was declared on July the 18th,
1:57.8	1870 by Vatican Council number one. Vatican Council number one, or the first Vatican Council, had as its presiding Pope, Pope Pius the 9th.
2:04.1	Pius the 9th and Vatican Council number one declared the doctrine of papal infallibility
2:09.8	July 18th, 1870 by a vote, incidentally, of 5334 and 2 against.
2:22.8	The vote was not unanimous, but it certainly was overwhelming.
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