Originally posted by lucifershammerLucifersH: "the Pope's teaching that the Church does not have the authority to ordain women was also pronounced ex cathedra"
Read ivanhoe's earlier post on the definition of infallibility. Infallible refers to a teaching function, particularly when teaching doctrine; it does not mean incorruptible.
Also, btw, ex cathedra statements refer not just to beatifications, but also doctrines such as the Immaculate Conception. I'm not completely certain on this, but IIRC, the P ...[text shortened]... ing that the Church does not have the authority to ordain women was also pronounced ex cathedra.
Are you sure ? Can you give me evidence of this ? An official Vatican link ?
Originally posted by ivanhoeI did a quick google, and apparently the position is that god will protect the church from producing dodgy teachings, so regardless of the pope and how corrupt he might be, god is expected to prevent him teaching something wrong. SO there's unlikely to have been an ex cathedra statement withdrawn. Ever.
It is difficult to debate in general about this. The Churche's history goes back 2000 years as you know.
If you would know an example of an ex-cathedra statement that was withdrawn later. Well, that would be interesting.
(Matt.16:19, 23), apparently.