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In order to be a Catholic, it is not necessary to believe as infallible (incapable of being wrong or changing)
{ 1 } - the Magisterium's position on questions under discussion which involve certain contingent and conjectural elements (such as that the cases that require capital punishment to protect the common good are very rare if not practically nonexistent).
{ 2 } - revealed truths taught by the ordinary and universal magisterium, i.e. the moral majority of bishops with the pope throughout the world, such as the commandment that forbids adultery, which has never been solemnly defined.
{ 3 } - revealed truths solemnly defined by the "extraordinary" (ex cathedra) authority of the pope (such as that polygamy is forbidden to Christians).
{ 4 } - truths which are not revealed, but are so closely connected with revelation that to deny them would be equivalent to denying revealed truth, such as the validity of the sacraments as performed today.
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In order to be a Catholic, it is not necessary to believe as infallible (incapable of being wrong or changing)
{ 1 } - the Magisterium's position on questions under discussion which involve certain contingent and conjectural elements (such as that the cases that require capital punishment to protect the common good are very rare if not practically nonexistent).
{ 2 } - revealed truths taught by the ordinary and universal magisterium, i.e. the moral majority of bishops with the pope throughout the world, such as the commandment that forbids adultery, which has never been solemnly defined.
{ 3 } - revealed truths solemnly defined by the "extraordinary" (ex cathedra) authority of the pope (such as that polygamy is forbidden to Christians).
{ 4 } - truths which are not revealed, but are so closely connected with revelation that to deny them would be equivalent to denying revealed truth, such as the validity of the sacraments as performed today.
See p. 184-5.
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In order to be a Catholic, it is not necessary to believe as infallible (incapable of being wrong or changing)
{ 1 } - the Magisterium's position on questions under discussion which involve certain contingent and conjectural elements (such as that the cases that require capital punishment to protect the common good are very rare if not practically nonexistent).
{ 2 } - revealed truths taught by the ordinary and universal magisterium, i.e. the moral majority of bishops with the pope throughout the world, such as the commandment that forbids adultery, which has never been solemnly defined.
{ 3 } - revealed truths solemnly defined by the "extraordinary" (ex cathedra) authority of the pope (such as that polygamy is forbidden to Christians).
{ 4 } - truths which are not revealed, but are so closely connected with revelation that to deny them would be equivalent to denying revealed truth, such as the validity of the sacraments as performed today.
See p. 184-5.
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In order to be a Catholic, it is not necessary to believe as infallible (incapable of being wrong or changing)
{ 1 } - the Magisterium's position on questions under discussion which involve certain contingent and conjectural elements (such as that the cases that require capital punishment to protect the common good are very rare if not practically nonexistent).
{ 2 } - revealed truths taught by the ordinary and universal magisterium, i.e. the moral majority of bishops with the pope throughout the world, such as the commandment that forbids adultery, which has never been solemnly defined.
{ 3 } - revealed truths solemnly defined by the "extraordinary" (ex cathedra) authority of the pope (such as that polygamy is forbidden to Christians).
{ 4 } - truths which are not revealed, but are so closely connected with revelation that to deny them would be equivalent to denying revealed truth, such as the validity of the sacraments as performed today.
See p. 184-5.
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In order to be a Catholic, it is not necessary to believe as infallible (incapable of being wrong or changing)
{ 1 } - the Magisterium's position on questions under discussion which involve certain contingent and conjectural elements (such as that the cases that require capital punishment to protect the common good are very rare if not practically nonexistent).
{ 2 } - revealed truths taught by the ordinary and universal magisterium, i.e. the moral majority of bishops with the pope throughout the world, such as the commandment that forbids adultery, which has never been solemnly defined.
{ 3 } - revealed truths solemnly defined by the "extraordinary" (ex cathedra) authority of the pope (such as that polygamy is forbidden to Christians).
{ 4 } - truths which are not revealed, but are so closely connected with revelation that to deny them would be equivalent to denying revealed truth, such as the validity of the sacraments as performed today.
See p. 184-5.
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