How to Properly Understand the Role of the Papacy (Guest: Dr. Peter Kwasniewski)

August 19, 2022 • 01:03:35
How to Properly Understand the Role of the Papacy (Guest: Dr. Peter Kwasniewski)
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How to Properly Understand the Role of the Papacy (Guest: Dr. Peter Kwasniewski)

Aug 19 2022 | 01:03:35

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Eric Sammons

Show Notes

The controversies surrounding Pope Francis have led many to rethink the papacy itself, with some transforming the pope into a political leader to be followed in all things, and others rejecting his authority entirely. What is the Catholic way to look at the papacy?

Links:

• The Road from Hyperpapalism to Catholicism (book) by Peter A. Kwasniewski

• Rethinking the Papacy (Crisis Point podcast)

• The “Spirit of Vatican I” as a Post-Revolutionary Political Problem (article)

• On non-infallible teachings of the Magisterium and the meaning of “obsequium religiosum” (article)

• The Morality of Correcting the Pope (article)

• Defending the Faith Against Present Heresies (book)

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