The council-hall at St. Peter's in Rome during a meeting.
(from The New Hermit calendar 1871)
The definition of papal infallibility
For the glory of God our Saviour, to increase the Catholic religion, the salvation of Christian people we teach and explain final as divinely revealed dogma, a faithful following by the beginning of the Christian faith tradition preserved, under the approval of the Holy Council (Vatican I): When the Roman
Bishop of the highest teaching authority (ex cathedra) speaks, that is, if he sway of his office as shepherd and teacher of all Christians in the highest, apostolic office force a final decision, a doctrine concerning faith or morals should be recorded by the whole Church, he has because of the divine assistance that is promised him in blessed Peter, that infallibility with which the divine Redeemer wished His Church have equipped when the decision in faith and moral teachings. These final decisions of the Roman pontiff are therefore unalterable and not by the support of the church.
If someone - God forbid - Should be removed to object to this, our final decision, it was excluded.
After Neuner-Roos, The faith of the Church in the documents of the teaching preaching, international updated by Karl Rahner and Karl-Heinz Weger, 9 Edition, published by Frederick Pustet, 1975
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