infallibility
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Later, recounting his fruitless sessions with his hopeless catechumen, Father Mowbray tells the matriarch how he tried to explain to Mottram the concept of papal infallibility:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
The arrogant certitude with which he announces his conclusions certainly suggests that he has embraced a posture of infallibility that leaves no room for good-faith disagreement.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2025
To his credit, when he was stripped last year of his cloak of infallibility, he looked in the mirror.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
Küng, who brought Ratzinger to Tübingen, would later be barred from teaching by his former colleague, after he rejected papal infallibility.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2022
Up until the Santa Anita Handicap the redhead had been basking in the attention, boasting of his horse’s infallibility, and entertaining the reporters with his quick wit.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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