Found 2 items, similar to Papal infallibility.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Papal infallibility Papal infallibility n : belief of the Roman Catholic Church that God protects the Pope from error when he speaks about faith or morality
English → English (gcide) Definition: Papal infallibility Infallibility \In*fal`li*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. infaillibilit['e].] The quality or state of being infallible, or exempt from error; inerrability. [1913 Webster] Infallibility is the highest perfection of the knowing faculty. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster] Papal infallibility (R. C. Ch.), the dogma that the pope can not, when acting in his official character of supreme pontiff, err in defining a doctrine of Christian faith or rule of morals, to be held by the church. This was decreed by the Ecumenical Council at the Vatican, July 18, 1870. [1913 Webster]