Infallibility
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20312274 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A P Martinich (The University of Texas at Austin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 15-27 |
| Publication date | 1980-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religious Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-4125 • E-ISSN: 1469-901X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034412500011938 |
| OpenAlex | W4246550813 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
It has often been charged that the doctrine of papal infallibility is either false or incoherent. These charges stem, I believe, from a misunderstanding of the logical character of infallible papal utterances, a misunderstanding shared alike by friends and foes of the doctrine. In this paper, I shall argue that the doctrine is both coherent and correct. I devote section I to uncovering some of the sources of this misunderstanding and thereby defending what might be called my negative thesis, namely, that infallible papal utterances are not statements. In section II, I continue defending my negative thesis, not now as an end in itself, but rather as a means of advancing my positive thesis that infallible papal utterances are declarations and have the same logic as other declarations. The latter thesis requires a discussion of the difference between statements and declarations. Section III contains a formal speech act analysis of successful and non-defective statements and declarations with some additional explanatory notes. In section IV, I speak rather generally about the task of philosophical theology in the light of the results and procedures of sections I–III
Doctrine · Epistemology · Infallibility · Linguistics · Section (typography) · Theology · Computer Science · Medieval Philosophy and Theology · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies · Philosophy · Theology and Canon Law Studies
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1980 - 1980 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |