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Ex Cathedra -- are there other Christian groups besides Catholicism that use a similar tactic?

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We're all familiar with the concept of the papal infallibility and how the pope is considered infallible only when speaking ex cathedra, which creates a lot of wiggle room since there is really no clear criteria for determining when he's speaking ex cathedra (my opinion, but see https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/30319/can-we-tell-when-the-roman-pontiff-is-speaking-ex-cathedra and its many duplicates), and that he's sitting down apparently doesn't mean anything even though that's the literal translation (from a chair). This ex cathedra thing creates a sort of "Nope, he didn't say Simon says, so that doesn't count" effect. Anyway my question is not at all about that. My question is are there any other Christian groups, sects, denominations, that use a similar tactic to prevent their leader from the appearance of having taught false doctrine? For example: Might Mormons use the same kind of argument to prevent the appearance that their prophets contradict each other infallibly?
Asked by david brainerd (4470 rep)
Jul 11, 2014, 04:11 AM
Last activity: Jul 11, 2014, 06:31 PM