This video series is based on Francis Sullivan’s Magisterium: Teaching Authority in the Catholic Church, which can be found here. Production was overseen by Msgr. Paul McPartlan, whose website can be found here.
Reading Time: 9 minutes “The second big debate surrounding infallibly taught doctrine is about moral issues that Jesus didn’t directly teach about and instead rely more on ethical systems
Reading Time: 5 minutes “Obviously, a pope speaking on an airplane is very different than every bishop in the world agreeing about something. And bishops all agreeing that Jesus
Reading Time: 7 minutes By Will Deatherage, Executive Director Time after time, throughout the earliest ecumenical councils, Rome’s position won out, even though Rome was hardly a political powerhouse
Reading Time: 9 minutes “Remember that Jesus promised indefectibility to the Church as a community; it doesn’t reside in one individual person, though there is one very notable exception
Reading Time: 4 minutes “In episode one of this series, we justified the Church’s teaching authority by exploring scripture. Specifically, we explored the biblical basis for bishops, who were
Reading Time: 5 minutes “Magisterium this. Magisterium that.” I’m honestly astonished by how frequently I hear Catholics throwing that word around without properly understanding what it means. Let’s break
