Infallibility

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]


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