Papal Infallibility - a Flat Locus: From a Thomistic Position of Ecclesial Independence Towards a Whiteheadian Interpretation as Locus Theologicus Alienus

Thomism which traditionally backed Papal Infallibility creates a special Catholic locus theologicus proprius out of this dogma which depends on a positive straight line between God and men. But in looking into the inevitable spatial aspect of the doctrine, the necessity of Papal Infallibility to tea...

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Main Author: Sander, Hans-Joachim 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2015
In: Open theology
Year: 2015, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 546–559
Further subjects:B topology in theology
B Thomism
B Loci theologici
B Melchior Cano
B Papal Infallibility
B Relativity
B Alfred North Whitehead
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Summary:Thomism which traditionally backed Papal Infallibility creates a special Catholic locus theologicus proprius out of this dogma which depends on a positive straight line between God and men. But in looking into the inevitable spatial aspect of the doctrine, the necessity of Papal Infallibility to teach ex cathedra, the straight line turns into a relative flat locus which depends on processes independent of it. By this topology provided by Whitehead’s Process Philosophy Papal Infallibility turns into a locus theologicus alienus coherent with the philosophical backing of the doctrine.
ISSN:2300-6579
Contains:Enthalten in: Open theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/opth-2015-0036