In a message dated 10-13-1999 5:28:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> Perhaps so. Actually the priest Pat was quoting had misinformed her in
> two ways, A) that belief in Christ's descent to the place of the dead
> is not required of Catholics and B) that the doctrine is not mentioned
> in the Bible.
>
> For Catholics, though, the deciding factor is not the opinion of "the
> Church en masse". Cf. the definition of the doctrine of Papal
> Infallibility of 1870:
Bill,
just for my information: which Pontiff spoke ex cathedra on the descent, and
when?
pat
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