medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Correction gratefully accepted. I suspect that I was typing too fast again. -Stephen Allen [log in to unmask] At 10:03 PM 08/14/2003 -0500, merum wrote: >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > >Minor correction: _Ineffabilis Deus_ was a bull of Pius IX. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Stephen A. Allen" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 7:16 PM >Subject: Re: [M-R] Saints of the Day 15.August > > >> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture >> >> The Immaculate Conception was officially taught by Pius X >> in the bull _Ineffabilis Deus_ in 1854. It probably cannot >> be said to have been taught infallibly because the doctrine >> of papal infallibility was not made a matter of dogma until >> the First Vatican Council of 1869-1870. >> >> The Assumption is indeed the only case where the pope has >> spoken infallibly. In that case, the pope was Pius XII, >> the bull was _Munificentissimus Deus_, and the date was 1950. >> >> -Stephen Allen >> [log in to unmask] ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html