Pastor aeternus

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Catholic magisterial document document of the First Vatican Council dogmatic constitution papal document

Pastor aeternus is the 1870 dogmatic constitution of the First Vatican Council that definitively articulated the doctrine of papal primacy and infallibility in the Roman Catholic Church.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Pastor Aeternus	5
Pastor aeternus canonical	3

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic magisterial document ⓘ document of the First Vatican Council ⓘ dogmatic constitution ⓘ papal document ⓘ
approvedBy	Pope Pius IX ⓘ
authorityLevel	dogma ⓘ
basisInScripture	Gospel of John ⓘ surface form: Gospel of John 21:15–17 Gospel of Matthew ⓘ surface form: Gospel of Matthew 16:18–19
basisInTradition	constant tradition of the Catholic Church ⓘ
chapter	On the infallible teaching authority of the Roman Pontiff ⓘ On the institution of the apostolic primacy in blessed Peter ⓘ On the permanence of the primacy of blessed Peter in the Roman Pontiffs ⓘ On the power and nature of the primacy of the Roman Pontiff ⓘ
church	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
council	First Vatican Council ⓘ
councilSession	First Vatican Council ⓘ surface form: Fourth Session of the First Vatican Council
definesDoctrine	ex cathedra teaching ⓘ irreformability of ex cathedra definitions ⓘ necessity of papal assent for doctrinal certainty ⓘ papal infallibility ⓘ papal primacy ⓘ supreme jurisdiction of the Roman Pontiff ⓘ universal jurisdiction of the Roman Pontiff ⓘ
definesTerm	ex cathedra ⓘ
historicalContext	19th-century controversies over papal authority ⓘ First Vatican Council ⓘ
influenced	canon law on papal primacy and infallibility ⓘ subsequent Catholic teaching on the papacy ⓘ
inForce	true ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
locationOfCouncil	Vatican City ⓘ
numberOfChapters	4 ⓘ
partOf	First Vatican Council ⓘ surface form: documents of Vatican I
popeWhoPromulgated	Pope Pius IX ⓘ
promulgationDate	1870-07-18 ⓘ
statesThat	ex cathedra definitions of the Roman Pontiff are irreformable of themselves and not from the consent of the Church ⓘ the Roman Pontiff has full and supreme power of jurisdiction over the whole Church ⓘ the Roman Pontiff has ordinary and immediate jurisdiction over all the faithful ⓘ the Roman Pontiff possesses infallibility when speaking ex cathedra ⓘ
subject	Pope ⓘ surface form: Roman Pontiff jurisdiction of the Pope ⓘ papal infallibility ⓘ papal primacy ⓘ teaching authority of the Pope ⓘ
theologicalField	dogmatic theology ⓘ ecclesiology ⓘ
theologicalTradition	Catholic theology ⓘ
title	Pastor aeternus self-link ⓘ
year	1870 ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Vatican Council → issuedDocument → Pastor aeternus ⓘ

dogmatic constitution on the Catholic faith → relatedDocument → Pastor aeternus ⓘ

subject surface form: Dogmatic Constitution on the Catholic Faith