Pastor aeternus

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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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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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this entity surface form: Pastor Aeternus
subject surface form: Dogmatic Constitution on the Catholic Faith
this entity surface form: Pastor Aeternus
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this entity surface form: Pastor Aeternus
Pastor aeternus title Pastor aeternus self-link