The Magisterium of the Church
Magisterium ecclesiae - in the Catholic Church the authority of the authoritative teaching of the truths of the faith (also called the Magisterium of the Church), exercised by the college of bishops with the pope as head and individually by the bishops in communication with college.
According to the Church, the ministry of education is performed by the bishop of Rome on the basis of the primacy of the successor of St. Peter and the bishops who, as the successors of the Apostles, are obliged to obey the command of Jesus Christ: "Go and teach all nations ... teach them to observe all that I have commanded you" (Mt 28: 19-20). Jesus promised St. Peter and the Apostles and their successors will remain with them until the end of the world and will send them the Holy Spirit to teach them all the truth and to remind them of all they have heard from him (Jn 14:26). Thanks to this, the Pope and the bishops in unity, as the teaching Church, claim that they can not be wrong about the truths of faith and morals. In particular, the pope is not mistaken when the solemn ex cathedra defines a dogma of faith or moral truth. This was defined in the Vatican II. By this principle, for example, Pope Pius XII defined in 1950 the dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. According to this doctrine, all bishops are also wrong when, together with the pope at the General Council, they proclaim a solemn dogmatic definition or a definitive ruling, and when dispersed in the world but preserving the bonds of communion among themselves and with the Successor of Peter unanimously agree to a statement as being intended Definitely recognized by the faithful.
The Pope and the bishops do not teach their own interpretation of the Gospel, but they invoke many people, primarily priests and catechists, to this mission. Also, Catholic parents teach the faith of their children. The Pope and the bishops watch that they all teach the faith according to the interpretation of the Catholic Church. Bibliography
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