papal infallibility

1. 1.

   belief of the Roman Catholic Church that God protects the pope from error when he speaks about faith or morality

   Broaderinfallibility

Questions about papal infallibility

What does papal infallibility mean?

papal infallibility means "belief of the Roman Catholic Church that God protects the pope from error when he speaks about faith or morality".

Is papal infallibility a common word?

papal infallibility is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.