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It would be a complete mess, and I think the, even Pius the 9th, I think, ultimately recognize this.

So after Vatican 1 proclaims infallibility,

Pius the ninth endorses, there's essentially an explanatory letter, which is written by a German

bishop named Gassar, G-A-S-S-E-R. And he really lays out a very careful minimalist interpretation of the definition.

He's ultramontane.

He's just minimalist in his approach.

And Pius and 9th blesses this and says this is beautifully done, you know, bravo.

So now, that's in the context of the Kolturkamp of Bishop Gosser's, is actually responding to the German government, which is really freaked out by the, of the Koltur Kampf of Bishop Gosser's is actually responding to the German

government, which is really freaked out by the by the definition. But the point is the maximalists

sometimes were able to recognize the importance of the minimalist interpretation. And they usually

were willing to make space for that. There were no quarter for the Gallicans,

but they were willing to kind of accept the more minimalist impression.

The momentalist impression... In times like these, we all need a word of encouragement.

From pastor and bestselling author Max Lucado comes the Max Lucado encouraging Word podcast with over 40 years of ministry and more than 145 million books sold in 50 languages.

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