Do you say that God makes a man infallible who has to be voted for just like politicians?

1 min readUpdated 12 October 2022

God says He does. But the Pope is not infallible because voted for. He is elected by votes, and when elected he receives infallibility from God. The Pope does not derive his infallibility from those who elect him.

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