What Is Infallibility? Saints, Cooperation With Evil, Joseph

“What is infallibility?” This question opens a discussion on the nature of infallibility in the Catholic Church, clarifying what it entails and what it does not. The episode also addresses the moral implications of accepting a job that may involve cooperation with evil, and explores the biblical references to Joseph’s profession as a carpenter.

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Questions Covered:

• 02:26 - What is infallibility and what is it not?
• 18:26 - Regarding cooperation with evil. I got a job offer that would entail cutting checks to health facilities that might cover contraception and abortion. Is it ok for me to accept the job?
• 31:37 - Outside of Jesus being referred to the carpenter’s son is Matthew, where else do we get that Joseph was a carpenter?
• 35:07 - Why is wisdom depicted as a woman?
• 43:12 - What is the precise mechanism of the intercession of the saints? Does he do more than the intercessory prayer?
• 48:25 - What do you make of the Orthodox objection to the Filioque that it was not recited in the Creed until around the eighth or ninth century and was not officially adopted in Rome until 1014, reportedly under pressure from Emperor Henry II? What’s the Catholic response to this?