Ordinary Magisterium

[goldenchild17]

[quote name='Apotheoun' post='1508231' date='Apr 24 2008, 08:34 AM']The distinction between [i]defining[/i] and [i]non-defining acts[/i], which is found in the "Official Doctrinal Commentary on the Professio Fidei," is simply a technical way of distinguishing between the acts proper to the Extraordinary Magisterium, which by its very nature issues solemn decrees, and the acts of the Ordinary and Universal Magisterium, which is founded upon the common teaching of the universal episcopate dispersed throughout the world.[/quote]

agreed.