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@Galadhrin1 @ElijahElishaRap Here it is very clear that Dioscorus was DEPOSED even prior to the election of a new patriarch, which means that the council had the aithority to do so.

@Galadhrin1 @ElijahElishaRap Again, this is assuming that Nestorius was legitimately deposed by the council of Ephesus. And if there was agreement of the church of Constantinople to elect Maximianus, this can hardly be said in the case of Proterius of Alexandria after Chalcedon

@Galadhrin1 @ElijahElishaRap You are assuming that Maximianus was a LEGITIMATE successor of Nestorius. But if the council of Ephesus was not a binding ecumenical council even before the confirmation from the bishop of Constantinople, then the Church would have no legitimate authority to replace Nestorius.

@Galadhrin1 @ElijahElishaRap Yes, there are many meanings of the keys, but one of those meanings, which the Fathers also teach, is papal authority, in which sense the keys were given to St Peter and the bishops of Rome ALONE.

@Galadhrin1 @ElijahElishaRap The same with the Dioscurus, the patriarch of Alexandria, who was deposed by the council of Chalcedon.

@Galadhrin1 @ElijahElishaRap What does "reception of the Church" mean? What objective criteria do you use in determining whether the Church received something or not?

@Galadhrin1 @ElijahElishaRap But Augustine also believed that the council of Carthage, which was only a local council, became universally binding after it received papal approval. If that is the case, HOW MUCH MORE would he think that the councils of Lyon, Florence, Trent, Vatican, etc. are binding.

@Galadhrin1 @ElijahElishaRap Matthew 16 says "whatever YOU bind ..." Thus, the authority to bind and to loose, was give to Peter PERSONALLY. The Pope is the successor of Peter and thus he ALONE can bind and loose, even without a council.

@Galadhrin1 @ElijahElishaRap Which councils can only be recognized if you have an infallible head, who can act either alone or (as usually) with a council. Otherwise there is no objective criteria by which we can recognize a council as dogmatically binding.

@Galadhrin1 @ElijahElishaRap Also, Matthew 16 says: "Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven." Now this verse the Church has applied to the Pope. Therefore, the Pope can make an ex cathedra pronouncment binding the entire Church.

@UbiPetrus2019 @orthodoxluigi @ElijahElishaRap On the contrary, ONE SINGLE STATEMENT of Pope Agatho, teaching papal infallibility and accepted by an ecumenical council, suffices to prove the Catholic position. (And there are scholars who interpret Pope Agatho as teaching papal infallibility.)

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