No Humanae Vitae

Of course, they can hardly prevent lay Catholics publish their opinions in secular media. But which lay theologicians do you know who took a stance against HV and whose carrier has survived that, without recanting?

Fr. Charles Curran is a noted priest theologian who was extremely vocal against HV and was able to survive silencing. While he was forced out of the national Catholic University in the US, he earned tenure at a Protestant institution and is still outspoken in liberal Catholic circles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Curran_(theologian)
 
That's correct, it's called ordinary magisterium. But you forget about the extraordinary magisterium, which states that a doctrine held by all/practically all bishops all over the world is infallible.
Ah. Thank you. I was not aware that distinction. I do know that the majority of people talking about 'infallibility' are talking about the papal version, and most have a wildly distorted view of that doctrine.

Always glad to learn something new.
 
@Daþi: Of course the misunderstanding is partially my fault:
Although the magisterium extraordinarium also plays some role here,
I was concentrating on the closer-down-to-earth point of view that
someone reserving himself in principle the claim of infallibility is not
exactly impressive caught in error, and justifying himself along the lines
"Sorry, I wasn't in an infallible mood."
 
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