Episode 2 of 2
Final Vote on Infallibility
- When
- 18 July 1870
- Where
- First Vatican Council
The final vote on the dogmatic constitution Pastor aeternus was taken on 18 July 1870, defining papal infallibility as a dogma.
On 18 July 1870, the council held a final vote with a choice only between placet and non placet. The result was 533 votes in favour and only 2 against defining as a dogma the infallibility of the pope when speaking ex cathedra.
Sources
- First Vatican Council Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-30
- Pastor aeternus Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-16
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