Kuasa Mengajar Sebagai Pelayanan Seorang Uskup

Abstract

Teaching authority in Roman Catholic is entrusted to apostolic
college of bishops with Pope as its head. This authoriy has been
developed from the ouset of christianism. It is believed that the
the apostolic college has handed over to bishops as their successor.
The teaching authority performed by bishop is restricted to faith
and moral matter. Their teachings in these matters obtain an
infallible character. As far as the faith and moral matter are
concerned, the infallibel character is accepted. Issues regarding
politics, economics and so on are not in domain of the teaching
authority of Magisterium. Catholics are strongly recommended
to give their obbedience to the teachings of Magisterium. Are
there possibilities to dissent from these teachings? This article
demonstrates historical development of teaching authority in
roman catholic and its implementation.