Faith writes:
First, no minister's interpretation of the Bible is regarded as infallible by anyone, although the Pope claims infallibility for himself.
Yes. It has happened. Does it happen all the time? No.
Have ministers claimed themselves as infallible ("my way or the highway")? Of course they have. Some almost every day. All the time? No.
Again... looks the same to me.
In any case It's not about how the people treat the leader, it's about the attributes ascribed to the leader by the church's doctrine...
What? No, that's not what it's about.
That's what you want to make it about because you think it adds credence to your conclusion.
What it's about is how things actually are.
How things actually are is how people treat the leader, and how the leader treats the people.
It shouldn't be too hard to find Catholic doctrine officially spelling out these things. I'll eventually have to track it all down.
Why track it down? Who cares what's written in what doctrine as long as both Popes and Ministers are doing the same thing?
Are you trying to say that acting infallible is fine as long as you don't be honest about it and write it down? How strange.