There follows a reference to Dom Paul Naus study on the Ordinary Magisterium, published in 1998 by Angelus Press under the title Pope or Church?
This statement by Michael Davies is erroneous. This expression is a common misunderstanding of the Ordinary Magisterium and just the opposite of Dom Naus true teaching concerning the Ordinary Magisterium. Dom Naus whole point is that the definition of the infallibility of the Solemn Magisterium by Vatican I has overshadowed the just as real (but perhaps less clear) infallibility of the Ordinary Magisterium, of which Vatican I also spoke: It is a duty to believe with divine and Catholic Faith all that is contained in the word of God, whether written or transmitted by Tradition, that the Church puts forward to be believed as revealed truth, either in a solemn judgment or by her ordinary and universal Magisterium (Dei Filius). The term Ordinary Magisterium is commonly used for any teaching that is not solemnly defined. This is where Michael Davies error lies. The Society certainly does not follow him in this. The Ordinary Magisterium is of its nature both Universal and Infallible. If it i
