I said, "A Bishop's lightest word ex cathedra is heavy."
Is there another judge of morals than the Pope speaking ex cathedra, as I always did?
Examplesofex cathedra
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Only if you decideexcathedrathat one position is dominant.
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It is not something to be handed down,excathedra, from on high as by a monarch.
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The views he expressed were received very largely asexcathedrastatements.
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This statement is madeexcathedra, with no experimental evidence cited in support.
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Mine was the generational privilege of hearing him speakexcathedra, or even more of seeing him, for his expressiveness went far beyond words alone.
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He tends to makeexcathedraassertions about political and social changes rather than drawing on the wider social science literature.
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It would be incautious to makeexcathedrastatements.
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I would not allow myself to be drawn intoexcathedrastatements on scientific matters on a supplementary question.
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So the issue narrows down to theexcathedraway of doing that.
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Be that as it may, whether it isexcathedraor in cathedra it is purported to be authoritative.
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After all, it was she who, just before the election, made theexcathedraannouncement on the aboli- tion of the rating system.
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I do not think that hisexcathedra, assertive and highhanded exposition is responsible.
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In view of certainexcathedrautterances, has the worst not now come to the worst?
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I would not wish to give anyexcathedraopinion on this point.
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It was anexcathedrastatement with no proof whatsoever.
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