Sed contra, the infallibility of canonizations is a doubtful matter.

Against the arguments in favor of the infallibility of canonization:

1a) First, it is argued that to canonize a sinner would serve to mislead the faithful by his moral example. (Aquinas, Quodlibet IX 8ad1).

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This follows only if his sins are notorious. If his sins are unknown, then his example does not pose danger to the souls of the faithful. So the putative saint may be damned.

1b) Second, the dubitability of canonization may be thought to call the infallibility of the magisterium

@jasonwblakely @njhochman Gordon Wood is a competent scholar, and I have enjoyed some of his work. But he is not infallible, nor is he ideologically impartial. He doesn't stand outside of history looking in: he is part of the Revolution's contested legacy of self-interpretation. @jasonwblakely @njhochman @njhochman is noting (correctly) that modern liberals characterize the causes of the Revolution in extremely abstract terms, which establish vague associations between the political ideals of the Founders and those trafficked by progressives today. In fact, terms like "liberty"