Question

Note to players: description acceptable. The jurist al-Shafi’i accorded this quality to ijma only when it was “from the generality to the generality.” The 33rd verse of the 33rd sura, also known as the Verse of Purification, is considered scriptural evidence of this quality. The term Ma‘ṣūmūn collectively (15[1])refers to Muhammad, Fatimah, and the Twelve Imams, the fourteen individuals that the Twelver Shia believe to have this quality. (-5[1])Although it can refer to innocence, the word ‘iṣmah primarily signifies this quality. Ignaz von (*) Dollinger challenged the assertion of this quality, alongside the supremacy of the pope, in the document Pastor aeternus at the First Vatican Council in 1870. For 10 points, Pius IX dogmatically defined the pope speaking ex cathedra (10[1])as having what protection? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: infallibility [or papal infallibility; or answers indicating being free of error; or answers indicating never being wrong; or answers indicating always being correct; accept ‘iṣmah before mentioned]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jason Golfinos[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]Berkeley B4715
Naveed ChowdhuryIt's JoeverBerkeley A67-5
Natan HoltzmanStanford AStanford B11910
Swapnil GargBerkeley AIt's Joever12410

Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%17%17%100.83
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%33%0%93.33
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%33%33%96.67
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y2100%100%0%72.50
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y3100%33%0%92.67