Except it didn't.   you keep trotting out non-fact, and you don't understand how and when the church makes pronouncements.

There are many many points that the Church holds, but doesn't make definitive statements until it gets challenged by, say, the Protestants..and then it makes a statement.

In this sense, it's "negative".  It doesn't positively define all things that it holds true in formal documents.

You really would benefit from a good course in Church history.

Read Armenio's book...he's based in Chicago.  Maybe he's giving a class you could take.

His book is written at the high school level.