The following is a short summary of the doctrine of papal infallibility
To be free "from error" does not mean that one is "totally correct" or that one has spoken "the last and complete word on the topic". It means that one has made a statement that corresponds, to one degree or another, to the relevant reality (in this case, the "matter of faith and morals").
What this also means is that, the very doctrine of papal infallibility, free "from error", is not "the last and complete word on the topic".
To be "irreformable" is to be free from being reformable. However, to be "irreformable" is not to be free from being clarified, or more deeply understood, or incorporated within a larger philosophical framework.
When the Pope (1) intends to teach (2) by virtue of his supreme authority (3) on a matter of faith and morals (4) to the whole Church, he is preserved by the Holy Spirit from error. His teaching act is therefore called "infallible" and the teaching which he articulates is termed "irreformable".
To be free "from error" does not mean that one is "totally correct" or that one has spoken "the last and complete word on the topic". It means that one has made a statement that corresponds, to one degree or another, to the relevant reality (in this case, the "matter of faith and morals").
What this also means is that, the very doctrine of papal infallibility, free "from error", is not "the last and complete word on the topic".
To be "irreformable" is to be free from being reformable. However, to be "irreformable" is not to be free from being clarified, or more deeply understood, or incorporated within a larger philosophical framework.
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