Assuming that one discerns 'formal' heresy and not just 'material' heresy in a pope, Suarez insisted that he could not be truly judged a heretic until proper authorities (say, the bishops or a preponderance of hierarchs) judged him to be so.
Since Suarez tended to focus upon matters as a jurist, his 'legalism' here is understandable.
St. Robert Bellarmine, in contrast, insisted that, even though it is improbable that Divine Providence would permit a pope to fall into 'formal' heresy, if such were to occur he would 'ipso facto' be deposed and any declaration of such would merely confirm formally what already was.
Bellarmine reasons more comprehensively as a true and profound moral theologian.
It is an unfortunate fact that most all hierarchs in the Church for a long time have only taken advanced studies in Canon Law, and so they tend to find shelter in legalist or juridical interpretations of scenarios.
We have few, if any, profound and true theologians among the hierarchy.
An exception would be Pope (so-called) 'Emeritus' Benedict xvi.
So, here we are with a majority of rather cowardly hierarchs, a significant portion being truly Modernist, quite a number being rather unintelligent, and some, like Cardinal Burke, who is intelligent yet who takes refuge in the inability of a mainly juridical focus to confront the gravity of what needs to be confronted.
Thus, the implosion of the institutional Church continues virtually uncontested.
But we know this will not continue indefinitely, no matter how dismal things may become before it is corrected. - The Catholic Monitor
According to Dictionary.com, the definition of the word "lying" as a
noun is "the telling of lies, or false statements; untruthfulness,"
whereas as a adjective it means "telling or containing lies,
deliberately untruthful; deceitful; false."
It appears that Cardinal Raymond Burke may be lying in the sense of
"telling... false statements." Only Burke can tells us if he is
"deliberately [being] untruthful."
Cardinal Burke in his recent interview with the New York Times the
newspaper asked him to explain his implications of Francis possibly
backing heresy in the Amazon Synod working document, stating:
"You're effectively implying that the pope would be leading a schism?"
Burke responded: "Yes."
The Times then asked: "Isn't that a deep contradiction of how Catholics think about the office of the papacy?"
Burke replied:
"Of course. Exactly. It's a total contradiction. I pray that this
wouldn't happen. And to be honest with you, I don't know how to address
such a situation. As far as I see, there's no mechanism in the universal
law of the church to deal with such a situation."
(New York Times, "Cardinal Burke: I'm called the Enemy of the Pope, which I am Not," November 9, 2019)
As far as I can see, Cardinal Burke in that paragraph made a "false
statement" because in an 2016 interview with the Catholic World Report
website in responding to questions he apparently said exactly the
opposite:
"CWR: Can the pope legitimately be declared in schism or hersey?"
"Cardinal Burke: 'If a Pope would formally profess heresy he would
cease, by that act, to be the Pope. It's automatic. And so, that could
happen... '"
"... CWR: Who is competent to declare him to be in heresy?"
"Cardinal Burke: 'It would have to be members of the College of Cardinals.'"
(Catholic World Report, "No, I am not saying that Pope Francis is in heresy," December 19, 2016)
Sadly, it is almost impossible to believe that Burke could say "there's
no mechanism in the universal law of the church to deal with such a
situation."
As the Catholic World Report interview shows, he knows the teachings of
the Doctors of the Church and some of the greatest theologians of the
Church summed up by Doctor of the Church St. Francis de Sales:
"The Pope.. when he is explicitly a heretic... the Church must either
deprive him or as some say declare him deprived of his Apostlic See."
(The Catholic Controversy by St. Francis de Sales, Pages 305-306)
If Cardinal Burke or anyone else can show me that I am wrong in the
above piece I will be happy to delete this post and apologize. But, I
cannot honestly see where I am wrong.
Stop for a moment of silence, ask Jesus Christ what He want you to do now and next. In this silence remember God, Father, Son and Holy Ghost - Three Divine Persons yet One God, has an ordered universe where you can know truth and falsehood as well as never forget that He wants you to have eternal happiness with Him as his son or daughter by grace. Make this a practice. By doing this you are doing more good than reading anything here or anywhere else on the Internet.
Francis Notes:
- Doctor
of the Church St. Francis de Sales totally confirmed beyond any doubt
the possibility of a heretical pope and what must be done by the Church
in such a situation:
"[T]he Pope... WHEN he is EXPLICITLY a heretic, he falls ipso facto from his dignity and out of the Church, and the Church MUST either deprive him, or, as some say, declare him deprived, of his Apostolic See."
(The Catholic Controversy, by St. Francis de Sales, Pages 305-306)
Saint Robert Bellarmine, also, said "the Pope heretic is not deposed ipso facto, but must be declared deposed by the Church."
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- "If Francis is a Heretic, What should Canonically happen to him?": http://www.thecatholicmonitor.com/2020/12/if-francis-is-heretic-what-should.html
- "Could Francis be a Antipope even though the Majority of Cardinals claim he is Pope?": http://www.thecatholicmonitor.com/2019/03/could-francis-be-antipope-even-though.html
- LifeSiteNews, "Confusion explodes as Pope Francis throws magisterial
weight behind communion for adulterers," December 4, 2017:
The AAS guidelines explicitly allows "sexually active adulterous couples
facing 'complex circumstances' to 'access the sacraments of
Reconciliation and the Eucharist.'"
- On February 2018, in Rorate Caeli, Catholic theologian Dr. John Lamont:
"The AAS statement... establishes that Pope Francis in Amoris Laetitia
has affirmed propositions that are heretical in the strict sense."
- On December 2, 2017, Bishop Rene Gracida:
"Francis' heterodoxy is now official. He has published his letter to the
Argentina bishops in Acta Apostlica Series making those letters
magisterial documents."
Pray an Our Father now for the restoration of the Church by the bishops by the grace of God.
Election Notes:
- Intel Cryptanalyst-Mathematician on Biden Steal: "212Million Registered Voters & 66.2% Voting,140.344 M Voted...Trump got 74 M, that leaves only 66.344 M for Biden" [http://catholicmonitor.blogspot.com/2020/12/intel-cryptanalyst-mathematician-on.html?m=1]
- Will US be Venezuela?: Ex-CIA Official told Epoch Times "Chávez started to Focus on [Smartmatic] Voting Machines to Ensure Victory as early as 2003": http://catholicmonitor.blogspot.com/2020/12/will-us-be-venezuela-ex-cia-official.html
http://www.thecatholicmonitor.com/2021/01/a-hour-which-will-live-in-infamy-1001pm.html?m=1
http://catholicmonitor.blogspot.com/2021/01/epoch-times-show-crossroads-on-capital.html?m=1]
The person who pulled the trigger shall not be strung up by that witness or that mob. The witness must, however, apprehend (somehow) the murderer for trial. *Suspect* will have his day. He will he represented before the Bar. Official judgment will one day be proclaimed.
But the suspect has to be taken off the street and placed in jail. Immediately. We saw the crime. Of that there is no doubt.
The witnesses don’t dispense judgement. We remand the *suspect* to *proper authorities* to do their job according to Law, under Oath, before God.
The spiritual crime originally occurred at the calling of the Conclave while a valid Pope still lived and had not properly, fully resigned his Office. The spiritual crime (worse than murder because it blasphemes God and ultimately murders souls) is the alteration of God’s Cornerstone, the Papal Office which is not ours to change, alter, “expand”. All the other crimes that have occurred since are the result of the “perp” still walking the streets free as a bird.
Cardinal Burke: do your duty!