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In 2019, the former highest doctrinal authority in the Church, ex-Prefect of the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Gerhard Muller apparently admitted that Francis could be a antipope.

Remember that only an antipope when he speaks "ex cathedra" can speak what is "invalid" because the false pope's papacy is invalid.

LifeSiteNews reported that Cardinal Muller said:

"'[I]f he [Francis] spoke ex cathedra... make[ing] possible the ordination of women... in contradiction to the defined doctrine of the Church,' he continues"

"'It would be invalid,' he adds."
(LifeSiteNews, "Cardinal Muller: No pope or council could permit female deacons, 'it would be invalid," Friday July 26, 2019)

Even Francis is definitely the pope Steven O'Reilly at Roma Locuta Est who always bends over backward to be fair and cover all angles with liberal Modernist Catholics showed the Vatican I background to the Muller statement. Moreover, he added that it could, also, apparently mean Francis is a heretical pope:

"However, as Catholics well know, this poses an obvious difficulty. Vatican I defined the dogma of papal infallibility in the following terms (emphasis added):

'…the Roman Pontiff, when he speaks ex cathedra, that is, when carrying out the duty of the pastor and teacher of all Christians in accord with his supreme apostolic authority he explains a doctrine of faith or morals to be held by the universal Church, through the divine assistance promised him in blessed Peter, operates with that infallibility with which the divine Redeemer wished that his church be instructed in defining doctrine on faith and morals; and so such definitions of the Roman Pontiff from himself, but not from the consensus of the Church, are unalterable.'  (Pastor Aeternus cited in Fundamentals of Catholic Doctrine, Denzinger, 1839)"

"In addition, this definition is followed by a canon, which states: 'But if anyone presumes to contradict this definition of Ours, which may God forbid: let him be anathema' (Denzinger 1840).

Clearly, a faithful Catholic will note the seeming disconnect between what Pastor Aeternus defined infallibly, and what Cardinal Müller said above. But, the Cardinal is no dummy as to suggest ex cathedra statements can be disregarded. This suggests, to me at least, a hidden, unstated and inescapable implication in the Cardinal’s statement, as well as being an indication of how he and other Cardinals are now privately viewing Pope Francis–though this is speculative."

"There is only one way, in logic at least, for a Catholic to accept Vatican I on papal infallibility but reject a heretical declaration that seemingly meets the formal conditions of being ex cathedra.

Given that a true pope is protected by the Holy Spirit from teaching an error ex cathedra, it follows that if a man, seemingly “pope,” were to teach something which denies or conflicts with a known truth of the Catholic Faith it must be either (1) the man thought to be “pope” was never a true pope to begin with, or (2) the man thought to be “pope” had, at some point in the past, already fallen through heresy or apostasy from the Petrine office. Those are the logical implications as I see them. Whether these are intended by the Cardinal or not with respect to Francis, in such a hypothetical scenario as he outlined, I cannot say."

"If this a fair analysis, it may suggest the Cardinal and at least a few others in the Sacred College are actively considering one of these options to be a real possibility in the case of Pope Francis. If nothing else, it certainly is a shot across the bow of Pope Francis. It does suggest, along with other statements from the likes of Cardinal Brandmuller, that some in the “resistance” are reaching the point where they can bend no more. So, after so many years, we may be reaching a decisive moment."
[https://romalocutaest.com/2019/07/27/when-is-a-pope-not-a-pope/]

If "the Cardinal and at least a few others in the Sacred College [were] actively considering one of these options to be a real possibility in the case of Pope Francis," it seemed proper to go over how and why Francis might be a antipope or a heretical pope.

We will start with the two reasons why he may be a antipope:

Bishop Rene Gracida has convincingly demonstrated that there is valid evidence that Pope John Paul II's conclave constitution "Universi Dominici Gregis" which "prescribe[d].. [the] method for the election of his successor(s)" was violated and must be investigated by Cardinals. If, after the investigation, Francis is found to be a antipope then a new pope would have to be elected after Benedict XVI's resignation is investigated to see if his resignation was valid.

If Benedict's abdication was "a forced resignation [it] would be invalid" as Cardinal Walter Kasper said (LifeSiteNews, "Cdl. Kasper: A 'forced resignation' of Pope Francis would be invalid," January 30, 2019) or if Benedict resigned in a invalid manner as scholar Antonio Socci presents evidence for in his new book ("The Secret of Benedict XVI") then he would either have to resign validly or remain pope until his death.

If the Benedict resignation was invalid then the conclave investigation is irrelevant because the Church can't have a valid conclave if the previous pope (Benedict) is still the pope which simply means the so-called pope (Francis) is a antipope.

Getting back to the topic of violation of "papal election procedures," renowned Catholic historian Carroll explicitly says that what matters in a valid papal election is not how many cardinals claim a person is the pope. What is essential for determining if someone is pope or antipope is the "election procedures... [as] governed by the prescription of the last Pope":

"Papal election procedures are governed by the prescription of the last Pope who provided for them (that is, any Pope can change them, but they remain in effect until they are changed by a duly elected Pope)." 

"During the first thousand years of the history of the Papacy the electors were the clergy of Rome (priests and deacons); during the second thousand years we have had the College of Cardinals."

"But each Pope, having unlimited sovereign power as head of the Church, can prescribe any method for the election of his successor(s) that he chooses. These methods must then be followed in the next election after the death of the Pope who prescribed it, and thereafter until they are changed. A Papal claimant not following these methods is also an Antipope."

"Since Antipopes by definition base their claims on defiance of proper Church authority, all have been harmful to the Church, though a few have later reformed after giving up their claims."
[http://www.ewtn.com/library/homelibr/antipope.txt]

Next, why might Francis be a heretical pope:

As Muller asserted "No... Pope alone, if he spoke ex cathedra, could make possible the ordination of women as bishop, priest, or deacon. [He] would stand in contradiction [of] the defined doctrine of the Church. It would be invalid."

In other words, if Francis taught heresy that contradicted Church defined doctrine he would be a antipope or a heretical pope. A antipope and, apparently in
O'Reilly's view a heretical pope, when he speaks "ex cathedra" can speak what is "invalid" because the false pope's papacy is invalid. Muller wrote:


“The Magisterium of the Pope and of the bishops has no authority over the substance of the Sacraments (Trent, Decree on Communion under both species, DH 1728; Sacrosanctum Concilium 21). Therefore, no synod – with or without the Pope – and also no ecumenical council, or the Pope alone, if he spoke ex cathedra, could make possible the ordination of women as bishop, priest, or deacon. They would stand in contradiction the defined doctrine of the Church. It would be invalid. Independent of this, there is the equality of all baptized in the life of Grace, and in the vocation to all ecclesial offices and functions for which exercise the Sacrament of Holy Orders itself is not necessary.” (On the Synodal Process in Germany and the Synod for the Amazon by Cardinal Gerhard Müller, text posted by LifeSiteNew, 7/26/2019)
[https://romalocutaest.com/2019/07/27/when-is-a-pope-not-a-pope/]

Moreover, Francis has explicitly contradicted traditional Catholic teaching on divorce and remarriage when he in a "official act as the pope when he placed the Argentine letter in the Acts of the Apostolic See (AAS)  in which he said of the Buenos Aires region episcopal guidelines:

"There is no other interpretations."

The guidelines explicitly allows according to LifeSiteNews "sexuality active adulterous couples facing 'complex circumstances' to 'access the sacraments of Reconciliation and the Eucharist.'"
(LifeSiteNews, "Confusion explodes as Pope Francis throws magisterial weight behind communion for adulterers, December 4, 2017)

In a article on OnePeterFive, specialist in Magisterial authority Dr. John Joy said "It means that it is an official act of the pope." 

Moreover, the article said:

"Dr. Joy pointed out that adding the letter to the AAS could, in fact, damage the credibility of Amoris Laetitia by potentially removing the possibility that it could be intercepted in an orthodox way, via its publication in the official acts of the Apostolic See, that the unorthodox interpretation is the official one."
(OnePeterFive, "Pope's Letter on Argentinian Communion Guidelines for Remarriage Given Official Status," December 2, 2017)

The "official act of" Francis is a "unorthodox interpretation."

The "official act of the pope" is a "unorthodox interpretation" which means it contradicts traditional Catholic teaching which is just another way of saying by "official act the pope" is teaching heresy.

Now, let us quote the renowned American philosopher Edward Feser:

"(1) Adulterous sexual acts are in some special circumstances morally permissible... these propositions flatly contradict irreformable Catholic teaching. Proposition (1) contradicts not only the perennial moral teaching of the Church, but the teaching of scripture itself."
(Edwardfeser.blogspot, "Denial flows into the Tiber," December 18, 2016)

If this is true then the teaching of St. Francis de Sales comes into play. 

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."
[https://archive.org/stream/SilveiraImplicationsOfNewMissaeAndHereticPopes/Silveira%20Implications%20of%20New%20Missae%20and%20Heretic%20Popes_djvu.txt]

The renowned scholar Arnaldo Xavier de Silveira who was one of the top experts in modern times of the subjects of papal validity and heretical popes gave a brief overview of his authority on this matters:

"In the 1970 Brazilian edition of my study of the heretical Pope, in the French edition of 1975 and in the Italian in 2016, I stated that on the grounds of the intrinsic theological reasons underpinning the Fifth Opinion I considered it not merely probable but certain. I chose not to insist on the qualification 'theologically certain' for an extrinsic reason, namely, that certain authors of weight do not adopt it.43 This was also the opinion of the then Bishop of Campos, Bishop Antonio de Castro Mayer, as expressed in a letter of 25th January 1974, when he sent my work to Paul VI, asking him to point out any possible errors (which never took place), expressly stating that he referred to the study 'written by lawyer Arnaldo Vidigal Xavier da Silveira, with the contents of which I associate myself .'”
[https://www.scribd.com/document/374434852/Arnaldo-Vidigal-Xavier-Da-Silveira-Replies-to-Fr-Gleize-on-Heretical-Pope]

Here is what de Silveira says in his book "Implications Of New Missae And Heretic Popes (Page 176)" on the subject of heretical popes:

"Conclusion

"Resuming: We believe that a careful examination of the question of a Pope heretic, with the
theological elements of which we dispose today, permits one to conclude that an eventual Pope heretic would lose his charge in the moment in which his heresy became 'notorious and publicly divulged'."

"And we think that this sentence is not only intrinsically probable , but certain , since the reasons
allegeable in its defense appear to us as absolutely cogent. Besides, in the works which we have
consulted, we have not found any argument which persuaded us of the opposite. "

"(1 ) The second opinion referred by Saint Robert Bellarmine - See pp. 1 56 ft.

(2) The first subdivision proposed by us to the fifth opinion referred by Saint Robert Bellarmine - See p. 170.

(3) The second subdivision which we proposed to the fifth opinion - See p. 170.

(4) The third subdivision which we proposed on the fifth opinion. - See p. 1 70.

(5) The fourth opinion referred by Saint Robert Bellarmine . - See pp. 161 ff.

(6) We transcribe that long argumentation on pp. 1 64 ff. - See also note 2 of p. 1 64.

(7) One ought not to see shades of conciliarism in the principle that ecclesiastical organisms, as the Council, can omit a pronouncement declaring the eventual cessation of functions of a Pope heretic, as long as these organisms do not claim for themselves any right other than that enjoyed by any one of the faithful. For motives of mere convenience or courtesy, it could behoove these organisms to make such a declaration, in the first place; but this priority would not constitute for them a right of their own, or even less exclusive."
[https://archive.org/stream/SilveiraImplicationsOfNewMissaeAndHereticPopes/Silveira%20Implications%20of%20New%20Missae%20and%20Heretic%20Popes_djvu.txt]

Finally, Dr. John R. T. Lamont, philosopher and theologian, explains the procedures of how Francis's papacy could cease if he is declared a heretical pope by the Church:

"Some... argue that the dubia and other criticisms of Amoris Laetitia that have been made already suffice as warnings to Pope Francis, and hence that he can now be judged to be guilty of the canonical crime of heresy..."

But for juridical purposes – especially for the very serious purpose of judging a Pope to be a heretic – they do not suffice. The evidence needed for a juridical judgment of such gravity has to take a form that is entirely clear and beyond dispute. A formal warning from a number of members of the College of Cardinals that is then disregarded by the Pope would constitute such evidence."


"The possibility of a Pope being canonically guilty of heresy has long been admitted in the Church. It is acknowledged in the Decretals of Gratian There is no dispute among Catholic theologians on this point – even among theologians like Bellarmine who do not think that a Pope is in fact capable of being a heretic..."

"It is to be hoped that the correction of Pope Francis does not have to proceed this far, and that he will either reject the heresies he has announced or resign his office..."


"Removing him from office against his will would require the election of a new Pope, and would probably leave the Church with Francis as an anti-Pope contesting the authority of the new Pope. If Francis refuses to renounce either his heresy or his office, however, this situation will just have to be faced."


To read the whole article click below:


[http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2016/12/article-considerations-on-dubia-of-four.html?m=1]

Finally, some liberals such as Mike Lewis claim a pope cannot teach heresy which according to Vatican I may be "proximate to heresy":

Mike Lewis of the Where Peter Is blog appears to believe that Francis's teaching allowing Communion for adulterers is infallible.

Lewis who is a Pachamama and Francis apologist apparently thinks Francis cannot fall into heresy because he is infallibly  definitely pope and "ALL" his "statements... are infallible":

Here is what Vatican I expert Fr. Chad Ripperger, PhD, in his book "Magisterial Authority" says to Lewis who it appears is "proximate to heresy":

"[T]reat[ing] ALL papal statements as if they are infallible... is proximate to heresy because it rejects the precise formulation of the conditions of infallibility as laid out in by Vatican I... by essentially saying that the pope is infallible regardless of conditions."

"... Worse still, those who were to follow a pope who was in error in a non-infallible teaching which is taught contrary to something that is infallible is not, therefore, excused."
(Magisterial Authority, Pages 5-14)

Pray an Our Father now for the restoration of the Church as well as for the Triumph of the Kingdom of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Pray an Our Father now for reparation for the sins committed because of Francis's Amoris Laetitia.

Stop for a moment of silence, ask Jesus Christ what He wants 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."
[https://archive.org/stream/SilveiraImplicationsOfNewMissaeAndHereticPopes/Silveira%20Implications%20of%20New%20Missae%20and%20Heretic%20Popes_djvu.txt]

- "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

- If Francis betrays Benedict XVI & the"Roman Rite Communities" like he betrayed the Chinese Catholics we must respond like St. Athanasius, the Saintly English Bishop Robert Grosseteste & "Eminent Canonists and Theologians" by "Resist[ing]" him: https://www.thecatholicmonitor.com/2021/12/if-francis-betrays-benedict-xvi.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

- Tucker Carlson's Conservatism Inc. Biden Steal Betrayal is explained by “One of the Greatest Columns ever Written" according to Rush: http://catholicmonitor.blogspot.com/2021/01/tucker-carlsons-conservatism-inc-biden.html?m=1
 
- A Hour which will Live in Infamy: 10:01pm November 3, 2020:
http://www.thecatholicmonitor.com/2021/01/a-hour-which-will-live-in-infamy-1001pm.html?m=1
 
What is needed right now to save America from those who would destroy our God given rights is to pray at home or in church and if called to even go to outdoor prayer rallies in every town and city across the United States for God to pour out His grace on our country to save us from those who would use a Reichstag Fire-like incident to destroy our civil liberties. [Is the DC Capitol Incident Comparable to the Nazi Reichstag Fire Incident where the German People Lost their Civil Liberties?: http://catholicmonitor.blogspot.com/2021/01/is-dc-capital-incident-comparable-to.html?m=1 and Epoch Times Show Crossroads on Capitol Incident: "Anitfa 'Agent Provocateurs'":
http://catholicmonitor.blogspot.com/2021/01/epoch-times-show-crossroads-on-capital.html?m=1

Pray an Our Father now for the grace to know God's Will and to do it.
 
Pray an Our Father now for America.
 
Pray an Our Father now for the restoration of the Church as well as the Triumph of the Kingdom of the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

 

Comments

T said…
As far as I know no pope can be a formal heretic or teach formal heresy. A council defined the “gates of hell” as the death dealing tongues of heretics. If the pope is the rock that keeps the gates of hell from prevailing, then clearly the pope and heresy are mutually exclusive.

This is long before the definition of papal infallibility. The whole “we can’t know unless he teaches ex cathedra” thing is a red herring.
Fred Martinez said…
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)

Here is what Vatican I expert Fr. Chad Ripperger, PhD, in his book "Magisterial Authority" says to Lewis who it appears is "proximate to heresy":

"[T]reat[ing] ALL papal statements as if they are infallible... is proximate to heresy because it rejects the precise formulation of the conditions of infallibility as laid out in by Vatican I... by essentially saying that the pope is infallible regardless of conditions."

"... Worse still, those who were to follow a pope who was in error in a non-infallible teaching which is taught contrary to something that is infallible is not, therefore, excused."
(Magisterial Authority, Pages 5-14)

Aqua said…
Fred,
Theoretically, you are correct. St. Francis De Sales was speaking theoretically, because it has never happened.

Those who committed the sin of heresy, immediately repented once their sin against the Faith was demonstrated to them.

Bergoglio is not Pope. Bergoglio is no minor heretic. He is Apostate. Everything he does is heretical and designed to lead the Faitnful away from the Faith. There has never been a Pope remotely like him.

Steven O'Reilly, on another thread here, and on his own blog, speaks for those who speculate about the heresy of this "Pope". That is a very, very dangerous road to go down, because it strikes at the heart of the Catholic Faith - the entire doctrine of Papal Infallibility which goes far beyond mere "Ex Cathedra". It was defined in Vatican I, but, like all dogmas, it precedes Vatican I which sources its own conclusions on Sacred Tradition.

Those, like O'Reilly, Skojec and Mundabor (etc) who insist on Bergoglio as Pope at the same time they condemn him as a rank heretic Apostate do grave damage to their own faith, but also to that of others. If a Pope can be allowed by God to do this - there is *no such thing as Divine protection* any more. It's done. Cooked. Over. O'Reilly is chasing impossible to prove theories. Skojec is no longer practicing the Faith. Mundabor is continuing to call the "Holy Father" evil clown and the most terrible of names and invectives. All such will never tolerate discussion of the base error: you can't have two visible Popes. The Office is Christ's. It is sacreligious to take what is His and play with it.

It has always been strange to me - this willingness to point out all the errors and heresy and apostasy from the Pope, but under no circumstances will they ever accept the base, precedent heretical error that underlies the false Pope leading the Church into all error.

Again de Sales is undoubtedly right from a theoretical perspective. Where in history can we see that theory proved? Bergoglio is,proof of antipope ... not heretical Pope.
Aqua said…
Here is Archbishop Nichols receiving the Hindu "Tilak" from his Hindu pal.

https://www.churchmilitant.com/images/uploads/news_feature/hindu.jpeg

What is a tilak?

"Tilak (“mark” in Sanskrit) is a paste made of ash, sandalwood, vermillion, clay, or turmeric, typically worn on the forehead, and sometimes other parts of the body — like the torso, arms, or neck — signifying which spiritual lineage a devotee adheres to within Hinduism. The shape of the tilak and the substance it’s made from generally corresponds to the God or Goddess that lineage worships (Shiva, Vishnu, Devi for example) ... It’s important to remember that tilak is not only sacred, but when you wear it, you’re representing an entire spiritual lineage. It’s thus best one understands the symbolism and profound meaning behind a particular tilak before donning it in public."

Who is this lost little boy Vincent Gerard Nichols, taking the mark of Satan and his false gods on his forehead? Merely an English cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop of Westminster and President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales.

I did not sign up for a church that worships the devil. I didn't. I found SSPX, and for that I am thankful. This other thing, whose "Pope" encourages apostasy and sin; whose "Cardinals" persecute Tradition, but smile beatifically before a Hindu Pajari giving them "profound sacred (satanic) symbol" on his forehead where only the Cross of Christ should ever be. This thing (a civil war, Steven O'Reilly likes to call it ... he finds it humorous, his words) is visceral. Souls are being lost while we dither and dather about whether this rank heretic apostate is or is not .... Holy Father. Give me a break. I want no part of it.
T said…
Canon Law says that any heretic loses the papacy ipso facto. The declaration would just make it clear to everyone, it wouldn’t be an efficient cause as to why he lost the papacy.

So we have different possible explanation to why this guy teaches heresy:

- He fell into heresy after being lawfully elected

- His election was invalid because he adhered to formal heresy prior to the conclave

- His election was invalid because the seat is occupied.

- His election was invalid because his conclave had irregularities.

There is evidence for all 4.
Aqua said…
T
I have to go with option 3. And only 3.

Bergoglio and his heresies are a red herring. The irregularities, also red herrings. Option 1, 2 and 4 all assume that a Conclave was authorized and a second occupant legitimate to sit and visibly appear side by side.

THAT is the precedent heresy and the only one that matters. Everything else that has and ever will go wrong flows from that. Heresy is as natural as air in such a deformation at the cornerstone.

How heretical he is (or is not) is not the issue. They could have elected Pope Pius X himself who ruled with equivalent orthodoxy. He still would have been an antipope and equally intolerable.

We have two visible Popes for the first time in 2,000 years. Oh, sure there have been two (+) Popes before ... in competition for the claim of the *sole* occupant of St. Peter's Throne. This is different. By mutual acclaim and acceptance we have two visible Popes, the first of whom failed to resign in accordance with the clear, simple language of Canon Law. There is no legal basis for any of this within Sacred Tradition or Canon Law.

This really has less to do with Bergoglio. More to do with the damaged Papacy itself. They are turning it into a "Synod" before our eyes, and getting us to cooperate with and agree to the transformation.

The heresy that emanates from such a thing? It is a natural byproduct of the infernal attack on the Office itself. We are focused in the heresy. They are building something new. They are going to win, unless we reject this Synodal multi-Pope thing they are creating.
Aqua said…
In support of my comments above, I have read speculation that ill health will render Bergoglio unable to serve (with his usual flair) and that he might "retire". "Trads" are hopeful in this and speculate on who might replace him.

That will give us three visible Popes in the "enclosure of St. Peter" - a contemplative Pope, a merciful Pope and an active Pope.

IOW: a synodal Papacy.

That is a core violation of the Faith; fundamental; fatal.
T said…
From Constantinople II:

“These matters having been treated with thorough-going exactness, we bear in mind what was promised about the holy church and him who said that the gates of hell will not prevail against it (by these we understand the death-dealing tongues of heretics); we also bear in mind what was prophesied about the church by Hosea when he said, I shall betroth you to me in faithfulness and you shall know the Lord; and we count along with the devil, the father of lies, the uncontrolled tongues of heretics and their heretical writings, together with the heretics themselves who have persisted in their heresy even to death.”

Heresy from the alleged pope is not a red herring. This passage tells us how to understand the promise of Christ. There is a clear opposition between Peter and the death-dealing tongues of heretics. Can the rock on which His Church is built be a heretic?

That someone is a formal heretic prove he can’t be pope, according to dogma. The reason is just investigating why he isn’t the pope.

Canon Law teaches that the superior cannot be judged by the inferior. The reason why authority in the Church can judge that the putative pope fell into heresy is because he already fell outside the Church and hence is nobody’s superior anymore. Pope have to be members of the Church.
Aqua said…
T:

Canon Law teaches that you can't have a new Pope until the old Pope has vacated his Office.

We have two Popes.

We are supposed to have but one Pope.

The heresy of the new "Pope" is not relevant as "Papal heresy" because the new "Pope" is no Pope at all.

We have to go back to the beginning, retrace our steps. Benedict is Pope. Bergoglio's heresy is that he has placed himself on St Peter's Throne which is already occupied by another.

The "red herring" is when we judge the heresy of a Pope, as if he had the honor and Divine Office of actually being a Pope. He is as much Pope as I am.

There.Was.No.Conclave - it was illegal since the Seat was and still remains occupied.
Aqua said…
T:

And the reason this is important is that everyone seems to be strangely comfortable with this deformation that suggests we can have a stable of Popes, "safely and forever within the enclosure of St. Peter" (Benedict/Ganswein's words). A synodal Papacy.

Put Bergoglio into that stable of retired Popes and most "Trads" would be happy. But it would be even more disastrous than present, because it locks in the "synodal nature" of the Papacy that is a mortal threat to the cornerstone - every Pope in the "stable" offers something new and important to the "Synod of Popes". We have to return to Christ's choice of *one* Monarch in the RCC Monarchy.

The "ontological" reality is that Bergoglio is no Pope. We have to retrace our steps, and start from reality.
Aqua said…
T:

As I was thinking about this, another way to say it is like this …

We don’t have a bad Pope that has introduced heresy into the Church.
We have a heretical Papacy (itself) that has opened the gates of the Church to heresy - from the Seat on down.
The original Papal deformation is the crack through which heresy is spreading like cancer.
We have to mend the “crack” introducing pathogens at the source, before we can treat and stop the heresy introduced through it.
The Papal Monarchy has Divine protections, guaranteed by the Church. That is what we have lost, since 2013.

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