Dr. John Rist: "[I]n the future a pope might be a heretic..held to be possible by popes Innocent III and Paul IV..the matter came up [at Vatican I] (so Archbishop Purcell of Cincinnati recalled) it was dismissed out of hand as impossible; any heretical pope would be immediately deposed!"
John M. Rist · 2023 · . held to be possible by popes Innocent III and Paul IV ) ; nor a fortiori not only ... any heretical pope would be immediately deposed ! ... IV ) ; nor a fortiori not only ... any heretical pope would be immediately deposed ! Historians have asked ...
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