Greatest 20th century theologian Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange: "A baptized formal heretic is not a member in act of the Church, yet the Church has the right to punish him, in so far as he does not hold what he has promised"
Oct 31, 2020 — Then that he must be incorrigible and pertinacious in his heresy. If ... 232) After explaining that Christ cannot be the head of a formal heretic, ...
... Father Garrigou-Lagrange examines the question of the heretical pope in his treatise De Christo Salvatore. (Marietti, Rome-Turin, 1946, p. 232) After explaining that Christ cannot be the head of a formal heretic, he concludes:
This is why a baptized formal heretic is not a member in act of the Church, yet the Church has the right to punish him, in so far as he does not hold what he has promised, like a king has the right to punish a deserter.
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