Is Dr. Feser right that "Canon Lawyers like Ed Peters have shown, the arguments claiming to establish that Francis’s Election was invalid are also no good"?
" The only sane conclusion is, therefore, that munus and ministerium are distinct terms with different meanings. They cannot substitute for one another in any sentence in which their proper senses are employed. Munus can substitute for officium, when officium means that which regards a title or dignity or ecclesiastical office." - Latin language expert Br. Alexis Bugnolo Alexis Bugnolo said… Fred, thank you for republishing this study. It is just a recitation of the facts of the law. I hope that bloggers everywhere republish it and translate it, because EVERY CATHOLIC HAS THE RIGHT TO KNOW... ... Fred Martinez said… Br. Bugnolo, In my opinion, your above treatise may be similar to the historical moment when Doctor of the Church St. Bernard of Clairvaux proved by "recitation of the facts of the law" the proclaimed pope (Anancletus) who ruled the Vatican and Rome for eight years by vote and consent of a absolute majority of the cardinals was i...