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Francis’ occupancy of the Chair of St. Peter

He may be squatting in it ... but does he legitimately hold the office it represents?

Who's the Pope?

8 posted on 03/01/2019 3:24:29 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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Who's the Pope?


10 posted on 03/01/2019 3:30:33 PM PST by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome")
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To: NorthMountain
He may be squatting in it ... but does he legitimately hold the office it represents?

According to St Robert Bellarmine, Doctor of the Church, no:

Therefore, the true opinion is the fifth, according to which the Pope who is manifestly a heretic ceases by himself to be Pope and head, in the same way as he ceases to be a Christian and a member of the body of the Church; and for this reason he can be judged and punished by the Church. This is the opinion of all the ancient Fathers, who teach that manifest heretics immediately lose all jurisdiction..."

15 posted on 03/01/2019 3:59:35 PM PST by piusv
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