I’m saying that Benedict’s actions helped make it happen. I’m not making any judgments about his motives behind his resignation. Then again, if he followed Tradition, he never would have resigned in the first place.
“I’m not making any judgments about his motives behind his resignation.”
But in the very next sentence you do make a judgment.
“Then again, if he followed Tradition, he never would have resigned in the first place.”
Even if I were to concede that his resignation was not Traditional, I would still have to contest the notion that one non-traditional action justifies an assertion that he does not follow Tradition.
I don’t concede that point, though. It has been several hundred years since a pope resigned, but there is still a place for resignation with Tradition. Before I could form a firm opinion regarding Benedict’s resignation I would need a lot more information and understanding.
I was dismayed, I admit, but perhaps there are things which would show the necessity for his resignation, if I knew or understood them.