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To: piusv
I’m confident St Bellarmine, a Doctor of the Church, knows Catholic teaching better than you or I.

What about Saint Catherine of Sienna?

“Even if the Pope were Satan incarnate, we ought not to raise up our heads against him, but calmly lie down to rest on his bosom. He who rebels against our Father is condemned to death, for that which we do to him we do to Christ: we honor Christ if we honor the Pope; we dishonor Christ if we dishonor the Pope. I know very well that many defend themselves by boasting: “They are so corrupt, and work all manner of evil!” But God has commanded that, even if the priests, the pastors, and Christ-on-earth were incarnate devils, we be obedient and subject to them, not for their sakes, but for the sake of God, and out of obedience to Him.”

St. Catherine of Siena, SCS, p. 201-202, p. 222, (quoted in Apostolic Digest, by Michael Malone, Book 5: “The Book of Obedience”, Chapter 1: “There is No Salvation Without Personal Submission to the Pope”)

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86 posted on 05/20/2015 2:24:58 PM PDT by redleghunter (1 Peter 1:3-5)
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To: redleghunter

She is not saying that we should follow any evil commands. She is saying that despite their evil ways we should still obey them in the Faith. We have had a number of evil popes. They still taught the Faith whole and entire. As a result, we obey them.


90 posted on 05/20/2015 2:41:48 PM PDT by piusv
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