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To: ultima ratio
that not everything the Pope says and does is authoritative, especially the motu proprio?

You're confusing matters. Hoyos is talking about private actions and words of the Pope (like Assisi) - the motu proprio is an act as Pope, not as a private doctor.

484 posted on 07/17/2004 10:19:13 AM PDT by gbcdoj (No one doubts ... that the holy and most blessed Peter ... lives in his successors, and judges.)
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To: gbcdoj

No, I got Hoyos' meaning--and extended it. Sure private statements and actions have little authority--but they reveal a great deal about the mind of a Pontiff. In this regard, Assisi told us a great deal about where the Pope wants to lead his Church. And it is towards a Brave New World of Pan-religious heresy. Yet this is the Pope who dares lecture someone like Lefebvre about Tradition. What a farce! That is why I mentioned the motu proprio. The two are connected. One reveals the myopia and injustice of the other.


487 posted on 07/17/2004 10:28:50 AM PDT by ultima ratio
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