"t no pope has ever done this and to imply that the post-Vatican II popes did so is calumny for which you should be ashamed."
I in no way implied that, and to say I did so is calumny for which you should be ashamed.
"I'm beginning to believe that you really knew and meant your claim that the true Church can somehow be separated from the Petrine office."
When was that?
* LOL I don't know how many times I have seen this lately. This appears to be the latest mantra of the self-annointed trads.
Call them on their errors and they begin screaming Calumny, Calumny.
I hear that so often I sometimes think I must be in the takeout line at China Imperial Restaurant