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To: BlatherNaut
The responsibility of the Pope before God is to guard and transmit the Deposit of Faith. When a pope (or a cardinal or a bishop or a priest) is demonstrably engaged in contradicting the Deposit of Faith, that speaks more of his poor job performance than of his legitimacy.

Publically contradicting the Deposit of Faith is not just a job performance issue. It is much more serious than that. It calls into question his very Catholicity which calls into question his legitimacy as the leader of the Catholic Religion. Does Francis profess the Catholic Faith as it was promulgated for 1960 years? Does Francis profess the same Faith that the pre-Vatican II popes professed?

152 posted on 07/16/2014 10:17:09 AM PDT by piusv
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To: piusv
Does Francis profess the Catholic Faith as it was promulgated for 1960 years? Does Francis profess the same Faith that the pre-Vatican II popes professed?

He was duly elected in accordance with Tradition. Holding fast to Tradition requires accepting that he is pope. It doesn't preclude us from believing that he's a bad pope.

It's not within the province of the the laity to declare a pope invalid.

160 posted on 07/16/2014 1:10:12 PM PDT by BlatherNaut
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