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Offline Centroamerica

Answering Objections to the Sedevacantist Position
« on: January 01, 2024, 07:09:01 AM »
Objection 1: Pope Pius XII lifted all ecclesiastical penalties during the conclave to elect the pope. So even if the Vatican 2 popes were heretics before their elections, they would still be validly elected.
Answer: Heretics and schismatics are barred by DIVINE LAW from the election to the Papal Office. Pope Pius XII lifted ecclesiastical penalties. He did not, would not, could not dispense from Divine Law. 
Proof:
A. Institutiones Iuris Canonici [1950]
B. Institutiones Iuris Canonici [1921]
C. cuм Ex Apostolatus Pope Paul IV
D. Institutiones Iuris Canonici [1921]
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Re: Answering Objections to the Sedevacantist Position
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2024, 07:14:39 AM »
Objection 2: Vatican 1 taught that St. Peter has perpetual successors; therefore, long vacancies in the See of Peter are not possible.
Answer: Now where does the Church determine how long a vacancy may exist in the See of Peter. Between the death of Pope Clement IV (Nov 29,1268) and the election of Pope Gregory X (Sept 1, 1271), there was an interregnum of nearly three years. During the Western Schism, there were three claimants to the See of Peter; theologians teach that even if none of them were pope, that would not be against the promise of Christ or the teaching of perpetual successors. 
Proof:
A. Institutiones Theologiae Fundamentalis [1929]
B. The Relations of the Church to Society [1882]. 
C. The Catholic’s Ready Answer [1915]
D. The Defense of the Catholic Church [1927]
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Re: Answering Objections to the Sedevacantist Position
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2024, 07:19:31 AM »
Objection 3: If all the Vatican 2 popes were invalid, then there would be no cardinals to elect a future pope. Thus the papacy would come to an end which is impossible. 
Answer: During the Western schism, three men claimed to be pope (the true pope in Rome, one in Avignon and one in Pisa). In order to heal the nearly forty-year schism, the Council of Constance determined that with all the cardinals, delegates from each country would participate in the papal election (Pope Martin V was elected). Theologians teach that in doubt of or absence of cardinals, THE CHURCH HAS THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE ITS HEAD.
Proof
A. De Potestate Ecclesiae
B. De Comparatione Auctoritatis Papae et Concilii
C. De Ecclesia Christi
D. The Church of the Incarnate Word
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Re: Answering Objections to the Sedevacantist Position
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2024, 07:24:23 AM »
Objection 4: Even if a pope fell into heresy, he would remain pope until the Church declared him a heretic and no longer pope.

Answer: Pope Paul IV, in cuм Ex Apostolatus, Pope Innocent III in Si Papa, and theologians teach that a heretical pope is disposed by God. 

Proof:
A. Bull: cuм Ex Apostolatus 
B. Si Papa, Pope Innocent III
C. Institutiones Iuri Canonicii [1950]
D. St. Robert Bellarmine
E. St. Antoninus
F. St. Francis de Sales
G. Canon Law [1943], Wernz-Vidal
H. Introductio in Codicem
I. Epitome Iuris Canonicii
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Re: Answering Objections to the Sedevacantist Position
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2024, 07:25:32 AM »


Great series of posts! 
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