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Offline parentsfortruth

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Does anyone know whether a pope...
« on: May 15, 2011, 08:49:38 AM »
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  • ... has ever been recognized as the pope that was an antipope with no one else contesting the seat?
    Matthew 5:37

    But let your speech be yea, yea: no, no: and that which is over and above these, is of evil.

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    « Reply #1 on: May 15, 2011, 02:58:31 PM »
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    There Is No Such Thing As 'Sede Vacantism'...
    nor is there such thing as a 'Feeneyite' or 'Feeneyism'


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    « Reply #2 on: May 27, 2011, 05:26:08 AM »
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  • I do not think so. At least once though it was the other way around, an Antipope became Pope when the latter died, the famous Vigilius case. Even though it has been completely solved for a long time just like the Honorius/Liberius case (see St. Bellarmine), it was frequently used by anti-infallibilists, Gallicanists, Counciliarists, Old Catholics and the like. Unfortunately the SSPX joined that train, too.

    Personally I think a uncontested Papacy has to be seen as a true Papacy. The first Papacy challenged in modern times was Paul VI., e.g. through the public processions of the Abbé de Nantes. According to Guerard des Lauriers, this event was deciding in making Montini´s papacy morally doubtful because of his lack of intention to be the Pope (the original sedeprivationist position does not hold that the post-Vatican II popes have been formal heretics which is precisely the reason for the creation of this thesis).
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    « Reply #3 on: May 27, 2011, 09:27:52 AM »
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  • All anti-popes declared as such by the Church were in-validly elected. A Pope can be declared an anti-pope if:

    -He is in-validly elected
    -Or if he falls into heresy

    No anti-pope has been declared as such because he fell into heresy. And for such a thing to happen, he would have to commit an undeniable heresy such as being a Freemason.
    Please ignore ALL of my posts. I was naive during my time posting on this forum and didn’t know any better. I retract and deeply regret any and all uncharitable or erroneous statements I ever made here.