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Title: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: cassini on October 31, 2019, 06:35:22 AM
A friend sent this on to me. It is a position I have held for many years. Material heresy and formal heresy have been involved in the Galileo case, a study I have devoted much time to. In the article the author says: 'As bishop Schneider points out, this question is unprecedented in the history of the Church.' Now this may be true as regards the overall behaviour of a pope, it is not regarding heretical popes. Pope Paul V in 1616 had defined heliocentrism formal heresy. Pope Pius VII in 1820 was conned into material heresy when allowing a heretical reading of Scripture. As this article records, no pope will be allowed by God to officially deny an official dogma or decree of a previous pope. When researching the Galileo case I found no such denial of the 1616 decree by any pope since 1616. Quite the opposite, even the Church of 1820 agreed it was papal and not reversible.

The following article will help many come to terms with the prevailing situation in the Churcvh.

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Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Quo vadis Domine on October 31, 2019, 07:01:20 AM
I hold that the geocentric model is true, but can you please give me this reference: “ Pope Paul V in 1616 had defined heliocentrism formal heresy”?
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Mark 79 on October 31, 2019, 12:51:03 PM
"We say we want suffering, but whenever suffering comes that isn’t exactly the type we desire, we flee from it."


Prayer of St. Augustine

Before Thy eyes, O Lord, we bring our offences, and we compare them with the stripes we have received.
If we consider the evil we have wrought, what we suffer is little, what we deserve is great.
What we have committed is very grave, what we have suffered is very slight.
We feel the punishment of sin, yet withdraw not from the obstinacy of sinning.
Under Thy lash our inconstancy is visited, but our sinfulness is not changed.
Our suffering soul is tormented but our neck is not bent.
Our life groans under sorrow, yet mends not in deed.
If Thou spare us we correct not our ways; if Thou punish we cannot endure it.
In time of correction we confess our wrong-doing; after Thy visitation we forget that we have wept.
If Thou stretchest forth Thy hand we promise amendment; if Thou withholdest the sword we keep not our promise.
If Thou strikest we cry out for mercy; if Thou sparest we again provoke Thee to strike.
Here we are before Thee, O Lord, shameless criminals; we know that unless Thou pardon we shall deservedly perish.
Grant then, O almighty Father, without our deserving it, the pardon we ask for; Thou who madest out of nothing those who ask Thee. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Let us pray
O God, who by sin art offended and by penance pacified, mercifully regard the prayers of Thy suppliant people, and turn away the scourges of Thy wrath, which we deserve for our sins. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: cassini on October 31, 2019, 12:57:29 PM
I hold that the geocentric model is true, but can you please give me this reference: “ Pope Paul V in 1616 had defined heliocentrism formal heresy”?

My reference to this Quo Vadis was to emphasise that MATERIAL heresy, mentioned in the above wonderful article, has a precedence with popes in history from 1820. Material heresy is not a deliberate rejection of a teaching, but one believed in ignorance. A pope guilty of material heresy cannot be accused of being a non-pope. There is no punishment due for material heresy on death.

I added this subject up in reply to those sceptics today who continue to accept the Galilean heresy in spite of being told the truth of the matter. When told many times I have been accused like this: " Are you saying popes since 1820 have been heretics. If so, we haven't had a true pope since 1820 at least." The Dimond brothers for example, who are illegal sedevacvantists, say since Vatican II all the popes are heretics so declared them non-popes to anyone reading their literature.

If they have to face heretical popes since 1820 then their conclusions become redundant. That is why the Dimond brothers and others reject the 1616 decree of Pope Paul V as binding, a decree that was confirned as absolute in 1633 by Pope Urban VIII and the Holy Office in 1820. Here is the reference to that decree issued through the Index on Feb 24th, 1616:

(1) “That the sun is in the centre of the world and altogether immovable by local movement,” was unanimously declared to be “foolish, philosophically absurd, and formally heretical [denial of a revelation by God] inasmuch as it expressly contradicts the declarations of Holy Scripture in many passages, according to the proper meaning of the language used, and the sense in which they have been expounded and understood by [all] the Fathers and theologians.”
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: klasG4e on November 01, 2019, 07:49:17 AM
There is no punishment due for material heresy on death.


Although, of course, we must not fail to recognize the administration of God's justice for culpable ignorance of certain things, if indeed culpable ignorance was existent.
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Conspiracy_Factist on November 03, 2019, 07:52:38 PM
NO
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: poche on November 04, 2019, 08:36:10 AM
A friend sent this on to me. It is a position I have held for many years. Material heresy and formal heresy have been involved in the Galileo case, a study I have devoted much time to. In the article the author says: 'As bishop Schneider points out, this question is unprecedented in the history of the Church.' Now this may be true as regards the overall behaviour of a pope, it is not regarding heretical popes. Pope Paul V in 1616 had defined heliocentrism formal heresy. Pope Pius VII in 1820 was conned into material heresy when allowing a heretical reading of Scripture. As this article records, no pope will be allowed by God to officially deny an official dogma or decree of a previous pope. When researching the Galileo case I found no such denial of the 1616 decree by any pope since 1616. Quite the opposite, even the Church of 1820 agreed it was papal and not reversible.

The following article will help many come to terms with the prevailing situation in the Churcvh.

[font=Segoe UI, Segoe UI Web (West European), Segoe UI, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif]https://onepeterfive.com/is-francis-the-pope/[/font] (https://onepeterfive.com/is-francis-the-pope/)[/url]
The problem you have is who is competent to sit in judgement? The Code of Canon Law says the following; 

Can. 1404 The First See is judged by no one.

http://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/eng/docuмents/cic_lib7-cann1400-1500_en.html#TITLE_I. (http://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/eng/docuмents/cic_lib7-cann1400-1500_en.html#TITLE_I.)
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Don Paolo on November 04, 2019, 09:33:20 AM
Geocentrism was never dogmatically defined, nor was heliocentrism defined ex cathedra to be formally heretical. First, heliocentrists do not hold, 《“That the sun is in the centre of the world and altogether immovable by local movement,”》Modern heliocentrism only professes the sun to be at the center of the solar system; and not the center of the universe, as was profesded by heliocentrists in Galileo's day. Secondly, the cited docuмent is not a magisterial dogmatic constitution but a disciplinary decree addressed to tribunals and nunciatures. It is quite simply not an ex cathedra definition.
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: roscoe on November 04, 2019, 10:40:30 AM
E rev around S :cheers:
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: poche on November 07, 2019, 01:06:57 AM
In 2013 there was a conclave. White smoke appeared coming out the chimney. The dean of cardinals appeared at the window and said the words, "Habemus Papam..." Then out came the old Cardinal Bergoglio, now known as Pope Francis. 
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Mark 79 on November 07, 2019, 01:40:57 AM
There are three lines of argument that Bergoglio cannot be a true Pope:

 
 
Shortly before he died in 1226 A.D., St. Francis of Assisi prophesied that:
 
“A man, not canonically elected, will be raised to the pontificate… In those days Jesus Christ will send them not a true pastor, but a destroyer.”
http://www.novusordowatch.org/francis.htm (http://www.novusordowatch.org/francis.htm)
 
 
“A man that is a heretic, after the first and second admonition, avoid: Knowing that he, that is such an one, is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned by his own judgment.”
Titus 3:10-11 (http://www.drbo.org/cgi-bin/d?b=drb&bk=63&ch=3&l=10-#x)
 
 
Destroyer • Heretic
 
Bergoglio was a pertinacious public heretic years before the 2013 Conclave
https://fromrome.wordpress.com/2017/09/08/bergoglio-was-a-pertinacious-public-heretic-years-before-the-2013-conclave/ (https://fromrome.wordpress.com/2017/09/08/bergoglio-was-a-pertinacious-public-heretic-years-before-the-2013-conclave/)
 
“Team Bergoglio” is a heretical conspiracy to overthrow the Church of Christ
https://fromrome.wordpress.com/2015/02/10/team-bergoglio-is-a-heretical-conspiracy-to-overthrow-the-church-of-christ/ (https://fromrome.wordpress.com/2015/02/10/team-bergoglio-is-a-heretical-conspiracy-to-overthrow-the-church-of-christ/)

 
Bergoglio’s Heretical Past is Francis’ Present (only the Spanish language original survives)
https://youtu.be/DsnI4q6GsFU (https://youtu.be/DsnI4q6GsFU)
 
Francis re-defrocks fellow Novus Ordo priest in the name of defending Orthodox Judaism
http://callmejorgebergoglio.blogspot.com/2017/07/francis-re-defrocks-fellow-novus-ordo.html (http://callmejorgebergoglio.blogspot.com/2017/07/francis-re-defrocks-fellow-novus-ordo.html)
 
Francis and the Shekinah
http://callmejorgebergoglio.blogspot.com/2014/05/francis-shekinah.html (http://callmejorgebergoglio.blogspot.com/2014/05/francis-shekinah.html)
 
Teachings of [Jorge Bergoglio] compared to past Church Teaching
http://francisquotes.com (http://francisquotes.com/)
 
Francis  promotes the 620 noahide laws (http://judaism.is/noahide-deceit.html)
http://callmejorgebergoglio.blogspot.com/2017/06/francis-is-onboard-with-noahide-program.html (http://callmejorgebergoglio.blogspot.com/2017/06/francis-is-onboard-with-noahide-program.html)
 
 
Why Francis Must Not Be Considered The Pope
https://youtu.be/AmV8-TDjwKo (https://youtu.be/AmV8-TDjwKo)
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: cath4ever on November 07, 2019, 07:36:20 AM
"And the gates of Hell shall not prevail against you" -Jesus to Peter
That is not an accurate quote. The Douay-Rheims (and every other Bible I know of) says "shall not prevail against it", meaning the Church herself, not St. Peter himself in this case.
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Don Paolo on November 07, 2019, 07:53:51 AM
Elsewhere I have written:

«Citing the work of Da Silveira, Don Curzio Nitoglia explains that the first opinion, that a pope cannot be a heretic, is the one that is most commonly taught as the most probable by the majority of theologians and Doctors: Bellarmine, Francisco Suárez, Melchior Cano, Domingo Soto, John of St. Thomas, Juan de Torquemada, Louis Billot, Joachim Salaverri, A. Maria Vellico, Charles Journet (and Cajetan who is not cited by Da Silveira, but is demonstrated by Msgr. Vittorio Mondello in La dottrina del Gaetano sul Romano Pontefice, Messina, Istituto Arti Grafiche di Sicilia, 1965, cap. V, pp. 163-194 e cap. VI, pp. 195-224). ... Bordoni, who held the opinion to be “very probable”, cites Suárez, Pedro de Simanca, Domingo Bañez, and Bellarmine to be of this opinion; and mentions that Bonacina, cites others who were of the same opinion, explaining that they (as well as he) based their opinion on the belief that the words, Ut non deficiat fides tua were spoken simpliciter, and therefore without distinction between the public or the private person. Bordoni also argued extensively on the notable disputed cases proving that none of those popes was a formal heretic. [...] Opinion No. 1 is founded on the words of Christ Himself who prayed that the Pontiff’s faith not fail. Pope Innocent III and St. Robert Bellarmine based their teaching that the pope cannot become a heretic on the foundation of that scripture passage. Since Vatican I taught on the basis of that passage that the grace is given to the pope lest his fail, precisely so that he may be able to define infallibly; the First Opinion, namely, that the pope cannot fall into formal heresy, has become “commonly taught as the most probable”, as Don Curzio attests. Fr Gleize states on the question, “Can a pope fall into heresy?”: “In fact, the negative answer to this question is the common opinion of theologians of the modern era.” However, in order to deceive their readers into believing that their contrary opinion represents the mind of the Church, and seduce them into thinking the opposite opinion is the common opinion, Salza & Siscoe falsely state on page 191 of their screed: “It is the common opinion among theologians that a Pope can fall into personal heresy (internally), and even public and notorious heresy (externally).”»         
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Meg on November 07, 2019, 08:18:12 AM
Can you please cite a source and link for the view that Dom Curzio Nitoglia believes that the Pope cannot be a heretic?

Dom Curzio Nitoglia changed his views years ago, and is no longer a sedeprivationist. Here's an article posted five months ago on this forum, which gives a more current view of Fr. Nitoglia:

https://www.cathinfo.com/crisis-in-the-church/deposing-the-pope-by-fr-curzio-nitoglia/
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Don Paolo on November 07, 2019, 08:34:09 AM
Sources and links are provided in my book, To Deceive the Elect, Volume One. Don Curzio in the cited passage treats of a specific point of doctrine, to wit, that the common opinion of theoligians is that a valid pope cannot be a formal heretic. The article is posted on his website. He has not deviated from this position; and whether or not he has changed his position as a sedeprivationist is totally irrelevant to this point of doctrine. 
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Don Paolo on November 07, 2019, 08:35:11 AM
Sources and links are provided in my book, To Deceive the Elect, Volume One. Don Curzio in the cited passage treats of a specific point of doctrine, to wit, that the common opinion of theologians is that a valid pope cannot be a formal heretic. The article is posted on his website. He has not deviated from this position; and whether or not he has changed his position as a sedeprivationist is totally irrelevant to this point of doctrine. 
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Meg on November 07, 2019, 08:41:46 AM
Sources and links are provided in my book, To Deceive the Elect, Volume One. Don Curzio in the cited passage treats of a specific point of doctrine, to wit, that the common opinion of theologians is that a valid pope cannot be a formal heretic. The article is posted on his website. He has not deviated from this position; and whether or not he has changed his position as a sedeprivationist is totally irrelevant to this point of doctrine.

Okay, so you cannot provide any link which says that Fr. Nitoglia has written what you say he's written, and that he still believes it. Got it.
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Ladislaus on November 07, 2019, 08:47:45 AM
NO

If you're a sedeprivationist, then the answer is ...

YES AND NO
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Mark 79 on November 07, 2019, 09:22:48 AM
"And the gates of Hell shall not prevail against you" -Jesus to Peter
Another one of your phony "quotes," Jerk!

"And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Matthew 16:18

Consider Matthew 16:18 a fourth line of evidence against Jorge.

If Jorge is Pope, the gates of Hell have prevailed.


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Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Don Paolo on November 07, 2019, 09:29:39 AM
The only thing you prove by your last comment, Meg, is that your mental capacity is somewhat limited. If you wish to verify the source of Don Curzio's passage I cited, I'll provide you with a clue (as I used to do for the less intelligent students hearing my theology lectures):

 «la prima opinione o meglio l’antecedente, che è quella insegnata comunemente come la più probabile dalla maggior parte dei teologi e dei Dottori: S. Roberto Bellarmino, Francisco Suarez, Melchior Cano, Domingo Soto, Giovanni da San Tommaso, Juan de Torquemada, Louis Billot, Joachim Salaverri, A. Maria Vellico, Charles Journet (ed anche il Gaetano non citato dal Da Silveira, ma lo dimostra mons. Vittorio Mondello, ne La dottrina del Gaetano sul Romano Pontefice, Messina, Istituto Arti Grafiche di Sicilia, 1965, cap. V, pp. 163-194 e cap. VI, pp. 195-224) è che il Papa come Papa non può cadere in eresia formale, mentre può favorire l’eresia o cadere in eresia materiale come dottore privato oppure come Papa, ma solo nel magistero non definitorio, non obbligante e quindi non infallibile (cfr. A. X. Da Silveira, p. 33, nota 1; cfr. B. Gherardini, Concilio Ecuмenico Vaticano II. Un discorso da fare, Frigento, Casa Mariana Editrice, 2009; Tradidi quod et accepi. La Tradizione, vita e giovinezza della Chiesa, Frigento, Casa Mariana Editrice, 2010; Concilio Vaticano II. Il discorso mancato, Torino, Lindau, 2011; Quaecuмque dixero vobis. Parola di Dio e Tradizione a confronto con la storia e la teologia, Torino, Lindau, 2011; La Cattolica. Lineamenti d’ecclesiologia agostiniana, Torino, Lindau, 2011).»

If that is not enough for you to find the source, Meg, I provide you with another clue, if you are still lacking the mental capacity to perform the operation.
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Mark 79 on November 07, 2019, 09:30:27 AM
The only thing you prove by your last comment, Meg, is that your mental capacity is somewhat limited. If you wish to verify the source of Don Curzio's passage I cited, I'll provide you with a clue (as I used to do for the less intelligent students hearing my theology lectures):

 «la prima opinione o meglio l’antecedente, che è quella insegnata comunemente come la più probabile dalla maggior parte dei teologi e dei Dottori: S. Roberto Bellarmino, Francisco Suarez, Melchior Cano, Domingo Soto, Giovanni da San Tommaso, Juan de Torquemada, Louis Billot, Joachim Salaverri, A. Maria Vellico, Charles Journet (ed anche il Gaetano non citato dal Da Silveira, ma lo dimostra mons. Vittorio Mondello, ne La dottrina del Gaetano sul Romano Pontefice, Messina, Istituto Arti Grafiche di Sicilia, 1965, cap. V, pp. 163-194 e cap. VI, pp. 195-224) è che il Papa come Papa non può cadere in eresia formale, mentre può favorire l’eresia o cadere in eresia materiale come dottore privato oppure come Papa, ma solo nel magistero non definitorio, non obbligante e quindi non infallibile (cfr. A. X. Da Silveira, p. 33, nota 1; cfr. B. Gherardini, Concilio Ecuмenico Vaticano II. Un discorso da fare, Frigento, Casa Mariana Editrice, 2009; Tradidi quod et accepi. La Tradizione, vita e giovinezza della Chiesa, Frigento, Casa Mariana Editrice, 2010; Concilio Vaticano II. Il discorso mancato, Torino, Lindau, 2011; Quaecuмque dixero vobis. Parola di Dio e Tradizione a confronto con la storia e la teologia, Torino, Lindau, 2011; La Cattolica. Lineamenti d’ecclesiologia agostiniana, Torino, Lindau, 2011).»

If that is not enough for you to find the source, Meg, I provide you with another clue, if you are still lacking the mental capacity to perform the operation.
:applause:
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Meg on November 07, 2019, 09:48:48 AM
The only thing you prove by your last comment, Meg, is that your mental capacity is somewhat limited. If you wish to verify the source of Don Curzio's passage I cited, I'll provide you with a clue (as I used to do for the less intelligent students hearing my theology lectures):

Still no link. Still no proof. Hmmm…...
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Ladislaus on November 07, 2019, 09:54:09 AM
Still no link. Still no proof. Hmmm…...

Do you know how to use Google?  Just put the first line into the search box, and this comes up ...
http://5.135.223.179/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=333290:la-questione-del-papa-eretico&catid=83:free&Itemid=100021 (http://5.135.223.179/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=333290:la-questione-del-papa-eretico&catid=83:free&Itemid=100021)
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Mark 79 on November 07, 2019, 11:19:53 AM
Still no link. Still no proof. Hmmm…...
What a lazy Behar! The Behar needs to be spoon fed.
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Endoplasmic Reticulum on November 07, 2019, 12:16:38 PM
Nope. Neither is Ratzo.

Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: roscoe on November 07, 2019, 12:58:07 PM
That is not an accurate quote. The Douay-Rheims (and every other Bible I know of) says "shall not prevail against it", meaning the Church herself, not St. Peter himself in this case.
Leave it to pooch to misquote Scripture :sleep:
Title: Prevail against whodat?/Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: AlligatorDicax on December 27, 2019, 09:00:45 PM
Quote from: poche, msg674301, on November 07, 2019, 04:55:39

"And the gates of Hell shall not prevail against you"
--Jesus to Peter
(The quote above is from a posting that's no longer viewable, apparently having been later deleted by a CathInfo  moderator, so I'm unable to provide a valid link.)


That is not an accurate quote.  The Douay-Rheims (and every other Bible I know of) says "shall not prevail against it", meaning the Church herself, not St. Peter himself in this case.

Ah, yes: Here we go again in CathInfo, arguing the wording of the Bible without any reference to the original Latin!  Actually, what the Vulgate says in Latin is the equivalent of English "her":

Quote from: Matthew the Evangelist 16:18 Vulgate Bible

[18] Et ego dico tibi, quia tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram aedificabo Ecclesiam meam, et portae inferi non praevalebunt adversus eam. [*]

"Ecclesi·am, -ae" is plainly feminine, classically meaning an "assembly of the people", borrowed as a straightforward transliteration from the comparable Greek (where the word also seems to be feminine).  Thus the unemphatic demonstrative feminine pronoun e·a, -ius (e·am being its accusative-case) above, meaning "her".

The Rheims translators made an understandable concession to English and its natural gender, in which a "church" is a "thing", so that readers will indeed see the neuter pronoun "it":

Quote from: Matthew the Evangelist 16:18 Rheims Testament

[18] And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. [*]

That aside, it seems to me that there's no compelling reason why the Rheims translators couldn't have used the feminine pronoun in English: Weren't the Catholic faithful of the time accustomed to the phrase "our Holy Mother the Church"?

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Note [*]:
<http://www.drbo.org/cgi-bin/d?b=drl&bk=[Matthew]&ch=16&l=18-#x (http://www.drbo.org/cgi-bin/d?b=drl&bk=47&ch=16&l=18-#x)>.
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: sedevacantist3 on December 28, 2019, 12:29:12 PM
If you're a sedeprivationist, then the answer is ...

YES AND NO
At the end of the day a non catholic can not be head of the Catholic Church , when others ridicule the sede position (not you) we must point this out, that they believe someone who doesn’t profess the Catholic faith is their pope
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Ladislaus on December 28, 2019, 12:32:46 PM
At the end of the day a non catholic can not be head of the Catholic Church , ...

But that's just one position, the Bellarmine position (unless you're Salza or Siscoe).  Other theories hold that a non-Catholic (aka heretic) must be removed from office by the Church, and the sedeprivationist thesis that he formally ceases to be pope but then must be removed materially.  This is an oversimplification.
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: songbird on December 28, 2019, 04:36:27 PM
Question is, was this pope, ordained even as a priest?  We know the sacrament of Holy Orders of the New Order does not confer the sacrament.
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: King Wenceslas on December 28, 2019, 05:40:18 PM
At the end of the day a non catholic can not be head of the Catholic Church , when others ridicule the sede position (not you) we must point this out, that they believe someone who doesn’t profess the Catholic faith is their pope

So you, with power granted by Christ, have hereby decided that Francis is not a Catholic?

Where is the hierarchy in your line of thinking?
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: SoldierOfChrist on December 28, 2019, 06:12:30 PM
Is Francis’ heresy not public, obstinate, and pertinacious? 

Has he not clearly gotten his heretical messages across, as well as his understanding that his teachings are heretical, and that whenever they are ambiguous in meaning, that he means for them to be understood in an heretical sense?

Can a pope teach heresy?

Under canon law, can a pope be coerced into validly resigning?

Can a pope validly resign part of his ministry, but not the other, effectively expanding the office of the papacy to include two individuals?

Has Francis made any indications that he sees himself as holding part of the office of the papacy, but not the other?

When the truth is obvious, are we to not believe our lying eyes out of some sense of charity or obedience?
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Conspiracy_Factist on December 28, 2019, 10:28:40 PM
So you, with power granted by Christ, have hereby decided that Francis is not a Catholic?

Where is the hierarchy in your line of thinking?
1. is your argument that Jewgorglio is actually a  Catholic?
2. are you implying  that if i apply the truth of a dogma that it' s my private interpretation
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: sedevacantist3 on December 28, 2019, 10:37:54 PM
But that's just one position, the Bellarmine position (unless you're Salza or Siscoe).  Other theories hold that a non-Catholic (aka heretic) must be removed from office by the Church, and the sedeprivationist thesis that he formally ceases to be pope but then must be removed materially.  This is an oversimplification.
sedevacantists  say non catholic ceases to be  pope, even if he's physically there.....your position is non catholic , ceases to be pope and must be removed materially. at the end of the day you are saying he's not the pope ...the way he has to  be removed is another discussion is it not? Can't I hold the sedevacant  position and claim he must be removed materially for argument's sake.  Can you explain to me how sedevacantists differ exactly on the to be removed materially part?
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: poche on December 29, 2019, 04:27:02 AM
sedevacantists  say non catholic ceases to be  pope, even if he's physically there.....your position is non catholic , ceases to be pope and must be removed materially. at the end of the day you are saying he's not the pope ...the way he has to  be removed is another discussion is it not? Can't I hold the sedevacant  position and claim he must be removed materially for argument's sake.  Can you explain to me how sedevacantists differ exactly on the to be removed materially part?
From the Code of Canon Law;
Can.  1404 The First See is judged by no one.
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P5A.HTM
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Mark 79 on December 29, 2019, 05:40:00 AM
From the Code of Canon Law;
Can.  1404 The First See is judged by no one.
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P5A.HTM

"But when Cephas was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed." Galatians 2:11 (http://www.drbo.org/cgi-bin/d?b=drb&bk=55&ch=2&l=11-#x)

In saying Peter was blameworthy, did St. Paul judge the First See?
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Don Paolo on December 29, 2019, 09:50:49 AM
If Songbird understood the teaching of Pope Leo XIII and the history of the ordination rite, he/she/it would know that the the new rite of ordination is valid.
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: SeanJohnson on December 29, 2019, 10:05:02 AM
If Songbird understood the teaching of Pope Leo XIII and the history of the ordination rite, he/she/it would know that the the new rite of ordination is valid.

Michael Davies’ book “The Order of Melchizedek” was always a bit of a mystery to me in this regard:

He repeatedly affirms the validity of the new rite, even as he draws, throughout the book, the analogy to the invalidating changes to the Anglican rite.

It always left me asking myself, “OK, so why bother to write the book?”

And if the answer were, “To put traditionalists at ease regarding the new rite,” then why trouble them by drawing the Anglican analogy (which is the general disturbance of soul produced by the book, despite Davies’ affirmation of validity)?

Again, why, then, bother to write the book?

Was he being coy, fearing to declare the rite invalid, but imparting to the reader the reasons it might be (despite his affirmation to the contrary)?  

Not sure.
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Meg on December 29, 2019, 10:07:11 AM
From the Code of Canon Law;
Can.  1404 The First See is judged by no one.
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P5A.HTM

This is from the NEW code of canon law, promulgated by JP2 in 1983, isn't that right?
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Mark 79 on December 29, 2019, 10:08:03 AM
Michael Davies’ book “The Order of Melchizedek” was always a bit of a mystery to me in this regard:

He repeatedly affirms the validity of the new rite, even as he draws, throughout the book, the analogy to the invalidating changes to the Anglican rite.

It always left me asking myself, “OK, so why bother to write the book?”

And if the answer were, “To put traditionalists at ease regarding the new rite,” then why trouble them by drawing the Anglican analogy (which is the general disturbance of soul produced by the book, despite Davies’ affirmation of validity)?

Again, why, then, bother to write the book?

Was he being coy, fearing to declare the rite invalid, but imparting to the reader the reasons it might be (despite his affirmation to the contrary)?  

Not sure.
DID YOU READ THE FIRST OR SECOND EDITION?
It is reported that he drew different conclusions in the editions. I have tried to buy a FIRST edition, but, even when advertised as a FIRST edition, I received the second edition.
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Don Paolo on December 29, 2019, 10:27:15 AM
In the last analysis, what matters is not what Michael Davies was thinking, but only the sacramental doctrine of the Church. The new rite of ordination uses an unquestionably valid centuries old sacramental form that was eventually discarded in favour of the one form which became standard throughout the Latin Patriarchate. It is not defective. Therefore, the new rite does not suffer a "defect of form" as did Parker's Anglican rite, which destroyed the validity of Anglican orders, as Leo XII taught in Apostolicæ Curæ.
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: SeanJohnson on December 29, 2019, 10:28:13 AM
DID YOU READ THE FIRST OR SECOND EDITION?
It is reported that he drew different conclusions in the editions. I have tried to buy a FIRST edition, but, even when advertised as a FIRST edition, I received the second edition.

Now that’s interesting.

Not sure which edition I have (not home right now), but it is 20 years-old, at least.

When was the 2nd edition published?

In any case, I would not be surprised if Michael Davies later edited this book in a new edition to bring it around to conciliarism.

He did this very thing in the new edition of Pope John’s Council (published by Angelus Press), which contains many conciliar adaptations (eg., defense of Dominus Iesus, declaring they Orthodox possess apostolicity, etc.).

The SSPX wanted to make it seem as though Davies had left the indult and returned to tradition toward the end of his life, but the reality was that the SSPX was moving in his direction, and therefore proliferating his conciliarized books.

Then of course the SSPX has sneakily been modifying other books toward the same end (eg., no longer including active participation in the NOM in the examination of conscience of Christian Warfare, while injecting the conciliar Divine Mercy devotion into the same revision.  Meanwhile, it’s German bookstores sell materials by Ratzinger, Schneider, and even von Balthasar (while other volumes omit the “St.” title from the books by saints, etc).
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Don Paolo on December 29, 2019, 10:28:37 AM
In the last analysis, what matters is not what Michael Davies was thinking, but only the sacramental doctrine of the Church. The new rite of ordination uses an unquestionably valid centuries old sacramental form that was eventually discarded in favour of the one form which became standard throughout the Latin Patriarchate. It is not defective. Therefore, the new rite does not suffer a "defect of form" as did Parker's Anglican rite, which destroyed the validity of Anglican orders, as Leo XIII taught in Apostolicæ Curæ.
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: SeanJohnson on December 29, 2019, 10:41:52 AM
Davies’ general thoughts:

http://www.catholicapologetics.info/modernproblems/vatican2/ordinal.htm (http://www.catholicapologetics.info/modernproblems/vatican2/ordinal.htm)

Note, however, that in this article Davies is merely championing the conciliar 1968 rite of priestly ordination vs the later revised 1989 rite of priestly ordination (which is even worse).
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Nishant Xavier on December 29, 2019, 11:16:30 AM
The 1989 is clearly better, though both are valid. What is lacking in the new rite of 1968 is what theology calls the "integrity" of the rite.

From Sean's link: "Needless to say, the authority of the Church is as decisive in affirming the validity of a sacramental rite as in affirming its invalidity. The papal approbation given to the Latin Typical Editions of all the post-conciliar sacramental rites places their validity beyond dispute ...

One of the promises has had words added which do refer specifically to the priestly vocation of offering sacrifice and absolving the faithful from their sins. The additional words are indicated in italic ...

 

Vis mysteria Christi ad laudem Dei et sanctificationem populi christiani, secundum Ecclesiae traditionem, pie et fideliter celebrare?



Are you resolved to celebrate the mysteries of Christ for the glory of God and the sancitification of the Christian people, according to the Tradition of the Church, faithfully and religiously?
 
Vis mysteria Christi ad laudem Dei et sanctificationem populi christiani, secundum Ecclesiae traditionem, praesertim in Eucharistiae sacrificio et sacramento reconciliationis, pie et fideliter celebrare?

Are you resolved to celebrate the mysteries of Christ for the glory of God and the sancitification of the Christian people, according to the Tradition of the Church, especially the Eucharistic Sacrifice and the Sacrament of Reconciliation, faithfully and religiously?

...The proper postcommunion for the Mass of priestly ordination, found on page 207 of the Latin Ordinal, states with admirable clarity that the Divine Victim is offered in the Mass, and employs the word hostia for victim. The use of the word sacerdotes for priests is also welcome:

 

Sacerdotes tuos, Domine, et omnes famulos tuos vivificet divina, quam obtulimus et sumpsimus, hostia, ut, perpetua tibi caritate coniuncti, digne famulari tuae mereantur maiestati.
 
O Lord, may the Divine Victim which we have offered and consumed, bring new life to Thy priests and all Thy servants that, united with Thee in unceasing charity, they may merit worthily to serve Thy Divine majesty.
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Mark 79 on December 29, 2019, 01:25:22 PM
When was the 2nd edition published?




1st: 1979. 2nd: 1993.



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Then of course the SSPX has sneakily been modifying other books toward the same end (eg., no longer including active participation in the NOM in the examination of conscience of Christian Warfare, while injecting the conciliar Divine Mercy devotion into the same revision.  Meanwhile, it’s German bookstores sell materials by Ratzinger, Schneider, and even von Balthasar (while other volumes omit the “St.” title from the books by saints, etc).

Is Poche giving lessons to the SSPX in altering texts?
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Mark 79 on December 29, 2019, 01:49:03 PM

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…The new rite of ordination uses an unquestionably valid centuries old sacramental form that was eventually discarded in favour of the one form which became standard throughout the Latin Patriarchate. …


"unquestionably"?  The validity has been questioned, so the use of "unquestionably" is risible.

"centuries old"? Sounds like more self-serving, pseudo-antiquarian agitprop to me.
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Don Paolo on January 01, 2020, 04:11:12 PM
《The validity has been questioned, so the use of "unquestionably" is risible.》

Mark 79 is risible, because his doubt is a mere negative doubt, and is therefore worthless. A researcher who was sent to Rome investigate the history of the rite of ordination; explained to me that he was able to find the docuмentary proof that there were three variant formulae used as the form of the sacrament during the Middle Ages: one with "ut", one with "et", and one with an ";", and no conjunction. The form of the sacrament of priestly ordination is not a novel formula; and it does express the intention to confer the priesthood, which suffices ad validitatem.
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Ladislaus on January 01, 2020, 04:14:44 PM
A researcher who was sent to Rome investigate the history of the rite of ordination; explained to me that he was able to find the docuмentary proof that there were three variant formulae used as the form of the sacrament during the Middle Ages: one with "ut", one with "et", and one with an ";", and no conjunction. 

That would be a very important find.  Could someone actually publish these findings?  Until then, we can't go by the word of some anonymous "researcher".
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Don Paolo on January 01, 2020, 04:34:59 PM
I don't want to mention the researcher's name without his permission. He found the books containing the docuмentary evidence in the Anselmianum library.
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Ladislaus on January 01, 2020, 05:53:18 PM
I don't want to mention the researcher's name without his permission. He found the books containing the docuмentary evidence in the Anselmianum library.

That's understandable.  But if someone could post copies from the books, that would be great.  I did the same type of research at one point.  When Bishop Kelly was going around saying that some of the ordinations done by +Lefebvre were invalid because he only laid one hand on the ordinand instead of the two indicated in the rubrics, I went to The Catholic University of America library and found medieval texts in which the rubric for priestly ordination specified only one hand, dextram.  It appeared that the modern reference to the plural was a reference to both the co-ordaining bishops as well as all the priests who also laid their hands on the ordinands.
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Quo vadis Domine on January 01, 2020, 06:50:50 PM
That's understandable.  But if someone could post copies from the books, that would be great.  I did the same type of research at one point.  When Bishop Kelly was going around saying that some of the ordinations done by +Lefebvre were invalid because he only laid one hand on the ordinand instead of the two indicated in the rubrics, I went to The Catholic University of America library and found medieval texts in which the rubric for priestly ordination specified only one hand, dextram.  It appeared that the modern reference to the plural was a reference to both the co-ordaining bishops as well as all the priests who also laid their hands on the ordinands.
Lad, you should publish those findings. Did you present them to Bishop Kelly? 
I found that a sufficient argument against the “one hand Dan” nonsense was Pope Pius XII’s sacramentum ordinis where he declares: “In order that there may be no occasion for doubt, We command that in conferring each Order the imposition of hands be done by physically touching the head of the person to be ordained, although a moral contact also is sufficient for the valid conferring of the Sacrament.” 

Father Cekada also did an admirable job destroying their ridiculous argument.
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Ladislaus on January 01, 2020, 07:26:41 PM
Lad, you should publish those findings. Did you present them to Bishop Kelly?
I found that a sufficient argument against the “one hand Dan” nonsense was Pope Pius XII’s sacramentum ordinis where he declares: “In order that there may be no occasion for doubt, We command that in conferring each Order the imposition of hands be done by physically touching the head of the person to be ordained, although a moral contact also is sufficient for the valid conferring of the Sacrament.”

Father Cekada also did an admirable job destroying their ridiculous argument.

I sent my docuмents to Father Cekada regarding the silly one-hand issue ... since he was at the time actively working on his own rebuttal.  Not sure what, if anything, he ever did with them.
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Mr G on January 02, 2020, 10:29:53 AM
In the last analysis, what matters is not what Michael Davies was thinking, but only the sacramental doctrine of the Church. The new rite of ordination uses an unquestionably valid centuries old sacramental form that was eventually discarded in favour of the one form which became standard throughout the Latin Patriarchate. It is not defective. Therefore, the new rite does not suffer a "defect of form" as did Parker's Anglican rite, which destroyed the validity of Anglican orders, as Leo XII taught in Apostolicæ Curæ.
Yes, looking back, it appears the SSPX would have agreed; as they never had any issue with the matter and form of the new rite of ordination, but they did with the intention (which they qualify):  

http://www.sspxasia.com/Newsletters/1998/December/Priestly-Ordinations-New-Vs-Old-Rite.htm
On June 18, 1968, Pope Paul VI promulgated a new rite for the priestly ordination.
           

The matter and the form of the sacrament [1] (http://www.sspxasia.com/Newsletters/1998/December/Priestly-Ordinations-New-Vs-Old-Rite.htm#_ftn1) remained almost the same as in the rite promulgated by Pope Pius XII in November 1948. There are only two small changes in the form, which do not however affect the meaning of the sacrament; in fact, they specify it better. 
The novelty and danger of the new rite consists especially in the abolition of the two ceremonies by which the bishop clearly explains the powers of the Catholic priest: 

      The abolition of this precision in the new rite of the priestly ordination (even if the rite remains valid in itself by the unchanged matter and form) makes the doctrine expressed by the new rite dangerously close to the Protestant doctrine.  This is not surprising since the end of all the liturgical reforms after the Vatican II Council was ecuмenism.

            Something else, which is also not surprising, alas, is that now, many new priests do not know anymore what the priesthood is.  Consequently, this leads to all priestly problems, such as married priests (at least 70,000 priests have abandoned their priesthood since the last Council).

           And do the bishops themselves know well what a priest is?  We hope so, because with this new rite, some bishops could have an intention opposite to the intention of the Church when they ordain priests, and in that case the ordination would be invalid, or at least doubtful.
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: SeanJohnson on January 02, 2020, 10:46:22 AM
Yes, looking back, it appears the SSPX would have agreed; as they never had any issue with the matter and form of the new rite of ordination, but they did with the intention (which they qualify):  

http://www.sspxasia.com/Newsletters/1998/December/Priestly-Ordinations-New-Vs-Old-Rite.htm
On June 18, 1968, Pope Paul VI promulgated a new rite for the priestly ordination.
          

The matter and the form of the sacrament [1] (http://www.sspxasia.com/Newsletters/1998/December/Priestly-Ordinations-New-Vs-Old-Rite.htm#_ftn1) remained almost the same as in the rite promulgated by Pope Pius XII in November 1948. There are only two small changes in the form, which do not however affect the meaning of the sacrament; in fact, they specify it better.
The novelty and danger of the new rite consists especially in the abolition of the two ceremonies by which the bishop clearly explains the powers of the Catholic priest:

     The abolition of this precision in the new rite of the priestly ordination (even if the rite remains valid in itself by the unchanged matter and form) makes the doctrine expressed by the new rite dangerously close to the Protestant doctrine.  This is not surprising since the end of all the liturgical reforms after the Vatican II Council was ecuмenism.

           Something else, which is also not surprising, alas, is that now, many new priests do not know anymore what the priesthood is.  Consequently, this leads to all priestly problems, such as married priests (at least 70,000 priests have abandoned their priesthood since the last Council).

          And do the bishops themselves know well what a priest is?  We hope so, because with this new rite, some bishops could have an intention opposite to the intention of the Church when they ordain priests, and in that case the ordination would be invalid, or at least doubtful.

Would be interesting to know what changes Pius XII made in 1948 (and why).

That was the same year Bugnini took charge of tinkering with the Mass.
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Last Tradhican on January 02, 2020, 12:45:23 PM
In the last analysis, what matters is not what Michael Davies was thinking, but only the sacramental doctrine of the Church. The new rite of ordination uses an unquestionably valid centuries old sacramental form that was eventually discarded in favour of the one form which became standard throughout the Latin Patriarchate. It is not defective. Therefore, the new rite does not suffer a "defect of form" as did Parker's Anglican rite, which destroyed the validity of Anglican orders, as Leo XII taught in Apostolicæ Curæ.
I read Michael Davies  book like 3 times, I've had it for almost 25 years. Most of what he writes appears to be saying that the new ordination rite is at best weak. Then at the end he says two things which really negates anything he said in favor of the validity, he says

1) that his analysis only involves the new ordination rite in it's original Latin form, and that scarcely any priests are ordained in Latin and moreover the ordaining bishops adlib the ceremony

2) In the final analysis the new rite is valid because it is promulgated by the pope.

So, that is no relief for those like I that have doubts about the new ordination rite. I do not believe with certainty of faith that Paul VI was a real pope. I do not believe with certainty of faith that any Novus Ordo rite ordained "priest" is a priest. The easiest thing for a priest like you to do is to go get conditionally ordained, it would have saved you a lot of wasted time. No one like me is going to risk their salvation based on the fallible opinion of someone who has a stake in the new ordination rite. It is real easy to just tell someone that they can go to mass and receive the sacraments from any Novus Ordo priest, it has no effect on the person giving the advice. It is like the book "Parachuteless Skydiving" by Hugo First.

Go get conditionally ordained and then  everyone will have no doubts about your validity.
Title: Re: Is Francis the Pope?
Post by: Don Paolo on January 02, 2020, 02:57:02 PM
So, in one man's opinion, Michael Davies only, "appears to be saying that the new ordination rite is at best weak," but does not actually say it is "weak". Unless he says, exactly why he believes it to be weak, rather than just appearing to say it, according to someone else's interpretation, then it's useless to bring Davies' opinion into the discussion. According to Trent, "materia et forma sacramenti essentia efficitur". If there is a valid matter and a form that expresses the intention of the rite, then the rite is certainly valid. Full Stop.