Quote from: Ladislaus
Unbelievable. So now your answer is that dogmatic facts are only "theologically certain". Theological certainties and dogmas are mutually-exclusive theological notes. One theologian writing during the reign of Pius XII wrote that to reject the legitimacy of Pius XII would be heresy. This concept is implicit in the very notion of dogma itself. If you cannot have dogmatic certainty regarding legitimacy, then you cannot have dogmatic certainty about any dogmas the popes define. If there's room for doubt about Pius XII, then there's room for doubt about The Assumption.
Be that as it may, you need to retract your statement that papal legitimacy is dogmatic fact. In fact, you just did ... even though you'll never admit that you did. And sedevacantists, therefore, are no more hereticaler than +Lefebvre and +Williamson.
The only dispute among theologians about dogmatic fact is whether they are of Divine Faith or merely Ecclesiastical Faith. But they all agree that they are de fide.
From the Catholic Encyclopedia under “dogmatic fact:”
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. They hold that in such syllogisms as this: "Every duly elected pontiff is Peter's successor; but [/color]
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In other words, the theological note of dogmatic facts (as opposed to dogma proper) is disputed, and the Church has not ruled on the matter.