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Could a new "pope" elected by the N.O. church "undo" the damage of Vatican II?

Yes, he can declare it heretical and anathematize the post-conciliar popes straight to hell!
15 (45.5%)
He can only admit that it was "imprudent" and then return to Tradition while passing the rest over in silence.
3 (9.1%)
No, impossible - he cannot call a General Council ratified by a true pope heretical - that would be admitting defection.
1 (3%)
He can only admit it was a false Council of the Catholic Church at all and the V2 "popes" were false claimants who defected
7 (21.2%)
No man elected by the N.O. church could ever be the pope because the N.O. church and it's clergy are NOT part of the Catholic Church.
5 (15.2%)
I heard there is poisonous fog outside - you should go outside and inhale deeply please.
2 (6.1%)

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If one holds that the Novus Ordo hierarchy is in fact, also the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church, then - let us imagine a scenario where a tradition loving/serving pope is elected by the N.O. cardinals:

Francis is dead. The cardinals assemble they vote and select a new pope. He shocks everyone by declaring the Vatican II Council was a break from Tradition and all the reforms that followed were evil and harmful to souls and he condemns them and reinstitutes all as it was before the Council. He anathematizes all the previous popes for their egregious errors and heresies. The docuмents of V2 are burned in St. Peter's square. The Modernist prelates are thrown out of their Sees the world over. The Sacramental Rites are restored. The Church rises gloriously to all its former beauty and grandeur surpassing your wildest dreams.

But if you think all this ^^ can actually happen - then you are saying you think the Church has defected.

For such a change to take place would discredit the Church and Her infallibility in the eyes of all men for the rest of time. No one would ever take anything She taught or said seriously ever again (including all the faithful). The protection of God would clearly have left His Church and in theory, then it could happen again, and again, and again, etc. No one would ever really listen to the popes ever again. The "faithful" would first weigh everything he said against their own rule of faith and what they thought were heresies and then, only once it fit their understanding would they assent and obey.

Some considerations:

The Church’s infallibility extends to dogmatic facts This proposition is theologically certain.

If you accept as a Dogmatic Fact that Vatican 2 was a legitimate council call by a true pope, with the docuмents signed/supported by 99.9% of the Catholic bishops and ratified by a true pope - then you must admit V2 was infallible.

If your position is that it was a legitimate council - then you CANNOT say it was heretical for that would be a denial of the infallibility of the Church and itself a heretical position to hold.


"What good would it do to proclaim in theory the infallible authority of ecuмenical councils if one could licitly doubt the legitimacy of the specific council?" Source: Van Noort's Dogmatic Theology (see full text and link below)

If you acknowledge the V2 hierarchy as legitimate but deny the Dogmatic Fact of the legitimacy of V2, you are left with an empty shell of a nothing church and a neutered papacy/hierarchy that can only lead you to hell.

If you accept the V2 Church hierarchy as the legitimate Catholic Church hierarchy, then the following are Dogmatic Facts and the logical conclusions follow:

Dogmatic Fact:
A General Council of the Catholic Church ratified by the Roman Pontiff is legitimate and its teachings are theologically "safe".

Dogmatic Fact:
The Second Vatican Council was a legitimate council called and ratified by true popes

Conclusion #1
Therefore, the Second Vatican Council's teachings are "safe".

Conclusion #2
Therefore, the Second Vatican Council's teachings ARE NOT schismatic or heretical.

Dogmatic facts are both indirect and secondary objects of infallibility. If you believe in the legitimacy of the Novus Ordo, post-conciliar church hierarchy as being synonymous with the same men that constitute the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church, then the above Dogmatic Facts are infallible and so are their conclusions. To deny them would be to indirectly deny infallible truth and therefore heresy.

"...dogmatic facts can rightly be called not only secondary but also indirect objects of infallibility."


A further consideration if you hold the V2 hierarchy is legitimate:

The Church cannot promulgate a liturgy for the universal Church that is harmful to souls.

The full power of ordering and promulgating liturgical disciplines belongs to the Roman Pontiff.

The Novus Ordo therefore cannot be harmful to souls.



"[the Church] can never sanction a universal law which would be at odds with faith or morality or would be by its very nature conducive to the injury of souls." So, if you accept the V2 council and its hierarchy as legitimate you better get to the Novus Ordo and stop railing against it - otherwise you are besmirching the infallibility of the Church - injurious to pious ears, suspect of heresy.



"But if the Church could make a mistake in the manner alleged when it legislated for the general discipline, it would no longer be either a loyal guardian of the revealed doctrine or a trustworthy teacher of the Christian way of life. It would not be a guardian of revealed doctrine, for the imposition of the vicious law would be, for all practical purposes, tantamount to an erroneous definition of doctrine. It would not be a teacher of the Christian way of life, for by its laws it would induce corruption into the practice of religious life. "




"God also positively guides the Church's teachers to correct knowledge and presentation of the truth He has entrusted to the Church." So, if you believe V2 was legitimate but heretical then you believe God positively willed the Church to fall into corruption. - which is blasphemy - at the least.


From Familiar Explanation of Christian Doctrine by Rev. Michael Müller, C.SS.R. 1874
Link: Mueller's Catechism 1874


Q. Is not the Catholic Church the household of which Jesus Christ is the Master?

A. She is.


Q. Will Satan be able to take possession of this household in spite of its Divine Master?

A. No one can say so without blasphemy.


Q. Is not the Catholic Church the Body of Jesus Christ?

A. The Church, says St. Paul, is the Body of Christ.


Q. What follows from this?

A. That Christ is inseparably united with His Church.


Q. What, then, would it be for one to say that the Church could be destroyed?

A. It would be to say that Christ or God can be overcome, which would be the height of madness and blasphemy.


Q. How long will Christ protect and defend His own Body—the Catholic Church?

A. To the end of the world.


Q. In what words has He given us this assurance?

A. In these words: "Behold, I am with you all days, even to the end of the world" (Matt. xxviii. 20); and, therefore, "the gates of hell shall not prevail against my Church."


Q. Is there any other reason why the Catholic Church cannot be destroyed?

A. Yes; the true life of the Catholic Church is the Holy Ghost, the Spirit of Truth, who, according to the promise of Jesus Christ, will abide with His Church for ever.


Q. What is meant by this promise?

A. That the Holy Ghost will enlighten the pastors of the Catholic Church to preserve and deliver her holy doctrine to the end of the world uncorrupted, and encourage them and the faithful to live up to it, and even to lay down their lives for it. St. John xiv. 16, and Gal. iv. 6.


Q. What follows from this?

A. It follows that, although the hands of blind or wicked men may rob the Church, may pluck the crown from the Pontiff's brow, may drive her prelates into exile or death, may destroy and defile her sanctuaries, may persecute her children and massacre them by thousands, yet her faith, planted by the Son of God on earth, will gloriously shine and endure to the end of the world. [notice how this answer doesn't mention such an absurd, insane, mad, heretical and blasphemous scenario as that the hierarchy including the Roman Pontiff will all embrace heresy and force it on the faithful.]

In conclusion,

If you hold that such a "renewal" to Tradition of the Catholic Church is necessary (as described in the scenario at the top) then essentially you have to admit that you do not belong to the Catholic Church but rather a manmade institution that is fallible and can be so over and over again and Vatican II could happen again with Vatican III, IV, V, etc. You belong to a false church that has not the promise of Christ, or you then must hold that the Church has defected, and you commit the sin of blasphemy and heresy.


The only logical answer is what both preserves the Church from corruption and allows one to maintain their sanity without contradicting what the Church has always taught.

Source:


Find the rest here: Van Noort: Dogmatic Theology Vol. 2 Christ's Church


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  • Yes, he can do what Pope Innocent II did by convening Lateran II, condemning the acts of Antipope Anacletus II.
    cf. Antipope Anacletus II vs. Pope Innocent II
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  • Johannes,

    You asked seven questions in your latest post on this thread. How do you come up with all of these questions, on every thread that you create? Do you really believe that we are required to answer them? I don't believe that we are required to answer them. 
    "It is licit to resist a Sovereign Pontiff who is trying to destroy the Church. I say it is licit to resist him in not following his orders and in preventing the execution of his will. It is not licit to Judge him, to punish him, or to depose him, for these are acts proper to a superior."

    ~St. Robert Bellarmine
    De Romano Pontifice, Lib.II, c.29

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  • "Because the decrees of an irregularly appointed person are irregular, whatever he had established we destroy, whomever he had exalted we degrade, and however many he had consecrated we unordain and depose".

    Well, the "tradition-loving pope elected by the N.O. clergy " couldn't really do exactly what Innocent did. His election was confirmed by an imperfect council. But in the scenario, I am projected it is based on the N.O. cardinals electing a new pope. If this new tradition-loving pope "destroyed" whatever the post-conciliar popes had "established" and subsequently degraded the "Cardinals" who had elected him then he would in effect be destroying his very own "election" or at least making it doubtful.

    If every traditional Catholic on this forum decided to follow your lead, and totally denounced and rejected as evil everything having to do with the conciliar church, would you then be happy?

    How would you spend your time, if every suddenly all here agreed with you? Would you find another venue to spam?
    "It is licit to resist a Sovereign Pontiff who is trying to destroy the Church. I say it is licit to resist him in not following his orders and in preventing the execution of his will. It is not licit to Judge him, to punish him, or to depose him, for these are acts proper to a superior."

    ~St. Robert Bellarmine
    De Romano Pontifice, Lib.II, c.29

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  • These questions are phrased so well, I will just redirect them back at you.




    In directing the questions back to me, I would say that I don't need all traditionalists to agree with me, as you need them to agree with you. The only time I really complain about sedevacantism anymore is when they (like yourself) get really pushy and expect everyone to agree with them.

    We're all trying to get through the Crisis as best we can. A few of us here follow the sounds teachings of +ABL, even though he got things wrong on occasion. But we don't expect that he was perfect. He was a good example to follow, but I don't expect that many here will agree, and that's fine.

    Why post the photo of Pope Francis with his hand to his ear? You have such hatred for the Pope, and you seem to want us do follow suit. We have no control over the situation in the Church. Do you believe that Pope Francis is more powerful than God? I don't believe that he is. God is still in control, even when all seems lost. 
    "It is licit to resist a Sovereign Pontiff who is trying to destroy the Church. I say it is licit to resist him in not following his orders and in preventing the execution of his will. It is not licit to Judge him, to punish him, or to depose him, for these are acts proper to a superior."

    ~St. Robert Bellarmine
    De Romano Pontifice, Lib.II, c.29


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  • Your response is kind of creepy. And weird. 



    "It is licit to resist a Sovereign Pontiff who is trying to destroy the Church. I say it is licit to resist him in not following his orders and in preventing the execution of his will. It is not licit to Judge him, to punish him, or to depose him, for these are acts proper to a superior."

    ~St. Robert Bellarmine
    De Romano Pontifice, Lib.II, c.29

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  • Option Z:
    When (not if) God blesses the world with a True, Orthodox pope, he will do the following, related to V2:

    1.  Confirm (as all V2 popes have said) that V2 was a non-doctrinal, ecuмenical council...the first in church history.
    a.  Because it was non-doctrinal, then it was not protected by infallibility, per V1.
    b.  Because J23/Paul6 did not use infallibility, then V2 docuмents can contain error.
    c.  A true pope will "correct" V2 in detail...or he will throw it out altogether and teach authoritatively where the council was wrong.

    2.  The issue of the orthodoxy of the V2 popes is a separate issue, since each of them deviated from the Faith in various, different and unique ways.  All of them will be condemned as heretics, but each "V2 papacy" will have to be examined and explained on its own, as each was unique in heresy and error.

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  • For someone who seems to have such animosity for Pope Francis, you sure do post a lot of photos of him. Perhaps you secretly admire him? 
    "It is licit to resist a Sovereign Pontiff who is trying to destroy the Church. I say it is licit to resist him in not following his orders and in preventing the execution of his will. It is not licit to Judge him, to punish him, or to depose him, for these are acts proper to a superior."

    ~St. Robert Bellarmine
    De Romano Pontifice, Lib.II, c.29


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  • "Admire"... No, I wish I could say that it was that simple and I did just simply "admire" him, and this was all just a secret, deeply, repressed fetish of mine.


    But simply "admire" will not do.



    Now, when it comes to Jorge Bergoglio and people like you,
    the correct term is Wonderment.

    won·der·ment
    noun

    • a state of awed admiration or respect:



    Wonderment...
    that someone so obviously a "beast of the Apocalypse" (St. Bernard) you say is the Vicar of Jesus Christ of Roman Catholic Church and your Holy Father.



    Wonderment... at your obstinacy, blindness, and sheer stupidity to think that such a man could be the Head of the Catholic Church when he is clearly not even a member of it.




    Wonderment... that you remain attached to a Head that is "severed from the Body" (Pius XII) and still think you can simultaneously remain attached to the Body.



    Yes, Wonderment... that it is actually you who "admire" him.

    "And all the earth was in admiration after the beast." Apocalypse 13:3

    "That beast of the Apocalypse is sitting on the Throne of Peter waiting like a lion ready to consume his prey."  - St. Bernard




    Okay....and yet...I'm not obsessed with Pope Francis as you seem to be, and I do not post photos of him. And yet you do post photos of him, quite often.
    "It is licit to resist a Sovereign Pontiff who is trying to destroy the Church. I say it is licit to resist him in not following his orders and in preventing the execution of his will. It is not licit to Judge him, to punish him, or to depose him, for these are acts proper to a superior."

    ~St. Robert Bellarmine
    De Romano Pontifice, Lib.II, c.29

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  • "Admire"... No, I wish I could say that it was that simple and I did just simply "admire" him, and this was all just a secret, deeply, repressed fetish of mine.


    But simply "admire" will not do.



    Now, when it comes to Jorge Bergoglio and people like you,
    the correct term is Wonderment.

    won·der·ment
    noun


    • a state of awed admiration or respect:



    Wonderment... that someone so obviously a "beast of the Apocalypse" (St. Bernard) you say is the Vicar of Jesus Christ of Roman Catholic Church and your Holy Father.



    Wonderment... at your obstinacy, blindness, and sheer stupidity to think that such a man could be the Head of the Catholic Church when he is clearly not even a member of it.



    Wonderment... that you remain attached to a Head that is "severed from the Body" (Pius XII) and still think you can simultaneously remain attached to the Body.


    Yes, Wonderment... that it is actually you who "admire" him.


    "And all the earth was in admiration after the beast." Apocalypse 13:3

    "That beast of the Apocalypse is sitting on the Throne of Peter waiting like a lion ready to consume his prey."  - St. Bernard



    Ah, wonderment, wonder. 

    Merriam Webster:


    Quote
    wonderment
    noun
    won·der·ment ˈwən-dər-mənt 



    Synonyms of wonderment
    1: a cause of or occasion for wonder

    2: astonishmentsurprise

    3: curiosity about something

    wonder
    1 of 3
    noun
    won·der ˈwən-dər 



    Synonyms of wonder
    1aa cause of astonishment or admiration marvel

    it's a wonder you weren't killed

    the pyramid is a wonder to behold

    Scripture:


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    Mark 6:6   And he wondered because of their unbelief, and he went through the villages round about teaching

    2 Thessalonians 2: 9   Whose coming is according to the working of Satan, in all power, and signs, and
    lying wonders,

    Some, like the Jews, will look for physical "signs." John 6:30, 1 Cor. 1:22 etc. But I think we are seeing the prophesied End Times Biblical "lying wonders." 





    Rom. 3:25 Whom God hath proposed to be a propitiation, through faith in his blood, to the shewing of his justice, for the remission of former sins" 

    Apoc 17:17 For God hath given into their hearts to do that which pleaseth him: that they give their kingdom to the beast, till the words of God be fulfilled.

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    The solemn language in the decrees of V2 by Paul VI is similar to other binding councils
    Some parts are similar.  Some parts are not.  The legal language is similar…but plenty of church docuмents have such legal language.  The language used/required (per V1) to achieve the note of infallibility is not there.  And every V2 pope has said that V2 is not infallible and didn’t define any doctrines. 

    There is no such thing as “secret” infallibility.  God cannot allow popes/non-popes to lie about what is or isn’t infallible.  It goes against the entire purpose of the papal gift.

    Also, no V2 official has ever said that V2 is required to be accepted under pain of sin, which is a hallmark of any infallible statement or doctrine.  

    Etc, etc.  One could go on.  


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  • Well, it is mostly just for you (go back and look).

    In fact, from your point of view, you really should be thanking me, after all he is your "Holy Father".

    Like or dislike him, it is good for you to look at him - as he represents the Church you belong to.

    "Where Peter is there is the Church" St. Ambrose

    No need to thank me though.




    The Church that I belong to? I belong to the Catholic Church.

    What Church do you belong to? Are you Catholic? You seem anti-Catholic. 

    "It is licit to resist a Sovereign Pontiff who is trying to destroy the Church. I say it is licit to resist him in not following his orders and in preventing the execution of his will. It is not licit to Judge him, to punish him, or to depose him, for these are acts proper to a superior."

    ~St. Robert Bellarmine
    De Romano Pontifice, Lib.II, c.29

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  • Well... you think you do.

    If Jorge is your "Holy Father" then you must embrace the religion, he teaches, professes, and represents.

    Otherwise, you are bound to denounce him as a non-Catholic and his religion (the N.O. church) as a false religion and have nothing to do with them.

    "If anyone does not with mind and lips reject and anathematize all abominable heretics together with their impious writings, even to the single least portion, let such a person be condemned." (Pope St. Martin I, d. 655)

    Now, where the "anti-Catholic" thinking/action really comes into play is to imagine that one can do as Pope St. Martin, I said above, while maintaining that the one they are "anathematizing" can still be their Holy Father, the Vicar of Jesus Christ, who is both a member and Head of the Catholic Church, to whom they owe submission and obedience and is the "Rock upon which Christ built His Church", who has the "Unfailing faith of Peter".

    But if Francis is pope,


    Then Pope Saint Felix I, Martyr, (r. 269-274) was wrong when, speaking of the Roman Church, he said: “As it took up in the beginning the norm of the Christian Faith from its authors, the Princes of the Apostles of Christ, She remains unsullied according to what the Lord

    said: ‘I have prayed for thee, etc.’ ”

    Then Pope Damasus I (r. 366-382) was wrong when he said: “The First See, therefore, is that of Peter the Apostle, that of the Roman Church, which has neither stain nor blemish…”

    Then Pope Saint Innocent I (r. 401-417) was wrong when, speaking of the Roman Church, he said: “that…all other churches might derive what they should order, whom they should absolve, whom, as being dirtied with ineffaceable pollution, the stream that is worthy only of pure bodies should avoid; so that from their parent source all waters should flow, and through the different regions of the whole world the pure streams of the fountain well forth uncorrupted.”

    Then Pope Saint Gelasius I (r. 492-496) was wrong when he said: “This is what the Apostolic See guards against with all her strength because the glorious confession of the Apostle [Peter] is the root of the world, so that she is polluted by no crack of depravity and altogether no contagion. For if such a thing would ever occur (which may God forbid and we trust cannot be), why would we make bold to resist any error?”

    Then Pope Pelagius II (r. 579-590) was wrong when he said: “For you know how the Lord in the Gospel declares: ‘Simon, Simon, behold Satan has desired you that he might sift you as wheat, but I have prayed the Father for thee, that thy faith fail not, and thou being converted, confirm thy brethren.’ See, beloved, the truth cannot be falsified, nor can the faith of Peter ever be shaken or changed.”
    “Consider, most dear ones, that the Truth could not have lied, nor will the faith of PETER be able to be shaken or changed forever. For although the devil desired to sift all the disciples, the Lord testifies that He Himself asked for PETER alone and wished the others to be confirmed by him; and to him also, in consideration of a greater love which he showed the Lord before the rest, was committed the care of feeding the sheep [cf. Jn 21:15ff.]; and to him also He handed over the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and upon him He promised to build his Church, and He testified that the gates of hell would not prevail against it [cf. Mt 16:16ff.]…”

    Then the Sixth Ecuмenical Council (680-681) was wrong when it repeated the words of Pope Agatho (r. 678-681): “For this is the rule of the true faith, which this spiritual mother of your most tranquil empire, the Apostolic Church of Christ [See of Rome], has both in prosperity and in adversity always held and defended with energy; which, it will be proved, by the grace of Almighty God, has never erred from the path of the apostolic tradition, nor has she been depraved by yielding to heretical innovations, but from the beginning she has received the Christian faith from her founders, the princes of the Apostles of Christ, and remains undefiled unto the end, according to the divine promise of the Lord and Saviour himself, which he uttered in the holy Gospels to the prince of his disciples: saying, ‘Peter, Peter, behold, Satan has desired to have you, that he might sift you as wheat; but I have prayed for you, that (your) faith fail not. And when you are converted, strengthen your brethren.’ Let your tranquil Clemency therefore consider, since it is the Lord and Saviour of all, whose faith it is, that promised that Peter’s faith should not fail and exhorted him to strengthen his brethren, how it is known to all that the Apostolic pontiffs, the predecessors of my littleness, have always confidently done this very thing: of whom also our littleness, since I have received this ministry by divine designation, wishes to be the follower, although unequal to them and the least of all.”
    “…because the true confession thereof for which Peter was pronounced blessed by the Lord of all things, was revealed by the Father of heaven, for he received from the Redeemer of all himself, by three commendations, the duty of feeding the spiritual sheep of the Church; under whose protecting shield, this Apostolic Church of his has never turned away from the path of truth in any direction of error (hec apostolica ejus ecclesia nunquam a via Veritatis in qualibet erroris parte deslexa est), whose authority, as that of the Prince of all the Apostles, the whole Catholic Church (omnis catholica … ecclesia), and the Ecuмenical Synods have faithfully embraced, and followed in all things; and all the venerable Fathers have embraced its Apostolic doctrine, through which they as the most approved luminaries of the Church of Christ have shone; and the holy orthodox doctors have venerated and followed it, while the heretics have pursued it with false criminations and with derogatory hatred.”

    Then the Ecuмenical Council of Constantinople (869) was wrong when it repeated the words of Pope Hormisdas (r. 514-523): “The first condition of salvation is to keep the rule of the true faith. And because the sentence of our Lord Jesus Christ cannot be passed by, who said, ‘Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build My Church,’ these things which have been said are proved by events, because in the Apostolic See the Catholic religion has always been kept undefiled, and her well-known doctrine has been kept holy. Desiring, therefore, not to be in the least degree separated from the faith and doctrine of this See, we hope that we may deserve to be in the one communion, which the Apostolic See preaches, in which is the entire and true solidity of the Christian religion.”

    Then Pope Saint Leo IX (r. 1049-1054) was wrong when he said, “By the See of the Chief of the Apostles, namely by the Roman Church, through the same Peter, as well as through his successors, have not the comments of all the heretics been disapproved, rejected, and overcome, and the hearts of the brethren in the faith of Peter — which so far neither has failed, nor up to the end will fail — been strengthened.”

    Then Pope Saint Leo IX was wrong again when he also said, “Without a doubt, it was for him alone, whom the Lord and Savior asserted that he prayed that his faith would not fail, saying, ‘I have prayed for thee, etc.’ [Lk 22:32]. Such a venerable and efficacious prayer has obtained that to this point the faith of Peter has not failed, nor can it be believed that it is ever going to fail in his throne.”

    Then Pope Saint Gregory VII (r. 1073-1085) was wrong when in his Dictatus Papae, he said: “…the Roman church has never erred; nor will it err to all eternity, the Scripture bearing witness.”


    Then Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, (1090-1153) was wrong when he said: ““all the dangers and scandals that occur in the kingdom of God must be referred to the Holy See, but none more urgently than those which concern the faith. It is indeed just that any menace to the faith should be dealt with by the one whose faith cannot falter. To whom else has it been said: I have prayed for thee, Peter, that thy faith fail not? The words that follow must apply to Peter’s successor…and thou being once converted, confirm thy brethren’?”



    Then Pope Innocent III (r. 1198-1216) was wrong when he said: “The Lord confesses at the time of the Passion that he prayed for him: ‘I have prayed for you, Peter, that your faith may not fail: and when you have turned again, strengthen your brethren’ [Lk 22:32], by this manifestly indicating that his successors would never at any time deviate from the Catholic faith, but rather they would recall others and also strengthen others in such a way as to impose on others the necessity of obeying….”



    “Without faith, it is impossible to please God, for whatsoever is not of faith is sin. If I myself have no faith, how can I strengthen others in faith? And that is one of the chief points of my function [officium meum]: for did not The Lord say to Saint Peter, “I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not”, and “when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren”. He prayed, and was hearkened to,— hearkened to in all points, owing to His obedience. The faith of the Holy See has never failed in trouble: but it remains firm and invincible, so that the privilege of Saint Peter remains inviolable.”



    Then Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) was wrong when he wrote in his Lectura on the Gospel of St. Matthew: “However, the Roman Church was not corrupted by heretics because it was founded on a rock.Hence there were heretics in Constantinople, and the work of the apostles was lost; only Peter’s church remained intact (Luke 23:32). And this refers not only to the Church of Peter, but to the faith of Peter, and to the whole Western Church. Hence, I believe that the Westerners owe greater reverence to Peter than to the other apostles.”

    Then the Ecuмenical Council of Florence (1438-1444) was wrong when it said: “For with the Lord’s approval the most illustrious profession of the Roman church about the truth of the faith, which has always been pure from all stain of error shines.”



    Then Saint Robert Bellarmine, Doctor of the Church (1542-1621) was wrong when he said : “For the Pope not only should not, but cannot preach heresy, but rather should always preach the truth. He will certainly do that, since the Lord commanded him to confirm his brethren, and for that reason added: ‘I have prayed for thee, that thy faith shall not fail,’ [Lk 22:32] that is, that at least the preaching of the true faith shall not fail in thy throne.”

    Then Saint Robert Bellarmine was wrong when he also said: “There [Pope Saint] Gregory clearly teaches the strength of the Church depends upon the strength of Peter, and hence Peter is less able to err than the Church herself.”



    Then Saint Robert Bellarmine was again wrong when he also said: “The power of Peter’s keys does not extend to the point that the Supreme Pontiff can declare ‘not sin’ what is sin, or ‘sin’ that which is not sin. In fact, this would be to call evil good, and good evil, something that always has been and will be very far from the one who is the Head of the Church, the pillar and foundation of truth.”



    Then Francisco Suarez (1548-1617) was wrong when he said: “in accord with His divine providence…[God] preserve the pope from heresy in consequence of the promise that he shall never err in defining faith. Furthermore, as such a thing has never happened in the Church, we may conclude that, in the providence of God, it cannot happen.’ ”

    Then the Ecuмenical Council Vatican I (1870) was wrong when it said: “For in the Apostolic See the Catholic religion has always been preserved unblemished, and sacred doctrine been held in honor…And indeed all the venerable Fathers have embraced, and the holy orthodox Doctors have venerated and followed their [Popes] apostolic doctrine; knowing most fully that this See of Saint Peter remains ever free from all blemish of error, according to the divine promise of the Lord our Saviour made to the Prince of His disciples: ‘I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not; and when thou art converted, confirm thy brethren.’”

    Then the Ecuмenical Council Vatican I (1870) was wrong again when it also said: “This gift of truth and never-failing faith was therefore divinely conferred on Peter and his successors in this see so that they might discharge their exalted office for the salvation of all, and so that the whole flock of Christ might be kept away by them from the poisonous food of error and be nourished with the sustenance of heavenly doctrine. Thus the tendency to schism is removed and the whole church is preserved in unity, and, resting on its foundation, can stand firm against the gates of hell.



    Then Bishop Vincent Gasser (1809-1879), the principal relator at Vatican I, was wrong when he said: “This prerogative granted to St. Peter by the Lord Jesus Christ was supposed to pass to all Peter’s successors because the chair of Peter is the center of unity in the Church. But if the Pontiff should fall into an error of faith, the Church would dissolve, deprived of the bond of unity.”



    Then Blessed Pope Pius IX (r. 1846-1878) was wrong when he said: “This authority judges infallibly all disputes which concern matters of faith and morals, lest the faithful be swirled around by every wind of doctrine which springs from the evilness of men in encompassing error. And this living infallible authority is active only in that Church which was built by Christ the Lord upon Peter, the head of the entire Church, leader and shepherd, whose faith He promised would never fail. This Church has had an unbroken line of succession from Peter himself; these legitimate pontiffs are the heirs and defenders of the same teaching, rank, office and power. And the Church is where Peter is, and Peter speaks in the Roman Pontiff, living at all times in his successors and making judgment, providing the truth of the faith to those who seek it. The divine words therefore mean what this Roman See of the most blessed Peter holds and has held.”

    “For this mother and teacher of all the churches has always preserved entire and unharmed the faith entrusted to it by Christ the Lord.”



    Then Pope Leo XIII (r. 1878-1903) was wrong when he said: “And since all Christians must be closely united in the communion of one immutable faith, Christ the Lord, in virtue of His prayers, obtained for Peter that in the fulfilment of his office he should never fall away from the faith. ‘But I have asked for thee that thy faith fail not’ [Luke 22:32], and He furthermore commanded him to impart light and strength to his brethren as often as the need should arise: ‘Confirm thy brethren’ [ibid.]. He willed then that he whom He had designated as the foundation of the Church should be the defense of its faith. [As Saint Ambrose said.]”



    Then Pope Benedict XV (r. 1914-1922) was wrong when he said: “The ancient Fathers, especially those who held the more illustrious chairs of the East, since they accepted these privileges as proper to the pontifical authority, took refuge in the Apostolic See whenever heresy or internal strife troubled them. For it alone promised safety in extreme crises. Basil the Great did so, as did the renowned defender of the Nicene Creed, Athanasius, as well as John Chrysostom.”


    Then Pope Pius XII (r. 1939-1958) was wrong when he said: “The Pope has the divine promises; even in his human weaknesses, he is invincible and unshakable; he is the messenger of truth and justice, the principle of the unity of the Church; his voice denounces errors, idolatries, superstitions; he condemns iniquities; he makes charity and virtue loved.”

    But you would like to have your cake and eat it too, you cannot have it both ways - though I realize you tell yourself that you can. To be fair you may even honestly believe what you tell yourself.


    "One of the things that has impressed me most about the young people here is your capacity for interfaith dialogue. This is very important because if you start arguing, "My religion is more important than yours...," or "Mine is the true one, yours is not true....," where does this lead? Somebody answer. [A young person answers, "Destruction".] That is correct. All religions are paths to God. I will use an analogy, they are like different languages that express the divine. But God is for everyone, and therefore, we are all God's children. "But my God is more important than yours!". Is this true? There is only one God, and religions are like languages, paths to reach God. Some Sikh, some Muslim, some Hindu, some Christian. Understood?"

    - Your "Holy Father" "Pope" Francis - Head of the "Catholic Church".













    What Church do you belong to?
    "It is licit to resist a Sovereign Pontiff who is trying to destroy the Church. I say it is licit to resist him in not following his orders and in preventing the execution of his will. It is not licit to Judge him, to punish him, or to depose him, for these are acts proper to a superior."

    ~St. Robert Bellarmine
    De Romano Pontifice, Lib.II, c.29

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  • I want to belong to the Roman Catholic Church.

    The two conditions that one must satisfy at the minimum for membership in the Church are.

    1) Profess the Catholic faith (no heresy).
    2) Be validly baptized.

    To say the Ordinary and Universal Magisterium of the Church can teach heresy to the faithful is heresy. To say that non-Catholics (those who do not profess the Catholic faith or believe/teach heresy) are members of the Church - is heresy.

    But, say I actually am a member of the Catholic Church, that alone will save no one - once they have attained the age of reason - for they must actually live the faith as well. Remember one of the first posts that I replied to you was with Mueller's 4 aspects of faith the only way to have a faith that is pleasing to God is to have a faith that is:

    1) Entire (embraces everything the Church teaches)
    2) Lively (lives by good works)
    3) Strong (unwavering profession/belief)
    4) Sound (no heresy)

    You responded to that post with:
    Quote from: Meg on November 15, 2024, 10:22:52 AM
    ANDThis ^^ is in effect, modernist sentimentality. The faith IS "intellectual". It is a series of dogmas and doctrines that you assent to and heresies that you reject.  You don't think studying things "at length" to "make sense of them" is necessary. You bail out by regurgitating some emotionalist axiom that we should "be like little children". Christ wasn't saying be ignorant or willfully stupid, He was saying be innocent and believing. You already said, "sedevacantism is "not Catholic", but I have demonstrated that one cannot hold Francis or the new church to be Catholic either, so the truth CANNOT be the half-n-half position of R&R - the truth does not mix with part lies. If the N.O. is a lie then SV is correct, if the N.O. is true than SV is a lie. R&R would like to pretend they are with N.O., but act like SVs - that is what is known as being "lukewarm".

    You may speak last.

    No need to make it so complicated. I asked what Church you belong to. So far, you haven't been able to answer the question.

    Perhaps I should ask (to broaden the question): what religion do you belong to?
    "It is licit to resist a Sovereign Pontiff who is trying to destroy the Church. I say it is licit to resist him in not following his orders and in preventing the execution of his will. It is not licit to Judge him, to punish him, or to depose him, for these are acts proper to a superior."

    ~St. Robert Bellarmine
    De Romano Pontifice, Lib.II, c.29

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  • From what I can tell, by the grace of God, I meet the minimum criteria listed above for membership in the only true religion - which is the Catholic Faith. You on the other hand do not meet the 2nd condition because of your heresies. Heresies that you could repudiate in an instant but obstinately refuse to do.

    Though, as I stated above, the only thing that eternally matters is if you and I actually die being both;
     
    1) A member of the Catholic Church (baptized validly and professing the true faith with no heresy)

    AND

    2) A living member (in a state of grace).

    If either those are lacking, then it is hell forever. Hell is overflowing with people who technically were members - but were dead members. It is also bursting at the seams with heretics (non-members - people who were convinced they were in the Church but actually weren't).

    So, I simply say I "want" to belong to the Catholic Church, and I hope that I do and will remain so, and I hope you will too. Which is what St. Thomas Aquinas prayed as well:

    "[...] Kind God, may I receive the body of your only begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, born from the womb of the Virgin Mary, and so be received into his mystical body and numbered among his members.[...]"



    So tell me, since you think you may be (or hope that you are) Catholic, where is your church?
    "It is licit to resist a Sovereign Pontiff who is trying to destroy the Church. I say it is licit to resist him in not following his orders and in preventing the execution of his will. It is not licit to Judge him, to punish him, or to depose him, for these are acts proper to a superior."

    ~St. Robert Bellarmine
    De Romano Pontifice, Lib.II, c.29