Now the day has passed, and we shall judge of the weight and validity of the attempted rebuttals to Siscoe/Salza's contention that the sedevacntist enterprise is built upon an illusion; a misreading of St. Bellarmine, removed from context, and interpreted in a univocal sense, causing their error:
1) My first observation is that none of the sedes has made any substantial rebuttal to Pax Vobis' (excellent) summation of St. Bellarmine's true argument;
2) It looked early on as though Cantarella was going to test the waters, but quickly fled upon seeing a shark (Pax Vobis);
3) 2Vermont's OCD kicked in of course, but not in any qualitative way. Were it a "last word" contest, she would have a chance, but refuting Pax Vobis? I don't think she even tried.
4) Finally Ladislaus...poor man...he still gives no indication a day later of having read Siscoe/Salza's article; certainly he makes no attempt to refute Pax Vobis' summation of Bellarmine's true position (because he can't).
Therefore, the verdict: Pax Vobis by knockout in the very first round.
My ode to Pax Vobis:
Abdiel the Seraph in Milton's "Paradise Lost:"
“So spake the Seraph Abdiel faithful found,
Among the faithless, faithful only hee;
Among innumerable false, unmov'd,
Unshak'n, unseduc'd, unterrifi'd
His Loyaltie he kept, his Love, his Zeale;
Nor number, nor example with him wrought
To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind
Though single.
From amidst them forth he passd,
Long way through hostile scorn, which he susteind
Superior, nor of violence fear'd aught;
And with retorted scorn his back he turn'd
On those proud Towrs to swift destruction doom'd.”
Topic: Are Sedevacantists Clueless About St. Bellarmine's True Position? (Read 17102 times)