S&S were the first geniuses to figure out what Bellarmine really meant, namely, that his position was identical to that of Cajetan, despite the fact that Bellarmine rejected Cajetan. Bellarmine was just confused.
Fr. Kramer destroyed the S&S interpretation of Bellarmine.
Of course, they wasted an inordinate amount of ink on this anyway, since these are all just opinions and do not bind consciences.
Fr. Chazal has the most reasonable response, simply that he sided with Cajetan and John of St. Thomas, and against Bellarmine, on this question. And he’s perfectly entitled to do so. No need to spend 200 pages re-interpreting and distorting Bellarmine. S&S basically conceded the position of many sedevacantists that Bellarmine’s is the only acceptable position by spending so much effort on it ... instead of taking the Fr. Chazal 2-paragraph approach.