The same way it is possible for Erasmus the "heretic" (therefore necessarily non-Catholic) to receive Catholic burial and remain "in communion" with popes, saints and the external body of the Catholic Church while living.
Thanks, DR.
Wow! That's very strange.
So now I'm confused how that can square with what the Church Fathers unanimously declared.
Posting it again for clarity:
The Holy Fathers teach unanimously not only that heretics are outside of the Church, but also that they are “ipso facto” deprived of all ecclesiastical jurisdiction and dignity. St. Cyprian (lib. 2, epist. 6) says: “We affirm that absolutely no heretic or schismatic has any power or right”; and he also teaches (lib. 2, epist. 1) that the heretics who return to the Church must be received as laymen, even though they have been formerly priests or bishops in the Church. St. Optatus (lib. 1 cont. Parmen.) teaches that heretics and schismatics cannot have the keys of the kingdom of heaven, nor bind nor loose. St. Ambrose (lib. 1 de poenit., ca. 2), St. Augustine (in Enchir., cap 65), St. Jerome (lib. cont. Lucifer.) teach the same.https://cmri.org/articles-on-the-traditional-catholic-faith/on-the-roman-pontiff/
DR, do you think if they elected Erasmus the consecration would take place? Would he have been valid matter for the consecration?
They could elect him but the consecration simply wouldn't work would it?
Perhaps we are not to judge if somebody is a heretic or not even when it's blatantly obvious such as if they elected and "consecrated" the Dalai Lama or Bozo the Clown?
Well, if a priest put a twinkie on the altar and told me he "consecrated" it and tried to give it to me
I would skiddadle out of there!
Wouldn't you? Would you receive a "consecrated" twinkie?
And aren't you and the others here very, very careful to determine if your priest had a "valid consecration"?
Why are you (and others) so concerned about your priests "valid consecration"
but not concerned about whether or not the pope's consecration was valid?
Is there something I'm missing?
Also, if the pope's consecration wasn't valid then how can we be sure the bishops and priests in his lineage were validly consecrated?
Thanks for your help on this!