If you don't mind my asking, why do you believe Joe Biden is an obvious heretic?  Have you heard him publicly deny a dogma with pertinacity?  Has he done so in writing? I am just curious how you arrived at your judgment.

With Bergoglio, there's very little blur.  It gets more complicated with someone like Ratzinger due to his "hermeneutic of continuity" approach.

Nevertheless, mere adherence to Vatican II doesn't constitute heresy.  I know lots of people who will say that V2 can be reconciled with Tradition, and, even though I think they're wrong, that would be a material error not a formal one.  People hold that that NOM isn't so bad per se but that it has been abused; they might point to one of the EWTN NOMs where they do it in Latin, ad orientem, use Gregorian chant, etc. so that in some sense it outwardly resembles a Catholic Mass.

“From ancient times down to the present, there has existed among divers peoples a certain perception of the hidden power that hovers over the course of things and over the events of human life; at times, indeed, recognition can be found of a Supreme Divinity, and of a Supreme Father, too. Such a perception and such a recognition instill the lives of these peoples with a profound religious sense.
“Thus, in Hinduism men contemplate the divine mystery and express it through an inexhaustible fruitfulness of myths and a searching philosophical inquiry. They seek release from the anguish of our condition through ascetical practices or deep meditation or a loving, trusting flight toward God.”

“Buddhism in its multiple forms acknowledges the radical insufficiency of this shifting world. It teaches a path by which men, in a devout and confident spirit, can either reach a state of absolute freedom or attain supreme enlightenment by their own efforts or by higher assistance.”

“Upon the Muslims, too, the church looks with esteem. They adore one God, living and enduring, merciful and all-powerful, Maker of heaven and earth and Speaker to men…. Though they do not acknowledge Jesus as God, they revere Him as a prophet.”

“Likewise, other religions to be found everywhere strive variously to answer the restless searchings of the human heart by proposing ‘ways,’ which consist of teachings, rules of life and sacred ceremonies.
“The Catholic Church rejects nothing that is true and holy in these religions… The Church therefore has this exhortation for her sons: prudently and lovingly, through dialogue and collaboration with the followers of other religions, and in witness of Christian faith and life, acknowledge, preserve and promote the spiritual and moral goods found among these men, as well as the values in their society and culture.”

Well, isn't VII implementing a false religion?

Plus it's ecuмenical stance and statement that we worship the same god as the Muslims etc.?
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Reconcile that with tradition??  Lad??

You made a lot of allegations, but you didn't provide any evidence that Biden has publicly denied a dogma, much less did you show that he has done so with pertinacity.  If Biden is your example of an obvious heretic, you should be able to provide sufficient evidence to show how you arrived at your conclusion.

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And no I don't think I understand the distinction of an occult heretic vs a manifest heretic.

And I was trying to make an analogy with the twinkie as invalid matter for consecration.  Perhaps I should explain it better.

See whether the heretic is occult or manifest, my understanding is that he would be barred for any office (according to the unanimous opinion of the Church Fathers as I posted above).

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In 1845 an Anglican minister became a Catholic — John Henry Newman. Already learned in patristics, he did not equip himself with an adequate formation in Catholic theology. Ordained priest, he wrote on theological questions, admitting errors in Holy Scripture, salvation outside the Church, etc. One of the propositions later condemned by St. Pius X’s Lamentabili (Prop. 25) appears three times verbatim in different writings of Newman. Naturally in the prelude to the 1870 Vatican Council he opposed papal infallibility. His writings were attacked and refuted by Cardinals Franzelin, Lépicier and Billot, by Perrone and Brownson among others. Cardinal Manning reproached him with ten distinct heresies to be found in his writings. Other bishops spoke of his heresies also. Detailed refutations appeared which he could hardly have been unaware of. Nonetheless he retracted nothing.


So was he a heretic? Far from being excommunicated ... he was raised to the cardinalate! The whole Church remained in communion with him. The only explanation for this must be that, despite appearances, his errors were not deemed to be directly and explicitly heretical ... or else that the Catholics of the day, from the pope down, had a conception of pertinacity considerably more demanding than that in circulation among members of that sedevacantist school which hurls its anathemas so lightly in our days.

(Richard Sartino: Another Look at John Henry Cardinal Newman)


https://romeward.com/articles/239752007/heresy-in-history

2 John

[10] If any man come to you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into the house nor say to him, God speed you. [11] For he that saith unto him, God speed you, communicateth with his wicked works.

I read your allegations, but you didn't provide any evidence to support it.  Show us what Biden actually said, in context, and then we can determine if it constitutes a direct denial of a dogma with evidence of pertinacity.

And yes, heresy is ONLY doctrinal.  It involves the rejection of a proposition.  Some doctrines have a practical or moral application, but heresy itself pertains to the doctrinal judgment.  It is a dogma that adultery is a sin, but if a man cheats on his wife it doesn't prove that he's a heretic.

That's not what I asked for.  What I asked you to cite is evidence that Biden has publicly denied a dogma with pertinacity.  Since he was your example of an obvious heretic, that shouldn't be difficult for you to do. 

And heresy requires a direct denial a dogma, not merely sinful behavior and sinful acts.  Promoting abortion and/or committing adultery are evil acts, but neither act is proof of heresy.

In the case of Catholics who persevere in public, manifest grave sin, their dissent from Church teaching is known to all. It's public. Which means their lack of full communion with the Church is known to all. When Catholic politicians who openly support intrinsic evils such as abortion, same-sex "marriage," and the use of contraceptives to frustrate the marital act, argue in the public square that these evils are "rights" people have and therefore must be enshrined in the positive law, they place themselves at odds with Christ and the belief of his Church.

Wow, the disgraceful depths to which some of you R&R have fallen, where even the Conciliars recognize that Biden is a non-Catholic, but you cling to absurdity in defense of your heretical ecclesiology.