The question is not whether she will get beaten and bruised, that has obviously happened. But can the Church beat and bruise herself? Obviously not, and her faith must remain spotless, of course, which all have understood to mean she can promulgate no heresy.
Yes, it is this ^^ simple. No, the Church cannot bruise herself, nor can the Church teach even the smallest error, certainly not heresy. This is how we know the conciliar church is not the Catholic Church - and as if it needs to be said, the conciliar popes are not the Catholic Church.
There is no precedent of a heretical pope. On the other hand, we have much precedent on the vacancy of the See. Please illuminate me, after how long a vacancy has the Church defected? Is it 3 years? Ten and a half and three days? Thirty eight?
Obviously a defection must have a qualitative difference from a mere vacancy, a difference which only a hypothetical heretical pope can constitute.sly hope not.
There is really no need for a precedent of a heretical pope. There wasn't in the 60s and there's not one now.
When the current revolution first hit in the 60s, the faithful were waiting for the pope to stop the madness, the faithful had no flipping idea that the crisis had the pope's blessing! It took probably a few years before the faithful knew that it was the pope who imposed the whole evil thing.
In the mean time, the faithful (priests and laity) set up chapels in homes, halls and garages to keep celebrating the true Mass and sacraments until the pope finally steps in and fixes the mess. This was the mind set when the crisis was only in it's infancy.
This is why no precedent is needed. God expects us to maintain the faith even when the whole freaking world does not. God gives us all what we need toward that end - regardless if the pope is holy, an evil heretic or no pope at all - the gates of hell will not prevail.
But the faithful kept the faith - that is the precedent. The rest went along and lost the faith for themselves and their children - without ever having any knowledge whatsoever that the changes they chose to embrace were blessed by the pope, the faithful and the others both were faced with the same choice - that has never changed and likely never will change.