Solutions to the Crisis of the Church
“The Catholic Church is like a spring:
the more one presses it down, the more vigorously it springs back up” (P.L.)
The Catholic Church, founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ as a visible and perfect society, necessarily subsists until the end of time, indefectible in its hierarchical constitution and in the conservation of the true faith. The promise of the Saviour — “Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Matthew XVI, 18), and again: “Behold, I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world” (Matthew XXVIII, 20) — absolutely excludes any defection of the universal Church.
However, if the Church is indefectible, nothing prevents an individual Roman Pontiff from losing his office. The constant doctrine, confirmed by the 1917 Code of Canon Law (can. 188 §4), teaches that the Pontiff can cease to be pope by death, voluntary abdication, madness, but also by public heresy, apostasy or schism. For, according to the axiom of Saint Robert Bellarmine, “the manifest heretic is in no way a member of the Church” (De Romano Pontifice, II, 30); therefore, he cannot be its head.
Now, it has been demonstrated that the Second Vatican Council taught doctrines already solemnly condemned as heretical, such as the civil right to religious liberty, the recognition of false religions as “means of salvation”, and common prayer with heretics considered praiseworthy. These propositions are contrary to the previous infallible magisterium, notably to Quanta Cura of Pius IX and to Satis Cognitum of Leo XIII.
In promulgating these doctrines and imposing them on the whole Church, Paul VI and his successors rendered themselves guilty of public and manifest heresy. Now, according to the bull Cum ex apostolatus officio of Paul IV (1559), “if it ever happens that a Roman Pontiff deviates from the faith or falls into heresy, his promotion would be null and void”; and according to canon law, the heretic loses ipso facto every office and every jurisdiction. The conclusion is therefore necessary: Paul VI and his successors have not been true popes, but usurpers.
Some have objected the “Peaceful and universal acceptance” (P.U.A.) as a sign of infallible legitimacy. The rejection by sedevacantists, true Catholics and therefore the absence of a true Catholic P.U.A. for the conciliar popes is an additional confirmation of the vacancy of the See.
Must one conclude that the Church would have failed? No, because indefectibility excludes any defection. Christ, the invisible Head, directly supplies jurisdiction in a time of vacancy, according to the principle of supply recognised by moral theology (Saint Alphonsus Liguori) and by canon law (can. 209 CIC 1917). Thus, the bishops and priests who have remained faithful to the Catholic faith exercise a jurisdiction of supply in order to teach, sanctify and govern the faithful, ensuring the visible continuation of the Church and the survival of the means of salvation.
In conclusion, we can state with certainty that:
The Second Vatican Council taught heresies.
Paul VI and his successors, in promulgating them, lost ipso facto all pontifical authority.
The Apostolic See has been vacant since the public heresies of the “popes”.
The Church remains indefectible, governed invisibly by Christ and visibly by its faithful ministers, while waiting for Him to grant to His Church the grace of a legitimate Pontiff.
This prolonged vacancy, far from signifying the ruin of the Church, manifests on the contrary the fidelity of Christ to His promise. For, even deprived of a current pope, the Church remains a living, visible and hierarchical society, continuing to transmit the true faith and the sacraments, until the day when, according to the ways of Providence, a true Pontiff will be elected to restore the fullness of visible authority in the Church Militant.
Let us pray for the total and maximal flourishing of the Church.
Holy Virgin Mary, guardian of the Faith, pray for us.
Saint Joseph, Patron of the Church, give us good Pastors.
Saint Michael the Archangel, deliver us from the snares of the demon and of his supporters.
All the Saints and Holy Angels of God, pray for us.
I submit all my writings totally to the definitive judgment of the Church.
Roma locuta, causa finita.
AMDG
Your humble servant
Fr Eric Jacqmin+