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Tacit Resignation of an Ecclesiastical Office By Public Defection from the Faith According to Canon 188 of the 1917 Code Table of Contents Introduction 1. General Concepts of Tacit Resignation According to Canon 188 Argument 1: Tacit resignation is not a presumption, but a true resignation, equivalent to an Continuer à lire →
APOSTASY Table of Contents I. Theological and Canonical Definition of Apostasy II. Distinction between Apostasy, Heresy and Schism III. Essential Characteristics of Apostasy IV. Causes and Forms of Apostasy V. Traditional Canonical Sanctions VI. Duties towards the Apostate Conclusion Note I. Theological and Canonical Definition of Apostasy Continuer à lire →
Twentieth Ecumenical (Dogmatic) Council, Vatican I (1869–1870) “Neque enim Petri successoribus Spiritus sanctus promissus est, ut eo revelante novam doctrinam patefacerent, sed ut eo assistente traditam per apostolos revelationem seu fidei depositum sancte custodirent et fideliter exponerent.” (Constitutio Dogmatica Prima de Ecclesia Christi [Pastor Aeternus], cap. 4, “De Romani Pontificis Continuer à lire →
Heresy and Loss of Papal Office Table of Contents Introduction Matthaeus Conte a Coronata (1950) Pope Innocent III (1198) St Antoninus (1459) Pope Paul IV (1559) St Robert Bellarmine (1610) St Alphonsus Liguori (1787) Vatican I (1869) and Serapius Iragui (1959) Continuer à lire →
Heresy causes the Loss of Papal Office The Common Teaching of Catholic Theologians and Canonists Table of Contents Introduction: The Common Teaching The Vincentian Canon and the Authority of Tradition Gratian’s Decretum and the Principle “Summa sedes a nemine iudicetur” Testimonies of Popes 4.1 Pope Innocent Continuer à lire →