That is why the Philosopher-King attitude does not work. If I had access to some good liberal theologians at the time, I might still be committing those sins (alas all I could find were simple straight-forward answers, so I had to choose orthodoxy or abandon my faith). Before I accepted all of the Church’s teachings, I would search for ways to get around certain sins that I wanted to be able to commit. I think many people with heterodox opinions want their teachings to be true, and that is why they will not ever be convinced of their error. Regarding your last few paragraphs, I am reminded of the old adage, “A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still”. So, and keeps appointing new cardinals, until the only ones left are those If the heretical antipope simply waits things out, lives for another decade or What happens then? Does the pope lose his office or not? Is the first group of bishops supposed toĬonvince the cardinals to elect a new pope? What if the cardinals are themselves in disagreement about whether the That the other half disagrees and tells the faithful that the pope is not a formal heretic. Judgment” and the anarchy it entails simply arises once again at the level ofīishops decide that a pope has become a formal heretic and lost his office, but The grave difficulty facing the sedevacantist interpretation of the The problem is that it doesn’t really solve Problem with all of this is not merely that it is just a theory, albeit a defensible one. In the older and broader senses of the term expressed in Parente, Piolanti, andĮarlier post, it would have been better to speak of papal negligence vis-à-vis heresy). Recognize intended heresy in word also how the words are confirmed by theĪctions.” And if one understands “heresy” Sophistries and ad hominem attacks rather than addressing the concerns of the pope’sĬritics in good faith and with serious arguments. The open letter’s critics, who nitpick over details while “diverting attentionĪdded that the pope’s defenders have for years now mostly relied on blatant Rightly complains of “double-talk,” and of a “servile mentality” among some of
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