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To: ealgeone

Read more carefully. She’s talking about a Pope who is not mentally competent (technically, an “impeded Papal see”), not the case of a Pope who is a heretic. As I said, SOME canonists hold that a Pope can be “removed” for heresy, not all.


46 posted on 08/31/2018 9:13:17 PM PDT by Campion
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To: Campion
Read more carefully. She’s talking about a Pope who is not mentally competent (technically, an “impeded Papal see”), not the case of a Pope who is a heretic. As I said, SOME canonists hold that a Pope can be “removed” for heresy, not all.

It's going to be interesting to see how Roman Catholicism handles this.

A good lawyer can argue anything.

51 posted on 08/31/2018 9:19:07 PM PDT by ealgeone (SCRIPTURE DOES NOT CHANGE!)
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To: Campion

Did the Holy Spirit guide the College of Cardinals in selecting the pope or not?


71 posted on 08/31/2018 11:40:29 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
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