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Has a pope ever been removed for reasons of insanity?
Has a pope ever been removed for reasons of insanity?
The short answer is no. But does not mean it could not happen. In a word, it would be extremely complex. I do think it would be not impossible, in ...
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How is 1 Corinthians 1:10-13 understood by proponents of the primacy of Peter?
How is 1 Corinthians 1:10-13 understood by proponents of the primacy of Peter?
St. Paul was merely expressing the fact that division of some sort had existed in Corinth. He does not really go into ...
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What are canonical penalties for criticizing the Pope?
It may be interesting to know that St Catherine of Siena criticised pope Gregory XI a lot and with such conviction that the pope finally left Avignon and returned to Rome. She has been canonised by ...
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What are canonical penalties for criticizing the Pope?
What are canonical penalties for criticizing the Pope?
According to Canon Law there no canonical penalties for criticizing a pope.
That said however, Canon 1370 states only that excommunication is to ...
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How central is the claim the pope is the antichrist to Protestant theology?
Because you ask, "How central IS the claim...", this answer will be confined to current views on the matter within Protestantism generally speaking. It simply is not possible to do justice ...
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How long can the Catholic Church be without a pope?
Try the 1918 Code of Canon Law which states that only this law applies to papal elections: Apostolic Constitution: Vacantis Apostolicae Sedis. This election law by Pope Pius XII automatically negates ...
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What does the phrase "Undermine the deposit of faith" mean?
The seriousness of the charge
This is what Bishop Joseph Strickland said on X / Twitter on May 12, 2023:
... I believe Pope Francis is the Pope but it is time for me to say that I reject his program ...
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What does the phrase "Undermine the deposit of faith" mean?
Pope Pius XII's 1950 encyclical Humani Generis is subtitled:
Concerning Some False Opinions Threatening to Undermine (subruere) the Foundations of Catholic DoctrineDe nonnullis falsis opinionibus, ...
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