Lessons From HistoryĪn objective study of Church History shows that some popes led a life that was hardly edifying, to say the least, giving scandal. Nor is there any promise of an absolute and all-encompassing infallibility. Yet nothing in Revelation says that Our Lord gave Saint Peter’s successors confirmation in grace (which so strengthens a person that he never commits mortal sins), as He granted to the Apostles at Pentecost.
Now this would require, on the one hand, that every pope be confirmed in grace, and, on the other, that he enjoy absolute and all-encompassing infallibility. In fact, in order for it to be impossible for a pope to commit the sin of heresy, it would be necessary that he could not commit any mortal sin or err in anything that he said or did. 2018) having studied more than a hundred renowned authors, including Doctors of the Church, concluded that there is nothing in Divine Revelation that asserts the impossibility of a pope falling into heresy when not teaching ex cathedra. In his book, Can a Pope Be…a Heretic? The Theological Hypothesis of a Heretical Pope, Brazilian professor Arnaldo Vidigal Xavier da Silveira (d. A Hypothesis Grounded in Theological and Canonical Tradition We will now examine, albeit briefly, the theological hypothesis of a heretical pope. We concluded that the abandonment of the Catholic Faith corresponds to a tacit resignation of any ecclesiastical office, since those who are no longer part of the Church cannot enjoy any jurisdiction in it. In a previous article we did a quick examination of heresy in general, and how it is incompatible with ecclesiastical jurisdiction. The Theological Hypothesis of a Heretical Pope “The Pope Manifestly a Heretic Ceases by Himself to Be Pope” “The Pope Manifestly a Heretic Ceases by Himself to Be Pope”
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