Online text: “A Heretical Pope Would Govern the Church Illicitly but Validly”, by Rev. Brian W. Harrison

See this online text:

• “White Smoke, Valid Pope: A Heretic Pope Would Govern Illicitly—but Validly”, by Rev. Brian Harrison, O.S., This Rock, Volume 12, Number 3 (March 2001) May be read online (on this page) at Catholic Answers. This appears to be a modified version of the same author’s essay “A Heretical Pope Would Govern the Church Illicitly but Validly”, Living Tradition, No. 87, edited by  Msgr. John F. McCarthy and Rev. Brian W. Harrison, O.S. (May 2000), which may be read online at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine (13 June 2002 snapshot of Living Tradition) and at Biblia y Tradicion. [One may also peruse Fr. Harrison’s reply to a letter disagreeing with his essay, in “Is the Pope Above Canon Law?“, at Catholic Answers Magazine.]
  • See also the following articles by other authors in full and regular communion with the one true Church:
    • “Can a Pope Be a Heretic?“, by Jacob W. Wood (4 March 2015) at Crisis Magazine.
    • “On Heretical Popes“, by James V. Schall, S.J. (11 November 2014) at The Catholic Thing.
    • “Resisting Heretic Popes / Luther as God’s Quasi-Prophet and Super-Pope“, by Dave Armstrong (1 December 2007) at Biblical Evidence for Catholicism.
  • An alternate view is provided in the essay: Can a Pope Become a Heretic? by Rev. Joseph L. Iannuzzi, STD, Ph.D. (Missionaries of the Holy Trinity, 2015). [LINK(S) DELETED DUE TO COPYRIGHT CONCERNS.]

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