Non-Catholics Cannot Hold Offices in the Catholic Church R. J. M. I. By The Precious Blood of Jesus Christ, The Grace of the God of the Holy Catholic Church, The Mediation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Good Counsel and Crusher of Heretics, The Protection of Saint Joseph, Patriarch of the Holy Family, The Intercession of Saint Michael the Archangel, and the cooperation of Richard Joseph Michael Ibranyi To Jesus through Mary Júdica me, Deus, et discérne causam meam de gente non sancta: ab hómine iníquo, et dolóso érue me Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam 2 “It is required among the dispensers that a man be found faithful.” (1 Corinthians 4:1-2) “Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will reject thee that thou shalt not do the office of priesthood to me.” (Osee 4:6) “If some of the clergy should rebel and dare to hold the opinions of Nestorius or Celestius either in private or in public, it has been judged by the holy synod that they too are deposed.” (Council of Ephesus, 431) “Thou hast tried them who say they are apostles and are not, and hast found them liars… For such false apostles are deceitful workmen, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself transformeth himself into an angel of light.” (Apocalypse 2:2; 2 Corinthians 11:13-14) Original version: 6/2016; Current version: 6/2016 Mary’s Little Remnant 302 East Joffre St. Truth or Consequences, New Mexico 87901-2878, USA Website: www.JohnTheBaptist.us (Send for a free catalog) 3 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY ...................................................................................................................................................... 9 THE DOGMA THAT NON-CATHOLICS CANNOT HOLD OFFICES IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ...................11 Ordinary magisterium ............................................................................................................................. 11 Solemn magisterium ............................................................................................................................... 14 431 – Council of Ephesus .................................................................................................................................... 14 Excommunications and depositions of formal heretics are automatic ........................................................ 14 451 – Council of Chalcedon ................................................................................................................................ 17 553 – Second Council of Constantinople ............................................................................................................ 18 681 – Third Council of Constantinople ............................................................................................................... 18 683 to 715 – Papal Coronation Oath .................................................................................................................. 18 Heretics are removed from the diptychs ................................................................................................. 18 Heretics, including nominal popes, are removed from the diptychs ................................................................. 19 The heretics Bishop Acacius’ and Antipope Anastasius II’s names were removed from the diptychs ......... 20 The heretic Antipope Vigilius’ name was removed from the diptychs ........................................................ 20 The heretic Bishop Theodore of Mopsuestia’s name was removed from the diptychs ............................... 21 Manifest heretics are removed from the diptychs before a trial ....................................................................... 22 Persons who have been removed or re-added to the diptychs after death ...................................................... 23 The heretic Antipope Honorius’ name was removed from the diptychs after he died ................................ 25 A POPE CAN BECOME AN IDOLATER OR A FORMAL HERETIC AND THUS LOSE HIS OFFICE ...................25 The dogma .............................................................................................................................................. 25 Pope St. Hormisdas, 517 .................................................................................................................................... 25 Papal Coronation Oath, c. 683-715 .................................................................................................................... 25 The Oath was taken until the 11th century and then hidden ...................................................................... 27 The Roman Breviary in the 16th century removed the condemnation of Honorius .................................... 28 The Papal Coronation Oath resurfaced in the 17th century and was suppressed, edited, or changed ....... 28 Several apostate canonists, theologians, and antipopes ................................................................................... 29 Some popes and nominal popes who became idolaters or formal heretics ............................................ 32 St. Marcellinus (296-304) ................................................................................................................................... 32 He was an idolater for making an offering to a false god ............................................................................ 32 Stephen (254-257) .............................................................................................................................................. 34 He held the heresy that baptisms outside the Catholic Church are efficacious ........................................... 34 Liberius (353-366) .............................................................................................................................................. 38 Summary ...................................................................................................................................................... 38 In 357 Liberius became a formal heretic and automatically lost his office .................................................. 39 In 357 Felix II became the next pope ........................................................................................................... 40 In the 14th century a miracle confirmed Felix II as pope and martyr .......................................................... 43 Beware of those who excuse Liberius .......................................................................................................... 45 Anastasius II (496-498) ....................................................................................................................................... 50 He became a formal heretic and schismatic for entering into religious communion with monophysites and Acacian schismatics .................................................................................................................................. 50 Suspect of the heresy that sacraments outside the Catholic Church to non-Catholics are fruitful ............. 56 Vigilius (537-555) ................................................................................................................................................ 56 Vigilius was never the pope ......................................................................................................................... 56 The Three Chapters ...................................................................................................................................... 57 547 – Emperor Justinian’s Imperial Edict condemns the Three Chapters and Theodore of Mopsuestia ..... 58 547 – Vigilius privately condemns the Three Chapters and Theodore of Mopsuestia ................................. 60 548 – Vigilius in his Judicatum publicly condemns the Three Chapters and Theodore of Mopsuestia ........ 60 550 – Vigilius excommunicates Roman clerics who oppose his Judicatum ................................................. 61 550 – Vigilius and Justinian call for a council to resolve conflicts and re-condemn the Three Chapters and Theodore of Mopsuestia ........................................................................................................................... 61 551 – Justinian’s second imperial edict resolves the conflicts and re-condemns the Three Chapters and Theodore of Mopsuestia ........................................................................................................................... 61 551 – Vigilius in his Damnatio excommunicates anyone who consents to Justinian’s second edict ........... 62 552 – Vigilius un-excommunicates those who promise to wait for a council to resolve the conflicts ......... 63 5 553 – Vigilius gives and then recalls his assent to hold the council, and Justinian opens it instead (the Second Council of Constantinople) ........................................................................................................... 63 Vigilius is petitioned several times to attend the council but refuses ......................................................... 64 Vigilius in his Constitutum opposes the council, defends the Three Chapters and Theodore of Mopsuestia, and thus falls into heresy .......................................................................................................................... 65 Justinian deposes the formal heretic Vigilius, removes his name from the diptychs, and intends to elect a pope .........................................................................................................................................................