tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post2375571070726531549..comments2024-03-29T01:24:45.251+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Holy Antipopes, pray for usFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-633714975614029312020-08-13T12:33:46.438+01:002020-08-13T12:33:46.438+01:00The generosity and flexbillty that Fr mentions are...The generosity and flexbillty that Fr mentions are evident in related questions of allegiance to antipopes. Take, for example, St Vincent Ferrer OP, a man of great holiness of life and theological wisdom. He adhered in good faith to the Avignon line of popes during the Great Schism, a line regarded since the reunification in 1417 as antipopes. But that has not impeded Vincent's canonisation.PMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06144651697262763099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-25497458414653470042020-08-12T15:40:18.566+01:002020-08-12T15:40:18.566+01:00Thank you for your kind words, Father!Thank you for your kind words, Father!Gregory DiPippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-55986925118684300992020-08-11T23:44:21.337+01:002020-08-11T23:44:21.337+01:00I find this very confusing.
When Roncalli was ele...I find this very confusing.<br /><br />When Roncalli was elected and chose the name John he wanted to be called John XXIII, because, he said, "Twenty-two Johns of indisputable legitimacy have [been Pope] ..."<br />There is no dispute about the first 13. There were three more who used the name in the first millenium, but only two are regarded as legitimate; <br />14 983–984 Pietro E sapelionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09886268559214926797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-49316348575184136262020-08-11T10:14:12.830+01:002020-08-11T10:14:12.830+01:00"Pope John declined to call himself John XXIV..."Pope John declined to call himself John XXIV"<br />Maybe Roncalli just wanted to set the counter right, as the number XX has been omitted?Pulexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13164993172745639593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-54021855778056039012020-08-10T01:53:34.398+01:002020-08-10T01:53:34.398+01:00I don't understand why people are more eager t...I don't understand why people are more eager to declare someone an antipope than just to say "I don't like Pope Francis" or "I think Pope Francis is a bad pope."Bansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-57454345146770726872020-08-09T21:27:33.433+01:002020-08-09T21:27:33.433+01:00I understand that the Church regarded the Pisan Po...I understand that the Church regarded the Pisan Pope John XXIII as probably validly elected until 1958 when another Pope John declined to call himself John XXIV. Since then, he has been regarded as an antipope. He it was who originally called the Council of Constance that went on to depose him.Pastor in Montehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05949810648656544072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-24179797117077402402020-08-09T21:21:08.740+01:002020-08-09T21:21:08.740+01:00The clock tower at Westminster claims to have been...The clock tower at Westminster claims to have been erected in the reign of "VICTORIA PRIMA".Fr John Hunwickehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-27037655603704024542020-08-09T11:28:09.051+01:002020-08-09T11:28:09.051+01:00There is (at present) no "Pope Francis I"...There is (at present) no "Pope Francis I". There is a Pope Francis, regnans gloriose. Should, at some future time, another Cardinal (duly elected) choose to be named "Francis", then and only then will be there be a Francis I. Otherwise, and until then, there will be only a "Pope Francis".The Saint Bede Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02694483852852112838noreply@blogger.com