IF HE HAS DEVIATED FROM THE CATHOLIC FAITH, HIS ELEVATION ’SHALL BE NULL, INVALID AND VOID’.
HOW CAN YOU TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A REAL POPE AND AN IMPOSTOR?
Teaching of the Magisterium that enables us to recognise a usurper
BULL OF POPE PAUL IV ‘CUM EX APOSTOLATUS OFFICIO’:
https://www.catechism.cc/articles/Pope-Paul-IV-Ex-Apostolatus-Officio.htm
always in force because never repealed, and inabrogeable because containing laws not only disciplinary but also and especially divine.
‘BY THIS OUR CONSTITUTION, WHICH IS TO REMAIN VALID IN PERPETUITY‘.
‘ In addition, if ever at any time it should appear that any Bishop (even one acting as an Archbishop, Patriarch or Primate), or any Cardinal of said Roman Church, even a Legate as previously stated, OR EVEN A ROMAN PONTIFF prior to his promotion or elevation as Cardinal or Roman Pontiff, HAS DEVIATED FROM THE CATHOLIC FAITH or fallen into some heresy, then his promotion or elevation, even if it be uncontested and carried out by the …More