tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post1891158008652354598..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: On the need to articulate things clearlyRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-79775760318949135482013-11-15T17:19:59.634-05:002013-11-15T17:19:59.634-05:00I can only imagine Sedevacantism getting more popu...I can only imagine Sedevacantism getting more popular with Pope Francis up there, especially if he is succeeded by someone of a similar persuasion. Since Sedevacantism is a highly unstable position to take, I can only imagine that eventually that will mean more Conservative Roman Catholics leaving Rome for greener pastures, either in Constantinople or across the Thames. nate895https://www.blogger.com/profile/05539361477170574108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-67391369205829777762013-11-15T08:41:34.602-05:002013-11-15T08:41:34.602-05:00"Infallibility" is defined very narrowly..."Infallibility" is defined very narrowly to relate to doctrine, and even then, it has exclusions that enable it to be treated as a wax nose. "Papal elections" are not infallible in the least. The best that Roman Catholics can hope with this pope is to use the "Alias Smith and Jones" defense. As the saying went in the intro to that show, "For all the trains and banks they robbed, they never shot anyone". With respect to this pope, it may be said, "for all the stupid things he said, he never taught anyone." That is, "he never issued an infallible teaching".<br /><br />But we're not done yet, and this pope does intend to "<a href="http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2013/10/pope-francis-is-cleaning-house.html" rel="nofollow">clean house</a>". That is, as he said, "I have the humility and ambition to want to do something." Now, having the ambition, and using it, are two different things. But they've got to be getting nervous. <br />John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-59128994459984582042013-11-15T08:21:22.142-05:002013-11-15T08:21:22.142-05:00I think its fair to say there are many many more R...I think its fair to say there are many many more RCs in this world who would do a better job as the Pope. <br /><br />Are papal elections even infallible?explorerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05898412174864424361noreply@blogger.com