Abbé Damien Dutertre on Twitter

@cyrilli_romanum " ... and has renounced to the pontificate by heresy, but in order that he be declared heretical, and that it be thus signified to the Church that he is no longer pontiff; before which declaration it is not licit to deny him obedience; because until then he retains jurisdiction..

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Abbé Damien Dutertre on Twitter

@cyrilli_romanum " ... by his very heresy he fell from the pontificate; how indeed could he that is not a member of the Church remain its head? He is therefore subjected to the judgment of the Church, not that he be deposed, since he has already deposed himself and has renounced...

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Abbé Damien Dutertre on Twitter

@cyrilli_romanum " ... and there is required merely a declaration of the Church, in order that obedience be denied him, as we have said earlier. " And here is what he said earlier (Cf picture given): " Since in the case of heresy, and not in the other cases, by his very heresy, he fell...

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Abbé Damien Dutertre on Twitter

@cyrilli_romanum There is not universal agreement, as far as I am aware of, as to how it actually works out. Here is a translation of Billuart: " If he should try to subvert the Church in the faith, since he would then be a manifest heretic, he falls from the pontificate by that very fact; ...

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