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The Pope is not free, he "is bound to the Tradition of Faith"

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Anniversary: The Pope is not free, he "is bound to the Tradition of Faith"

Episcopal Consecration of Giovanni Battista Montini (Dec. 12, 1954)
For the Holy Spirit was promised to the successors of Peter not so that they might, by his revelation, make known some new doctrine, but that, by his assistance, they might religiously guard and faithfully expound the revelation or deposit of faith transmitted [traditam] by the apostles.
First Ecumenical Council of the Vatican
Pastor Æternus

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After the Second Vatican Council, the impression arose that the pope really could do anything in liturgical matters, especially if he were acting on the mandate of an ecumenical council. Eventually, the idea of the given-ness of the liturgy, the fact that one cannot do with it what one will, faded from the public consciousness of the West. In fact, the First Vatican Council had in no way defined the pope as an absolute monarch. On the contrary, it presented him as the guarantor of obedience to the revealed Word. The pope's authority is bound to the Tradition of faith, and that also applies to the liturgy. It is not 'manufactured' by the authorities. Even the pope can only be a humble servant of its lawful development and abiding integrity and identity.

Joseph Ratzinger
The Spirit of the Liurgy

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I think this is an important reminder for the lay faithful.
They are the ones that need to be educated Now.
Prayer to the Holy Ghost
Holy Spirit, come into my heart; draw it to Thee by Thy power, O my God, and grant me charity with filial fear. Preserve me, O ineffable Love, from every evil thought; warm me, inflame me with Thy dear love, and every pain will seem light to me. My Father, my sweet …More
I think this is an important reminder for the lay faithful.
They are the ones that need to be educated Now.

Prayer to the Holy Ghost
Holy Spirit, come into my heart; draw it to Thee by Thy power, O my God, and grant me charity with filial fear. Preserve me, O ineffable Love, from every evil thought; warm me, inflame me with Thy dear love, and every pain will seem light to me. My Father, my sweet Lord, help me in all my actions. Jesus, love, Jesus, love. Amen.
wormheart
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I have seen some here in Gloria raising their voice trying to let people know that there is something wrong with this pope, but people just stay shut, even worse they actually persecute this type of people trying to seek that truth doesn't be forgotten. 😇
Fiel al Evangelio
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I also agree
juriquilla
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Completely agree, thswu. Glod bless you.
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We as Roman Catholics also have an obligation to correct clerics - including the pope - if he states error that is not in union with the teaching Magisterium of the Church. This is not a social experiment or democracy. The legacy left of the Doctors of the Church has become the very foundation of our Catholic Faith. Novel ideas, social justice, and theological interpretation of modernists is contrary …More
We as Roman Catholics also have an obligation to correct clerics - including the pope - if he states error that is not in union with the teaching Magisterium of the Church. This is not a social experiment or democracy. The legacy left of the Doctors of the Church has become the very foundation of our Catholic Faith. Novel ideas, social justice, and theological interpretation of modernists is contrary to Catholic tradition.
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