What is it with you
Chris? You're repeating a falsehood I've already corrected for you
over hereCanon Law does NOT require the Pope to renounce "the Petrine Charge, Office or Mandate".
That phrase does not appear in 332.2 and neither does the word "munus", neither in the English translation nor in the Latin original which reads:
Si contingat ut Romanus Pontifex muneri suo renuntiet, ad validitatem requiritur ut renuntiatio libere fiat et rite manifestetur, non vero ut a quopiam acceptetur.You're doing what so many of Benedict's fanboys have done before you: re-writing Canon Law to invalidate an otherwise legitimate resignation. I've said it before and I'll say it again, the only resignaton your kind will ever accept is the one Benedict
didn't make.
He didn't resign the office? That's not what Benedict said
in his last General Audience, Wednesday, 27 February 2013He stated:
"I no longer bear the power of office for the governance of the Church,.."Benedict has also said ,
"Francis has a strong presence. Much stronger that I could ever have with my physical and mental weaknesses," he observed. "To remain in my office would not have been honest."Benedict has explicitly used the term "office" in reference to the papacy and his renunciation of it, both during his resignation and afterwards. This shows conistency in Benedict's statements and in Benedict's understanding ofthe Papacy as an "office".
Benedict XVI resigned and all the wishful thinking and re-writing of Canon Law won't change that.
