What have I read on the papal crisis? Isn't St Thomas enough? He's not only a Doctor of the Church, but the Doctor Communis.

As to writings concerning this pope (or at least his legitimacy), I have looked at various articles, the names of whose authors I don't remember. I find them disillusioned papolators. Their exaggerated concept of the papacy and of papal infallibility impells them to find a reason to hold that Francis is an anti-pope or that Benedict never resigned. IMHO, in many ways he's just not a good pope.

On the other hand, he cleared up the question of the validity of SSPX absolution and has very good relations with the Society. I have been told that SSPX priests are sometimes hearing Confessions at diocesan parishes.

In fact, I was disappointed with JPII. He did a good job restating family Moral Doctrine, but he did little to reform the Church. And if he had promulgated the document produced by a committee of Cardinals (named by him!), Summorum Pontificum would not have been necessary and it is likely there would not have been schismatic consecration of bishops.

After JPII BXVI produced two great documents. He had the desire for liturgical reform but lacked the adminstrative chops.

Then there was Paul VI, who let his liberal buddies destroy Catholic life, persecuted those who wanted Latin liturgy (almost mandated by VatII), and contradicted the Council of Trent. He's about to be canonized.

@Rafal_Ovile No, I'm a Thomist, not a Modernist--although I wonder whether you know tbe difference.

Soon after I became a Catholic in 1970, I began reading the great commentators on St Thomas philosophy. Maritain, Gilson, and Renard 9the American Jesuit who wrote textbooks on Metaphysics and Anthropology. Also Garrigou LaGrange for both philosophy and theology. After working in software for some years, I went to the Angelicum. As far as I know, I am the only student in the 700 year history of the studium to quiz out of the 2 year course in philosophy. I finished all the theology degrees there, with a graduate specialization in Thomistic Studies. During the last seven years there Don Reto and I lived in the Convitto San Tommaso. I am on this site at his invitation.

After studying there I taught theology at the FSSP seminary in Denton, NE.

The distinctions I noted between potestas ordinis and potestas iurisdictions are very old. They are found in the works of St Thomas, e.g, the Supplement to the Summa Theologiae and the Catena Aurea. They are also found in the 1917 Code. If memory serves, they are found in the Works of Origen.

Ask yourself what is the difference between the power (potestas) of an Archbishop who is head of a diocese and his auxiliaries.

This is a link to an article I wrote on problems with the Vat II priesthood

www.christianorder.com/…/features_nov01.…

Dr Bobus canonical history and Magisterium proves your argument is false. There is also false analogy in your dialectics concerning Hierarchy. As the modernist you rather present sophistics without logic and you disregard Magisterium before year 1958 ...
Maccabean Uprising Can you see, hear or smell? They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see.6 They have ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell.

I was not referring to Celestine V. Nor is it binary: anti-pope or two popes. Priests have Sacramental powers (potestas ordinis); for bishops these powers include the power of ordaining priests and consecrating bishops. There is also the potestas iurisdictionis, which bishops receive in addition to potestas ordinis. This is the power of jurisdiction over a certain area, like a diocese--to a certain extent this means governance The jurisdiction of the pope is universal and includes infallibility.

When a bishop retires, he is referred to as Emeritus, which means he no longer has jurisdiction. When BXVI resigned, he renounced jurisdiction, and so he is Pope Emeritus.

No... it is not... not yet, but it will be.

Believe me don't believe me don't daré, there's a reason why most of the attacks are directly to the Eucharist. But hey... believe it or not you have free will

And another thing...

Yes the novus ordo is that place the abomination will be set up, it hasn't happen yet... But Francis is attacking the Eucahrist with all his guns by giving it away to wicked people, the unrepentant.

Once the schism is proclaimed, the abomination of desolation will be set, by saying that the Eucharist is not Jesus but the celebration of finding one another, as brothers... then the corruption of the temple would be complete.

This is why God allow this to happen, because of our unbelief spiritual famine came forth, modernists took over... the novus ordo mass is the base for the abomination it hasn't happen yet, but is on its way.