Love for the Papacy and Filial Resistance to the Pope in the History of the Church

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BEWARE: De Mattei misconstrues St. Robert Bellarmine's analysis of Pope John XXII:

St. Robert Bellarmine, who dealt amply with this issue in De Romano Pontifice [Opera omnia(Venetiis 1599), Book IV, chapter 14, columns 841–44.], writes that John XXII supported a heretical thesis, with the intention of imposing it as the truth on the faithful, but died before he could have defined the dogma, and therefore without undermining the principle of papal infallibility by his behavior.

St. Robert actually wrote in Papal Error? that John XXII "never fell into error" ("in errorem nullum incidisset ").

In this book, Roberto de Mattei steers us through centuries of Church history concerning some of the disastrous decisions of popes and councils. The author's rich historical narratives, deftly intertwined with dogmatic, moral, and canonical principles, make this work a potent resource for grappling with the current crises of the Church.