A New Path Forward: The Convergent Episcopal Designation Thesis
A New Path Forward: The Convergent Episcopal Designation Thesis A Strictly Sedevacantist Proposal Against Unam Sanctam’s Imperfect General Council The Catholic Church today faces a manifest and total vacancy of the Apostolic See. The claimants since 1958 have publicly promoted errors long condemned by the Church, rendering them incapable of holding the office of Roman Pontiff. This is the core of strict sedevacantism : the Chair of Peter is empty — not partially occupied, not materially held, but fully vacant. We must restore a true visible head while firmly rejecting the heresy of sedeprivationism (also known as the Cassiciacum Thesis). Sedeprivationism claims that the post-conciliar claimants are “material popes” (validly elected and occupying the See) but lack formal authority due to their errors, and could potentially become full popes by recanting. This position is heretical because a public heretic cannot validly hold the papal office at all — divine law prevents a non-Catholic...