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15 Dec, 5 tweets, 3 min read
As others have pointed out, @ThomasJTobin1, "Recognize and Resist" has been around for decades and is based on St. Paul's example (Gal. 2:11) plus such texts as the following from St. Robert Bellarmine:

"Therefore, just as it would be lawful to resist a Pontiff..." 1/4
2/4 "invading a body [i.e., threatening physical harm], so it is lawful to resist him invading souls or disturbing a state, and much more if he [the Pope] should endeavor to destroy the Church. I say, it is lawful to resist him, by not doing what he commands, ..."
3/4 "and by blocking him, lest he should carry out his will; still, it is not lawful to judge or punish or even depose him [the Pope], because he is nothing other than a superior." — St. Robert Bellarmine, On the Roman Pontiff, Book II, Ch. 29 mediatrixpress.com/product/on-the…
4/4 For a fuller treatment of "Recognize and Resist", @ThomasJTobin1, see the following article first published in the Jan. 2015 issue of @cathfamilynews:

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H/T to @chesterbelloc3 for all of his translation work and making such important texts available via @Mediatrix_Press!

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