The Condemnation of Pope Honorius
Fr. John Chapman
Can a pope be a heretic? In an age when for decades
Catholics have frequently been maligned as “more Catholic
than the pope” anytime they allege even the slightest
mistake on the part of the Supreme Pontiff, this an
important question—and one that history and the Church
herself have definitively answered for us.
“How was it possible to assert [papal
infallibility], and yet in the same breath to
condemn Pope Honorius as a heretic? The answer
is surely plain enough. Honorius was fallible,
was wrong, was a heretic, precisely because he
did not, as he should have done, declare
authoritatively the Petrine tradition of the
Roman Church.”
Fr. Chapman expertly explores the primary
sources on Pope Honorius and the heresy that he
publicly taught and encouraged; shows that not only
he, but the Church herself, have definitively
declared that Pope Honorius was in fact a heretic
who must be condemned, and in the process proves
the historical acceptance of papal infallibility,
as well. A masterful work of history helpful to
any Catholic who loves the papacy and the Church.
Laudetur Jesus Christus!
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