Notable Quotes:

First Vatican Council – Pastor Aeternus (1870):

"If anyone says that the Roman Pontiff has the office merely of inspection or direction, and not full and supreme power of jurisdiction over the whole Church, not only in matters pertaining to faith and morals, but also in matters pertaining to the discipline and government of the Church spread throughout the whole world... let him be anathema."

St. Robert Bellarmine (Doctor of the Church):

"The Pope is the head of the Church... to resist him is to resist God Himself, since he who resists the powers that be, resists the ordinance of God."

St. Francis de Sales:

"The Catholic Church is the pillar and ground of truth. Where Peter is, there is the Church. Where the Church is, there is no death but life eternal."

St. Thomas Aquinas – Summa Theologica (II-II, Q. 39):

"Schism is directly and essentially opposed to the unity of the Church... the schismatic sins directly against the unity of the Church."

"Schismatics are those who refuse to submit to the Sovereign Pontiff and to hold communion with those members of the Church who acknowledge his supremacy."

Pope Leo XIII – Satis Cognitum (1896):

"The Church of Christ... is one and perpetual... It is necessary, therefore, to hold as of Faith that the Church is one, holy, Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman... Whoever separates himself from the Roman Pontiff has no further bond with Christ."

Pope Pius XII – Mystici Corporis (1943):

"We must warn you of a grave error into which some fall, who, while not denying the primacy of the Roman Pontiff, yet refuse to obey him as though he were merely a human superior... This is not the spirit of the children of the Church, who have always been noted for their filial obedience to the Vicar of Christ."

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