“FURTHERMORE, if anyone has once been apprehended in schism or heresy, or confessed or condemned for these, such a person can never be elected Roman Pontiff; otherwise, the election would be null and void, nor will it be revalidated by the passage of time or long possession, and anyone, when this offense appears, may withdraw from his obedience, without waiting for any declaration in this regard, according to the Bull of Paul IV, Cum Ex Apostolatus, and therefore has an exception that can be presented against the election of the Pope.”

—- Carolo Antonio Thesauro SJ, De Poenis Ecclesiasticis Praxis Absoluta et Universalis, 1831

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