
Fr Thomas Crean appeals to the visibility of the Church as a means of refuting those who posit an extended vacancy of the Holy See. But this treatment is radically insufficient.>
Fr Thomas Crean OP’s article
Fr Thomas Crean OP has contributed an article to Pelican+ on “The Perpetual Visibility of the Catholic Church Under the Pope.” >However, this article is about more than just the visibility of the Church: the doctrinal exposition is specifically ordered towards an attempted refutation of “sedevacantism” – that is, the thesis which holds that the Holy See has been vacant since some time between 1958 and 1965.
Originally published in The WM Review. Read original article
