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Hi, Tony —
For others unfamiliar with the Thuc consecrations:
| Thuc was a Vietnamese bishop who
apparently had some mental problems
and consecrated a bunch of bishops
without a mandate (by which I mean
permission from the Pope.) |
I am not up on the Thuc consecrations
and am not sure by mandate whether
you are:
- referring to the authority he has
to consecrate bishops (which is
how I think it would ordinarily be
thought of),
or
- referring to the power he has to consecrate
bishops.
Since Thuc was long ago excommunicated,
the question of his authority is
settled:
- he cannot licitly (that
is, within the law) consecrate
bishops
- however he still has the power to
consecrate bishops.
That is, anyone
whom Thuc consecrates will truly
be a bishop, just not in communion
with the Pope. That is to say, Thuc
perpetually retains the power to
confer Apostolic Succession.
So if
this person was consecrated by Thuc, or by someone consecrated by Thuc,
he truly has Apostolic Succession,
but is schismatic.
Eric Ewanco
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