Case of Antipope Laurentius, The False Pope who was elected by Arian King. It Proves That Heretic cannot be a Pope.
Antipope Laurentius “a Pope who is a manifest heretic, ceases in himself to be Pope and head , just as he ceases in himself to be a Christian and member of the body of the Church: whereby, he can be judged and punished by the Church ” (De Romano Pontifice, II, 30, by St. Robert Bellarmine). Archpriest of Santa Prassede, Laurentius was elected pope on 22 November 498, in opposition to Pope Symmachus, by a dissenting faction. If Theodore Lector can be trusted, he was picked by the former consul Rufius Postumius Festus as a candidate ; Festus had secretly promised the Byzantine Emperor Anastasius that Pope Anastasius II would approve the Henotikon , but upon returning from Constantinople he found the Pope had died. Pope Anastasius II Pope Anastasius II on fact, He always rejected Monophysitism and condemned what Festus taught as Henotikon on his life . Anastasius II only want to unite West and East and invited them from East who were influenced by Monophysitism t...