Is it true or a hoax?, I've encountered many Novus Ordo people questioning it's authenticity and saying that it was an invention of some traditional catholics to "justify" their position.

Regardless that Vatican I already justifies our position, I'm curious to know more about the Papal Oath.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.

You have asked a good question, and this deserves investigation since it has been used as an argument against the Vatican II popes. I would state, though, that if a pope said this oath or not would not be proof of the lawfulness of his claim. I have done some digging and here are some findings:

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I have found the text published by Dr. R. Coomaraswamy in his book, The Destruction of the Christian Tradition, p. 132. Text found here: http://books.google.com/books?id=l4uxWo ... th&f=false

His endnote for the text is on pg. 156: the Liber Diurnus Romanorum Pontificum He does not cite any page or section.

2. The website, Daily Catholic, also gives the text and gives a more specific source: Liber Diurnus Romanorum Pontificum, Migne's Patrologia Latina 105, 40-44 and published by Eugene de Rozier, 1869. http://www.dailycatholic.org/papaoath.htm

3. There are other places that the text is found online.

4. I found the book that is cited in the quote, Liber Diurnus Romanorum Pontificum, Migne's Patrologia Latina vol. 105. It is found here: http://books.google.com/books?id=Ij18R_ ... &q&f=false

Unfortunately, my Latin is very inadequate for the task of studying this quote in this text to compare them. Perhaps someone on this forum could try to solve this mystery and figure this out.
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