Is strict mental reservation an option?

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This is basically what it is: Titius, who privately said to a woman ‘I take thee for my wife’ without the intention of marrying her, answered the judge who asked him whether he had said those words, that he did not say them, understanding mentally that he did not say them with the intention of marrying the woman.

Now supposedly this was condemned by the church but condemned in the formulation of a certain Sanchez -does this mean that some other theologian’s formulation is okay? Also, supposedly after this condemnation no catholic theologian defended the lawfulness of strict reservations.
 
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This is basically what it is: Titius, who privately said to a woman ‘I take thee for my wife’ without the intention of marrying her, answered the judge who asked him whether he had said those words, that he did not say them, understanding mentally that he did not say them with the intention of marrying the woman.

Now supposedly this was condemned by the church but condemned in the formulation of a certain Sanchez -does this mean that some other theologian’s formulation is okay? Also, supposedly after this condemnation no catholic theologian defended the lawfulness of strict reservations.
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Theologians do not declare doctrine. The Pope and the Magisterium does. Be careful in trying to formulate doctrine because some theologian has said so. They don’t have the authority to declare anything. They may propose doctrines/ideas, etc., for the Church’s consideration only. One of the common occupational hazards of theologians is pride. Some theologians think they are above the Church. Their job is simply to delve deeper into existing doctrines so as to better understand and explain them, not to come up with “new” doctrines.
 
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