Logical Chickens Coming Home to Roost. A Commentary on Recent Events in the Society of Saint Pius X
I. REVIEW OF THE POSITIONS OF SSPX
The fundamental position of the SSPX is that of recognize and resist, that is, to recognize the Novus Ordo hierarchy as the Catholic hierarchy formally, that is, as wielding the true power of Christ to rule the Catholic Church, but at the same time to resist the program of Vatican II, including some conciliar doctrines, the New Mass, some new sacramental rites, and other things.
The dream of Archbishop Lefebvre was always to convince the Modernists in the Vatican that they should give their blessing to this congregation which carries on, throughout the entire world, an apostolate of more or less Catholic tradition parallel to the reforms of the Novus Ordo. To achieve this legalized tradition has always been the goal of Archbishop Lefebvre and his successors since the founding of the SSPX in 1970.
As a result, the SSPX has lived a life of an onagain, off-again romance with the Modernists in the Vatican. Nearly every year rumors swirl about some sort of negotiations with the Modernists, and of some imminent marriage to them. This most recent episode, however, has been by far the closest that the marriage has come, and events point to an eventual legalization of the SSPX by the Modernists.
I. REVIEW OF THE POSITIONS OF SSPX
The fundamental position of the SSPX is that of recognize and resist, that is, to recognize the Novus Ordo hierarchy as the Catholic hierarchy formally, that is, as wielding the true power of Christ to rule the Catholic Church, but at the same time to resist the program of Vatican II, including some conciliar doctrines, the New Mass, some new sacramental rites, and other things.
The dream of Archbishop Lefebvre was always to convince the Modernists in the Vatican that they should give their blessing to this congregation which carries on, throughout the entire world, an apostolate of more or less Catholic tradition parallel to the reforms of the Novus Ordo. To achieve this legalized tradition has always been the goal of Archbishop Lefebvre and his successors since the founding of the SSPX in 1970.
As a result, the SSPX has lived a life of an onagain, off-again romance with the Modernists in the Vatican. Nearly every year rumors swirl about some sort of negotiations with the Modernists, and of some imminent marriage to them. This most recent episode, however, has been by far the closest that the marriage has come, and events point to an eventual legalization of the SSPX by the Modernists.
I. REVIEW OF THE POSITIONS OF SSPX
The fundamental position of the SSPX is that of recognize and resist, that is, to recognize the Novus Ordo hierarchy as the Catholic hierarchy formally, that is, as wielding the true power of Christ to rule the Catholic Church, but at the same time to resist the program of Vatican II, including some conciliar doctrines, the New Mass, some new sacramental rites, and other things.
The dream of Archbishop Lefebvre was always to convince the Modernists in the Vatican that they should give their blessing to this congregation which carries on, throughout the entire world, an apostolate of more or less Catholic tradition parallel to the reforms of the Novus Ordo. To achieve this legalized tradition has always been the goal of Archbishop Lefebvre and his successors since the founding of the SSPX in 1970.
As a result, the SSPX has lived a life of an onagain, off-again romance with the Modernists in the Vatican. Nearly every year rumors swirl about some sort of negotiations with the Modernists, and of some imminent marriage to them. This most recent episode, however, has been by far the closest that the marriage has come, and events point to an eventual legalization of the SSPX by the Modernists.