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For those interested in a more thoughtful dialog vis a vis the SSPX, I thought I would share a couple of more measured and well reasoned responses current developments than I have seen anywhere else in the blogosphere and in the press.
First,
Roy Shoeman, the Jewish convert and author of “Salvation is from the Jews” has an excellent discussion here:
salvationisfromthejews.com/sspx.html
A pod cast of a radio broadcast he did on EWTN is also available here.
Second, and unrelated, is the question of Jurisdiction for SSPX priests. The traditional wisdom for people like me (traditionalist Catholic who are loyal completely to Rome) is that SSPX Masses are valid but illicit, but confessions are invalid due to a lack of supplied jurisdiction. This may be because people like me tend to read blogs like Fr. Z’s and just parrot what we find there.
However, one of my favorite apologists, John Salza, who has written several excellent exposes on Freemasonry published by Our Sunday Visitor (hardly a schismatic publishing house) has written an excellent rebuttal of James Akin’s denial of supplied jurisdiction. It is here:
catholicintl.com/catholicissues/sspxconfessions.pdf
Perhaps we have been wrong to deny that confessions heard in SSPX confessionals are valid?
I have found Fr. Z’s criticisms of the Pope’s lifting of the excommunications (which follows John Allen’s criticisms) lacking. It seems to me that the Pope could do much to combat anti-semitism precisely BY lifting the excommunications. Does anyone agree with this? Most people I have read here seem relatively unconcerned by anti-semitism in general. That bothers me. Anti-semitism is a disease that needs to be opposed.
First,
Roy Shoeman, the Jewish convert and author of “Salvation is from the Jews” has an excellent discussion here:
salvationisfromthejews.com/sspx.html
A pod cast of a radio broadcast he did on EWTN is also available here.
Second, and unrelated, is the question of Jurisdiction for SSPX priests. The traditional wisdom for people like me (traditionalist Catholic who are loyal completely to Rome) is that SSPX Masses are valid but illicit, but confessions are invalid due to a lack of supplied jurisdiction. This may be because people like me tend to read blogs like Fr. Z’s and just parrot what we find there.
However, one of my favorite apologists, John Salza, who has written several excellent exposes on Freemasonry published by Our Sunday Visitor (hardly a schismatic publishing house) has written an excellent rebuttal of James Akin’s denial of supplied jurisdiction. It is here:
catholicintl.com/catholicissues/sspxconfessions.pdf
Perhaps we have been wrong to deny that confessions heard in SSPX confessionals are valid?
I have found Fr. Z’s criticisms of the Pope’s lifting of the excommunications (which follows John Allen’s criticisms) lacking. It seems to me that the Pope could do much to combat anti-semitism precisely BY lifting the excommunications. Does anyone agree with this? Most people I have read here seem relatively unconcerned by anti-semitism in general. That bothers me. Anti-semitism is a disease that needs to be opposed.