Is SSPX in schism and are its adherents excommunicated?

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I consider myself an obedient Catholic :bowdown2: and** I support the Society and its mission 100%!!! ** Thank God for Archbishop Lefebvre!
WELL GUEES WHAT YOUR COMMITTING A SIN!!! The Vicar of Christ John Paul II said for you to STOP supporting the society–You better repent before you go to hell!!!
Pope Boniface VIII Unam Sanctum, " It altogether necessary, for every human creature, to be obedient to the Holy Roman Pontiff in order to be saved." DONT SAY YOU WERENT WARNED!!!
 
Pope Boniface VIII Unam Sanctum, " It altogether necessary, for every human creature, to be obedient to the Holy Roman Pontiff in order to be saved." DONT SAY YOU WERENT WARNED!!!
Made up quote…the word “obedient” is not anywhere in Unam Sanctam. Funnily enough, it’s the SSPX that still believe in the teachings of Unam Sanctam, while many (if not most) priests reject them.

Also, Catholics are NOT required to agree with everything the Pope says/does or else be sentenced to hell. That’s what people mean when they say “papolotry”, the idea the Pope is always right and can never make a mistake or be criticized.
 
How can you claim to be “an obedient Catholic” and knowingly give support to a group that the Holy Father Pope John Paul II warned not to support???

It is this kind of disorganized thinking that runs so deep in the sspx.
John Paul II…you mean the same pope who kissed the Koran, said “May St. John the Baptist protect Islam!” :eek: [asking a saint to protect a false religion=blasphemy], invited pagans, infidels, and members of other false religions to invoke their false gods [which the Bible calls demons] at the holy shrine of Assisi, etc.?

Thanks, but I’ll stick with the people who are actually teaching and practicing the Catholic faith…it’s unfortunate that we have to disobey the Pope…but when it comes between disobeying a man and obeying the Faith, we’ll obey the Catholic faith.
 
WELL GUEES WHAT YOUR COMMITTING A SIN!!! The Vicar of Christ John Paul II said for you to STOP supporting the society–You better repent before you go to hell!!!
Pope Boniface VIII Unam Sanctum, " It altogether necessary, for every human creature, to be obedient to the Holy Roman Pontiff in order to be saved." DONT SAY YOU WERENT WARNED!!!
Well, since John Paul “the Great” suggested during one of his Wednesday audiences that God is too merciful to send anyone to Hell anyway, I think I’ll be OK. 👍

I guess EVERYONE is going to be saved…except of course for traditional Roman Catholics.
 
John Paul II…you mean the same pope who kissed the Koran, said “May St. John the Baptist protect Islam!” :eek: [asking a saint to protect a false religion=blasphemy], invited pagans, infidels, and members of other false religions to invoke their false gods [which the Bible calls demons] at the holy shrine of Assisi, etc.?

Thanks, but I’ll stick with the people who are actually teaching and practicing the Catholic faith…it’s unfortunate that we have to disobey the Pope…but when it comes between disobeying a man and obeying the Faith, we’ll obey the Catholic faith.
Nice stuff. So would this be rationalism, relativism or one of the many *-isms * that the “Traditionalists” like to invoke so much???

Odd it is, that the “Traditionalists,” who are always spouting off writings and teachings from centuries past, are also the first to throw everything to the wind when they believe things aren’t going the way THEY believe they should. There’s a word for that, by the way…it’s called protestantism. :eek:
 
Odd it is, that the “Traditionalists,” who are always spouting off writings and teachings from centuries past, are also the first to throw everything to the wind when they believe things aren’t going the way THEY believe they should. There’s a word for that, by the way…it’s called protestantism. :eek:
What are you referring to? I don’t think false obedience has EVER been a part of Catholic teaching…I always think it’s ironic that NeoCatholics call us protestants when we are the ones resisting the Protestant errors in the Church today. Protestants aren’t protestants just because they disobey the Pope…they’re Protestants because they teach and believe heresies contrary to the one true Catholic faith taught from the Apostles. Only a naive, simple-minded person with a minimal grasp of Catholic teaching would think that obedience to the Pope in every single matter is the heart of Catholicism…

John Paul the Great, Paul VI, and a lot of higher-ups in the Conciliar Vatican have prayed with Protestant heretics [forbidden to Catholics until V2] and held joint worship services with them [offering false worship to God with non-catholics=a mortal sin 👍 ]…Benedict XVI even “rehabilitated” Luther, but not before His Greatness John Paul II lifted the excommunication on him [which indicates he does not believe Luther was a heretic]; heck, the preacher to the papal household, Cantalamessa, besides openly preaching other heresies contrary to the Catholic faith, has said that Luther was right and that faith alone is necessary for salvation! He preached this sermon in front of Pope Benedict XVI, but you didn’t hear a peep from anyone in the Vatican or from the NeoCatholic talking heads…but apparently if anyone preaches Catholicism as it was universally practiced and believed before Vatican II he will be censured and ultimately “excommunicated”…lol, as if a non-Catholic heretic can validly excommunicate a Catholic. Yes, it appears that the Conciliar Church is full of protestants; so I invite you now to retract your statement about Traditional Catholics.
 
Nice stuff. So would this be rationalism, relativism or one of the many *-isms * that the “Traditionalists” like to invoke so much???
…modernism, religious indifferentism, liberalism, Freemasonry…
 
Well, since John Paul “the Great” suggested during one of his Wednesday audiences that God is too merciful to send anyone to Hell anyway, I think I’ll be OK. 👍

I guess EVERYONE is going to be saved…except of course for traditional Roman Catholics.
Don’t joke about these things. You are making a mockery of religion.

At the end of the day you cannot be an "obedient catholic if you support them “100%”, because Holy Mother Church has told us to not support SSPX except in certain particular situations.

Anyway, let us join in prayer, and pray that these questions will very shortly be academic ones only!
 
To summarize: Ecclesia Dei says that Lefebvre did a schismatic action, and formal adherents to the schism are excommunicated. It doesn’t give any definition of how “formal adherence” should be understood though. The various letters and interviews from the Ecclesia Dei Commission shouldn’t be seen as an addendum or contradiction to that, but they explain how the Church is interpreting it.
Thank you. That pretty much answers my question.

Still, I have to wonder why people would take the chance. Regardless of some hypothetical future lifting of the excommunication, the fact is, right now the SSPX bishops are excommunicated and the priests are barred from excercising their priestly faculties licitly (even thought they still do so validly). Why would anyone want to go to a Mass they know is illicit? 🤷
Interestingly, there seems to be a pretty clear change of policy between this statement in 1995

and this in 2003
I don’t think these two statements indicate any change in policy. They’re simply approaching the issue from two different angles. In the first statment they make clear that a desire for the TM is not a sufficient reason to participate in an SSPX Mass. In the second, they simply say that it would not be a sin to do so if they do so only for devotional reasons. But just because it’s not a sin does not mean that it is encouraged or even a wise thing to do.
 
Thank you. That pretty much answers my question.

Still, I have to wonder why people would take the chance. Regardless of some hypothetical future lifting of the excommunication, the fact is, right now the SSPX bishops are excommunicated and the priests are barred from excercising their priestly faculties licitly (even thought they still do so validly). Why would anyone want to go to a Mass they know is illicit? 🤷

I don’t think these two statements indicate any change in policy. They’re simply approaching the issue from two different angles. In the first statment they make clear that a desire for the TM is not a sufficient reason to participate in an SSPX Mass. In the second, they simply say that it would not be a sin to do so if they do so only for devotional reasons. But just because it’s not a sin does not mean that it is encouraged or even a wise thing to do.
:clapping: :yup:

The traditionalist crowd uses the same logic to decry many things that are now allowed, yet they feel are not good.

I don’t think they like their own logic when it doesn’t work in their favor though :rolleyes:
 
Still, I have to wonder why people would take the chance. Regardless of some hypothetical future lifting of the excommunication, the fact is, right now the SSPX bishops are excommunicated and the priests are barred from excercising their priestly faculties licitly (even thought they still do so validly). Why would anyone want to go to a Mass they know is illicit? 🤷
They believe there is a grave situation justifying their attendance at the SSPX. Such as problems with the new Mass, liturgical abuse, priests changing the words of consecration, priests that deny the Real Presence, overuse of EMHCs, priests that teach universal salvation, churches that try to stop people from receiving on the tongue/kneeling, priests that preach in favor of abortion and womenpriests, priests that tell people they don’t need to confess, etc. They would rather attend illicit Masses than have their kids hear that type of stuff in church. They also think that this applies to their situation: “morally impeded from participating in a Mass celebrated by a Catholic priest in good standing.”
 
I don’t think these two statements indicate any change in policy. They’re simply approaching the issue from two different angles. In the first statment they make clear that a desire for the TM is not a sufficient reason to participate in an SSPX Mass. In the second, they simply say that it would not be a sin to do so if they do so only for devotional reasons. But just because it’s not a sin does not mean that it is encouraged or even a wise thing to do.
The first quote says that attending the SSPX because you want to assist at a traditional Mass is morally illicit. The second quote says it is not a sin to attend the SSPX for devotion to the traditional Mass. I guess it depends on what exactly they mean by “morally illicit”, but it sounds like sin to me.
 
They believe there is a grave situation justifying their attendance at the SSPX. Such as problems with the new Mass, liturgical abuse, priests changing the words of consecration, priests that deny the Real Presence, overuse of EMHCs, priests that teach universal salvation, churches that try to stop people from receiving on the tongue/kneeling, priests that preach in favor of abortion and womenpriests, priests that tell people they don’t need to confess, etc. They would rather attend illicit Masses than have their kids hear that type of stuff in church. They also think that this applies to their situation: “morally impeded from participating in a Mass celebrated by a Catholic priest in good standing.”
Well, I would say they aren’t looking hard enough for a good parish. I must be lucky, because I have never heard a priest preach in favor of abortion, women priests, etc. I would much rather attend a licit Mass with an overabundance of EMHC’s and people receiving in the hand than a Mass I know to be illicit. Maybe I just live in a good area. 🤷
The first quote says that attending the SSPX because you want to assist at a traditional Mass is morally illicit. The second quote says it is not a sin to attend the SSPX for devotion to the traditional Mass. I guess it depends on what exactly they mean by “morally illicit”, but it sounds like sin to me.
The first quote did not use the term “morally illicit”. It only said that devotional reasons were not a sufficient motive. That’s where the difference lies.
 
Well, I would say they aren’t looking hard enough for a good parish. I must be lucky, because I have never heard a priest preach in favor of abortion, women priests, etc.
Excellent. Luckily, there’s are good, approved parishes in my area as well.
The first quote did not use the term “morally illicit”. It only said that devotional reasons were not a sufficient motive. That’s where the difference lies.
It says devotion is not a sufficient motive to attend, and that attending without sufficient reason is morally illicit.
The Masses the SSPX celebrate are also valid, but it is considered morally illicit for the faithful to participate in these Masses unless they are physically or morally impeded from participating in a Mass celebrated by a Catholic priest in good standing. The fact of not being able to assist at the celebration of the so-called ‘Tridentine’ Mass is not considered a sufficient motive for attending such Masses."
 
Don’t joke about these things. You are making a mockery of religion.

At the end of the day you cannot be an "obedient catholic if you support them “100%”, because Holy Mother Church has told us to not support SSPX except in certain particular situations.

Anyway, let us join in prayer, and pray that these questions will very shortly be academic ones only!
When did “Holy Mother Church” ever tell us we can’t follow Catholic teaching and practice? Please don’t confuse the modernists in Rome with “Holy Mother Church”.
 
What are you referring to? I don’t think false obedience has EVER been a part of Catholic teaching…I always think it’s ironic that NeoCatholics call us protestants when we are the ones resisting the Protestant errors in the Church today. Protestants aren’t protestants just because they disobey the Pope…they’re Protestants because they teach and believe heresies contrary to the one true Catholic faith taught from the Apostles. Only a naive, simple-minded person with a minimal grasp of Catholic teaching would think that obedience to the Pope in every single matter is the heart of Catholicism…

John Paul the Great, Paul VI, and a lot of higher-ups in the Conciliar Vatican have prayed with Protestant heretics [forbidden to Catholics until V2] and held joint worship services with them [offering false worship to God with non-catholics=a mortal sin 👍 ]…Benedict XVI even “rehabilitated” Luther, but not before His Greatness John Paul II lifted the excommunication on him [which indicates he does not believe Luther was a heretic]; heck, the preacher to the papal household, Cantalamessa, besides openly preaching other heresies contrary to the Catholic faith, has said that Luther was right and that faith alone is necessary for salvation! He preached this sermon in front of Pope Benedict XVI, but you didn’t hear a peep from anyone in the Vatican or from the NeoCatholic talking heads…but apparently if anyone preaches Catholicism as it was universally practiced and believed before Vatican II he will be censured and ultimately “excommunicated”…lol, as if a non-Catholic heretic can validly excommunicate a Catholic. Yes, it appears that the Conciliar Church is full of protestants; so I invite you now to retract your statement about Traditional Catholics.
Unreal. For one thing, Pope Benedict (that’s a hard one for you to swallow, huh?) never “rehabilitated” Martin Luther. That alone tells me that you have no idea of what you speak.

It is curious to me that so many “traditional” catholics possess the same trait of wild, baseless accusations along with a persecution/conspiracy theory complex. Coffee and donuts after Mass with you guys must be an interesting event…🤷
 
Unreal. For one thing, Pope Benedict (that’s a hard one for you to swallow, huh?) never “rehabilitated” Martin Luther. That alone tells me that you have no idea of what you speak.

It is curious to me that so many “traditional” catholics possess the same trait of wild, baseless accusations along with a persecution/conspiracy theory complex. Coffee and donuts after Mass with you guys must be an interesting event…🤷
Oh, you don’t say? I guess I just pulled THIS out of thin air then!
timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article3492299.ece

Oh, and by the way, coffee and donuts after Mass at our SSPX chapel is always stimulating!..Great, intelligent, and interesting conversations with like-minded Catholics…what kinds of things do you guys at the local Novus Ordo parish talk about after the celebration? Probably not about Catholic things…after all, less than 1/4 of Novus Ordians even believe in the Real Presence, much less Catholic moral teachings such as contraception…
 
Oh, you don’t say? I guess I just pulled THIS out of thin air then!
timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article3492299.ece

Oh, and by the way, coffee and donuts after Mass at our SSPX chapel is always stimulating!..Great, intelligent, and interesting conversations with like-minded Catholics…what kinds of things do you guys at the local Novus Ordo parish talk about after the celebration? Probably not about Catholic things…after all, less than 1/4 of Novus Ordians even believe in the Real Presence, much less Catholic moral teachings such as contraception…
I am not a Catholic, so I do not have a “dog in this fight” so to speak…but I genuinely and deeply respect those who defend tradition, regardless of which religious tradition we mean. This is partly because I am an Orthodox (traditional) Jew, and also because the half of my family that is Catholic has many Traditionalists among them…so I understand their issues and feelings on this.

I truly and sincerely feel that the SSPX should not trust the conciliar church. The new Catholic church has betrayed them before, and will do so again. They are better off being apart, even if it creates other issues for them.

Mark my words. If they trust their promises, they will regret it. Remember Virgil’s Aeneid, Book 2, 19 BC:

“Do not trust the horse, Trojans. Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts.”
 
Oh, you don’t say? I guess I just pulled THIS out of thin air then!
timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article3492299.ece
Oh yes…Time magazine…interesting how they know what the Pope is going to say before he even says it. Didn’t we go through this a few months ago? I’m sure Time in the UK has no agenda against the Catholic Church, huh? I’ll believe it when I see it.
Oh, and by the way, coffee and donuts after Mass at our SSPX chapel is always stimulating!..Great, intelligent, and interesting conversations with like-minded Catholics…
Probably talk about how all those Pope-Following Catholics are objectively sinning and will burn in hell…oh, and women who are going to college and not having babies.
 
Oh, you don’t say? I guess I just pulled THIS out of thin air then!
timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article3492299.ece

Oh, and by the way, coffee and donuts after Mass at our SSPX chapel is always stimulating!..Great, intelligent, and interesting conversations with like-minded Catholics…what kinds of things do you guys at the local Novus Ordo parish talk about after the celebration? Probably not about Catholic things…after all, less than 1/4 of Novus Ordians even believe in the Real Presence, much less Catholic moral teachings such as contraception…
Vatican spokesman calls rumors of rehabilitation of Luther groundless
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Rumors that the Vatican is set to rehabilitate Martin Luther, the 16th-century leader of the Protestant Reformation, are groundless, said the Vatican spokesman, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi.
News reports in early March alleged that Pope Benedict XVI was dedicating a planned September symposium with former doctoral students to re-evaluating Luther, who was excommunicated and condemned for heresy.
The story “does not have any foundation, insofar as no rehabilitation of Luther is foreseen,” Father Lombardi told the Italian news agency ANSA March 8.
Vatican officials said the topic of the pope’s annual summer gathering of former students this year has not yet been decided. Of the two topics under consideration, Luther is not one of them, one official told Catholic News Service.
:rolleyes:

Experience informs me that the Times is about the least reliable source about all things Catholic. So I did a quick Google search and look what I found!! Wow. That was easy.

BTW, you might have enjoyed last Sunday’s homily. Mnsgnr found a way to combine the issues of the Feast of St. Peter and Paul, the tradgedy of Abortion, our responsibility to vote responsibly and uphold Catholic values in the upcoming election (which he linked into this Friday being the Fourth). I can’t remember if he made mention of the Real Presence this week or not. He did last week, and the week before that our assistant Pastorpresided. He also mentioned the Real Presence.

We currently celebrate only the OF, but after we get our new Chapel, a replica of a famous medieval Chapel, we will, Lord Willing, also celebrate the EF. 😃
 
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