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The problem with using this argument here is that the pope and many of the bishops were in exile. Athanasius was not the only one who remained true to the Faith. You’ve left out a few other saints, in fact. The bishops were not teaching in union with the Holy See - no ordinary magisterium at this point and time. This isn’t the case in our Church at this point in history. Now, you then have to ask yourself, who is the arbiter of the teachings of the Church and her disciplines? This is the point at which many people go onto private interpretations and judgments when it’s clearly not their perogative to do so.Asimis said:No, one is obedient to The Church, not to bishops and even Popes that deviate from it. Think of what happened right before the council of Nicea when all bishops became Arians and only Athanasius remained in the true faith. The arians had taken over the church. Would you say that Athanasius was disobedient and that he should have obeyed the Arians?
Your absolutely correct here and you need not follow bishops who are out there doing their own thing such as Cardinal Mahony. This is far different from the bishops in union with Rome.We must be careful, there are many bishops who deviate from the true church and introduce their own liberal ideas.
Don’t think anyone is saying you are being disobedient if it’s an indult.The Church allows one to go to the Tridentine Mass, that is what I do, so I am not being disobedient to The Church
Check the two links in my previous post, honestly we should not be supporting the novus ordo, it is hostile to our faith.
You won’t be surprised if I say that Pastor Aeternus holds a little more weight in my eyes than the above link. We should be submissive to the Holy Father and the disciplines he is the judge over. It’s hostile not to do this!