SSPX Seattle

[Ana_v]

Yes, because this is covered allowed by law. This is legal error and the Church supplies jurisdiction in this case. And yes, I know the article you’re referring to and just like other disobedient groups, they resort to gymnastics and unfounded suppositions as primary premises (such as “The Church supplies jurisdiction in all cases” with no foundation at all in the law). This is supplied on a case by case basis. I can’t just waltz into St. Dennis here in Calgary, for example, knowing full well that is an SSPX church and expect to be absolved, unless I was in danger of death and that was the closest church I could get to before I expire.

I think the point of the article is to discuss nuances and inconsistencies.

That the meaning of canon law is “self-evident” to some, is not an argument for the Church not to clarify a controversy – which would not exist if canon law was indeed self-evident, as, Portrait mentioned, in a particular application. One of the essential responsibilities of the Church is to intervene where public scandal and confusion exists among the faithful.

I would not advise a person to confess to an SSPX priest if they have recourse to a Catholic priest in good standing. But I could not guarantee such a person that an SSPX priest could not validly absolve them if, as a matter of preference, they confessed to him rather than to another.

 

[Ana_v]

Look at the larger picture, the attack on the unborn, marriage, and religious liberty. Is the cause of Christianity helped or hindered by the various groups of Catholics whose only relation to the Catholic Church is negotiation?

Remember how in the 2010 Pew Research Survey on Religious Knowledge, Catholics scored the lowest compared to the other categories – under Protestants, under Mormons, under Jews, and under the unaffiliated! Poorly informed Catholics is a problem we have yet to remedy.

And how consistently the percentage of Catholics that support same-sex unions exceed that of Protestants. We should be the *leading *opposition, above ALL groups, because it is the Catholic Church alone which teaches the fullness of the sanctity of marriage! Catholics are to be the light of the world, but in modernity, we have been the cause of great scandal to the detriment of souls.

Dear friend in Christ, the larger picture, is not on the outside. It is within the Church itself, the current disoriented state of which is a hotbed for the continued spread of errors in the world. Corrupted seminaries, erring priests and dissenting vocation directors, pastoral negligences, unamended liturgical abuses, internal attempts to democratize the Church rather than preserve Her monarchial structure, and false priorities. The enemies of the Church on the outside are never as dangerous as the enemies within; remember Our Lord warned us of wolves in sheep’s clothings. He wasn’t joking. It’s time we pay attention. If we want to change the world, we have to clean house first. Otherwise, as one notable Catholic remarked, the Church will remain stymied in her ability to evangelize anyone, let alone an entire culture.

In one sense you are correct about the larger picture, because in reality the SSPX are one of the least of our troubles; they do well to oppose Modernism, which has* rightly *been called the most dangerous of all the heresies because as Pope St. Pius X said, it is the “synthesis of all heresies”. I return again to the issue of false priorities. It has got to stop.

 

[poche]

Is it not in the Bible over and over that we are a “Stiff Necked People”?

Always lookingout for how to displease God!

We need to follow our holy father’s call for humility which is the example set forth by Jesus, Mary and all the Saints that have preceeded us

We may be a “stiff necked people,” but we don’t have to continue being a stiff necked people.

Why not look in adifferent direction like in how to please God.

Let’s follow the Holy Father’s call to follow the example set forth by Jesus.

 

[Elizabeth502]

the larger picture, is not on the outside. It is within the Church itself, the current disoriented state of which is a hotbed for the continued spread of errors in the world. Corrupted seminaries, erring priests and dissenting vocation directors, pastoral negligences, unamended liturgical abuses, internal attempts to democratize the Church rather than preserve Her monarchial structure, and false priorities. The enemies of the Church on the outside are never as dangerous as the enemies within; remember Our Lord warned us of wolves in sheep’s clothings. He wasn’t joking. It’s time we pay attention. If we want to change the world, we have to clean house first. Otherwise, as one notable Catholic remarked, the Church will remain stymied in her ability to evangelize anyone, let alone an entire culture.

In one sense you are correct about the larger picture, because in reality the SSPX are one of the least of our troubles; they do well to oppose Modernism, which has* rightly *been called the most dangerous of all the heresies because as Pope St. Pius X said, it is the “synthesis of all heresies”. I return again to the issue of false priorities. It has got to stop.

Amen, sister!

 

[commenter]

…

In one sense you are correct about the larger picture, because in reality the SSPX are one of the least of our troubles; they do well to oppose Modernism, which has* rightly *been called the most dangerous of all the heresies because as Pope St. Pius X said, it is the “synthesis of all heresies”. I return again to the issue of false priorities. It has got to stop.

Spiritual pride is the biggest of our troubles.