What Were the SSPX "Five Points"?

[Conservative]

Pardon my naivete here - I’ve not been following SSPX too closely lately until I read some posts here - but now that I’m reading posts about possible good news re SSPX, etc., will someone please clarify - if it has been made public anyway, what the “five points” were?

Also, how does this work? If there were excommunications, how can they be “lifted”? I can’t believe I’m so uneducated on this matter, which I’m sure I was taught about. Does that mean any ordinations that were invalid before - would now be valid? Any marriages, or other priestly-necessitated sacraments - that were once considered invalid by reason of “excommunication” would now be valid? Would really appreciate someone filling us in on this. (I’m getting confused on it all - I must be getting old. ) Many thanks.

 

[Aramis]

Pardon my naivete here - I’ve not been following SSPX too closely lately until I read some posts here - but now that I’m reading posts about possible good news re SSPX, etc., will someone please clarify - if it has been made public anyway, what the “five points” were?

Also, how does this work? If there were excommunications, how can they be “lifted”? I can’t believe I’m so uneducated on this matter, which I’m sure I was taught about. Does that mean any ordinations that were invalid before - would now be valid? Any marriages, or other priestly-necessitated sacraments - that were once considered invalid by reason of “excommunication” would now be valid? Would really appreciate someone filling us in on this. (I’m getting confused on it all - I must be getting old. ) Many thanks.

I’ve missed the 5 points, as well. But…

the automatic excommunications can be lifted by the pope when either the act itself is confessed to the pope and absolution granted, or the pope becomes convinced of the need for the illicit action taken, or the pope is convinced the action never happened, or the Pope becomes convinced that the action was done with the sincere and reasonable belief that the act was done with requisite permissions.

The formal excommunications can be lifted when the excommunicated person meets the requirements of public repentance of the acts bringing about the formal excommunication, or new understandings make it clear the excommunication should not have been issued.

 

[Cranch]

…now that I’m reading posts about possible good news re SSPX, etc., will someone please clarify - if it has been made public anyway, what the “five points” were?

As shown here:
**Conditions which result from the meeting of June 4, 2008,
between Cardinal Darío **Castrillón Hoyos and Bishop Bernard Fellay

1. The commitment to a response proportionate to the generosity of the Pope.
2. The commitment to avoid every public intervention which does not respect the person of the Holy Father and which may be negative to ecclesial charity.
3. The commitment to avoid the claim to a Magisterium superior to the Holy Father and to not propose the Fraternity in contraposition to the Church.
4. The commitment to display the will to act honestly in full ecclesial charity and in respect for the authority of the Vicar of Christ.
5. The commitment to respect the date - fixed for the end of the month of June [2008] - to respond positively. This shall be a condition necessary and required as an immediate preparation for adhesion to accomplish full communion.

[Signed] Darío Card. Castrillón Hoyos
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Rome, June 4, 2008
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