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The Resistance: A “break off?”

returningtheticket said: so are you not with the SSPX anymore and joining the break off?

If you had read the dedication of my blog you would have seen this:

And because now there is a threat, a crisis, to lose all of the above, I also give my full support to the Resistance within SSPX led by His Excellency Bishop Williamson. By doing so, I know I am doing my part to slow down the Society’s very real slide toward Conciliar Rome. I do so because I love SSPX and the undefiled Catholic Faith. Rome must return to Tradition!

So not really. The Resistance solidly continues the line of Archbishop Lefebvre and the SSPX. It hopes to expose these tricks and prays to God for a great miracle. it is most certainly not a “break off.” It is just like the situation between the SSPX in the 70’s and the Conciliar Church. Archbishop Lefebvre held fast to Catholicism while the rest of the churchmen abandoned Christ (willingly or under the pressure of blind/false obedience). Like I said to a few others on here, the SSPX is fallible and can fall with the rest of them but I will not fall with it.   

Bishop Fellay and his “yes-men” have diverted off the tracks and are now heading towards Conciliar Rome, that desert of faithlessness. He has committed grave scandals and has punished good priests, and even laity, that have spoken out against his new orientation. There is no shortage of evidence:

• The unwise election of a bishop, specifically +Fellay, to Superior General in 1994 (remember, he wasn’t even considered by the Archbishop to be consecrated! Bishop Williamson was the first choice!)
• The secret founding and support of G.R.E.C. in 1997.
• The acceptance of Summorum Pontificum in 2007 and the so-called “lifting” of invalid and non-existent excommunications in 2009 (both a result of G.R.E.C.).
• The deletion of good, hard-hitting, articles from the web and the deletion of some books from the Angelus Press.
• The April 15th Doctrinal Preamble of 2012.
• The letter sent to Rome a day after the Preamble stating +Fellay is willing to cause division (see quote below).
• The 6 conditions of the 2012 General Chapter.
• His mean-spirited reply to the three bishops in 2012. 
• The “expulsion” of Bishop Williamson on dubious grounds.
• Bishop Fellay’s refusal to renew the Consecration of the SSPX to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (it would offend Modernist Rome).
• The secular “branding” of the Society by a non-Catholic Public Relations firm (listen to the sermon here. Transcript below it).
• The new platform for the Angelus Press and its blog (a result of the “branding”).
• The new SSPX website (a result of the “branding”).
• The new silence in the face of heresy and scandal coming from Modernist Rome and Pope Francis.
• The clear refusal to distinguish between Eternal Rome and Modernist Rome (and between the Catholic Church and the Conciliar Church).
• The new (false) messages: “Rome is getting better!” “Obedience and Prudence are the ultimate virtues!” “The Superior General can do no wrong!”
• And the continual use of fear tactics against good priests and concerned laity.

The list is rather long but it is by no means exhaustive! Bishop Fellay has caused the division many now see today. For none of the above can be blamed on Bishop Williamson or on the Resistance. After all, it was he that wrote to then Pope Benedict XVI that he was going to carry on with his plans, despite the fact that he knows it will cause division. I quote him exactly: “I committed myself in this perspective despite the fairly strong opposition in the ranks of the Society and at the price of substantial disruption. And I fully intend to continue to do my best to pursue this path to reach the necessary clarifications.”

I cannot openly support this new direction nor can I remain silent. I now offer my full support and prayers His Excellency Bishop Williamson, Frs. Pfieffer and Hewko, et al, I am trying to help the SSPX to get back on the right track. I attend Fr. Hewko’s masses when he visits NC (once a month). I do go back to St. Anthony’s on all Holy Days of Obligation and on the Sundays I can make it (I live an hour anyway and am currently unemployed so i don’t have much money to travel every weekend). But other than that, I refuse to donate my money and my time to parish projects (which are now very few in number). 

I currently administer a Facebook group, which has two goals 1) to keep people informed of what is going on in the crisis and 2) to collect donations for the Resistance priests who have left or were abandoned by Bishop Fellay. I am also in the process of writing my own Open Letter to Bishop Fellay. It is currently being proof-read by a Resistance priest so I don’t sound unprofessional or childish. In it, I touch on few of the more recent scandals mentioned in the above list (with appropriate citations). 

And before anybody claims that my acts are unjust, unwarranted, or un-Catholic, let me remind them of this:

Now sometimes the things commanded by a superior are against God, therefore superiors are not to be obeyed in all things. - St Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church, Summa Theologica, II-II, Q.104

I will still defend the position of the SSPX since it was founded canonically and unjustly suppressed. Indeed, it is extremely difficult nowadays, but the facts of history remain and Canon Law is still on our side. Archbishop Lefebvre is in Heaven because of his profound faith and heroism and it is clear that Bishop Williamson is his loyal son. Of course, he has his faults like any man, but he is doing the right thing. The SSPX is still a work of God and somehow, by His grace, it will carry on in someway.

I pray that Christ the King, the Immaculate Heart of Mary, St. Joseph, St. Pius X and the soul of the Archbishop watch over us and keep us in the Faith during these terrible crises. I pray to always refuse Conciliar Rome, even unto death.

If I can make it to Virginia safely I will be Confirmed by His Excellency Bishop Richard Williamson next Thursday evening!

Pray for me!

Banquet reservation sent and hotel room reserved: this TradCat blogger is going to Bishop Richard Williamson’s 25th Anniversary of the Episcopal Consecrations Conference!

Tradidi quod et accepti.

Happy Feast of St. Anthony of Padua!

Pius XII and Ecclesiocentrism

Hello again I was doing some reading the other day and found something that I thought you might find very enlightening. You have made it very clear that you believe strictly in Ecclesiocentrism, which means that you have to be a member of the church to recieve salvation. Only here’s the thing in 1949 Pope Pius XII flat out rejected that idea. Thought you would want to work that in to your thought process, as its part of the teachings of Mother Church.

First off, I have never used the term “Ecclesiocentrism.”

Secondly, what is your source? What book, encyclical or article were you reading to determine this? I could not find the term in the Catholic Encyclopedia. Nor could I find an encyclical of Pius XII dating from 1949 on the Papal Encyclicals site.

What I have found is this:

248. The members of the Church are those who have validly received the Sacrament of Baptism and who are not separated from the unity of the confession of the Faith, and from the unity of the lawful communion of the Church. (Sent. certa.)

249. Membership of the Church is necessary for all men for salvation. (De fide.) - Dogmas of the Faith

And this very sad quote from a heretic:

The most unpardonable sin, therefore, is ‘ecclesiocentrism,’ the Church concerned above all about herself, her growth, her unity, instead of being concerned about serving the growth and unity of men. - Cardinal Yves Congar (Yikes…sounds like Pope Francis!)

I am wondering if you are accusing me of being a Feenyite. They only believe in the Baptism of Water, whereas faithful Catholics believe in the Three Baptisms: of Water, of Desire and of Blood. Or that you are accusing me of denying the possibility of Invincible Ignorance. I could be wrong about what you are saying, tho.

But yes, to be saved, one must be, in some way, a member of the Catholic Church (Baptized and in the State of Grace at the moment of death). This excludes the new teaching of Full/Partial Communion. I do deny that Modernist teaching. You are either fully in the Ark, in some way, or you are not. Simple as that. Pope Pius XII would not have condemned this dogma. Perhaps he condemned a more extreme position than this.

And just in case anybody wonders what is wrong with Card. Congar’s quote above, I will explain. Ask yourself this: Can the Church say to humanity, “I will dissolve myself in order to promote the unity of man.” or, “I will cease to grow to liberate man.” No. She cannot say that. All other cults can but the Catholic Church cannot. God will not even allow it. Congar suggests that the Church’s growth and unity is totally independent of the growth and unity of men. This is heresy! It is Humanism! The growth and unity of the Church IS the true growth and true unity of men. The freedom of the Church IS the true freedom of man. They are all inseparable. Men grow and are unified by the profession of One Lord, One Faith and One Baptism. And this poor soul was influential at Vatican II. His modernism can be seen in all the major documents.     

Church History: Corruption

Hey again I had a non-theological question for you about your views on the church. I know how much you love the papacy and while we differ on how the papacy should apppear to the church we both love it. One thng I’ve always struggled with is the massive and open corruption that the church went through during the renaissance and the middle ages. How do you deal with that? - Nexttoicarus

I am sorry that I have been slow in my reply.

This is a no brainer. We are human. We are inclined to corruption. Prelates can sin and err in teaching. The Church has had plenty of scandals before Vatican II and today. It is simply history and we must learn from it. And the more we know the more we can defend the Church from those who will use the bad parts of our history as “proofs” that it is not the true Church of Christ (this mostly comes from the Protestants). Regardless of all those poor events, the Deposit of the Faith was handed down faithfully through the ages and epochs.

We cannot, of course, apologize and do penance for it, as John Paul II tried to do. Anybody who follows his example is silly. I won’t apologize to the Muslims today for the sins of the Crusaders.

What I can’t stand is the fact that the Conciliar Church (not the Catholic Church) uses our history as a springboard for false ecumenism. It is mind boggling! None of our episodes of corruption or decadence is responsible for any past schism (as JPII said), which is often a result of some heresy. Those who are in schism (many of the Orthodox and all Protestants) are ultimately responsible for cutting themselves off from the Mystical Body of Christ. Nor would it be the fault of the Roman Catholic Church that Liberals, Modernists and Conciliarists cut themselves off from the Mystical Body. Actually, this is the position of the SSPX and its allies! The Holy Father today may be a material heretic, he acts very very badly and privately teaches so many terrible things but we do not cut ourselves off! We resist but we are not in schism, despite the unprecedented crisis. Obviously, there is so much more to it than this but I will leave it here.