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As I recall the Orthodox accepted Balamand, our hierarchy only commented on it.They claim they are returning to the true heritage of the church of Cardinal Slipjy and other confessors and away from the dangers of "ecumenism" and dialogue with the Orthodox. I don't think there is anyone in Econe even remotely qualified to teach Eastern spirituality, liturgical theology, patristics, etc.but I am sure they will be well versed in pre-Vatican II Thomistic systematic theology.Īccording to their flyer (which I will copy for anyone if they are interested) they claim to be committed to returning the Ukrainian Catholic Church from the errors of Modernism manifested in the acceptance of the Balamand Document. The history of their founder and his squabbles with the Redemptorists is another story in and of itself.Their priests are trained in the SSPX seminary in Econe, originally founded by Archbishop Lefevbre. These "Redemptorists" are associated with the SSPX and are attempting to "return" the Ukrainian Catholics to "tradition". The Transalpine Redemptorists are a point in case.
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When I offered Orientale Dignitas of Leo XIII as a defense, I received dumfounded silence but never any acquiescence from praestantia ritus latinae. When SSPX priests and laymen I spoke with began to tell me things like there were different levels of heaven for those that attended the SSPX Mass, that SSPX masses were the only masses we could be sure of the validity of, the Eastern Rites were only temporary liturgical situations until all would accept the Tridentine Mass, etc., all of which I heard first hand.
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Most of the priests and faithful of the SSPX are also firm believers in praestantia ritus latinae, or that the traditional Roman Rite has place of honor over any and all liturgical traditions. They also now are deciding their own marriage cases in the U.S. The previous promise seems to have been long forgotten. Lefebvre is dead, and Bishop Fellay was elected Superior General. Lefebvre was alive) while he was alive so as to not give the impression that they were creating a separate canonical hierarchy. Also many people don't remember that Archbishop Lefevbre promised repeatedly that a bishop would never be Superior General of the SSPX (Father Franz Schmidberger was Superior General when Msgr. Apparently the current Holy Father doesn't fit their definition of True Rome.Īnd with reference to the splinter of the SSPV from the SSPX (whom they dismissed as too liberal).as Hillaire Belloc once remarked, "schism breeds schism". And all on an ambiguous pretext of "being loyal to the true Rome, not the modernist one". They have been offered the opportunity by Rome to keep the Tridentine Mass and even have an independent prelature, similar to the Jesuits, which they have refused. I have continued to support the FSSP over the years and keep in contact with several of their priests and faithful, who on occasion will attend our Ukrainian Catholic parishes.įrom my experience I can say that as a group of "Catholics" the SSPX represents one of the most spiritually prideful, scrupulous, and clericalist bunches that you will ever run across. Peter, and who was prophetic in his prediction that the SSPX would remain stubborn in its schismatic tendancies. One of my closest confreres and confidants in the faculty was one Father Arnaud Devillers who left the SSPX and is now the Superior General for the Priestly Fraternity of St. I belonged to their parish for six years back in the eighties. Glory to Jesus Christ! (it's past Vespers for Ascension here, now)ĭear Friends, I taught at the SSPX school here in Kansas some years ago, met my wife (who managed the SSPX bookstore) and was married there.