Of course not everyone would agree with this statement of yours, I do, but I am curious why you hold this to be true. What reasons do you have for believing the SSPX is a "strong orthodox order", and what do you think that they do differently that causes them to be strong and orthodox as compared to other orders that you think are not "strong and orthodox"? Just curious.
you wrote: What reasons do you have for believing the SSPX is a "strong orthodox order", and what do you think that they do differently that causes them to be strong and orthodox as compared to other orders that you think are not "strong and orthodox"?
Their formation is very traditional from spiritual and philosophical perspective. That does not guarantee orthodoxy in the priest (as you know )of course but it goes a long way. In this time of such change and upheaval in the Church when there is so much clerical heresy and corruption in those schooled in the modern seminary, a traditional-trained priest is much more likely to speak in his homilies and act in his own life according to the Catechism. For a high percentage of NO priests, their sermons are "much ado about nothing" at best; it's pitiful: these priests actually believe they are saying anything worthwhile.
Certainly there are good NO priests just far too few of them. I heard one give a fantastic sermon on Matthew 20, the workers in the vineyard, one of my favorite parables
I do think that when the occasional SSPX priest goes off on his generic "you shouldn't NO mass at all" tangent, that is damaging to them. That is overstated just like those who easily label all SSPX attendees and clerics "schismatics"---I regard both as overreaching. When I went to an independent chapel years ago, I was not mad at the pope or rejecting him. I was simply going to mass where I could hear a good homily and have my soul lifted up by the mass.
A good NO can certainly do that as well.