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To: ultima ratio; ninenot
My, my, you sure are dismissive of much of what Monsignor Perl had to say. You like the part about the validity of the schismatic Masses and that MODEST contributions to SSPX to defray the expenses of the Mass MAY be justified. (Gee, why can't major contributions be justified? That seems clearly implied.)

It is not as though Monsignor has any actual authority to correct the pope any more than rebellious Marcel or the rebellious Luther did.

BTW, that was a papal JUDGMENT that SSPX is a schism and its ringleaders excommunicated and not a mere charge.

288 posted on 07/13/2004 12:33:04 PM PDT by BlackElk (Dean of Discipline of the Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Club)
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To: BlackElk

"You like the part about the validity of the schismatic Masses..."

The "Tridentine" Mass is not schismatic. You are confusing an individual with a sacrament. Don't confuse a valid sacrament and the clergy that offer it. Example: Does an unrepentant faggot NO priest who performs a sacraligious NO "Mass" invalidate all NO "Masses"?


299 posted on 07/13/2004 1:27:38 PM PDT by corpus
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To: BlackElk

I don't particularly care what Msgr. Perl has to say. I use his words to deal with the ignorant--people like yourself who confuse the Vatican with the Godhead. You said a moment ago you could not waste time reading a lengthy post. Too bad--since the truth doesn't always come in sound bites--nor from glib comments in a papal motu proprio written out of pique. There's a history of modernist persecution of traditional Catholicism you need to know about before you charge off in all directions. In fact, the opposite of what you suppose is true: the very people you condemn are the only ones holding onto what the apostles have transmitted. Which is sad, since this used to be the primary job of popes. But JPII is too busy writing poetry--when he isn't apologizing for something or schmoozing with Buddhists.


360 posted on 07/13/2004 7:02:29 PM PDT by ultima ratio
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