[Mershon]

"As it is, the SSPX is far more effective in its present irregular condition--protected as it is by the Holy Spirit from the surrounding corruption."

BCM: Ah yes. No personal opinion here. "Outside of SSPX, there is no salvation." Protected by the Holy Spirit. You have an interesting view of ecclesiology. Did you take training from the Eastern Orthodox? They believe the same thing, don't they?

[ultima ratio]

Your error is that you think rank is all. It isn't. Neither are the palaces in Rome. What matters is the Catholic faith itself. Much in Rome and elsewhere these days--at the highest levels--is not Catholic--without the Pope's caring very much one way or the other.