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To: murphE
Traditionalists present examples of how current popularly promoted opinions within the Church depart from Traditional Catholic teaching, with evidence.

Would that that were all that traditionalists do. Typically, they ramp up the conversation to include ridicule of the Pope, rejection of the validity of the Novus Ordo, and condemnation of the vast majority of Catholics who attend the Novus Ordo.

18 posted on 03/09/2005 6:25:19 AM PST by sinkspur ("Preach the gospel. If necessary, use words.")
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To: sinkspur
Typically, they ramp up the conversation to include ridicule of the Pope,

Typically they do nothing of the sort. They do criticize actions and statements of the pope that are apparently not consistent with Traditional Catholic teaching, and the more knowledgeable Catholics that do not agree actually try to engage the argument. Others just attack the Traditional Catholics claiming they have no right to criticize anything that the pope says or does. The only exception to this rule according to such persons is when the pope's personal opinions differ with that of US foreign policy, for example, then they can say "the pope is wrong."

... rejection of the validity of the Novus Ordo,

Typically not so, once again. They criticize the radical changes and radical departure from Tradition(and the ever more evolving changes)in the liturgy, the wisdom of such decisions, and the effects on the Church and on the beliefs of the faithful since the change.

and condemnation of the vast majority of Catholics who attend the Novus Ordo.

Um no. What you do see is rebuke of those who attempt to promote personal modernist agendas at odds with Traditional Catholic teaching, and those who present misinformation on what is Traditional Catholic teaching. These rebukes are "typically" done with rational argument, until the Traditional Catholic presenting the argument is "dismissed" with personal insult or slurs by those who disagree with what they say.

19 posted on 03/09/2005 7:19:49 AM PST by murphE (Each of the SSPX priests seems like a single facet on the gem that is the alter Christus. -Gerard. P)
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