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To: murphE

Those dissenters who reject in practice the lawful authority of the supreme pastor of the Church, in defiance of Sacred Tradition as taught by the magisterium at Vatican I and going back to the apostles, have been awfully quiet since the passing of the late pontiff, whom they never ceased to unfairly malign as unorthodox in the most scandalous ways possible. I had thought they might see sense now that the Holy Spirit has actually elected a Pope who has written extensively on some of the problems of the liturgical reform, and who issued Dominus Iesus condemning relativism in religion and overall upheld the faith. But no, it would appear that at least Messrs. Matt and Ferrara have gone back to their old tricks of lecturing the Pope and telling the magisterium that it must measure up to their subjective interpretation of Tradition or else. I had hoped there might have been an opening with the advent of our Holy Father Benedict XVI, and perhaps there still could be one, but it would require an immense change of heart from the proud schismatics who do not acknowledge the role of the magisterium in the interpretation of doctrine, and who need to realize that not every single practice in existence in the Church in 1962 was part of the unchanging deposit of faith handed down from the apostles. They would be better off acknowledging in practice the legitimate authority of the Holy Father, submitting to his authority (as was said must be in my eponymous papal bull), and working positively within the Church to help restore reverence in the liturgy, condemn false compromising ecumenism (as opposed to true ecumenism that seeks good relations with others where we can agree), and promote a correct understanding of Vatican II as part of Tradition and not in opposition to it, rather than trying to pull down the Church and promote schismatic parallel structures.


43 posted on 05/02/2005 4:56:42 PM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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To: Unam Sanctam

What are they "dissenting" from actually?


60 posted on 05/02/2005 8:19:07 PM PDT by murphE (The crown of victory is promised only to those who engage in the struggle. St. Augustine)
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