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To: wideawake

Tell me, how is it I am a schismatic? What is your evidence that I am such?

I may be sympathetic to the SSPX's grievances, but I do not attend their chapels, nor would I unless in a case of grave necessity.

As a matter of course, I worship according to the apostolic Byzantine rite and am subject and obedient to my Eastern Catholic pastor and bishop.

Byzantines don't share your exalted view of the papacy. The pope is the moderator of ecclesiastical communion. He is to be venerated when he is obedient to Tradition, but to be resisted when his actions are detrimental to the faith.

At least Gregory II had the courage to stand up to Pius IX after Vatican I and defend the rights of the Eastern Churches.

Being critical of the pope's actions is no sin, nor is it an act of schism.

Blind obedience, however, can be a sin.


43 posted on 05/04/2006 8:58:39 AM PDT by pravknight (Christos Regnat, Christos Imperat, Christos Vincit)
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To: pravknight
Tell me, how is it I am a schismatic? What is your evidence that I am such?

The approving posting of an article by Tuttle, a schismatic.

Byzantines don't share your exalted view of the papacy. The pope is the moderator of ecclesiastical communion.

The Pope is not a "moderator" (i.e. an arbiter between equals or an equal who happens to be selected to preside over an assembly) - he is the Vicar of Christ on earth and has plenary jurisidictional authority over the entire Universal Church.

At least Gregory II had the courage to stand up to Pius IX after Vatican I and defend the rights of the Eastern Churches.

He didn't exactly "stand up." He is mythologized just as Dollinger is mythologized.

Being critical of the pope's actions is no sin, nor is it an act of schism.

Detraction is a sin, and a grave one. And Tuttle, the Remnant, SSPX and friends haven't just spoken - they've openly broken obedience with the Holy See.

Blind obedience, however, can be a sin.

No Catholic obeys blindly, by definition. But thanks for the addition to the strawman collection.

48 posted on 05/04/2006 9:23:49 AM PDT by wideawake
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