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To: NYer

What’s with “FSSPX”? For years, I’ve always seen exclusively SSPX. Given that FSSP is a non-schismatic, wholly authorized, truly Catholic group of Latin-Mass-devoted priests, which seems bound to explode in popularity given Benedict’s MP, it seems suspicious that maybe SSPX is purposely trying to sow confusion be adopting the name making its name more similart to FSSP. Are they trying to make people think, “No, wait, I think FSSPX is the legitimate one!”

It reminds me of jokingly trying to confuse people by refering to the computer company “Hewlett Packard Bell Labs” (back in the day of Hewlett Packard, Packard Bell and Bell Labs).


20 posted on 10/06/2007 5:28:23 AM PDT by dangus
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To: dangus
What’s with “FSSPX”? For years, I’ve always seen exclusively SSPX. Given that FSSP is a non-schismatic, wholly authorized, truly Catholic group of Latin-Mass-devoted priests, which seems bound to explode in popularity given Benedict’s MP, it seems suspicious that maybe SSPX is purposely trying to sow confusion be adopting the name making its name more similart to FSSP. Are they trying to make people think, “No, wait, I think FSSPX is the legitimate one!”

Oh brother. Your picture should be right next to the definition of "rash judgement" in a catechism. FSSPX, or La Fraternité Sacerdotale Saint Pie X is the name of the society. It has been the name of the society long before the FSSP existed despite you never having seen it. The English translation is abbreviated SSPX.

21 posted on 10/06/2007 6:59:29 AM PDT by murphE (These are days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed but his own. --G.K. Chesterton)
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