<> I just cited "Satis Cognitum," in a response to Tantumergo. There is something in there just for you and your ilk.<>
"There is nothing more grevious than the sacriledge of schism...there can be no necessity for destroying the unity of the Church" (St Augustine, Contra Epistolam Parmeniani", lib,ii,capii, n.25.
<> But, I guess, for you, Lefebvre was above even Augustine. BTW, was St Augustine a modernist?<>
No, Augustine was not a modernist--but you surely are. I agree schism is bad--but since the SSPX is NOT schismatic, and since Archbishop Lefebvre and the bishops he consecrated were NOT excommunicated, and since those who attend SSPX Masses are NOT in schism nor excommunicated, you are blowing a lot of hot air once again. Next you will haul out the Pope's Ecclesia Dei Afflicta. I will counter with Canon Law and the State of Necessity--which is the Pope's as well. You will claim it does not apply. I will claim it most certainly does and that even the doctors of the Church affirm that one has the duty to disobey a command which would harm the Church, even if given by a pope. And so it will go. But beyond all this there is the evidence of the mess produced by the conciliar Church which has departed radically from tradition. Lefebvre saw all this and correctly estimated how he must in good conscience respond. He was innocent--and so is the SSPX.