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On a previous thread you said this:

Here is an outstanding explanation of the superior value of the traditional Latin Mass. Clear and comprehensive, it shows why we should be promoting and attending the Latin Mass, and answers every objection, including the one most often seen on FreeRepublic -- "schismatic."

I responded to it, with a question, but you seem to have posted and run. I take it your not going to stop back in there, so I thought I would ask you the same here:

To: Maximilian

including the one most often seen on FreeRepublic -- "schismatic."
You leave me curious. Would you suggest that the SSPX, for example, is not schismatic?
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8 posted on 11/07/2002 3:12 PM CST by patent
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To: Maximilian

Another comment for you,
it shows why we should be promoting and attending the Latin Mass, and answers every objection, including the one most often seen on FreeRepublic -- "schismatic."
In my view the article also does an excellent job of refuting many of the arguments made by the schismatic traditionalists, such as that the Pope could never change the Mass, Quo Primum, etc., and all their arguments about how superior the old Mass is, etc:
We cannot claim to be Catholic and in the same breath deny the teaching of the Church; we cannot put subjective likes and dislikes above revealed truth and the living tradition of the Church.
Critics may say there should be only one rite of Mass in the west. Yet for generations there were many rites of Mass.

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9 posted on 11/07/2002 3:20 PM CST by patent
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You leave me curious. Would you suggest that the SSPX, for example, is not schismatic?

If I wanted to suggest such a thing, then I would suggest it. I referred to the Latin Mass.

Deciding whether the SSPX is schismatic is not within my competence, nor do I feel an obligation to involve myself in every controversy. If you would like to see an excellent discussion of the issue, I suggest you look up the latest issue of The Latin Mass magazine where the topic is debated back and forth with strong arguments on each side.