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To: ultima ratio
QUOTE:
Msgr. Fellay: "It is difficult to have foreseen the human actions. It is clear that the Church cannot continue much longer in the current state - one day she will have to return to the Tradition, if she does not want to completely lose credibility. Msgr. Lefebvre thought that it would arrive earlier. Unfortunately, many years have passed and we are still considered outside of the communion."

and more amusing:
And if the Pope calls you? Msgr. Fellay: "IF he calls me, I go. Right away. Or rather, I run. This is certain. Because of obedience. By filial obedience with regard to the head of the Church."

Look like he would do more than the prideful Bp. Lefebvre...
532 posted on 08/03/2004 9:57:48 AM PDT by Dominick ("Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." - JP II)
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To: Dominick

First, here is what you said: "Bishop Fellay in witing has stated a Schism exists. You say it doesn't, making you more of an extremist than the head of the SSPX. All this boils down to that. You are wrong even on the word of the head of the SSPX."

The statement you quote does not admit this. Bishop Fellay only states that "we are still considered" outside communion. You have a problem thinking clearly. This is far from an admission of schism.

Second, the statement about obedience is simply a fact. You, like others, believe falsely that Archbishop Lefebvre was disobedient. But, in fact, he never disobeyed. This is because when the faith is threatened--even by a command of the Pope--there is an imperative to protect the faith before all else.


534 posted on 08/03/2004 10:15:36 AM PDT by ultima ratio
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To: Dominick; ultima ratio
You call that support for what you said?

It's simply a failure on your part to even comprehend what was said in the very quote you provided. You're not even making sense.
536 posted on 08/03/2004 10:26:12 AM PDT by pascendi (Quicumque vult salvus esse, ante omnia opus est, ut teneat catholicam fidem)
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