[Mershon]

Ping post No. 176.

Pretty straightforward and outlined. Perhaps it is the fact that the confessions heard by SSPX priests are invalid keeps the lay people in their confessed sins.

This seems to me to be the most dangerous of slippery slopes to rely upon. Of course, they will claim "universal jurisdiction in a time of crisis," but I am quite certain that there are posted confession times in the Diocese of Charlotte by Catholic priests.

So only if they are in ignorance (not vincible ignorance) that these confessions are invalid, would they actually be valid.

Hmm... Perhaps lots of invalid confessions piled on top of each other over the years could explain some things...

[Mark in the Old South]

I didn't think Novus Ordo folks believed in confession anymore? When was the last time you saw a line at the confessional booth...er..the box? Oh yes they did away with those...it's reconciliation rooms now-a-days. Oh yes those ain't used no more neither, well unless the altar boys need some "counseling"
:-D

I really shouldn't laugh, I really shouldn't

[Fifthmark]

Perhaps it is the fact that the confessions heard by SSPX priests are invalid...

Would you also agree, then, that all the confessions heard by the Schismatic Orthodox Churches are invalid, as the priests lack proper jurisdiction?