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To: JCBreckenridge

Where and when has Bishop Fellay defied the Pope? The bishop has balked, so far, at signing off on some funky double-secret profession of faith in a purely pastoral council that goes against tradition. But that same profession of faith has not been required of the converting Anglicans.

Bishop Fellay has called for three Rosary Crusades, either for the Pope in particular or the Catholic Church in general. What has your bishop done?


36 posted on 02/01/2013 5:35:56 PM PST by ebb tide
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To: ebb tide

He was not permitted to ordain priests without the permission of the Pope. Same with Lefebvre. Obedience is a virtue, and if Fellay + Lefebvre are unwilling to obey they need to go.

Arrogating unwarranted authority is a huge issue. Fellay and Lefebvre seem to assume that the Church can’t do without them. Their value increases in their fidelity to the Church and to Benedict XVI and diminishes in their infidelity to the oaths they once swore many years ago.

I don’t have much sympathy for Fellay et al. If they really want to be reconciled, the door is open. Fish or cut bait.


37 posted on 02/01/2013 6:17:23 PM PST by JCBreckenridge (Texas is a state of mind - Steinbeck)
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