“They are not, however, in ecclesiastical communion. In secular vocabulary, they are not “Catholics in good standing” and cannot licitly call themselves a Catholic Church”
Apparently they can and do refer to themselves as catholic. It’s just a new catholic denomination.
CatholicLite ?
They can call themselves peach cobbler if they want, but that doesn’t make it so.
“Apparently they can and do refer to themselves as catholic.”
Did you miss the word “licitly,” or decide to ignore it? They can call themselves space aliens, but that doesn’t make it so.
“It’s just a new catholic denomination.”
In the same way that Satanism is a new protestant denomination.