[sitetest]

Dear ultima ratio,

"That's the big difference between traditionalists and conservatives. You ignore Vatican I as well as Trent; you exalt Vatican II and the popes who support it."

No, I ignore nothing. I especially do not ignore that it is given to Peter to guard the revelation transmitted through the apostles and the deposit of Faith, and that we are guaranteed that in the exercise of the Magisterium of the Holy Catholic Church, Peter will not lead the faithful astray.

I believe that it is you who ignore that you do not have the teaching office, and neither does any archbishop outside his communion with Peter.

sitetest

[ultima ratio]

It is given to Peter to guard the revelation transmitted. But we are NOT guaranteed Peter won't screw up. He can decide to go hawking or wenching instead--or go off on a phenomenologist's tangent. That's the whole point of the Vatican I quote I gave. St. Peter did, as a matter of fact, make a big mistake--and St. Paul had to set him straight.