+ JMJ So ... this article caught my eye in all the noise about the SSPX. COMMENTARY: While the Catholic Church faces serious difficulties, the situation is not as dire as the SSPX claims. The best counterargument the Church can offer is a renewed focus on the many things that are right with the Church. National Catholic Register: Is the Church as Troubled as the SSPX Claims? This article misses the point entirely. The question is whether or not there actually is evidence of what the SSPX claims. Soooo for example, are heretical views allowed and proponents encouraged? Off the top of my head: Continued debate on priestesses and female deacons in the Catholic Church Doctrinal obfuscation - i.e. excluding the Filioque German Bishops Treatment of Chinese Bishops vs SSPX Fiducia Supplicans Amoris Laetitia On going persecution of Traditional Catholicism and orders (FFI, Knights of Malta as example) that has been ongoing since Vatican II. This is just the broad st...
+ JMJ In the SSPX Profession of Catholic Faith (link) ( pdf here ), I reproduced the complete document. Given the excommunication and requirement of accepting Vatican 2, I'm wondering what parts of Vatican 2 are at issue between Rome and the SSPX. Historically, the SSPX has stated that the following elements are at odds with pre-conciliar magisterium on three key points ( link1 ) (link2): Religious Liberty, Ecumenism, and Collegiality. There remain other smaller elements such as the use of the word "subsists" to describe the relation of the Catholic Church with the Church of Christ in contradiction to Pope Pius the XII who clearly stated that the Catholic Church is the Church of Christ. Originally, I wanted to pull out those elements particularly related to the Second Vatican Council or its 'spirit'. Then I realised that by taking the elements out of the context of what is professed made it hard to follow. So I have simply indented and highlighted the...