“What we wanted,” he writes, “was clear and difficult: to keep the traditional Mass within the visible perimeter of the Church, to use an expression of Jean Madiran, that is to say in hierarchical communion.”Įverything then happened – at least in the mind of Father – as if, by themselves, the episcopal consecrations of Jhad undermined this communion and excluded Archbishop Lefebvre and his faithful from the visible perimeter of the Church. de Blignières does not dwell on demonstrating his presupposition. Anything else would just be a misunderstanding.ģ. The other aspects of the approach which led them to seek to obtain from Rome a regime of favor for Tradition, their personal intentions, their worries, and their pains, are obviously secondary and accidental in relation to this main presupposition.Īnd, of course also, it is not on these secondary aspects, but rather on this main presupposition that the critical evaluation of the Society of Saint Pius X bears, and the precise reason for its profound divergence from the “Ecclesia Dei” movement. If the episcopal consecrations of the summer of 1988 represent an act of a schismatic nature, it is clear that the priests and the faithful of the so-called “Ecclesia Dei” movement are right.
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The whole explanation of Father rests on a single presupposition: to follow the consecrations, that is to say to approve the act accomplished by Archbishop Lefebvre on June 30, 1988, would be equivalent to not keeping hierarchical communion with the Holy See of Rome.
#Sspx in schism series#
Vincent Ferrier Fraternity, has recently published a series of “Free interviews on the summer of 1988.” The third interview, published on the Appage, is entitled “Why We Did Not Follow the Consecrations.”Ģ. Peter, the equivalent of what La Porte Latine is for the District of France of the Society of Saint Pius X.
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The site is the official organ of the Society of St. Peter, via the type of indult granted in relation to Traditionis Custodes, give reason to those who wanted to “keep the traditional Mass within the visible perimeter of the Church”? And does the fact that the Society of Saint Pius X continues to celebrate this Mass outside this “visible perimeter” constitute a schism?ġ.
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Does the benevolence shown by the Holy Father to the Fraternity of St.