Yup. It's OK to come on here and declare Pius IX a Freemason, Leo XIII-Pius XII Antipopes, declare yourself a pope, deny the dogma of infallibility--but say a harsh word against SSPX and you're immediately banned. Heck, you don't ban people for declaring illegitimate the Pope after whom SSPX is named.
Say one unkind word about SSPX, however, and you're gone. But go on insulting sedevacantists with puerile ad hominem insults and you can go to town.
Does that say something about you Matthew? That you elevate SSPX above the Church itself? Some people have this bizarre cult-like attachment to SSPX.
You and your board are an absolute disgrace and give Traditional Catholics everywhere a bad name. You need to think about your personal responsibility before God, Matthew, in running a board such as this.
Honestly, there are way too many sedevacanists out there who act as if only they and maybe a few other sedes are going to Heaven. Take the Diamond Brothers, for instance. They think the SSPX, FSSP, and pretty much everything else is heretical. While they know their stuff about Catholicism and I have respect for them, they go a bit over the edge.
And I think you went over the edge, Ladislaus. Implying that all SSPX members here give Traditional Catholics a bad name.
August 10, 2010
Matthew,
I was wondering if you could lift this ban you put on Ladislaus, even though he may never ever come back here. Maybe he was onto something back there, not for criticizing you, perhaps, but maybe he saw something coming even back then. He was a seminarian at the SSPX seminary, as well and now has a family. Would you reconsider this ban?