*Traditionalist clerics function as if they have spiritual authority in the Church. For that reason they reject the truth that: “All spiritual authority comes from Peter.”
*Traditionalists reject the truth that, “The Apostolic See is the sole source of legitimate power,” and that unless a bishop received a papal mandate and jurisdiction through a Vicar of Jesus Christ, he does not have legitimate power.
*No Traditionalist accepts the truth explained by Dom Guéranger: “We, then, both priests and people, have a right to know whence our pastors have received their power. If they claim our obedience without having been sent by the bishop of Rome, we must refuse to receive them for they are not acknowledged by Christ as His ministers. They must be as aliens to us, for they have not been sent, they are not pastors.”
*Traditionalists are a conglomerate, rolled together concoction of chaotic, disorganized, incompetent, uncontrollable, unmanageable, unruly, and disobedient groups of separated non-Catholic sects, divisions, and factions who continue to manifest their quarrelsome, argumentative, competitive, jealous, and challenging attitudes toward each other.
The power of jurisdiction does not pass on from bishop to bishop. This power of jurisdiction flows to the bishops only through the Successor of Saint Peter, and without it Apostolic Succession does not pass from one Catholic bishop to all the bishops he consecrates.
Listen to Pope Leo XIII as we again read from Satis Cognitum:
“14. It is necessary, therefore, to bear this in mind, viz., that nothing was conferred on the Apostles apart from Peter, but that several things were conferred upon Peter apart from the Apostles… whatever He did not deny to the others he gave only through him. So that whereas Peter alone received many things, He conferred nothing on any of the rest without Peter participating in it.”
The Unity of the Church would be destroyed if all of the intruder, schismatic, and heretical bishops who received their consecration without Peter participating in it actually passed on Apostolic Succession? Would there be as many non-Catholic branches still claiming to be Catholics as there have been bishops who were separated from the Catholic Church these past 2,000 years?
All such consecrations are illicit and received outside of the Catholic Church unless Peter participates in them? It is only if Peter participates in their consecration that bishops will receive jurisdiction and have what is necessary to pass on Apostolic Succession? None of the Traditionalists bishops coming from the Old Catholic-line, the Thuc-line, or the Lefebvre-line had Peter participate in their consecration?
Always remember an important truth Pope Pius XII wrote in this encyclical:
“The power of jurisdiction… flows to the bishops… only through the Successor of Saint Peter.”
Although many of those who started the schisms and heresies condemned by the Catholic Church were first Catholic bishops, their newly formed schismatic sects were without jurisdiction, and therefore they did not have the ability to pass on Apostolic Succession.
Always remember these important facts:
1st fact: Bishops who do not hold spiritual powers from the pope are intruded or schismatic bishops.
2nd fact: Not one of the Traditionalist clerics holds his spiritual powers from the pope, and therefore they are in schism according to the unchangeable teaching of the Catholic Church.
3rd fact: Pope Pius XII wrote in MysticiCorporis Christi: “For not every sin, however grave it may be, is such as of its own nature to sever a man from the Body of the Church, as does schism or heresy or apostasy.”
4th fact: Bishops in schism, heresy, or apostasy cannot pass on Apostolic Succession, although it is possible for some of them to pass on valid orders.
5th fact: Not one cleric in the Traditional Movement has ordinary jurisdiction because: “This power of jurisdiction flows to the bishops only through the Successor of Saint Peter.” Epikeia is not an act of jurisdiction, and epikeia cannot be used to obtain jurisdiction. “Even if valid orders exist, where jurisdiction is lacking there is no real Apostolic Succession.” Therefore, the Traditional Movement is a non-Catholic sect!
All Authority Comes from Peter, Who is like unto God Blog Spot, Thursday, April 4, 2013. [/b]
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