Again, cautiously, I agree with the premise of what you are outlining - except I get the impression that you do not hold with the decisions of Archbishop Lefebvre? Am I wrong? Not an attack. Simple question. Also, what are your thoughts on conditional ordinations? Again, genuine question, in keeping with the topic of the thread.
Why do you think I don't agree with him? Archbishop Lefebvre was a giant, an incredible voice for the Latin mass, for tradition, for Our Lord. I appreciate what he did for Catholics then and now. He made mistakes, we all do. I think conditional ordinations may be necessary for some guys coming from non-Catholic backgrounds. Broad spectrum re ordinations? Stop and think about that. Who would trust the sacraments ever again? If every few years usurpers convinced people that their sacraments are invalid because there are no real priests and sacraments are not valid. What if is demonic. People already lost trust and are disillusioned about what is and what isn't. Many Catholics don't even go to mass because they think there is no visible Church anymore. It should be obvious that the sacraments do not depend on good men, just ordained men. The Church is extremely generous with the sacraments which means all those bishops of VII, mostly not good guys, were true bishops, because they were consecrated by true bishops. Even if they were apostates. Why? Because that's how it works. Even Orthodox priests confect a true mass. The difference is that those who refuse submission to the pope will have a tough time getting to heaven because subjection to the pope is a deal breaker since unity is a mark of the Church. Some public heretic priests or bishops may indeed lose their office, but if they manage to hold on to it, the only thing to do is recognize and resist in a Catholic manner, with humility, even leave that area. Why people get shook up about this is so silly, as if the Church depended on saints. God doesn't need good men to run the Church. It helps the laity, but even they don't good men, they need God. God loves his people enough to make the sacraments available to everyone even to the degree that we suffer crappy bishops and priests at times, even apostate ones. Fake priests are another story, like non-Catholic, or pseudo priests, never ordained
. Obviously, that's a no go. People need to trust the Church and understand how the sacraments are made available for one reason: to feed the sheep. It stands to reason that one should find the best clergy you can, but go to the sacraments and trust Our Lord if you can't find one right away because Christ is the point, not the priest. I certainly despise what some bishops and priests are up to, yet many of them remain legal authorities in the Catholic Church and can save souls that take advantage of their true sacraments in spite of them. Thinking its mandatory to get a priest or bishop that thinks exactly like you do, or leave because he isn't as conservative as you, or avoid the sacraments because he isn't re ordained, is a lack of faith.
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