The question is one of visibility.
Well, the Novus Ordo
IS visible. I will grant you that.
Making reference to a three year interregnum doesn't affect the visibility of the Church. But a 45 year deprivation of the entire hierarchy deprived of ordinary jurisdiction and the means to internally remedy the situation does in point of fact affect the visibility of the Church.
And the Novus Ordo, visible as it is, solves this
HOW? The Greek so-called Orthodox Church, the Lutheran Synod, The WCC, etc., are highly visible - and all do as much good for salvation as BXVI and his
counterfeit "Catholic" Church.
IMO, the body and the soul of the Church, however the resident "theologians" want to define them, have been
separated - just like Christ's body and soul were separated at death. At the very least, such has been permitted to APPEAR as if it has happened. Can I PROVE this, or wax theological in a way that is erudite, clear, concise, unquestionably orthodox in every detail, etc.? Not really.