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This thread was derailed by one clown in particular (Praeter) who claims that he holds the One Ring and that the nature of this crisis is perfectly clear.  Hogwash.  As Matthew rightly stated, if it were perfectly clear, then you would not have sincere Catholics of good will who profess the faith and still clearly have the faith who do not rally around this magical explanation.

I'm sorry, but if you claim that the nature of this crisis is perfectly clear, then you're little more than an arrogant buffoon.  Bishop Guerard de Laurier was a top Church theologian before Vatican II, who drafted the Ottaviani intervention, was personal confessor to Pope Pius XII, and helped draft the dogmatic declaration on the Assumption.  To claim in your uninformed undeducated arrogance that this man brazenly adopted and promoted heresy (which just somehow he didn't notice) is the height of arrogance.  It's much more likely that you are an idiot who runs his mouth but has no earthly idea what he's talking about.  Bishop Guerard had decades of formal education in Catholic theology.  What are your credentials, loudmouth?

Both sides would benefit from a bit of humility.

Is the fact that the Pope who is supposed to be guided by the Holy Spirit did more damage to the Church than any heresiarch a problem?  +Lefebvre, the hero of all R&R, admitted that it was.

Is the fact that a vacancy would go on for 60 years a problem?  Of course it's a problem.

If both sides admitted that no solution is perfect, then a lot more progress can be made in the spread of Tradition.

"The Ring" is simply truth, Divine Truth found only within and taught by the Catholic Church.

Of course, objectively, the Divine Truth is the Ring.  Question is not whether the ring exists, but who's in possession of it.  You have many Catholics on the Novus Ordo side who claims that the teaching of Vatican II is not inconsistent with said Divine Truth.  In your philosophy, you, Stubborn, have the authority to sift through what is taught by the Magisterium and decide what is and what is not in conformity with said truth (your ridiculous redefinition of Magsiterium notwithstanding).