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Offline Ladislaus

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Re: R&R: Explain why the Old Catholics were wrong.
« Reply #75 on: December 31, 2023, 04:45:26 PM »
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  • This Sedevacantist "X" account writes that some Sedevacantists misunderstand what is meant by "infallibly safe":

    Msgr. Fenton eloquently explains the notion of infallible safety (I've cited it many times).  He was arguably the top theologian in the US in the years leading up to Vatican II, so I'll take his explanation over that of SedeBozo X (who's probably an R&R troll anyway).

    Offline Ladislaus

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    Re: R&R: Explain why the Old Catholics were wrong.
    « Reply #76 on: December 31, 2023, 04:48:17 PM »
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  • Ladislaus does have a point that if one day we would have a pope like Pius X. or Leo XIII., the same argument could use neomodernists, liberal bishops to reject that teaching about antiquarianism, or "Syllabus of Errors". Or when future holy pope (Angelic Pontiff maybe), condems Vatican II, New Mass, new Canon law, rites of sacraments, etc.

    Precisely.  "Well, St. Pius X did not engage infallibility when condemning Modernism.  Neither did Pius IX."  Based on the R&R position, what says that Vatican II wasn't right in effecting a course correction to "fix" these "errors" by Pius IX, St. Pius X, Gregory XVI, Pius XI, etc.


    Offline Quo vadis Domine

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    Re: R&R: Explain why the Old Catholics were wrong.
    « Reply #77 on: December 31, 2023, 04:53:19 PM »
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  • Precisely.  "Well, St. Pius X did not engage infallibility when condemning Modernism.  Neither did Pius IX."  Based on the R&R position, what says that Vatican II wasn't right in effecting a course correction to "fix" these "errors" by Pius IX, St. Pius X, Gregory XVI, Pius XI, etc.

    And this in essence is what it comes down to, doesn’t it? :facepalm:
    For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?

    Offline Quo vadis Domine

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    Re: R&R: Explain why the Old Catholics were wrong.
    « Reply #78 on: December 31, 2023, 05:12:23 PM »
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  • This Sedevacantist "X" account writes that some Sedevacantists misunderstand what is meant by "infallibly safe":



    Source


    If you read the text of Cardinal Franzelin, it doesn’t seem to say what this “X” fellow says it means. It seems to me that it supports our position. (See attachment)


    The following is from Canon George Smith in an article in the Clergy Review expressing what Catholic’s have to believe:


    “…that much of the authoritative teaching of the Church, whether in the form of Papal encyclicals, decisions, condemnations, replies from Roman Congregations -such as the Holy office - or from the Biblical Commission, is not an exercise of the infallible Magisterium.  And here once again our cautious believer raises his voice: 
    “Must I believe it?” 

    The answer is implicit in the principles already established.  We have seen that the source of the obligation to believe is not the infallibility of the Church but her divine commission to teach.  Therefore, whether her teaching is guaranteed by infallibility or not, the Church is always the divinely appointed teacher and guardian of revealed truth, and consequently the supreme authority of the Church, even when it does not intervene to make an infallible and definitive decision on matters of faith or morals, has the right, in virtue of the divine commission, to command the obedient assent of the faithful.  

    In the absence of infallibility the assent thus demanded cannot be that of faith, whether Catholic or ecclesiastical; it will be an assent of a lower order, proportioned to its ground or motive.  But whatever name be given to it - for the present we may call it belief - it is obligatory; obligatory not because the teaching is infallible - it is not - but because it is the teaching of the divinely appointed Church.  It is the duty of the Church, as Franzelin has pointed out, not only to teach revealed doctrine but also to protect it, and therefore the Holy See “may prescribe as to be followed or proscribe as to be avoided theological opinions or opinions connected with theology, not only with the intention of infallibly deciding the truth by a definitive pronouncement, but also - without any such intention - merely for the purpose of safeguarding the security of Catholic doctrine.”  If it is the duty of the Church, even though non-infallibly, to “prescribe or proscribe” doctrines to this end, then it is evidently also the duty of the faithful to accept them or reject them accordingly.”


    For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?

    Offline Ladislaus

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    Re: R&R: Explain why the Old Catholics were wrong.
    « Reply #79 on: December 31, 2023, 05:24:41 PM »
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  • And this in essence is what it comes down to, doesn’t it? :facepalm:

    There's this schizophrenic (split personality) mentality among many R&R where they do hold the pre-V2 Papal Magisterium in great esteem, but then believe it's OK to disregard and reject any of the post-V2 Magisterium.  But they don't stop to think or to consider that the logical extension of their PRINCIPLE that non-infallible papal Magisterium is susceptible to even grave error undermines the authority of all non-infallible Magisterium.  Those like Stubborn claim that, well, the ones before Vatican II were Traditional and therefore had authority but the ones after were not Traditional and therefore lacked authority.  Says who?  Says Stubborn?  This makes Stubborn his own ultimate Magisterium, and his own private judgment becomes his proximate rule of faith.

    So, at the same time, they view the pre-V2 Magisterium with a proper Catholic attitude and mindset, but the post-V2 "Magisterium" with an entirely different mindset ... thus leading to the split personality disorder.

    They instinctively recognize that the post-V2 Conciliar Church is a completely "different animal" for the pre-V2 Catholic Church, but they have this extreme need to have a guy walking around Rome in a white cassock whose picture they could put up in a vestibule.  In a sense, this too is a Catholic instinct, since Catholics feel the need to have a Pope, but they don't realize the damage they're doing to the papacy in principle but continuing to maintain that these "men in white" actually exercise papal authority.  I just wish that more of them would at least consider Father Chazal's sede-impoundism, which should satisfy this need quite nicely but without attributing this corruption of the Church to the legitimate exercise of papal authority.  I've asked them why they don't rally behind Father Chazal's articulation of the situation, but received no good answers.


    Offline Catholic Knight

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    Re: R&R: Explain why the Old Catholics were wrong.
    « Reply #80 on: December 31, 2023, 05:25:35 PM »
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  • If you read the text of Cardinal Franzelin, it doesn’t seem to say what this “X” fellow says it means. It seems to me that it supports our position. (See attachment)


    The following is from Canon George Smith in an article in the Clergy Review expressing what Catholic’s have to believe:


    “…that much of the authoritative teaching of the Church, whether in the form of Papal encyclicals, decisions, condemnations, replies from Roman Congregations -such as the Holy office - or from the Biblical Commission, is not an exercise of the infallible Magisterium.  And here once again our cautious believer raises his voice:
    “Must I believe it?”

    The answer is implicit in the principles already established.  We have seen that the source of the obligation to believe is not the infallibility of the Church but her divine commission to teach.  Therefore, whether her teaching is guaranteed by infallibility or not, the Church is always the divinely appointed teacher and guardian of revealed truth, and consequently the supreme authority of the Church, even when it does not intervene to make an infallible and definitive decision on matters of faith or morals, has the right, in virtue of the divine commission, to command the obedient assent of the faithful. 

    In the absence of infallibility the assent thus demanded cannot be that of faith, whether Catholic or ecclesiastical; it will be an assent of a lower order, proportioned to its ground or motive.  But whatever name be given to it - for the present we may call it belief - it is obligatory; obligatory not because the teaching is infallible - it is not - but because it is the teaching of the divinely appointed Church.  It is the duty of the Church, as Franzelin has pointed out, not only to teach revealed doctrine but also to protect it, and therefore the Holy See “may prescribe as to be followed or proscribe as to be avoided theological opinions or opinions connected with theology, not only with the intention of infallibly deciding the truth by a definitive pronouncement, but also - without any such intention - merely for the purpose of safeguarding the security of Catholic doctrine.”  If it is the duty of the Church, even though non-infallibly, to “prescribe or proscribe” doctrines to this end, then it is evidently also the duty of the faithful to accept them or reject them accordingly.”

    Which attachment?

    Offline AnthonyPadua

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    Re: R&R: Explain why the Old Catholics were wrong.
    « Reply #81 on: December 31, 2023, 05:33:02 PM »
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  • Ok, no worries about the “devil” “attack”.

    So, what is meant by “infallibly safe” is that the object *can’t* be detrimental to ones salvation. For instance, Pope Gregory XVI gave the approbation of Saint Alphonsus’ teachings when he decreed that professors of theology could safely teach any opinion of St. Alphonsus, and that confessors, without weighting reasons, could safely follow him. Obviously, there could conceivably be error in them, but they are infallibly safe to follow. Does this make sense?

    My argument for sedevacantism is not based solely on what we’ve been hashing out, but also on the fact that a pertinacious and manifest heretic is not a member of the Catholic Church and thus a nonmember cannot be the head of which he is not a member of. Incidentally, the Archbishop, understood this and at one point, at least, was ready to declare the see vacant. This is a fact that cannot be denied.
    How does this work? St Alphonsus taught that BoD does not remit ALL temporal punishment for sin, while Trent teaches initial justification does. And that's assuming BoD is a real doctrine and not a mistake.

    Offline Quo vadis Domine

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    Re: R&R: Explain why the Old Catholics were wrong.
    « Reply #82 on: December 31, 2023, 05:36:42 PM »
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  • How does this work? St Alphonsus taught that BoD does not remit ALL temporal punishment for sin, while Trent teaches initial justification does. And that's assuming BoD is a real doctrine and not a mistake.


    Can you take a break from the Pseudo Feeneyite stuff? Start a new thread and don’t derail this one.
    For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?


    Offline Quo vadis Domine

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    Re: R&R: Explain why the Old Catholics were wrong.
    « Reply #83 on: December 31, 2023, 05:37:27 PM »
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  • Which attachment?

    At the very bottom of my post.
    For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?

    Offline Quo vadis Domine

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    Re: R&R: Explain why the Old Catholics were wrong.
    « Reply #84 on: December 31, 2023, 05:42:28 PM »
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  • Can you take a break from the Pseudo Feeneyite stuff? Start a new thread and don’t derail this one.

    Sorry if this post sounds a bit rude, my apologies.
    For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?

    Offline Catholic Knight

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    Re: R&R: Explain why the Old Catholics were wrong.
    « Reply #85 on: December 31, 2023, 05:42:35 PM »
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  • At the very bottom of my post.

    Okay.  You were just reposting what I posted.  Thanks.


    Offline Quo vadis Domine

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    Re: R&R: Explain why the Old Catholics were wrong.
    « Reply #86 on: December 31, 2023, 05:44:30 PM »
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  • Okay.  You were just reposting what I posted.  Thanks.

    Yes, no problem.

    BTW: I will post the other pages of the Angelus article if you’d like?
    For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?

    Offline Hank Igitur

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    Re: R&R: Explain why the Old Catholics were wrong.
    « Reply #87 on: December 31, 2023, 06:34:58 PM »
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  • Here's his (absurd) argument.

    VI defined that the Pope is infallible when A (notes of infallibility) and that this also defines that the Pope is not infallible EXCEPT for A.  So all the theologians that hold to disciplinary infallibility, infallibility of canonizations, infallibility regarding the Mass (which includes the vast majority of theologians), and infallible safety ... that these are all heretics for rejecting Vatican I.  It's rare to find so fallacious an argument, even coming from R&R.
    That indeed is quite an asinine argument :facepalm:

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    Re: R&R: Explain why the Old Catholics were wrong.
    « Reply #88 on: December 31, 2023, 06:56:21 PM »
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  • Not a surprise given that's how PV started to "answer" the OP right from the start: 

    Well, it is a very novel way of explaining to us why you reject the dogma of Papal Infallibility as defined by the Church. And look at the gallery of heretics surrounding him, egging him on and upvoting his post.
    Maybe, like Hank, you missed the fact, 2V, that this thread was not a start of a discussion, but an attempt by Ladislaus to justify his refusing to accept the unreformed definition of Papal Infallibility on another thread where we were discussing it. But you should know, because you did exactly the same thing on yet another thread again, when confronted with the definition. A Catholic is required under pain of damnation to accept the dogma exactly as it is promulgated by the Church, not explain it away by historical circuмstances or any other devious means.

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    Re: R&R: Explain why the Old Catholics were wrong.
    « Reply #89 on: December 31, 2023, 07:15:00 PM »
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  • Maybe, like Hank, you missed the fact, 2V, that this thread was not a start of a discussion, but an attempt by Ladislaus to justify his refusing to accept the unreformed definition of Papal Infallibility on another thread where we were discussing it. But you should know, because you did exactly the same thing on yet another thread again, when confronted with the definition. A Catholic is required under pain of damnation to accept the dogma exactly as it is promulgated by the Church, not explain it away by historical circuмstances or any other devious means.


    I believe exactly and unequivocally the dogma of Papal Infallibility as defined by the Church.

     Now, do you believe that there are other avenues which the Church’s Magisterium (Extraordinary or Ordinary and Universal) uses to make infallible statements or practices such as the canonization of saints?
    For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?