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Sedevacantists:if you were convinced sede-ism was wrong, what would you do next?

Become an R&R Traditionalist
12 (36.4%)
Become an Indult Traditionalist
5 (15.2%)
Become an NO Cath Conservative
9 (27.3%)
Become a very liberal Catholic
1 (3%)
Cease to practice Catholicism
6 (18.2%)

Total Members Voted: 27

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Offline Argentino

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A dogmatic fact is one declared as such by Church Authority. Theologians commonly give the example of a Papal Election or an Ecuмenical Council as being a dogmatic fact. Thus, the election of Pope Pius IX as the lawful Pope of the Catholic Church, or that Vatican I was a legitimate Ecuмenical Council, would be classified as dogmatic facts.

In order for a sedevacantist to argue the alleged non-Papacy of recent Popes was a dogmatic fact, he or she would need to show a dogmatic declaration by a Church Council to that effect. But no such Council exists.

There are those who argue (like Fr. Connell in 1965) that the Papacy of Pope Paul VI (and thus of Pope John XXIII also) were dogmatic facts. The reason they adduce for this was that those Papal elections were universally accepted.
What you say is contrary to what the second-to-last chapter of "Liberalism is a Sin" says. Read that again.


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As for the poll at hand: I would be a NO conservative. Because it is the only parallel position to sedevacantism without falling into schism like R&R.
"Be not therefore solicitous for tomorrow; for the morrow will be solicitous for itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof." [Matt. 6:34]

"In all thy works remember thy last end, and thou shalt never sin." [Ecclus. 7:40]

"A holy man continueth in wisdom as the sun: but a fool is changed as the moon." [Ecclus. 27:12]

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As for the poll at hand: I would be a NO conservative. Because it is the only parallel position to sedevacantism without falling into schism like R&R.
Yes, if we're wrong then pinesap and the AF types who are pushing 90% obedience to Bergoglio are right (they do still disobey him but have a "hermeneutic" for it) It seems very wrong but it is more consistent than RnR or Indult. If SP/SV is wrong there is a monstrous ecclesiology crisis and no NO apologists address UR in a convincing way
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Unsure. There is no way that I could ever leave the bosom of Christ and His Church. The answer to what I would do next is simply trust in God's providence. He will provide.
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Valid priests, valid sacraments, that is where I go.

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Pray tell, why would you want to resurrect this stupid thread? :facepalm:
For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders, insomuch as to deceive (if possible) even the elect. (Matthew 24:24)

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Valid priests, valid sacraments, that is where I go.
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Pray tell, why would you want to resurrect this stupid thread? :facepalm:

It was an accident.  I navigated to this thread to find an old post I had made so I could reference it in the other thread and then replied to the wrong one.  So your assertion that I "want"ed to resurrect this thread is incorrect.

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As for the poll at hand: I would be a NO conservative. Because it is the only parallel position to sedevacantism without falling into schism like R&R.

Agreed.  If I were to conclude that the Conciliar Papal Claimants and Conciliar Hierarchy are legitimate, I would make haste back into full communion with Rome ... though I would still mostly avoid the NOM ... out of personal preference rather than out of principle.  Nevertheless, if the NOM was the only Sunday Mass near me, I would feel obligated to assist at it under pain of mortal sin to fulfill my Sunday obligation.  And if I were to conclude that the Conciliar Papal Claimants are legitimate, I would abjure my schism and re-read the docuмents of Vatican II with the docility required of Catholics toward the Magisterium.  God will not punish a Catholic who submits to the teaching of His Church, nor will He allow it to ruin his soul or lead to his damnation.  But R&R don't believe that.  They have in fact reduced the Magisterium to nothing more than opining on the part of the one who sits in the See of Peter.  As such, it has no more authority or credibility than the work of any given theologian, and must be compared by our private judgment to Tradition.  If we find it Traditional, then we agree with it (just like anything we might read that we agree with).  Sorry, guys, but this is utterly preposterous and does not even resemble Roman Catholicism.

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Agreed.  If I were to conclude that the Conciliar Papal Claimants and Conciliar Hierarchy are legitimate, I would make haste back into full communion with Rome ... though I would still mostly avoid the NOM ... out of personal preference rather than out of principle.  Nevertheless, if the NOM was the only Sunday Mass near me, I would feel obligated to assist at it under pain of mortal sin to fulfill my Sunday obligation.  And if I were to conclude that the Conciliar Papal Claimants are legitimate, I would abjure my schism and re-read the docuмents of Vatican II with the docility required of Catholics toward the Magisterium.  God will not punish a Catholic who submits to the teaching of His Church, nor will He allow it to ruin his soul or lead to his damnation.  But R&R don't believe that.  They have in fact reduced the Magisterium to nothing more than opining on the part of the one who sits in the See of Peter.  As such, it has no more authority or credibility than the work of any given theologian, and must be compared by our private judgment to Tradition.  If we find it Traditional, then we agree with it (just like anything we might read that we agree with).  Sorry, guys, but this is utterly preposterous and does not even resemble Roman Catholicism.
I'm not sorry. It isn't Catholicism at all. There is no precedent for it outside of the opinions of a handful of theologians, it is a man-made edifice inspired by Satan to sow a spirit of rebellion within otherwise good Catholics.

Just look at every debate on R&R vs sedevacantism here. It quickly devolves into sophistry and name-calling from certain individuals here because they don't have a good answer on how a heretic, aka non-Catholic/someone outside of the Church, can be a valid Pope or how we can sift Vatican II for the grains of Catholicism while ignoring the teaching of Vatican I (which I have quoted a lot lately, Session 4.4) that we have to take any Magisterial teaching by its word, not reinterpret it for a "better understanding"
"Be not therefore solicitous for tomorrow; for the morrow will be solicitous for itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof." [Matt. 6:34]

"In all thy works remember thy last end, and thou shalt never sin." [Ecclus. 7:40]

"A holy man continueth in wisdom as the sun: but a fool is changed as the moon." [Ecclus. 27:12]


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It was an accident.  I navigated to this thread to find an old post I had made so I could reference it in the other thread and then replied to the wrong one.  So your assertion that I "want"ed to resurrect this thread is incorrect.
Good.  I'm glad I was wrong.  
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