God Bless Mr. Hoffman and Bishop Williamson!

God Bless Mr. Hoffman and Bishop Williamson!

What does your avatar say? It was always too small to read. From it, it seems you don't exactly like Bishop Williamson.

It says CENSORED By BISHOP FELLAY

Bishop Fellay vs. Bishop Williamson = Good Cop  vs.  Bad Cop

But your theological stance may determine who you see as the Good Cop and who is the Bad Cop.  

For SSPX hard-liners  ( although that's an oxymoron ) and those who have an animus towards Jєωs, Bp. Williamson is the ruthless Good Cop -- or righteous vigilante like Dirty Harry -- and Bp. Fellay is the compromising Bad Cop.

For those in SSPX who don't want them to burn all bridges with Rome, Bp. Fellay is the diplomatic mastermind Good Cop while Bp. Williamson is the out-of-control firebrand Bad Cop, who threatens to bring the whole house of cards tumbling down with his lack of foresight and prudence.

It's kind of hard to get into the mind of the leaders of SSPX since they have -- or pretend to have -- looming blind spots about the nature of what is happening in Rome to begin with.  For instance, they want the VII docuмents rescinded, but ( a ) How would that change the heresies that have been promulgated since VII? and ( b ) That would be for the authors of Vatican II to admit to a mistake that they cannot possibly admit to without people realizing that they never had any authority.

Bishop Williamson himself admits to the problem of ( b ).  How can the usurpers admit they were entirely wrong on VII and save face?  Answer:  They can't.  They would have to confess the deliberate nature of their crimes and repent.  What do you think are the chances of that?

I've been reading through old threads at AngelQueen and I could write a whole novel by now about the SSPX mentality.  Actually, I want to start a thread about Stephen Heiner's interview of Bishop Williamson.  It is extremely revealing, but it would probably get me shunted from the site as Matthew has a fondness for Bp. Williamson.  

I can see why -- he's very charming, with that accent, his little cup of tea as he signs books, his urbane manner.  When I watch Bishop Williamson, I can feel the seduction of the SSPX actually work on me a little bit.  There is some kind of fantasy Old World, pleasingly antique atmosphere that they emanate.  But if you listen to him, instead of idol-worshipping him, the trouble spots emerge very, very clearly.  I'm kind of getting tired of saying the word "dialectic" but until people get it what else can I do?

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