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Offline SeanJohnson

Apology and Retraction
« on: October 16, 2019, 01:56:23 PM »
I just had a conversation with someone authoritative who convinced me I was wrong about Archbishop Lefebvre:

He said that although he himself was never sedevacantist, Lefebvre did not preclude private individuals from entertaining the theoretical possibility.

Regarding the injection of the issue of dogmatic facts into the conversation, this person was undecided, but said that the pre-conciliar theologians could not have foreseen a crisis of this magnitude in the Church today, and implied that the matter of dogmatic facts and the conciliar popes was a questionable matter which he would have to go back and research.

Essentially, it is I who was wrong on these points, and consequently I not only retract my previously expressed opinions and understanding of these matters, but offer to Hollingsworth, Ladislaus, and Byzcat a sincere apology for my aggressive behavior.

Finally, I was told that someone who has written a book such as I have will undercut its authority if the author is seen to be flinging insults around the Internet.

My apologies to all affected.

Sean Johnson
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Offline Clemens Maria

Re: Apology and Retraction
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2019, 03:34:22 PM »
Quote from: SeanJohnson on October 16, 2019, 01:56:23 PM
Finally, I was told that someone who has written a book such as I have will undercut its authority if the author is seen to be flinging insults around the Internet.

That might have been true 25 years ago but I'd say that Salsa and Disco and Chris Ferrara are counter-examples.  I doubt you did any damage to your book.
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Offline ByzCat3000

Re: Apology and Retraction
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2019, 07:10:37 PM »
Apology accepted.  
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Offline hollingsworth

Re: Apology and Retraction
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2019, 07:32:29 PM »
SJ: 
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Essentially, it is I who was wrong on these points, and consequently I not only retract my previously expressed opinions and understanding of these matters, but offer to Hollingsworth, Ladislaus, and Byzcat a sincere apology for my aggressive behavior.
No problem.  Most of us are wrong from time to time.  Some are wrong all the time. I'm not even sure I remember what the exact nature of our dispute was.  Anyhow, sell your book.  I, for one, would probably not object to most of its contents, if it was the stuff you partially published on CI, under the user name "X."  Maybe some sspxers will finally wake up to the obvious decline of their organization.  So go for it!  One must be somewhat aggressive to survive in these times.
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Offline Ladislaus

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Re: Apology and Retraction
« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2019, 07:45:15 PM »
I apologize also for my own aggressive behavior.  I got frustrated because it just appears obvious from his own words that +Lefebvre considered it OK to have the sedevacantist opinion
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