Author Topic: Bishop Fellay: The Pope May Declare Us Schismatic (Read 33386 times)

Charles · « **Reply #10 on:** October 18, 2011, 09:47:23 PM »

Quote from: TraceG

schismatic from what? A heretical church, that is a blessing. You can't proclaim people to be schismatic from a church you yourself are not part of.

A proclamation of schism by this "Holy See" is a rejection of orthodoxy.

If they have the nerve, let them.

TKGS · « **Reply #11 on:** October 18, 2011, 10:08:11 PM »

From this commentary alone, I see that we are in the same place we were before all this began. We (that is, the faithful) really don't know anything, we're not being told anything but vague statements and trial balloons, and Bishop Fellay, despite our yearning for truth, simply says, "Trust me. You can't handle the truth."

This commentary does not re-assure me. It does not make me trust where I have not had trust. To be sure, it doesn't make me trust the Society less but that is not necessarily a good thing.

Taking all of Bishop Fellay's actions and comments that have been made public together...I am not encouraged.

TraceG · « **Reply #12 on:** October 18, 2011, 10:52:11 PM »

I agree to a point. We can only make a personal decision from what we know or what information we are given. Really, most history books are grotesquely wrong, just look at the information about the French "revolution". On the other hand there is a term in law enforcement coined, "totality of circuмstances".

Charles · « **Reply #13 on:** October 18, 2011, 11:16:43 PM »

Quote from: Telesphorus

Let's not disregard what Ethelred told us about Father Pflueger's talk and its cold reception.

You people take what is spoken to the public too much at face value.

I agree we do take it a face value too often, but it's the only thing we have to discuss.

I'd like to see a copy of the preamble, but if the SSPX agreed to keep it private, then it's just a matter of integrity. I doubt it reveals anything about Rome we don't already know.

pbax · « **Reply #14 on:** October 19, 2011, 12:42:23 AM »

So I wonder if Bishop Fellay by some small chance does not accept the preamble and the Pope calls us a schismatic group, then those good and holy priests that were expelled for their schimatic tendencies would be allowd to return.