Etelred, oh my gosh! I write about Saint Thomas of Aquinas and his teaching about how to argue, and you "argue" free of any attempt to understand the other side.
Anyway, some points to clarify: No, I´m not a "buddy" of Dr. Krah. But when reading your hate-inspired words about him, I am more and more convinced that he´s a smart and wise guy and doing the right. I will write him and tell my solidarity.
The German people, dear J.Paul, are in no way "traumatized, self critical, and patholigised." How many Germans do you know? Germany is back again and the Germans are quite satisfied with the role their country plays. And about Tel Aviv University I can´t follow you, either. As I told you, one of the founding fathers of German Catholic tradition, Professor Lauth, taught there.
Ethelred, only a short answer, because I know that you aren´t open for arguments and I don´t want to waste my time: The European Union was founded in the mid-1950s in Rome and blessed by P. Pius XII. The idea to cooperate in Europe instead of make war - as done two times before in the 20th century - is definetely a good one, and Europe is doing quite well since then, isn´t it? The CDU is traditionally the Catholic party. There was a public call in the district notices to vote it last year, as you may remember. And no doubt, at least 80 % of the SSPX-faithful vote CDU. The Greens are not communist. The communists are "Die Linke" (The Left). There is a difference between communist and left-liberal, although I dislike both.
But let me come to your interesting point, the number of priestly ordinations. You are right, the number of Germans becoming priests in the SSPX is low. But look a bit deeper: The number of German-speaking Swiss becoming priests is much higher. The district superior of Switzerland for many years used to be - Father Niklaus Pfluger. His successor is very close to him and promoting the same line; it´s Father Wuilloud. In Germany and Austria, the SSP has more ordinations than the SSPX. If you take the number of ordinations as a measure, one could argue that the SSP is doing better than the German SSPX.
But one thing is clear: If the SSPX would follow +Williamson, it would lose nearly all college-educated faithful immediately, and probably the smartest priests, too. I don´t know whether you have watched this TV-report about the SSPX, and have heard what the seminary-priests have said about +Williamson. They would never accept him, would they?
As I told you, the more I think about and read statements like yours, the more I understand and support +Fellay. To bann extremist positions and to take care on being moderate is essential to convince people and get new faithful. If we want to mission - and we have to do it - we must stop political extremists such as h0Ɩ0cαųst deniers, Hitler-fans, conspiracy theorists etc. Fides et ratio - Faith and reason belong together, and especially when referring to Saint Thomas of Aquinas, there is a duty to stay moderate and distinguished. As far as I see it, the SSPX leadership is doing it, and hence should receive our solidarity and support.
God bless +Fellay!
Why are you watching TV Reports? Why are you watching TV? It is the Position of the SSPX to not watch TV and 3rd Order SSPX are forbidden to watch TV.
TV is controlled by our Enemies the Freemasons who distort and lie.
You have just accused a Catholic Bishop of being an "Extremist" According to the laws of the council of Trent you must prove this. Since Bishop Williamson does not support the nαzι's as you and the media claim you are guilty of calumny against a Bishop. This is a grave mortal sin. Bishop Williamson supports the truth, a truth by the way which is known across the world except in Germany. It is illegal to speak the truth in Germany. The Russians released the Aushwhich Docuмents after the cold war which prove that their were no Gas Chambers and that only a few hundred thousand Jews died. So why are you giving Billions of dollars to Israel?
By Giving Billions of dollars to Israel Germany will go down in history as commiting yet another genocide this time against the Palestinians, some of which are Christian.
Your accusations against Bishop Williamson are baseless to anyone who knows him or his positions and you are in serious mortal sin for uttering them.
Faith and Reason do belong together however it is NOT you who has these traits but it is we who are on the side of Bishop Williamson who have both Faith and Reason, it is we who actually follow St. Thomas Aquinas, in fact is Bishop Williamson who is the very best Thomistic scholar we have.
You would know this of course if you were not blinded by the media, the very media you are not supposed to be supporting.
The Media is Anti-Catholic and has always been, there are as Christ our Lord said two Kingdoms, the Kingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom of Satan, all who are not true Catholics are in the Kingdom of Satan and as such it is a dogmatic fact that all who are not in the Kingdom of Heaven will always hate Christs true church.
Your claim that the college educated are on the side of Bishop Fellay and against Bishop Williamson is quite rediculous. I am in a very Pro Bishop Williamson camp which contains, among others, PhD's and Lawyers. The Smartest Priests I have ever met are the ones trained by Bishop Williamson himself.
I can only conclude from your statement that their are either two possibilites. 1: You are a Liar, 2. German Colleges must be brainwashing people.
Bishop Fellay is losing more and more support in North America and everyone around here is solidly on the side of Bishop Williamson. Bishop Williamson is by far the most intelligent clergy in the SSPX.
It is said that Archbishop Lefebre sent one name to John Paul II in 1988 and stated that if he could have only 1 Bishop it would be Bishop Williamson.
Bishop Fellay on the other hand was an afterthought, originally after the dispute with JPII Archbishop Lefebre was going to consecrate 3 Bishops but changed it to 4 to include a Swiss at the last minute.
You have stated that you in the SSPX in Germany are voting for Liberals, since Liberalism is the very thing we are fighting I found this most distressful to hear. One cannot be a good Catholic and vote for a Masonic Belief system, Liberalism is the very thing that the Masons created.
Your claims about Germany being liked is quite rediculous aswell, you sound like a Nationalist, Catholics are not Nation first people, but then again you sound like a modernist aswell.
Germany is not well thought of in Catholic circles and those are the circles you should be concerned with, when our countries do something to please the Media or the Masonic controlled United Nations we are ashamed and protest, but you seem to be proud that you are allied with the Kingdom of Satan.
You do not sound like a good Catholic and your posts are making me like Bishop Fellay even less, because if people here were to believe that Bishop Fellay believes as you do there would be a mass split in the SSPX.
I do not think you realize what is going on, nor do I think you realize the gravity of the divisions that Bishop Fellay is causing. The only Priests that would support Bishop Fellay over Bishop Williamson are the very Priests who want to make a deal with Rome.
More and More I hear of discontent with Bishop Fellay over his handling, not just on the forums but across Southern Ontario, I'd assume it would be the same in the United States.
God Bless Bishop Williamson.