Bishop Thomas of Aquinas on the consecrations of the SSPX: "a courageous act"
The Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X has just taken an act of faith and courage by consecrating four bishops without the permission of the neomodernist and neo-protesting Rome that manifested itself during the Second Vatican Council and in the resulting reforms, as well as in the sanctions applied against all those who defend the Tradition of the Church.
Like Archbishop Lefebvre, the Society has not feared the condemnation of those who are themselves condemned by the Church, by the voice of all the popes, from Pius VI to Pius XII, and even since forever.
An act of faith and courage. An act of faith, because it is performed in the defense of faith. An act of courage, because it takes courage to face the enemies of Our Lord and his universal reign.
Tradition is delighted to count now four new bishops on the validity of the consecration of which there is no doubt. If, one day, modernist bishops were to convert and doubt the validity of their ordination or consecration, they would now have four additional bishops to whom they could resort if necessary.
Not only is there no doubt as to the validity of the consecration of the four new bishops, but we can also be certain of their formation. Indeed, the Society inherited from its founder the teaching, in its seminaries, of philosophy and theology "according to the method, doctrine and principles of the Doctor Angelic" (Code of Canon Law of 1917, canon 1366, § 2).
As for the anti-liberal struggle, these crowns will have a great repercussion throughout the Society. May they help the Society to correct certain attitudes adopted for more than twenty years and which have not failed to cause some disturbances within Tradition.
By these crees, the Society reaffirms the state of necessity that justified the episcopal consecrations of 1988, as well as that of Bishop Licínio Rangel, carried out by Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais in 1991, and those that Bishop Richard Williamson realized from 2015.
Although we have seen some weaknesses within the Society in recent decades — which does not have one? — we can only rejoice to see it give itself four bishops through which the Church is strengthened for this struggle, of which Archbishop Lefebvre said: "Prepare for a long-term struggle. »
May this fight be conducted as Archbishop Lefebvre himself led him. These are our most sincere wishes for the good of the Church and the Society, which deserves our congratulations for this act of faith, courage and hope accomplished on July 1, 2026.
Thomas Aquinas, O.S.B.
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