SeanJohnson,
You have brought out an observation that has truly evolved organically, from an “internal” Catholic Resistance to an “external” Catholic Resistance, which has been based on the circuмstances and the dangers to the integral Catholic Faith.
I am interested to find in your OP that you have described that there is a “division” between the internal and the external (as you have described it). Is there? Or, is there a misunderstanding of the “cause” of the resistance, and what is it that a Catholic must RESIST to?
Other than your surprising statement in another thread, of:
“I was the one who began the Resistance, so I am pretty sure I know what it is all about.”, when it is the Holy Ghost that is the Alpha and the Omega in all things, as expressed through many letters, articles, and sermons of SSPX priests calling out the alarm that there is a change in direction, theology, and orientation of the SSPX throughout the 2000’s (internal); much BEFORE your claim that it “started” with you by putting a news scoop up on Cathinfo on Feb. 4, 2012
http://www.cathinfo.com/catholic.php?a=topic&t=17438 which could hardly constitute a “call for resistance” as you what it to be.
That in your own description of the internal and external resistance, you have pointed out that there is a “different” set of causes that motivates the two; and you have also, surprisingly, re-defined what is the whole cause of the resistance in the first place; namely, the fight against modernist DOCTRINE to something practical.
You say that there are two camps. The:
“internal resistance (whose goal was to rewind the deleterious actions and statements put in place to get a deal with Rome), [and] While Bishop Fellay gives the appearance of rewinding his recent actions, the remaining internal resistance (now is a marked minority within the resistance population) are willing to give the benefit of the doubt, and see how things play out.” (I notice that this is also a part of your expression within your own “colored-light” definitions to stay attached to the familiarity of the SSPX even though it has new doctrinal errors.)
And the second camp as you describe, is the:
“external resistance (whose goal was to begin anew). The external resistance grows in agitation, citing those things which have not yet been undone as evidence of insincerity. The external resistance is now as hostile to the remaining internal resistance as it is to Menzingen.” Really? Is the cause of Doctrine downplayed and superficial?
It is obvious in your “division”, and calling for a division, that you want to be in the “internal” resistance and have the “amenities” of the Mass and just leave me alone mentality that follow that position. Just “rewind” Bishop Fellay’s statements and everything is “fine”, is it? And, anything outside of [your] “internal cause” has morphed into a different cause altogether of resisting just for a “goal to begin anew”?
Sean, you really seem to disassociate more and more from the evolution and organic growth of the real Catholic cause in the “internal to external” expressions, and its ONENESS of resistance to the errors in the Doctrinal domain.
You clearly show that you are putting more interest into a “rewind” than the reality to protect the Faith in the forced consequence of an “external” Catholic Resistance many have had to make to remove oneself from a “hostile” environment, like many SSPX priests had to do, as those priests and faithful in Campos had to do, stemming from the new perverse modernist Doctrines that were taking them over.
If you do not see this, or are not a victim of this, then do not condemn those who are forced to protect themselves in the situations that have befallen them. If you find “security” in your solo sspx priest as you have described before that because “he still fights against Vatican II”, that is to your responsibility. Though, it also is disconnected to the real fight because that “solo” sspx priest you want to find “comfort” with, is an accordist to Bishop Fellay and Menzingen. You cannot hide in a “cave” Sean and have the rest of the Catholic world suffer under a heavy hand of Bishop Fellay in the new modernist direction.
Bishop Fellay, and Menzingen are committed, as he said in his letter to the Pope, and is NOT changing, nor retracting. Their actions are LOUD and CLEAR.
In perspective Sean, the “error” of Bishop Fellay, and Menzingen, is one of DOCTRINE. The “practical” agreement with conciliar Rome is a consequence of that new hermeneutic doctrine. In other words, Bishop Fellay’s new doctrinal direction is closer in harmony to the entity and environment of conciliar Rome than Traditional Catholicism. To resist Bishop Fellay limited on, and based on, the end result of that modernist Doctrine in order not to have a “practical deal” with Rome is pretty shallow. The whole Catholic Resistance is based on one cause, and its consequence, –the error and infiltration of modernist DOCTRINE.
The “practical deal” of Bishop Fellay, and Menzingen, is a “natural conclusion” of the Doctrinal shift. Conciliar Rome did not change after the 2-years of Secret Doctrinal discussions; it was Bishop Fellay and Menzingen that have morphed into the conciliarists.
The whole and entire Catholic Resistance is based on our Baptism to hold to the True Faith, its Doctrine, and to fight error; regardless of what “face” it wants to hide itself under; or, under some appearance of good.
In conclusion, what is an organic Catholic resistance,
starting from an “internal” resistance from many SSPX priests over many years, only to be unjustly ignored, transferred, put on silence, and evicted is the real INJUSTICE to the truth and the Faith. When, after those many years of fighting the “internal” Catholic Resistance going “up the ladder” to the superiors for calling out to light the errors and to defend the True DOCTRINE, to no avail, and hands of hostility, there organically turned into the “external” Catholic Resistance with the SAME CAUSE to fight for the True DOCTRINE while letting the world know of the secret betrayals of the Catholic Faith coming from the SSPX and its leaders; as with, the false misguided belief of many people, like Vatican II, to “obey” the superior –the Authority- over the true Faith and Her Doctrine.
For you to say that:
“By this point, there is bad blood on all sides. Many feelings have been hurt, and injustices committed by all.”, is also striking. Tell that to the Catholic Saints and Martyrs who defended the Faith from error. Whoever has the truth does not have “bad blood”, unless one sees a ‘Catholic Resistance” as a horizontal humanistic cause.
You have acknowledged in prior posts that there is a “Doctrinal shift” that took place in the SSPX from
“many incriminating docuмents [have] surfaced”, yet you dismiss the consequence of those errors played out in the practical day to day operation and policies of the SSPX administration, letters, sermons, associations (a Doctrinal slide is also a compromised moral slide); so that you present a “comfortable” position like many other “inside” sspx priests who continue on to “obey” even though their flock is confused and eaten little by little by the modernist wolves.
The Catholic Resistance is to resist error, regardless of who it is; Pope, Bishop, neighbor, family, or a Superior General of a pious religious union. The organically evolved internal and external Catholic Resistance is the
SAME cause.
The Catholic Resistance is based on DOCTRINAL error; not a practical error.
Error is evil…and must be resisted!
With prayers,
Viva Christo Rey…