Invalid,
Basically, for the sake of unity within the Resistance (as much as God allows), I do not want to give out opinions, at least on an online forum, that may possibly cause further confusion. Again, I am a mere layman and will leave this discussion to priests and those who have more wisdom than I. Due to the "touchy" nature of Sedevacantism in general, I think it is perhaps better to just "watch and pray" for now. The expression "You don't know what you don't know." comes to mind...
I will still be reading this and other discussions, but it is also becoming a bit of a distraction from my prayer life to try and argue positions I possibly do not completely understand, both for and against Sedevacantism. God bless.
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+J.M.J.+
Dear Soldierof CtK,
I was not asking for opinions in order to cause confusion. We the faithful have been given the gift or "pearl of great value", that we must fight to keep, especially in this Crisis in the Church. In many places around the world people who have or are accepting Sedevacantism as an acceptable position can lose their Faith because they separate themselves, eventually, if they stay on that path, from one of the four marks of Catholicism (The Church), which is unity.
Our Lord said His Church on earth will last until the end. This includes Its visibility. The Sedevacantist proposition states that there is no Pope, his seat is vacant. So, where is the visible Church? Many in the English speaking countries do not really understand this problem. I am English but I know enough French to know the word "voleur" in a conference given by Archbishop Lefebvre when he was speaking of the 9 Priests that he had consecrated and shortly after their consecration, left the Society, and in doing so proclaimed that they were sedevacantists. I have heard a conference of Fr. Chazal wherein he stated that these ideas can only lead to separations and eventually will collapse on themselves much like Protestantism.
We can not "watch and pray" we must decide and take appropriate actions. We are supposed to love our neighbors. How do we love them when we cannot take a position. We resist Bishop Fellay because he is going towards (or is already in) Rome but we don't deal with an issue that the Archbishop has already dealt with. The Archbishop told those 9 that they must accept that the Pope is the Pope and pray for him in the Canon of the Mass.