Article said:
To initiate the détente, Pope Francis (led by some of his more conservative curia) recently offered the SSPX a “personal prelature” (the same as enjoyed now by such organizations as Opus Dei and the Legionaries of Christ). In this arrangement, the SSPX would not be under a bishop and would be answerable only to the Pope. It is assumed that in this arrangement the Pope would give the SSPX the freedom to believe and practice what it has always done, and that the SSPX would give respective allegiance to the reigning pontiff — including generous donations to Peter’s Pence, to be sure. If accepted, there will, of course, be sticky points that may not be ironed out for quite a while, but at least both parties are moving in the right direction — unification under “one faith, one Lord, and one baptism” (Eph 4:5).
I thought it was generally an excellent article, but I disagree with the part in bold in the part I have quoted.
Funny - I remember seeing that and thought I'd give him a pass to see what else he had to say. Then later I forgot about it! HAHAHA
Anyway, when I saw this:
Although the Church is certainly against “anti-semitism” (e.g., Vatican II’s Nostra Aetate: “…the Church, mindful of the patrimony she shares with the Jєωs and moved not by political reasons but by the Gospel’s spiritual love, decries hatred, persecutions, displays of anti-Semitism, directed against Jєωs at any time and by anyone”), as is usually the case, the problem is not so much “anti-semitism,” per se, but how one defines the term.
Here we come back to the age-old fight between liberals and conservatives. The conservatives usually define “anti-semitism” as any irrational hatred of the Jєωs simply because they are Jєωιѕн. In other words, it stresses one’s internal attitude towards the Jєωs at large. Conversely, the liberals usually define anti-semitism as being any attempt to criticize the Jєωs, including their political, religious, geographical, and monetary exploits, and, more specifically, criticizing such things as Zionism and anti-supercessionism. As such, their definition is more political.
My reaction was immediate.
I would say that REAL conservatives recognize anti-Semitism for what it is: It is anything the Jєωs don't like.
Furthermore, an αnтι-ѕємιтє is someone whose views are upsetting to the Jєωs, because what αnтι-ѕємιтєs say are things the Jєωs don't like to hear said, and consequently, they attempt to make them stop saying them (which touches on First Amendment rights of free speech but
there was never a civil right that a persistent Jєω felt obliged to honor, and if anything marks a Jєω apart from the crowd, it is persistence!).
That being said, perhaps Sungenis is merely saying what he HAS to say here in order to avoid the accusations that would obviously fly were he to be so forthright as what see.