Quote from: Wessex

I detect a surge of Rome-friendly comments on this site and am wondering why. What better incentive for supporters of an agreement to become more vocal by using Bp. W's current obsession with conciliar credibility to further their cause. If an agreement is in the offing, it could be that folk are now considering their options.  

It's not "Rome-friendly" at all.  It's pointing out that over the last 10 years in my opinion there has been a surge of hot-rhetoric that has started to tilt the doctrinal clarity of many, many trads.  

Clear, rational understanding is quickly being replaced by sloganeering, rallying cries and hyperbole coupled with a lot of false conclusions.  

People don't seem to be able to analyze the situation and respond to the realities with the proper sense of righteous indignation.  

I think the online arguments of Fr. Gregory Hesse are excellent examples of heated passion that has not overrun the intellect.  

It's my personal opinion that the election of Pope Benedict XVI succeeded in fracturing traditional Catholicism and pushing a majority of adherents to go soft towards Rome on one side and push towards more simplistic answers like the sedevacantist position on the other side.  

Maybe a need for black and white answers and away with all these greys that litter the trad scene. Those resigned to an agreement want it over so they can no longer suffer being outcasts from the mainstream ........ if only for the sake of the children who one day will be making their own decisions. Those against must vote with their feet and stop visiting Society churches along with their negative feelings. My parents went through this process after V2 which made home life on Sundays very lively in deed.

Intellectualising the crisis may take a lot of the passion out of religion ..... and Catholicism did used to like lots of passion. It is said reasonable people always win the argument by being calm  .....  which puts paid to integrist animation!