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Offline OABrownson1876

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1976 Abp. Lefebvre Letter which refers to "schismatical" Church, Abp. Thuc
« on: August 30, 2023, 09:54:01 AM »
Pulled these from the Fr. Wathen Files.  Figured I would post them up on the Library



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Offline Michelle

Re: 1976 Abp. Lefebvre Letter which refers to "schismatical" Church, Abp. Thuc
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2023, 06:29:08 PM »
What I've read in various places over the years, is that Archbishop Lefebvre was hopeful that things would turn around under the reign of John Paul ll.  That might explain his optimistic letter in 1980.  Of course when the Assisi scandal occured he realized there could be no agreement. 
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Offline 2Vermont

Re: 1976 Abp. Lefebvre Letter which refers to "schismatical" Church, Abp. Thuc
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2023, 06:26:49 AM »
It is certainly interesting to read ABL's words regarding Archbishop Thuc.  
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Offline Mithrandylan

Re: 1976 Abp. Lefebvre Letter which refers to "schismatical" Church, Abp. Thuc
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2023, 09:51:39 AM »
Can we have more information about the docuŠ¼ents themselves? 
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Offline Ladislaus

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Re: 1976 Abp. Lefebvre Letter which refers to "schismatical" Church, Abp. Thuc
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2023, 10:10:33 AM »
Quote from: Michelle on August 30, 2023, 06:29:08 PM
What I've read in various places over the years, is that Archbishop Lefebvre was hopeful that things would turn around under the reign of John Paul ll.  That might explain his optimistic letter in 1980.  Of course when the Assisi scandal occured he realized there could be no agreement.

Yes, it's clear from the record that Archbishop Lefebvre was hopeful with the election of Wojtyla, from about 1980 - 1984.  All the stuff that the neo-SSPX cite to assert that +Lefebvre would favor their new orientation comes from that period, where +Lefebvre made statements about asking to be allowed to make the "experiment of Tradition" within the Conciliar pantheon.  That was because Wojtyla gave him some lip service that sounded positive at first.  In fact, +Lefebvre felt that Wojtyla's "advisors" changed his mind.  In any case, as Assisi was around the corner, he did a complete 180 and said that if Assisi happened (it did and was worse than expected) he might have to come out as a sedevacantist.  So it's disingenuous to cite the 1980-1984 Archbishop Lefebvre (as some even here on CI do and the neo-SSPX exclusively does).
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