Monday, August 3, 2009

The Sedevacantist Logic and the SSPX Resistance



By: Stephen Hand


We all know a revolt from sacred tradition when we see it---and we decry it, calling on Rome to act, as Catholics have a right to expect from true shepherds. It is only over the implications that men differ, as they will in an unprecedented fog. In the interests of fostering an ongoing 'conversation' among traditional Catholics about the crisis in the Church since the Second Vatican Council, I highlight roughly the informative major points of convergence and divergence among traditional Catholics, believing that ultimately it will be only a restored Church which can and will judge between these positions one day. Until then, charity for, and between, us all.
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In an attempt to provide a more complete airing of the issues, the above piece by Stephen Hand has been added to the blog. Others, for example Hutton Gibson come to different conclusions about the implications. Interested readers may find further details of Mr. Gibson's views HERE...

--Dr. J. P. Hubert

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