I just don't see how they're "out of the boat," especially now, when Pope Francis of all people explicitly gave them faculties for hearing Confessions (something no one outside the boat can ordinarily...
The main question is:
>Do you really believe SSPX is insincere about believing we are in a state of emergency that allows for certain extraordinary measures for the sake of the Church?
If done outside of obedience, then yes, because these issues pertain directly to the authority of the Church at large, an authority they've decided to shrug off.
If July 1st comes and they do what they say they're going to do, it will force the issue, and we are likely to see paperwork and/or declarations from Rome. And it will have come with multiple warnings, all of which will be shrugged off.
I like this tweet from a member of SSPX as a summation of the problem: https://nitter.net/CullumSmith/status/2054559874692833362#m
For my part, I am still a fan of the biological solution. It may take a hundred years, but things will get back on track, and the traditional forms will be all we have left to pull from. In the meantime: we stay with the Church, for there is nowhere else to go.
>Do you really believe SSPX is insincere about believing we are in a state of emergency that allows for certain extraordinary measures for the sake of the Church?
If done outside of obedience, then yes, because these issues pertain directly to the authority of the Church at large, an authority they've decided to shrug off.
If July 1st comes and they do what they say they're going to do, it will force the issue, and we are likely to see paperwork and/or declarations from Rome. And it will have come with multiple warnings, all of which will be shrugged off.
I like this tweet from a member of SSPX as a summation of the problem: https://nitter.net/CullumSmith/status/2054559874692833362#m
For my part, I am still a fan of the biological solution. It may take a hundred years, but things will get back on track, and the traditional forms will be all we have left to pull from. In the meantime: we stay with the Church, for there is nowhere else to go.
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