From the Creative Minority Report:
If the Holy Spirit desires the eventual restoration of the traditional liturgy, He does not need a 'schismatic act' to achieve that end. Submission in humility is much more likely to achieve the desired end ever more promptly than any act of disobedience. It is for these reasons that I do not accept as axiomatic the concept that "without the SSPX (as it is now) and those consecrations, we would have no TLM."
It's an interesting read, where he asks if the end justifies the means and if the Tridentine Latin Mass was actually hindered because it was inexorably linked to the Society of Saint Pius X. My opinions on the subject are quite mixed, and I feel blessed to live in a community with FSSP and ICRSS communities (as well as SSPX, which I do not attend). I also admire how brave the founders of the FSSP were to walk away from the SSPX and back into Rome when it would have been so ecclesiologically dangerous.
(Is “ecclesiologically” a word? My spell-checker rejects it.)
Comments (2)
I don't know. I think the SSPX is what is needed. That's how the church used to be and that is what kept Western Civilization in check, even in prot. countries. We can go on and on debating Canon Law, obediance, etc. Archbishop Lefebvre also did an incrediblely brave thing as well. They stay committed to principles.
Posted by David | April 9, 2008 5:16 PM
Posted on April 9, 2008 17:16
Hi David-- Thanks for the note. In my opinion, discussing SSPX is like handling a live grenade, but twice as dangerous.
I don't know what I would have done if I'd lived through Vatican II. But in today's world, I think that it's important to get Tradition out of the closet and bring it back to the Church. We can't hide the Tridentine Mass in seperatist enclaves anymore, we've got to get it into the round spaceship churches in the suburbs.
If we're ever going to save the Roman Catholic Church, we've got to actually go to the Roman Catholic Churches, even if they're in the Archdiocese of Nineveh. It seems to me that the SSPX isn't interested in doing that.
Posted by WRC | April 10, 2008 8:48 AM
Posted on April 10, 2008 08:48