The Society of St.Pius X (SSPX) has to respond to the Notification of Bishop Marcello Semeraro,Bishop of Albano, by citing doctrine which supports them. They have ignored this in the Press Release which they have issued.They still can clarify this issue.The opportunity is still there.
Here is the Notification of the Bishop of Albano,Italy.NOTIFICATION TO PASTORS [PARISH PRIESTS] ON THE "SOCIETY OF SAINT PIUS X"
In the past few weeks, requests of clarification have reached the Diocesan Chancery regarding the celebration of Sacraments at the "Society of Saint Pius X" of Albano Laziale.
Regarding it, it is right and proper to point out that the above-mentioned "Society" is not an institution (neither parish, nor association) of the Catholic Church.
Lionel
They are not an instituion for the Bishop of Albano since they have not accepted Vatican Council II with (or without) the irrational premise and so do not have canonical status.They have missed the chance to tell the bishop that Vatican Council II can be interpreted in agreement with the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus.They missed the opportunity once again.
They are not an instituion for the Bishop of Albano since they have not accepted Vatican Council II with (or without) the irrational premise and so do not have canonical status.They have missed the chance to tell the bishop that Vatican Council II can be interpreted in agreement with the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus.They missed the opportunity once again.
This applies even after the decree of the Congregation for Bishops of January 21, 2009, by which the Holy Father Benedict XVI, reaching out in good will in response to reiterated requests by the Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius X, revoked the excommunication in which the four Prelated had incurred since June 30, 1988.
This was highlighted by Benedict XVI with his Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church of March 10, 2009: "the Society has no canonical status in the Church, and its ministers – even though they have been freed of the ecclesiastical penalty – do not legitimately exercise any ministry in the Church." (in AAS CI [2009], n. 4, p. 272). The same Benedict XVI, in the following Letter m. p. Ecclesiae Unitatem, of July 2, 2009, added: "the remission of the excommunication was a measure taken in the context of ecclesiastical discipline to free the individuals from the burden of conscience constituted by the most serious of ecclesiastical penalties. However, the doctrinal questions obviously remain and until they are clarified the Society has no canonical status in the Church and its ministers cannot legitimately exercise any ministry." (in AAS CI [2009], p. 710-711).
Lionel: The SSPX must clarify the doctrinal questions and then they can be granted canonical status.They can then exercise ministry legitimately.They have not touched on the doctrinal issue in the Press Release.
They should have announced that Vatican Council II can be interpreted with or without an irrational premise. Without the irrational premise the Council supports the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus.They should ask the bishop if he is willing to accept this interpretation of the Council II.This is a doctrinal issue.
As a consequence of the above, it is right and proper to restate what had been formulated in the Pastoral Note on the Society of Saint Pius X of [former bishop of Albano] Dante Bernini, in which it can be read:
The Catholic faithful cannot participate at Mass, neither request and/or receive Sacraments from or in the Society. Acting otherwise would mean to break communion with the Catholic Church.
As a consequence of the above, it is right and proper to restate what had been formulated in the Pastoral Note on the Society of Saint Pius X of [former bishop of Albano] Dante Bernini, in which it can be read:
The Catholic faithful cannot participate at Mass, neither request and/or receive Sacraments from or in the Society. Acting otherwise would mean to break communion with the Catholic Church.
Lionel: Unless they clarify their doctrinal position on Vatican Council II and other magisterial documents like the Catechism of the Catholic Church there cannot be an agreement.
Therefore, any Catholic faithful who requests and receives Sacraments in the Society of Saint Pius X, will place himself de facto in the condition of no longer being in communion with the Catholic Church. A readmission to the Catholic Church must be preceded by an adequate personal path of reconciliation, according to the ecclesiastical discipline established by the Bishop.
Therefore, any Catholic faithful who requests and receives Sacraments in the Society of Saint Pius X, will place himself de facto in the condition of no longer being in communion with the Catholic Church. A readmission to the Catholic Church must be preceded by an adequate personal path of reconciliation, according to the ecclesiastical discipline established by the Bishop.
Lionel:
The SSPX has still to show the Bishop of Albano that he is interpreting Vatican Council II and other magisterial texts, with an irrational premise. So these Church documents emerge as a break with the past.They become heretical. The SSPX has still to explain to the bishop that Vatican Council II can be interpreted without the irrational premise.It is then Vatican Council II is non heretical and has a hermeneutic of continuity. They must ask the Bishop of Albano to first accept this rational version of Vatican Council II and then they could follow.
It is sincerely saddening that such options [measures], particularly when in reference to the Christian Initiation of Children and Adolescents, be in constrast with the pastoral orientations of the Italian Church and, consequently, with the choices of the Diocese of Albano, where formative paths for the growth and maturation of the life of faith are favored.
To the Parish priests, the duty to give adequate information to the faithful.
From the Albano Chancery, October 14, 2014, Prot. 235/14.
+ Marcello Semeraro, Bishop.
It is sincerely saddening that such options [measures], particularly when in reference to the Christian Initiation of Children and Adolescents, be in constrast with the pastoral orientations of the Italian Church and, consequently, with the choices of the Diocese of Albano, where formative paths for the growth and maturation of the life of faith are favored.
To the Parish priests, the duty to give adequate information to the faithful.
From the Albano Chancery, October 14, 2014, Prot. 235/14.
+ Marcello Semeraro, Bishop.
There have made some good points in their Press Release but they have not referred to Vatican Council II being in agreement with Tradition and especially the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus.Is the Bishop of Albano willing to accept extra ecclesiam nulla salus ?
-Lionel Andrades
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The Bishop of Albano will not like this. But then at least he cannot say that the SSPX has to accept Vatican Council II (with the premise) http://eucharistandmission.blogspot.it/2014/10/the-bishop-of-albano-will-not-like.html
We call upon Bishop Semeraro to please do the same. Affirm Vatican Council II as we interpret it http://eucharistandmission.blogspot.it/2014/10/we-call-upon-bishop-semeraro-to-please.html
Pope Benedict XVI and the Bishop of Albano made a doctrinal errror with reference to the Letter of the Holy Office 1949 , Catechism of the Catholic Church 1257-1260 and an irrational interpretation of Vatican Council II http://eucharistandmission.blogspot.it/2014/10/pope-benedict-xvi-and-bishop-of-albano.html
Papa Benedetto XVI e il vescovo di Albano fanno errrore dottrinale alla Lettera del Sant'Uffizio 1949, Catechismo della Chiesa Cattolica e Concilio Vaticano II
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