PRIEST SAYS CANADIAN CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS MADE A MISTAKE : SSPX NOT IN SCHISM

Friday, February 1, 2013

Clarifying a Clarification: The SSPX are NOT Schismatic

The statement made by the CCCB indicated that the SSPX is a schismatic group, and the statment published here in Hamilton also stated that other than Baptism, all of their sacraments are invalid.  Here is where the problem lies, and here is where the clarification is needed.  The SSPX is not now, nor has it ever been a schismatic group, as it does not meet the canonical requirements for such a definition.  This matter was clarified by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in a matter known as the "Case of the Hawaii Six", and further clarified by the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, which stated that while Archbishop Lefebvre's actions were schismatic, the SSPX itself never went into schism. 

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