Rev. Robert L. Neville
A young priest outlines his reasons for the SSPX Superior General.
Your Excellency:
Since the departure of several priests to the Society of St. John, I have been thinking more seriously about certain things which were never really clear in my mind. Lately I have been thinking about authority and infallibility, as well as their respective relation to the Society of St. Pius X and to the Church. I have come to the conclusion that the Society has many inherent errors and contradictions and I will attempt to enumerate them.
I believe that I am correct in saying that the Society maintains that John Paul II and the hierarchy in communion with him have authority and jurisdiction. If this is the case, then one must logically conclude that their ordinary universal magisterium and disciplinary reforms are infallible. One is also forced to conclude that this authority must be recognized as such, not only theoretically, but also in practice.
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