In this spurious age, it is regrettable, but not surprising, that faithful scholars of good will would be misunderstood and vilified. What I continue to find utterly astonishing, however, is that any modern scholars, defy the spirit of the age, turn their backs to the hollow applause of colleagues, risk their livelihoods, and pursue the truth wherever it leads. This is a work of God. Keep up the hard but good work.
Thank you. I’ve been looking for resources on this issue and like FedEx they arrived virtually overnight. Whether or not I ultimately reach your conclusions, I will at least have been informed by someone of much deeper knowledge and integrity.
What I notice is that the sedevacantist literature is actually quite vast and prolix - take, for example, the 50,000-word treatise under way at "The WM Review" against Fr Thomas Crean's short article to see what I mean. It's not that they can't mount arguments; it's that the argument they make for an empty chair and the reality of indefectibility (in spite of every appearance to the contrary) is so elaborate that it begins to look like a form of gnosticism: we have the secret knowledge that explains why you shouldn't trust your lying eyes - the bishops and cardinals and popes are not what they appear to be, but illusory, fantastical, wolves in sheeps' clothing, and the true Church, though theoretically catholic, is found perhaps in a scattered handful of chapels dotted across the world... and so forth.
Here, by the way, is Fr Thomas's original article, which you might find helpful.
In this spurious age, it is regrettable, but not surprising, that faithful scholars of good will would be misunderstood and vilified. What I continue to find utterly astonishing, however, is that any modern scholars, defy the spirit of the age, turn their backs to the hollow applause of colleagues, risk their livelihoods, and pursue the truth wherever it leads. This is a work of God. Keep up the hard but good work.
Thank you, Bruce! Please pray for me. May Sts. Peter & Paul pray for you & yours.
Thank you. I’ve been looking for resources on this issue and like FedEx they arrived virtually overnight. Whether or not I ultimately reach your conclusions, I will at least have been informed by someone of much deeper knowledge and integrity.
Thanks, Tony.
What I notice is that the sedevacantist literature is actually quite vast and prolix - take, for example, the 50,000-word treatise under way at "The WM Review" against Fr Thomas Crean's short article to see what I mean. It's not that they can't mount arguments; it's that the argument they make for an empty chair and the reality of indefectibility (in spite of every appearance to the contrary) is so elaborate that it begins to look like a form of gnosticism: we have the secret knowledge that explains why you shouldn't trust your lying eyes - the bishops and cardinals and popes are not what they appear to be, but illusory, fantastical, wolves in sheeps' clothing, and the true Church, though theoretically catholic, is found perhaps in a scattered handful of chapels dotted across the world... and so forth.
Here, by the way, is Fr Thomas's original article, which you might find helpful.
https://www.traditionsanity.com/p/a-city-set-on-a-hill-cannot-be-hidden