Posted on 05/28/2012 6:48:22 AM PDT by jcpryor
The latest volley in Bishop Richard Williamson's war against Bishop Fellay and the Holy Father has come from Fr. Francois Chazal, a priest of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX)stationed in Asia. At the end of this post you will find a video and written transcript of a sermon give by Fr. Chazal that praises Bishop Williamson, a renowned Holocaust Denier, for thwarting Bishop Fellay's "plot" to sign a deal with Rome. This lengthy sermon is well worth taking time to listen to as it provides a perfect example of the ecclesiology taught within the SSPX.
It would be a mistake to view this sermon as politically motivated. Fr. Chazal was not known as a radical. In the SSPX US seminary, he was neither an antisemite nor a distributitst. He only cared about the faith and maintaining the spirit of Archbishop Lefebvre. You could not have a conversation with Fr. Chazal without it eventually coming back to St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica.
Fr. Chazal intelligently and passionately believes what he is saying in this sermon. In keeping with his character, he is not trying to manipulate his audience. He is clearly and honestly telling us what he believes and why.
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St. Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologica.
St Thomas must have commented on the futility of trying to reform a certain kind of thinker in the theology world.
Don’t know what they are called. Terminally unique? Ignore them.
The Society of St. Pius X reminds of a flea on the backside of an elephant. The history of the Catholic Church is replete of these kind of rebellious movements. All have died, as this one will as well. Ask 99.99% of US Catholics about this group, and they likely have never heard of them. Pope Benedict is giving them an opportunity to return to the reservation. If they do not take his generous offer, they will find themselves to be a minor footnote in the history of the Catholic Church.
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