It strikes me as fairly absurd that the SSPX put forward a monstrosity - a 154-paragraph-long reactionary and integrist "profession of faith" - when their separation from the Catholic Church has hinged since 1988 on their refusal to make this 5 paragraph profession of faith.
@JMJCircello@QuoVadis_MV@Pontifex Because the SSPX refuse communion. They won’t take the profession of faith that the IBP took. It’s the same roles for everyone. As Pope Leo said, the Church will move forward.
@WalkerMarcus RC Church was acutely embarrassed by BJ’s marriage, not least because of perception that rules had been bent. But that perception was wrong. Because he had been baptised RC, his earlier union was not recognised as a valid marriage and he was free to marry. No sleight of hand.
@SteveSkojec@xyz123736782 You certainly don’t lack confidence in your ability to interpret tradition. I fear it is a more complicated question than you think it is.
@SteveSkojec@chosenaxiom It doesn’t, Steve. Their ecclesiology is all over the place for a start. Besides, you can’t simultaneously say that “Vatican 2 defined no new dogma” and “we reject the false doctrines of Vatican 2”.