sspx schism hi all hope you all had a blessed easter i have a document which i believe refutes the notion that the sspx society of saint pius x is in schism or that there has been any legitimate excommunication if anyone is interested in reading the truth about this matter please email me and i ll send them the document via email its pages long so i wont be posting it on the news group its titled neither schismatic nor excommunicated this article was originally an english translation by the society of saint pius x in ireland from the french journal courrier de rome the french article in its turn was a translation from the italian of the roman newsletter si si no no this booklet contains the transcription with some minor editing of the irish article and was transcribed and produced by john clay townsville queensland australia there is no copyright attached simon shields contents neither schismatic nor excommunicated catholics on the rack the choice of the sensus fidei ambiguity the church is not bicephalous two headed the person and the function of the pope unity of faith and unity of communion the criteria of choice ecumenism an attack on the unity of the church the extraordinary situation within the church extraordinary duties of lay people duties and powers of bishops from the fact of their greater duties from the fact of their greater power the power and the duty of the papacy the election of bishops state and right of necessity there is in the church a real state of necessity for souls for seminarians all the ordinary means have been exhausted the act itself is not intrinsically evil and there resul in the limits of effective requirements the authority of the pope is not put into question the excommunication conclusion bibliography god bless ye all an irish fairwell may the road rise to meet you may the wind be always at your back may the sun shine warm upon your face the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again may god hold you in the palm of his hand simon p shields programmer viva cristo rey monash university college gippsland ph jhs switchback rd churchill fax australia internet simon giaec cc monash edu au m j
