re sspx schism in article apr athos rutgers edu simon giaeb cc monash edu au simon shields writes 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 i may be interesting to see some brief selections posted to the net my understanding is that sspx does not consider itself in schism or legitimately excommunicated but that s really beside the point what does the roman catholic church say excommunication can be real apart from formal excommunication as provided for in canon law after all we orthodox don t cinsider ourselves schismatic or excommunicated but the catholic church considers us dissident if this is inappropriate for this group or beyond the charter i m sure ofm will let us know larry overacker llo shell com lawrence overacker shell oil company information center houston tx llo shell com i think it s within the charter whether this is actually the best group in which to discuss it is up to the people concerned i am not interested in having this reinvoke the general catholic protestant polemics but i don t see why it should the issue is primarily one specific to catholics clh
