Quotes of Bishop Fellay towards "Reconciliation"
Feb 23, 2018 17:43:21 GMT
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Quotes of Bishop Fellay towards "Reconciliation"
[Three interviews from Bishop Fellay.]
Bishop Fellay stated in four interviews on May 13, 2016, Jan. 13, 2017, Jan. 29, 2017, and Feb. 2, 2017:
- "Little by little rome is giving us all we need for reconciliation". (Bishop Fellay, Interview with the Register, May 13, 2016)
- "There is no longer an insurmountable obstacle to a canonical recognition of the Fraternity" (Feb. 2, 2017, Vida Nueva)
- "This agreement is possible without waiting for the situation in the
Church to become complete satisfactory." (Jan. 29, 2017, TVLiberties)
- “Relations with the Vatican are already normal, and only the seal is missing on the agreement” (Jan. 29, 2017, TVLiberties)
- “The problem is not in the structure, the structure is already well
established.” (Jan. 13, 2017, Dici interview Radio Courtoisie)
- [ . . . ] Rome is offering us a new structure. At its head will be a
bishop, chosen by the Pope from a list of three Society members, named
by the Society. He will have authority over priests, over any religious
wanting to join the new structure and over Catholics belonging to the
new structure. These will have an absolute right to receive from Society
priests all the sacraments, including marriage. This bishop will be
able to set up schools and seminaries, to ordain ( priests ), to
establish new religious Congregations. The structure will be like a
super-diocese, independent of all local bishops. In other words, for you
faithful, there will be no change from what you are already enjoying
with the Society. The only difference will be that you will be
officially recognized as Catholics.
"You can easily imagine that
there will be clashes with the local bishops. So we must be prudent, but
as things stand you cannot imagine anything better than this offer,
which is such that you cannot think it is a trap. It is not a trap , and
if anyone makes us such an offer it can only be because he wishes us
well . He wants Tradition to prosper and to flourish within the Church.
It is impossible that such an offer could come from our enemies. They
have many other ways to crush us, but not that way [ . . . ]. (Aug, 24,
2016, Conference New Zealand)
- "Today and yesterday, the main obstacle is the degree of the obligation
of adherence to the Second Vatican Council” (Feb. 2, 2017, Vida Nueva)
- “We could sum up by saying that the conditio sine qua non is that Rome accepts us as we are." (Feb. 2, 2017, Vida Nueva)
- When asked what, then, is still missing, Fellay responds, with a smile:
“the stamp,” and then he adds: “and the clear and firm affirmation that
one will respect that guarantee [of being able to remain who we are
now].” “That stamp and guarantee,” concludes the interviewer, “can only
be given by the pope himself.” “Yes, it is up to the pope to do so,”
replies Bishop Fellay. (Bishop Fellay, Jan. 29, 2017 TV Libertés
interview)
- Bishop Fellay sent a signed Document to Rome, entitled
"Doctrinal Declaration" stating he now accepts the legitimacy of the
NOM:
"7. We declare that we recognize the validity of the
sacrifice of the Mass and the Sacraments celebrated with the intention
to do what the Church does according to the rites indicated in the
typical editions of the Roman Missal and the Sacramentary Rituals
legitimately promulgated by Popes Paul VI and John-Paul II."
www.therecusant.com/doctrinalpreamble-15apr2012
- …...
Also –
- “It will be quite a work, and it will take time to be able to bring the
faithful to realize this new face in the history of the Church, this new
reality.” (May 13, 2016, The National Register)
- Bishop Fellay claims the crisis is "Recessing":
"The state of necessity started to recede with the Motu proprio dated July 7, 2007, in which Benedict XVI acknowledged that the Traditional Mass had never been abrogated."
cor-mariae.com/index.php?threads/bishop-fellay-claims-crisis-is-recessing.6050/
ArchBishop Pozzo said:
- “Full communion with the Lefebvrians is near. The accomplishment of the
agreement is now in plain sight.” (Jan. 30, 2017, LaStampa)
- “As far as doctrinal issues are concerned, the main problems seem to
have been overcome in view of an agreement. Members of the Fraternity
were asked to remain faithful to the essential aspects of being a
Catholic: to the [1989] “professio fidei” (profession of faith), belief
in the validity of the sacraments celebrated with the Novus Ordo (the
liturgy that resulted from post-conciliar reform), and obedience to the
Pope.” (Jan. 30, 2017, LaStampa)
- Archbishop Pozzo also said in his interview Bishop Fellay agreed
to any reservation he may have can be done AFTER their full
reconciliation: "We are going in the right direction with the
Lefebvrians." ... Accepted by the FSSPX, this is the central [Ed: and
only] point of the discussion . The teachings of the Council have a
different degree of authority, to which a different degree of adherence
corresponds. Reservations, after full reconciliation, may be subject to
reservations on matters that are not proper to the matter of faith, but
rather to questions concerning the pastoral application of conciliar
orientations and teachings, such as the relationship between the Church
and the Church. State, ecumenism, interreligious dialogue or some
aspects of the liturgical reform and its implementation. (Jan. 30, 2017,
LaStampa)
- …...