Misframing Church Crisis: How a Pastorally Phrased Observation Replaces Doctrine with Alignment
Church crisis misframed: The crisis is not about: drifting, being pushed out, or staying in. It is about Catholic identity. The SSPX crisis is not a problem of alignment but of ontology; not of loyalty but of legitimacy; not of movement but of meaning; not of psychology but of ecclesiology. Prologue: Pastorally Phrased, yet Grossly Faulty Observation I came across a curious “observation” that reads thus: “MY OBSERVATION after reading many comments from different sides: The SSPX seems aware of the risks, yet remains firm in its stance instead of fully submitting to the Church, which is actually trying to keep them from drifting further away. At the same time, certain modernist groups appear to be pushing them out, while the sedevacantists seem almost eager to see them fall. Stand with the Church! And let us pray that the July consecrations are carried out with Rome’s full approval.” No doubts, this observation is pastorally phrased, but from a pre-Vatican II Tradition...