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'The Wedding Garment' and membership of the Church
A popular interpretation of the parable sees 'the wedding garment' as supernatural grace in the soul – but it also has an application to membership of…
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The terrifying warning of the parable of the wedding feast
The 'wedding garment' and the command to come to the wedding feast give this parable, told in the Temple in Holy Week, a different meaning to the…
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Why you MUST understand what Revelation is (Fortes in Fide)
If you have a modernist conception of revelation, how can you make an act of faith – without which it is impossible to please God?
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Why did Christ speak of a wedding feast after condemning the priests?
After the priests withdraw in anger, Christ turns to the people with a new parable — revealing that the Synagogue will give place to a universal Kingdom…
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BIG NEWS: Transalpine Redemptorists ‘repudiate the Synodal Church’ as ‘distinct’ from the Catholic Church
'The faith of all times and of the saints,' they said, 'is incompatible with the new, modern Church.... They simply cannot coexist.'
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Did Cardinal Manning really accuse Cardinal Newman of ‘ten distinct heresies’?
In honour of the 180th anniversary of Newman's conversion: Why this anecdote is of absolutely no worth.
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S.D. Wright
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'Become as little children' – but how, and why?
Greatness is not measured by office, Fr Coleridge says, but by something else.
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Should we care what Archbishop Lefebvre had to say?
And is it fruitful to speculate on what he might say now?
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S.D. Wright
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Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre: 'The visibility of the Church and the current situation'
At a priests' retreat, a few months after the 1988 episcopal consecrations, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre made important comments which might alarm some…
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How Christ used David's Psalm to expose the misconceptions of his enemies
Christ’s question about David’s 'Lord' revealed the their inability to recognise the divine Person who stood before them.
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Why Jesus asks, 'What think you of Christ, whose Son is he?'
In posing a question about King David, Our Lord offered his enemies one last lifeline.
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What is the meaning of the 'fourfold' love of God?
Why must we love God with all our heart, mind, soul and strength – and how can we see which area we need to develop?
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Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre: 'Two Years after the Consecrations'
A difficult-to-find text from Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, now easily accessible for all.
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The cost of clerical ambition
Father Coleridge explains how the conduct of Christ's ministers can build up others for eternal life – or direct them towards eternal destruction.
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Classic study radically overstates Lefebvre's position on holy orders
It’s been claimed that Lefebvre 'never called in question the validity of the new rite of episcopal ordinations.' This is an untenable claim, even if…
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S.D. Wright
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'I do not hesitate to administer conditional confirmation when asked'—Archbishop Lefebvre
Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre wrote to Abbé François Pivert in 1988, explaining his rationale and willingness to confirm conditional confirmation freely…
'Painful uncertainty'—new rite of holy orders critiqued in 1978 by Athanasius Kröger OSB
This Una Voce group was publishing some very daring material in the early days.
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Can liturgical changes affect validity? Cardinal Vaughan says yes
Cardinal Vaughan stated that systematic liturgical changes demonstrate the intentions of those responsible for them, and can render the rite of doubtful…
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Fr Zuhlsdorf, Michael Davies, and doubtful sacraments
'Father Z', aka Fr John Zuhlsdorf, responded to our article on whether the new rites of holy orders are valid. Here's our reply.
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S.D. Wright
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Classic study calls conditional ordination a 'measure of prudence'
In his defence of the new rites of episcopal consecration, Fr Pierre-Marie OP nonetheless refers to conditional ordination as 'the usage that seems to…
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S.D. Wright
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Former Jesuit and pro-life stalwart conditionally ordained to the priesthood
Fr James Marshall, pro-lifer and former member of the Society of Jesus, has been conditionally ordained by Bishop Germán Fliess of Bishop Donald…
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S.D. Wright
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Classic study admits invalid rites would NOT destroy hierarchy
In his classic study defending the new rites of holy orders, Fr Pierre-Marie OP himself rejected the objection that, if they were invalid, then the…
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S.D. Wright

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Why you MUST understand what Revelation is (Fortes in Fide)
If you have a modernist conception of revelation, how can you make an act of faith – without which it is impossible to please God?
6
Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre: The Last Interview
'It is no longer merely a question of liturgy,' Lefebvre said, 'but a question of faith.'
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Did Cardinal Manning really accuse Cardinal Newman of ‘ten distinct heresies’?
In honour of the 180th anniversary of Newman's conversion: Why this anecdote is of absolutely no worth.
 • 
S.D. Wright
2
Should we care what Archbishop Lefebvre had to say?
And is it fruitful to speculate on what he might say now?
 • 
S.D. Wright
2
Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre: 'The visibility of the Church and the current situation'
At a priests' retreat, a few months after the 1988 episcopal consecrations, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre made important comments which might alarm some…
13
Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre: 'Two Years after the Consecrations'
A difficult-to-find text from Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, now easily accessible for all.
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Can a schismatic be a saint – or someone mistaken about the Pope's identity? Benedict XIV answers
In his treatment of 'false martyrs,' Benedict XIV considers whether schismatics can be saints and martyrs – and how we should see those who recognise a…
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'Faith is absolutely necessary for salvation' (Fortes in Fide)
What actually is faith, and why is it the foundation of the entire supernatural life in Christ? Fr Noël Barbara explains.
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