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Spaghetti Bolognese: A Novus Ordo ordination can’t be proved valid with a single video
Even if the new rites were certainly valid, verifying the orders of a ‘Novus Ordo priest’ would be a more tangled task than some seem to think.
 • S.D. Wright
'Zero Marks' – Executive Summary of why the Conciliar/Synodal Church is not the Catholic Church
A shorter and more accessible vesion of ‘Zero Marks’ – engaging with Fr Thomas rean OP’s article on ‘sedevacantism’.
 • S.D. Wright
Executive Summary of 'Zero Marks' – Why it’s necessary
Dr Peter Kwasniewski’s recent comments about Fr Thomas Crean’s article show that the time for a more accessibe version of ‘Zero Marks’ has arrived.
 • S.D. Wright
What's the best explanation for the crisis in the Church?
Abductive reasoning shows us that an extended vacancy is the explanation that best fits the facts of the last sixty years or so. In fact, it is the only…
 • S.D. Wright
Debunking inadequate accounts of the Church's indefectibility
In order to defend the Conciliar/Synodal Church's claims, it's necessary to minimise and 'rethink the Catholic understanding of indefectibility. Here is…
 • S.D. Wright
What is indefectibility? And what are the 'Gates of Hell'? Chapter I of 'Spotless and Unsullied'
In this first chapter, we consider the extent and implications of the indefectibility of the Church.
 • S.D. Wright
'Spotless and Unsullied' – Indefectibility and the Extended Vacancy
The follow-up to Zero Marks – the next part in our mammoth response to Fr Thomas Crean OP's attempted refutation of 'sedevacantism' – is here…
 • S.D. Wright
'Hovel in the valley' – The conclusion to 'Zero Marks'
Rounding up the argument made in 'Zero Marks' – and comparing it to that of the late Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais.
 • S.D. Wright
Ruptures with apostolic doctrine and origin shows the Conciliar/Synodal Church is not the Catholic Church ('Zero Marks', Ch. V)
Having considered apostolicity of succession, let us consider the devastating implications of breaking with apostolic doctrine and continuity.
 • S.D. Wright
'Communion between Muslims and Christians', according to Leo XIV
It 'takes shape under the mantle of Our Lady of Africa', apparently.
Apostolic succession in the Conciliar/Synodal Church? ('Zero Marks', Ch. IV)
Does the Conciliar/Synodal Church of Vatican II enjoy formal apostolic succession?
 • S.D. Wright
Is the Conciliar/Synodal Church Catholic? ('Zero Marks', Ch. III)
How is the Church 'catholic', and how does her visibility depend on this catholicity?
 • S.D. Wright
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