![]() ![]() ![]() Ripperger then served up a some ice cold Full Communion Kool Aid, saying: That said, he does make a good point we should frequently examine our motives just to be certain that we are acting for the right reasons.įr. More often than not, when the errors and offenses of a priest or bishop – including the one presently running the show in Rome – are being criticized, it is being done for the good of those who may be misled i.e., for the glory of God and the salvation of souls. Ripperger left out something very important. What does that mean? It means that it’s proceeds from a desire for people’s spiritual being and for the love of God not because you’re mad and angry and want to hack at people. You should never say anything against somebody unless it’s necessary – that is, by necessary, it’s necessary for that person’s spiritual life, or their physical well-being or what have you it’s just, don’t exaggerate it and it’s charitable. I think it is fair to say that pretty much all so-called “traditionalist apostolates” worthy of the name – meaning, those with a voice in Catholic media – are very clear about the necessity of submitting to the Church’s perennial Magisterium as opposed to the contrary novelties that are so often put forth by the hierarchy of today. If a defender of tradition should inspire a lack of blind trust in modernist Rome and its leaders, praise God. Submitting to the kind of garbage that is being freely cast about by so many of today’s priests and bishops (most especially the one presently dressed in papal whites) is a grave danger to souls. In other words, those determined to remain entrenched in the comforts of conservatism often disingenuously accuse those who stand up for tradition of attacking persons when in truth, false teachings and impious behaviors are truly being attacked.įurthermore, let’s be clear, the duty of submitting to legitimate ecclesial authority presupposes that doing so is tantamount to submission to the authentic Magisterium of the Church. That said, it seems to me that the unwillingness to make this distinction is found every bit as often or more among those who reject tradition as compared to those attempting to defend it. The former is sinful the latter, necessary. How you can expect people to want to submit themselves to Christ’s legitimate authority, handed on through the Magisterium, if you’re constantly running down the bishops and the priests and the Pope and things of that sort.Ĭertainly, there is a very important distinction to be made between attacking a person in an act of subjective judgment – be that man a member of the hierarchy or otherwise – and attacking his errors, false teachings and heresies in an objective sense. ![]() Okay, why? Because in the end it destroys people’s ability to the virtue of piety. We have to stop detracting against the Magisterium. Ripperger veers onto some shaky ground, saying: Ripperger makes some good points e.g., concerning the necessity of avoiding pride and remaining ever aware that it is only by God’s grace that any of us have either been born into, or drawn into, tradition.Īt a certain point, however, Fr. Why? Because, according to him, these issues are present “pretty much across the board in almost every traditionalist apostolate” and they are the reason “why the tradition isn’t being recouped as quickly” as it might otherwise.įr. “I just want people to be aware that these are the kinds of problems that we’re up against,” Fr. Chad Ripperger on the problems effecting the so-called “traditional movement” has been receiving a fair bit of attention in certain circles, and not without reason. ![]()
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