tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28228246.post3721929991418643335..comments2023-03-31T11:01:00.683-05:00Comments on Creative Advance: Dear Pope Benedict: Your "Dictatorship of Relativism" Is Getting Old. Try Getting Real.Gerald T Floydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10786063941138911901noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28228246.post-33309967112621941132009-01-30T09:14:00.000-06:002009-01-30T09:14:00.000-06:00Excellent post! One of the most embarassing aspec...Excellent post! <BR/><BR/>One of the most embarassing aspects of this whole thing is that the SSPX has never represented authentic Catholic "traditionalism." It has always been representative of a rump group of Dreyfusard integrists peddling crackpot Judeo-Masonic conspiracy theories. A Jansenist movement obsessed with the French Revolution and the rights of the <I>ancien regime</I>.<BR/><BR/>It's getting harder and harder to defend Benedict from the charge of being a reactionary and a pre-conciliar restorationist. From the meaning of "subsists" down to this whole affair, he's taken upon himself the role of being the sole interpreter of the Council. Considering the fact that he's one of the last men standing, I guess it's hard to stop him from doing so.<BR/><BR/>How many times have we heard things like this?<BR/><BR/>"An agreement has been made with Marcel Lefebvre. Now the SSPX has the ball in it's court."<BR/><BR/>"John Paul II has granted the indult. Now the SSPX has the ball in it's court."<BR/><BR/>"Benedict has issued the Motu Proprio freeing up the Latin Mass. Now the SSPX has the ball in it's court."<BR/><BR/>"Benedict has lifted the excommunications. Now the SSPX has the ball in it's court."<BR/><BR/>Yadda, yadda...<BR/><BR/>The SSPX has never tried to move the ball at all. They've never moved on anything, apart from this: It sounds like they've moved Rome closer to Econe than the other way around.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10754406706300818849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28228246.post-75380641354302287522009-01-29T08:18:00.000-06:002009-01-29T08:18:00.000-06:00Bravo. There is so much wrong with this fiasco, I...Bravo. There is so much wrong with this fiasco, I hardly know where to begin. But your post, and Colleen's, help to clarify the most critical issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28228246.post-15301449988012277242009-01-26T12:47:00.000-06:002009-01-26T12:47:00.000-06:00Thanks for this post. You have so asked the questi...Thanks for this post. You have so asked the question I too have wanted answered. When does a Pope's personal preferences become a dictatorship of relativity?<BR/><BR/>As I said on my own blog, this latest decision makes me sick.colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.com