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Tag Archives: can. 751
ASK FATHER: Some say @TaylorRMarshall, Tim Gordon, Archbp. Vigano are schismatic. Is this true?”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I am a relatively new re-convert to Christiantiy. I have learned much from Dr. Taylor Marshall and I have started attending my local Traditional Latin Mass and have picked my latin missal at his recommendation. Some … Read More
The Devil Wears SJ. The Jesuit Superior General: The Devil is a symbol, not a person.
This week brought us Jesuit Thomas Reese, who undermined faith in transubstantiation. I wrote about that HERE. And Jesuit James Martin is incessantly sowing confusion about same-sex relationships and the Church’s teaching about homosexual acts. Now this. From CNA: Vatican … Read More
Posted in Canon Law, Jesuits, Liberals
Tagged can. 751, heresy, Jesuits, Superior General, The Devil
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22 Comments
MUST READ: The Papalatrous catholic Left and “Horizonal Schism”
Speaking of brilliant, you will want to pay attention to the following. Canonist Ed Peters turns the canonical sock about schism, can. 751, inside out. There are two dimensions of schism, you see. The papalatrous catholic Left has probably fallen into … Read More
Is homosexualist activist Jesuit Fr. @JamesMartinSJ a heretic? Canon Law with Ed Peters.
Canonist Ed Peters posted at his excellent site In The Light Of The Law, an illuminating post bringing greater clarity to what heresy is and what Jesuit homosexualist activist Fr. James Martin thinks. Peters doesn’t have a combox, but I do. … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can I give SSPX followers Holy Communion?
From a reader, a priest… QUAERITUR: We offer the old mass every Sunday at midday. Missa cantata with very sound teaching. There are individuals who choose to attend Sunday mass at an sspx chapel near to us (and no nearer … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Hard-Identity Catholicism, SSPX
Tagged can. 1364, can. 751, can. 912, can. 915, can.916, SSPX
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Peters on Popes and Heresy, Personal and Public
Famed canonist Ed Peters today at his exceptional blog In The Light Of The Law has a piece that you will want to peruse. He doesn’t have an open combox, but I do. Read, re-read, pause to think, think again, … Read More
Posted in Canon Law, Fr. Z KUDOS, Francis, The Drill
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, can. 1330, can. 1389, can. 751, Ed Peters, heresy
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18 Comments
ASK FATHER: If Orthodox schismatics can receive Communion, why not divorced and remarried (adulterers)?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: “Amoris Latitia” contains the footnote [351] stating those living in irregular unions can be admitted to holy communion in some circumstances; the idea being that they may be in the state of grace, despite how (objectively) they … Read More
Excommunication of same-sex ‘marriage’ Catholic SCOTUS Justices for Heresy
From Ed Peters, distinguished canonist, on Catholic SCOTUS Justices (Kennedy, Sotomayor) who ruled for Obergefell v. Hodges: Obergefell and canonical criminal law Dcn Greg Kandra calls attention to a question floating around out there, namely, [QUAERITUR…]should Catholic justices who voted … Read More
ASK FATHER: Rebaptism and membership in two Churches at the same time?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Is a person who was baptized a Roman Catholic and later re-baptized in the Coptic Orthodox Church a member in good standing of both Churches who can receive communion in either one? A dear friend of mine was … Read More
SSPX – Schism or not?
Recently there has been some slightly turbulent discussion in the blogosphere about the canonical status of the Society of St. Pius X, that is, whether or not the SSPX is in “schism”. Some people refer to them as “schismatic”. That … Read More
L. on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 2nd Sunday of Advent – 2025: “I’m visiting relatives and so assisted at Mass at what I like to call “The Church of What’s Happening Now!”…”
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