Therefore, the sspx priests question gives rise to another question. When he was a theologian, he professed heresies, he published a book full of heresies. The name of archbishop lefebvre recalls to my mind a man meek and humble of heart and at the same time a strong and violent prelate, violent with that violence our lord spoke of when he said that the violent bear away the kingdom of heaven. On the eve of the consecrations, he simply gave us bits of practical advice on the way to preach, the use of the mitre keeping patience with the master of ceremonies, and so on. The book, and its english translation, are more than a decade old, but it seems to me to have a lot to say to our current ecclesiastical malaise.
Archbishop lefebvre on the three revolutions bishop. Interview with bishop bernard ti the remnant newspaper. After obtaining a university degree in biology, he entered the international seminary of saint pius x. Marcel francois marie joseph lefebvre cssp was a french roman catholic archbishop. After obtaining a university degree in biology, he entered the international seminary of saint pius x at fribourg in october 1969. He and his wife, kathleen are the parents of five children.
I have decided rather to preserve the bishops slightly familiar writing style than to convert the tone of the article to something purely academic. But, if tissier keeps to the restrained but obvious rhetoric of sermons such as this, then he stands a chance of surviving and of having a say in the upcoming july. His archives, too, carefully organized in his cabinet, his books wisely. The book is rich in documentation, often unpublished, and in many. He recounts a meeting with john xxiii, archbishop lefebvre cared little about making a career for himself. Chojnowski has an undergraduate degree in political science and another in philosophy from christendom college.
Consecrated bishop at age 42, one year later he was named the holy sees apostolic delegate for frenchspeaking. Frank kurtz, after which i had the chance to ask his lordship some questions. What matters is the good of the faithful, the salvation of souls being the supreme law. He also described how pope francis took a tolerant view of the fsspx in argentina, even saying that i will not condemn them, and i will not stop anyone from visiting them. He has a book called introduction to christianity, it was in 1968.
With an extraordinary wisdom, so profound and yet so practical, so as to astonish our limited minds, for in fact, he did not. He will ordain 8 new priests 6 for the sspx and 2 for the traditional benedictines and deacons all sspx on friday, june 15, in the sspx seminary in winona, then preside over 3 confirmation. Due to the controversial nature of some comments made in this interview, we have decided to open up a small readers forum at the conclusion of the interview. Especially the negation of the dogma of the redemption. Why bishop fellay and sspx are so controversial europe news. Catholic tradition tagged sspxmodern crisis angelus press. Le floch was branded in this way, as archbishop lefebvre later on 49. Due to online formatting, the footnotes in the ori ginal document are endnotes in this edition. Marcel lefebvre livros na amazon brasil 9781892331243. Q my lord, i need you to be more specific, so we can examine the matter.