FSSPX Confessions Valid - Cardinal Müller Doubles Down
On July 6, Cardinal Gerhard Müller told K-TV.org that FSSPX confessions are illicit but valid. Now he has repeated his disagreement with the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. Its explanatory note from July 2 had claimed that confessions heard by FSSPX priests are "invalid."
"The note from the Dicastery, which appears only as explanatory notes, is unclear," Cardinal Müller told Andreas Wailzer on X.com on July 8.
He added: "The authority to forgive sins is conferred by Christ Himself in the sacrament of Holy Orders. It is not conferred by the Pope through his primacy of jurisdiction. Orthodox priests, too, validly grant absolution."
Müller continued: "The Pope can only prohibit the exercise of this authority. He can also reserve certain sins for his own absolution. One example is the sin against the unity of the Church, committed through an unauthorized episcopal consecration."
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It is surprising, then, that none of the modernists raised their voices when that apostate of infamous memory, Jorge Bergoglio, recognized the rites of Anglican and Lutheran heretics—including their sacrilegious and invalid sacraments
Confession without confessing? When Luther was …
118 – The differences between Catholic sacraments and Lutheran worship are “explanations, interpretations.” “You are doing the same thing, whether in the Lutheran language or the Catholic one, but it’s the same.”
Müller contradicts Fernández and maintains that the confessions of the FSSPX are valid
Not just Cardinal Muller. Many respected Canon legal experts agree with Cardinal Muller. The porn guy got it wrong.
Something that was basically valid for all eternity cannot all of a sudden be made invalid.