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Card. Brandmullar, not alone in his analyses, starts from a position of 'bias'- i.e. the Church can't be wrong regarding V2- he then has to employ theological gymnastics in an attempt to justify his position. Your own terms of justifying your position is equally 'contortionistic' with a tint of arrogance. For example, 'faithfulness'- Are you suggesting that you are more faithful than a Traditionalist …More
Card. Brandmullar, not alone in his analyses, starts from a position of 'bias'- i.e. the Church can't be wrong regarding V2- he then has to employ theological gymnastics in an attempt to justify his position. Your own terms of justifying your position is equally 'contortionistic' with a tint of arrogance. For example, 'faithfulness'- Are you suggesting that you are more faithful than a Traditionalist? Or any other group within the wider Church? Personally I have not come across anyone in Traditional circles that claimed superiority in faithfulness. Our hold to Tradition is pointedly articulated with the following: Eugenio Pacelli, future Pius XII.

"I am worried by the Blessed Virgin's messages to Lucy of Fatima. This persistence of Mary about the dangers which menace the Church is a divine warning against the suicide of altering the Faith, in Her liturgy, Her theology and Her soul. … I hear all around me innovators who wish to dismantle the Sacred Chapel, destroy the universal flame of the Church, reject Her ornaments and make Her feel remorse for Her historical past.
"A day will come when the civilized world will deny its God, when the Church will doubt as Peter doubted. She will be tempted to believe that man has become God. In our churches, Christians will search in vain for the red lamp where God awaits them. Like Mary Magdalene, weeping before the empty tomb, they will ask, 'Where have they taken Him?'"

Roche, "Pie XII Devant L'Historie", p. 52-53