SSPX & False 'Trads' Don't Believe What Pope St. Pius X Believed Among the many so-called "traditionalist" groups claiming to be Catholic in our day is the SSPX (Society of St. Pius X). Founded by …More
SSPX & False 'Trads' Don't Believe What Pope St. Pius X Believed
Among the many so-called "traditionalist" groups claiming to be Catholic in our day is the SSPX (Society of St. Pius X). Founded by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, the SSPX & its adherents claim they are against Modernism & that they follow what Pope St. Pius X taught. However, Archbishop Lefebvre - as well as SSPX priests today - admittedly believed that the "invincibly ignorant" can be saved without the Catholic faith, including those who practice false religions like Protestantism, Buddhism & Islam (heresy):
Bp. Lefebvre, Address at Rennes, France: “If men are saved in Protestantism, Buddhism or Islam, they are saved by the Catholic Church, by the grace of Our Lord, by the prayers of those in the Church, by the blood of Our Lord as individuals, perhaps through the practice of their religion, perhaps of what they understand in their religion, but not by their religion…”
Pope St. Pius X explicitly condemned the idea that those ignorant of the Catholic faith can be saved:
Pope Pius X (1905): “And so Our Predecessor, Benedict XIV, had just cause to write: ‘We declare that a great number of those who are condemned to eternal punishment suffer that everlasting calamity because of ignorance of those mysteries of faith which must be known and believed in order to be numbered among the elect.’” (Acerbo Nimis #2)
Pope St. Pius X rejected the idea that one could be saved by obeying the natural law but without the Catholic faith, contrary to what SSPX priests admittedly teach & believe. Many false 'trads' who claim to be Catholic today believe in the heresy that one who is practicing a false religion can receive a "baptism of desire" and go to Heaven — this error is Modernism. The false 'trads' simply don't believe what Pope St. Pius X believed:
Pope Pius X: “As a matter of fact, however, merely naturally good acts are only a counterfeit of virtue since they are neither permanent nor sufficient for salvation.” (Editae Saepe # 28, May 26, 1910)... (conʼt.)
Among the many so-called "traditionalist" groups claiming to be Catholic in our day is the SSPX (Society of St. Pius X). Founded by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, the SSPX & its adherents claim they are against Modernism & that they follow what Pope St. Pius X taught. However, Archbishop Lefebvre - as well as SSPX priests today - admittedly believed that the "invincibly ignorant" can be saved without the Catholic faith, including those who practice false religions like Protestantism, Buddhism & Islam (heresy):
Bp. Lefebvre, Address at Rennes, France: “If men are saved in Protestantism, Buddhism or Islam, they are saved by the Catholic Church, by the grace of Our Lord, by the prayers of those in the Church, by the blood of Our Lord as individuals, perhaps through the practice of their religion, perhaps of what they understand in their religion, but not by their religion…”
Pope St. Pius X explicitly condemned the idea that those ignorant of the Catholic faith can be saved:
Pope Pius X (1905): “And so Our Predecessor, Benedict XIV, had just cause to write: ‘We declare that a great number of those who are condemned to eternal punishment suffer that everlasting calamity because of ignorance of those mysteries of faith which must be known and believed in order to be numbered among the elect.’” (Acerbo Nimis #2)
Pope St. Pius X rejected the idea that one could be saved by obeying the natural law but without the Catholic faith, contrary to what SSPX priests admittedly teach & believe. Many false 'trads' who claim to be Catholic today believe in the heresy that one who is practicing a false religion can receive a "baptism of desire" and go to Heaven — this error is Modernism. The false 'trads' simply don't believe what Pope St. Pius X believed:
Pope Pius X: “As a matter of fact, however, merely naturally good acts are only a counterfeit of virtue since they are neither permanent nor sufficient for salvation.” (Editae Saepe # 28, May 26, 1910)... (conʼt.)