And the reason is that faculties are not essential to any Sacrament. Therefore, lack of faculties does not necessarily make a Sacrament invalid. The Council treats these non-Catholic Eastern Churches as having valid Sacraments, and permission is granted for Catholics to receive these Sacraments (depending on the circumstances). Further, Catholics may ask for these same sacraments from those non-Catholic ministers whose churches possess valid sacraments, as often as necessity or a genuine spiritual benefit recommends such a course and access to a Catholic priest is physically or morally impossible.” Ĭatholics may receive the Sacrament of Confession (Penance) from non-Catholic ministers in the Eastern Orthodox Churches, despite their lack of faculties. ![]() Second Vatican Council: “Eastern Christians who are in fact separated in good faith from the Catholic Church, if they ask of their own accord and have the right dispositions, may be admitted to the sacraments of Penance, the Eucharist and the Anointing of the Sick. The Catholic Church holds that the Orthodox Churches, which are in a state of formal heresy and formal schism like the SSPX, have all Seven Sacraments. But if he is right, then all priests and ministers outside of the Catholic Church also lack faculties, and all their marriages and absolutions are invalid. SSPX priests definitely lack faculties, as they are formal schismatics. So far, it seems as if Bishop Morlino is right. Thus, Catholic priests need faculties to validly absolve sins in Confession, and to marry a man and woman in their parish. The Church can require or dispense from the requirement that a priest have faculties to administer any Sacrament. If they have the dispensation, the marriage is valid if they do not, then it is not.įaculties are not essential to the nature of any of the seven Sacraments. The Church requires that a couple who are related by blood as second cousins obtain a dispensation to marry. But the Church also has the authority to add requirements for the validity of a Sacrament. Baptism must be performed with water the Church cannot dispense from this requirement. The Church cannot change that requirement. For example, valid matter for the Eucharist is wheat bread and grape wine. Some requirements for the validity of any Sacrament are absolutely essential, and the Church lacks the authority to dispense from this type of requirement. He asserts that “the SSPX’s marriages and absolutions are invalid because their priests lack the necessary faculties.” They don’t have those faculties essentially because their Bishops and priests, though validly ordained, lack the formal permission required by Canon Law to administer the sacraments of marriage and of confession. Morlino, of Madison, Wisconsin, published a column titled: A word of caution about the Society of Saint Pius X. ![]() But the SSPX remains in a state of automatic excommunication. A juridical excommunication (ferendae sententiae) of the SSPX, was issued by Pope Saint John Paul II and removed by Pope Benedict XVI. They are automatically excommunicated (latae sententiae) under the eternal moral law as well as Canon Law. They are in a state of formal heresy and formal schism. The Society of Pope Saint Pius X is an heretical and schismatic group, which broke away from the Catholic Church in reaction to the doctrines and disciplines of the Second Vatican Council.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |