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‘Not a schismatic act’? Weighing the jurisdiction argument for the SSPX consecrations
Fr. Jaime Mercant Simó (canon lawyer), quoted by LifeSiteNews
A canon lawyer argued that a ‘perfect schism’ requires both schismatic intent and a jurisdiction parallel to the Church’s, and that the SSPX consecrations would involve neither.
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