Holy Week is here and we’re about to see a bunch of R&R sedevacantists apply the law of epieikeia to the 1955 missal of Pope Pius XII. Their reasoning is simple. They have passed judgment on the decision of the Apostolic See and therefore have done exactly what is forbidden by the First Vatican Council when it infallibly declared:
- Since the Roman Pontiff, by the divine right of the apostolic primacy, governs the whole Church, we likewise teach and declare that he is the supreme judge of the faithful [52], and that in all cases which fall under ecclesiastical jurisdiction recourse may be had to his judgment [53]. The sentence of the Apostolic See (than which there is no higher authority) is not subject to revision by anyone, nor may anyone lawfully pass judgment thereupon [54].
Not only has Vatican I declared that its judgments are not to be judged, it also declared that:
- For in the Apostolic See the Catholic religion has always been preserved unblemished.
- That this See of St. Peter always remains unblemished by any error.
Therefore, no judgments can be made without rejecting the above two declarations. See Should the 1955 Missal Be Rejected?
Unfortunately, R&R sedevacantists have determined by private judgment against Pope Pius XII that the 1955 missal:
- Has false principles and practices.
- Marginalizes the Social Kingship of Christ.
- Is naturalistic.
- Undermines the proof of Christ’s Resurrection
- Undermines the proof of malice Jews had for Christ after His death.
- Leads to the New Mass.
R&R sedevacantists also reject the fast law of Pope Pius XII where he extended the Lenten fast on Holy Saturday to midnight and they reject the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker, the same pope established on May 1st of the liturgical calendar.
