Beware Yon Dragons

A regular running monologue of opinions and ideas from a "country priest".

This blog represents the personal opinions of Fr. Chori Jonathin Seraiah, and is not necessarily representative of the position of St. George Catholic Church, in Republic, Missouri, the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, Bishop Steven Lopes, or the Catholic Church as a whole.

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Sept. 1, 2026

My post yesterday should make it clear that the issues surrounding the SSPX kerfuffle with the Holy Father is not easy to figure out. Bishop Athanasius Schneider, a deeply devout Pastor of souls, made some comments last week on the very same subject and I want to include one quote here from him for your edification.


In fact, through its tireless insistence on clarity in doctrine and liturgy, the SSPX renders a great service to the entire Church — a service of historical value. If the Holy See were to take this stance of the SSPX seriously — and, moreover, acknowledge the objective ambiguities in certain statements of the Second Vatican Council and in the rite of the New Mass — it would mark the beginning of the end for the modernist project within the Church, which in fact began more than a hundred years ago.

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