Marcel Lefebvre. In his own words - Why the SSPXers are never coming home, thereby abandoning their Saint

 

“Not only can these New Masses not be the object of an obligation for the Sunday precept, but the canonical regulations which the Church is accustomed to apply to the communicatio

in sacris with schismatic Orthodox cults, and with Protestant cults, must be applied to them” (Abp. Lefebvre writing in Cor Unum, November 1979). 

“It is, therefore, a strict duty for every priest wanting to remain Catholic to separate himself from this Conciliar Church for as long as it does not rediscover the Tradition of the Church

and of the Catholic Faith.” (Abp. Lefebvre, Spiritual Journey, p. 13).

“While the faithful wonder whether they should attend these Masses, which are now author-

ized by the bishops, for us the message remains the same: we believe that one should not attend these Masses because it is dangerous to affirm that the New Mass is as valid as the traditional one. Little by little, these priests who accept these conditions will have the same tendencies as those who say the New Mass, and one day, perhaps they themselves will say it and lead our traditionalists to the New Mass.” The priests of the ‘Indult’, “are obliged to accept that the New Mass is as valid as that of St. Pius V: this is what we have always refused, what we have always opposed because we consider the New Mass to be dangerous and therefore evil,  because it was made in the ecumenical spirit, diminishes the faith of the faithful and ends up giving them a Protestant spirit.” (Archbishop Lefebvre, interview with Father Jacques Emily, Communicantes, August 1985, Canada).

Said by an Apb who spent most of his life assisting at the putative Trad Mass before creating a schism; no, he did not appear to be self-aware.

“Now, I sincerely believe that we are dealing with a counterfeit Church and not the Catholic

Church. They no longer teach the Catholic Faith. They no longer have the same Faith, the

same doctrine, or the same morals as their predecessors. So it is no longer possi-

ble.” (Spiritual conference, Écône, 21 June 1978).

“This Council represents, in our view and in the view of the Roman authorities, a new Church

which they call the Conciliar Church.” (Le Figaro, August 4, 1976)

“That Conciliar Church is a schismatic church because it breaks with the Catholic Church

that has always been. It has its new dogmas, its new priesthood, its new institutions, its new

worship… The Church that affirms such errors is at once schismatic and heretical. This

Conciliar Church is, therefore, not Catholic. To whatever extent Pope, Bishops, priests, or the

faithful adhere to this new church, they separate themselves from the Catholic

Church.” (Archbishop Lefebvre, Reflections on his suspension ‘a divinis’, July 29, 1976).

“Obviously, we are against the Conciliar Church which is virtually schismatic, even if they

deny it. In practice, it is a Church virtually excommunicated because it is a Modernist

Church.” (One Year After the Consecrations, July-August, 1989)

“Rome has lost the faith, my dear friends. Rome is in apostasy. These are not just words, these

are not empty words that I am saying to you. It is the truth. Rome is in apostasy. We can no

longer trust these people; they have left the Church. They have left the Church. They are leav-

ing the Church. That is certain, certain, certain!” (Conference to priests, Écône, 4 Sept. 1987).

 incredible that one can speak of a visible Church for the conciliar Church as opposed to the

Catholic Church that we are trying to represent and continue.” (Interview with Fideliter, July-

August 1989).

“Such things are easy to say. To stay inside the Church, or to put oneself inside the Church -

what does that mean? Firstly, what Church are we talking about? If you mean the Conciliar

Church, then we who have struggled against the Council for twenty years because we want the

Catholic Church, we would have to re-enter this Conciliar Church in order, supposedly, to

make it Catholic. That is a complete illusion! It is not the subjects that make the superiors, but

the superiors who make the subjects. Amongst the whole Roman Curia, amongst all the world's

bishops who are progressives, I would have been completely swamped. I would have been able

to do nothing...” (One Year After the Consecrations, July-August, 1989)

“Then there are some who would be ready to sacrifice the fight for the Faith, by saying: ‘Let

us first re-enter the Church! Let us do everything to re-enter in the official public structure of

the Church. Let us be silent about our dogmatic problem. Let us be silent about our fight. Let

us not speak about the malice of the New Mass anymore. Let us close our mouths and say

nothing anymore. Let’s not be opposed to them. Let’s not say anything anymore about the

issues of Religious Liberty, of Human Rights and of Ecumenism. Let’s be silent. Let’s be silent

and then we will be able to re-enter into the structure of the Church. We will please those who

are in the Church. We are going to be able to re-enter into the Church, and once we will be

inside the Church, you will see, we will be able to fight, we will be able to do this, we will be

able to do that…’ This is absolutely false! You don’t enter into a structure and under superi-

ors, saying that you will overthrow everything as soon as you are inside, whereas they have all

the means to suppress us! They have all the authority.” (Conference, December 21, 1984)