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(詳細はMarcel Lefebvre, is unresolved – it "is both complex and fluid." The SSPX has no canonical status in the Catholic Church for doctrinal rather than disciplinary reasons. The SSPX has been the subject of much controversy since 1988 when Bernard Fellay, Bernard Tissier de Mallerais, Richard Williamson and Alfonso de Galarreta were illicitly consecrated at the Ecône, Switzerland, International Seminary of Saint Pius X as bishops in violation of Latin Church canon law. Lefebvre and the four other SSPX bishops individually incurred a disciplinary ''latae sententiae'' excommunication for the schismatic act; the excommunications of the four living SSPX bishops were remitted in 2009. Pope Benedict XVI explained in 2009 that "its ministers – even though they have been freed of the ecclesiastical penalty – do not legitimately exercise any ministry in the Church."〔 ==1988 Protocol== In May 1988, Lefebvre and Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith signed a protocol intended to regularize the canonical status of the SSPX.〔 Unofficial English translation of French original.〕 The first part of the protocol was doctrinal in which Lefebvre agreed that the SSPX would: *promise fidelity to the Catholic Church and its pope *accept the doctrine of the magisterium found in ''Lumen gentium'' section 25 *pledge to avoid all polemics and to have a positive attitude of study and of communication with the Holy See *recognise the validity of the Mass and of the sacraments as promulgated by Popes Paul VI and John Paul II *promise to respect the common discipline of the Church and her laws, including special provisions granted to the SSPX The second part of the protocol was juridical which negotiated rights and responsibilities of the SSPX as a group, and conditions of individuals affiliated with the SSPX that included that: *the existing SSPX would be canonically erected as a clerical society of apostolic life of pontifical right within the Latin Church with special provisions for public worship, care of souls, and other apostolic activity *the statutes of the canonical society of apostolic life would require approval by the pope to assure doctrinal compliance *either the local bishops or the Holy See would confer SSPX priests jurisdiction "with regard to the faithful" *the canonical society of apostolic life would be granted the right to celebrate Tridentine liturgical rites *lay SSPX adherents would "remain under the jurisdiction of the diocesan bishop" but could request sacraments administered by SSPX priests *a special seven member pontifical commission, which would include two SSPX members, would be established to coordinate relations with the Curia and diocesan bishops, to resolve problems and conflicts, and to "exercis vigilance and lending assistance to consolidate the work of reconciliation and to regulate questions relative to the religious communities having a juridical or moral bond with" the SSPX *a proposal to licitly consecrate an SSPX member as a bishop would be submitted to John Paul II *the Superior General of the society of apostolic life would send dimissorial letters to any bishop who agrees to ordain members of the society of apostolic life *an amnesty could be granted to illicit SSPX places of worship which were erected without the authorization of the local bishops *convalidation of existing invalid marriages celebrated by SSPX priests could be resolved by decree *regularization of existing illicit ordinations of SSPX priests could be resolved by decree Ratzinger and Lefebvre suggested in the protocol that: *the consecration of an SSPX member as bishop seems useful for "practical and psychological reasons" *on the doctrinal level, the superior general should not be the SSPX member who would consecrated as bishop but should be a member of the pontifical commission for stability The protocol was to be submitted to John Paul II for his approval. However, Lefebvre quickly developed misgivings and declared his intention to consecrate a bishop as his successor, even without a pontifical mandate. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Canonical situation of the Society of St. Pius X」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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