Valid Sacraments? Index of Articles

To preserve sacramental integrity, the only possible course is the systematic conditional ordination/consecration of clerics whose orders depend on the validity of the Novus Ordo rites.

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THESIS: To preserve sacramental integrity, safeguard the common good, and secure peace of conscience for all, the only possible course is a systematic programme of (at least) conditional ordination/consecration of clerics whose orders depend on the validity of the Novus Ordo rites.

This is a contents page for everything we have published pertaining to this matter.

There will be some crossover between the categories, as some articles—or the extensive commentaries—deal with the different topics.

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Contents

The Sacraments in General

The Necessity of the Sacraments

• The importance of the sacraments, and our need to receive them (S.D. Wright)

• Is desiring the sacraments individualistic and emotional? Lefebvre and others answer (S.D. Wright)

• Why your baby should be baptized ASAP (Fr Michael Müller, commentary by S.D. Wright)

• ‘Ludicrous and impious’—The denial of infant baptism (Cardinal James Gibbons, commentary by S.D. Wright)

• When EXACTLY should we baptize our baby? (Various authoritative texts, commentary by S.D. Wright)

What is required for sacramental validity

• How to understand sacramental intention (Abbé Hervé Belmont)

• Is it valid? The proximate matter of Baptism (S.D. Wright)

• Defective ministerial intention CAN invalidate ordinations (Cardinal Pietro Gasparri, commentary by S.D. Wright)

The Novus Ordo Sacramental Rites

The Question of their Validity

• Is the Church infallible in her discipline and rites? (Abbé Hervé Belmont and a wealth of authorities)

• Are Novus Ordo sacraments valid—and how would we know? (Abbé Hervé Belmont, commentary by S.D. Wright)

• Is Paul VI’s New Rite of Episcopal Consecration valid? (Fr Álvaro Calderón, commentary by S.D. Wright)

Can we use, approach or rely upon the new rites?

• Can we receive doubtfully valid sacraments? (S.D. Wright)

• Fr Faber on doubtful ordinations—frightening parallels with Novus Ordo ordinations (Fr Frederick William Faber, commetary by S.D. Wright)

Analogical Situations from History

• Cardinal Newman and the validity of Holy Orders—What would he think today? (Cardinal John Henry Newman, commentary by S.D. Wright)

• Cardinal Newman on Anglican orders—applied to Novus Ordo orders (Cardinal John Henry Newman, commentary by S.D. Wright)

• Fr Faber on doubtful ordinations—frightening parallels with Novus Ordo ordinations (Fr Frederick William Faber, commetary by S.D. Wright)

• Defective ministerial intention CAN invalidate ordinations (Cardinal Pietro Gasparri, commentary by S.D. Wright)

Traditionalist Responses

Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre

• Archbishop Lefebvre & Conditional Confirmations—His pastoral practice explained (S.D. Wright)

• Archbishop Lefebvre & Conciliar Sacraments—Do they 'come from the Church?' (S.D. Wright)

• Archbishop Lefebvre & Conciliar Ordinations—Practical Doubt (S.D. Wright)

The Society of St Pius X

• Is Paul VI’s New Rite of Episcopal Consecration valid? (Fr Álvaro Calderón, commentary by S.D. Wright)

Other Traditionalist Responses

• Are Novus Ordo sacraments valid—and how would we know? (Abbé Hervé Belmont, commentary by S.D. Wright)

• ‘Are men ordained since 1968 priests?’ (Abbé Henri Mouraux)

• ‘How long will we still have valid bishops?’ (Abbé Henri Mouraux, commentary by S.D. Wright)

• ‘Paul VI's rite of ordination is invalid, copies Anglican rites’ (Abbé Henri Mouraux, commentary by S.D. Wright)

• ‘Paul VI's rite of episcopal consecration is invalid’ (Abbé Henri Mouraux, commentary by S.D. Wright)

• Classic study admits invalid rites would NOT destroy hierarchy (S.D. Wright)

• Classic study calls conditional ordination a 'measure of prudence' (S.D. Wright)

• Former Jesuit and pro-life stalwart Fr James Marshall conditionally ordained to the priesthood (S.D. Wright)

Implications of these points

The Necessity of Conditional Repetition of the Sacraments

• Are Novus Ordo sacraments valid—and how would we know? (Abbé Hervé Belmont, commentary by S.D. Wright)

• Can we receive doubtfully valid sacraments? (S.D. Wright)

• Defective ministerial intention CAN invalidate ordinations (Cardinal Pietro Gasparri, commentary by S.D. Wright)

• Is Paul VI’s New Rite of Episcopal Consecration valid? (Fr Álvaro Calderón, commentary by S.D. Wright)

• Archbishop Lefebvre & Conditional Confirmations—His pastoral practice explained (S.D. Wright)

• Archbishop Lefebvre & Conciliar Ordinations—Practical Doubt (S.D. Wright)

• Classic study calls conditional ordination a 'measure of prudence' (S.D. Wright)

Conditional repetition does not imply invalidity or a denial of grace received

• What are the implications of conditionally repeated sacraments? (Mgr Robert Hugh Benson)

• Classic study calls conditional ordination a 'measure of prudence' (S.D. Wright)

The implications for the Holy See

• Is the Church infallible in her discipline and rites? (Abbé Hervé Belmont and a wealth of authorities)

• Are Novus Ordo sacraments valid—and how would we know? (Abbé Hervé Belmont, commentary by S.D. Wright)

• How to understand sacramental intention (Abbé Hervé Belmont)

• Classic study admits invalid rites would NOT destroy hierarchy (S.D. Wright)

Some External Links

• Unholy Orders: 50 Years of Invalid Ordinations in the Novus Ordo Church (an excellent contents page compiled by Novus Ordo Watch)

• Rore Sanctifica (an another excellent resource of some of the foundational material on the subject)

• Questioning the Validity of the Masses using the New, All-English Canon (Patrick Henry Omlor)

• Absolutely Null and Utterly Void: The 1968 Rite of Episcopal Consecration (Fr Anthony Cekada)

• Still Null and Still Void: Replies to Objections (Fr Anthony Cekada)

• New Bishops, Empty Tabernacle (Fr Anthony Cekada)

• Saved by Context? The ’68 Rite of Episcopal Consecration (Fr Anthony Cekada)

• They Are Really Not Bishops—Part 1: Response to Rev. John Hunwicke on Novus Ordo Episcopal Consecrations (Novus Ordo Watch)

• They Are Really Not Bishops—Part 2 (Novus Ordo Watch)

• They Are Really Not Bishops—Part 3 (Novus Ordo Watch)

Recommended Works/Books

• Apostolicae Curae (Pope Leo XIII)

• Sacramentum Ordinis (Pope Pius XII)

• Vindication of the Bull Apostolicae Curae (The English Catholic Bishops)

• Anglican Orders and Defect of Intention (Clark)

• The Question of Anglican Ordinations Discussed (Estacourt)

• The Last Word on Anglican Ordinations (Brandi)

• The Problems with the Other Sacraments Apart from the New Mass (Coomaraswamy)

• The Robber Church (Omlor)

Visual Contents

The Sacraments in General

The Necessity of the Sacraments

The importance of the sacraments, and our need to receive them

Is desiring the sacraments individualistic and emotional? Lefebvre and others answer

Why your baby should be baptized ASAP

'Ludicrous and impious'—The denial of infant baptism

When EXACTLY should we baptize our baby?

What is required for sacramental validity

How to understand sacramental intention—Abbé Hervé Belmont

Is it valid? The proximate matter of Baptism

Defective ministerial intention CAN invalidate ordinations

The Novus Ordo Sacramental Rites

The Question of their Validity

Is the Church infallible in her discipline and rites? Abbé Hervé Belmont

Are Novus Ordo sacraments valid—and how would we know?

Is Paul VI's New Rite of Episcopal Consecration valid? Fr Calderón's answer

Can we use, approach or rely upon the new rites?

Can we receive doubtfully valid sacraments?

Fr Faber on doubtful ordinations—frightening parallels with Novus Ordo ordinations

Analogical Situations from History

Cardinal Newman and the validity of Holy Orders—What would he think today?

Cardinal Newman on Anglican orders—applied to Novus Ordo orders

Fr Faber on doubtful ordinations—frightening parallels with Novus Ordo ordinations

Traditionalist Responses

Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre

Archbishop Lefebvre & Conditional Confirmations—His pastoral practice explained

Archbishop Lefebvre & Conciliar Sacraments—Do they 'come from the Church?'

Archbishop Lefebvre & Conciliar Ordinations—Practical Doubt

The Society of St Pius X

Is Paul VI's New Rite of Episcopal Consecration valid? Fr Calderón's answer

Other Traditionalist Responses

Are Novus Ordo sacraments valid—and how would we know?

'Are men ordained since 1968 priests?' Abbé Mouraux answers

'How long will we still have valid bishops?' Abbé Mouraux answers

'Paul VI's rite of ordination is invalid, copies Anglican rites'—Abbé Mouraux

'Paul VI's rite of episcopal consecration is invalid'—Abbé Henri Mouraux

Classic study admits invalid rites would NOT destroy hierarchy

Classic study calls conditional ordination a 'measure of prudence'

Former Jesuit and pro-life stalwart conditionally ordained to the priesthood

The Necessity of Conditional Repetition of the Sacraments

Are Novus Ordo sacraments valid—and how would we know?

Can we receive doubtfully valid sacraments?

Classic study calls conditional ordination a 'measure of prudence'

Defective ministerial intention CAN invalidate ordinations

Archbishop Lefebvre & Conditional Confirmations—His pastoral practice explained

Archbishop Lefebvre & Conciliar Ordinations—Practical Doubt

Is Paul VI's New Rite of Episcopal Consecration valid? Fr Calderón's answer

Conditional repetition does not imply invalidity or a denial of grace received

What are the implications of conditionally repeated sacraments?

Classic study calls conditional ordination a 'measure of prudence'

The implications for the Holy See

Are Novus Ordo sacraments valid—and how would we know?

Is the Church infallible in her discipline and rites? Abbé Hervé Belmont

How to understand sacramental intention—Abbé Hervé Belmont

Classic study admits invalid rites would NOT destroy hierarchy

All this material demonstrates what we have already said: that to preserve sacramental integrity, safeguard the common good, and secure peace of conscience for all, the only possible course is a systematic programme of (at least) conditional ordination/consecration of clerics whose orders depend on the validity of the Novus Ordo rites.

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