Overview of the Sedevacantists
QUESTION? / COMMENT!
Jesse, what are your opinion and thoughts on the Dimond brothers. They are Sedevecantists.
ANSWER! / COMMENT!
Overview of the Sedevacantists. The sedevacantists believe outright that Pope Francis and his five predecessors were, in effect, antipopes because they followed the “heretical” reforms of Vatican II. In 1983, nine sedevacantist priests were expelled from the SSPX after clashing with Archbishop Lefebvre over the Society’s relationship with the “Conciliar” Church. Subsequently, those nine priests formed their own religious congregation, calling it the Society of St. Pius V (SSPV). The Rev. Clarence Kelly was chosen to be their leader. Within a short time there were disputes about property ownership, which resulted in yet another schism. Kelly continues to lead the SSPV (headquartered in New York), and the Rev. Daniel Dolan leads the off-shoot faction (headquartered in Ohio). Additional groups are located in Spokane, Washington (Mount St. Michael), Michigan, and Colorado. Ultimately, schismatic traditionalists encounter the same problem as do the Protestants: because they have separated themselves from the one, true Church founded by Jesus Christ on Peter and his successors, they will always find themselves in a state of spiritual chaos.
For an in-depth analysis of answers to the questions the “traditionalists” are asking, I highly recommend reading
· ‘More Catholic than the Pope (book) An Inside Look at Extreme Traditionalism’ by Pete Vere and Pat Madrid.
· ‘The Pope, The Council, and The Mass’ (book) by J. Likoudis & K. Whitehead (Catholics United for the Faith).
· Dave Armstrong’s website answering traditionalist arguments: Conservative/Trad Dialogue: Reply to Dave Armstrong - The Meaning of Catholic
· WHITE SMOKE, VALID POPE - https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/white-smoke-valid-pope
· Sedevacantism: The Fatal Flaw by Chris Ferrara https://fatima.org/news-views/fatima-perspectives-1284/
The Holy Family Monastery (operated by the Dimond brothers) are sedevacantist, they believe that the last Pope was Venerable Pius XII. If you want to know more about these schismatic heretical Catholics read - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_Holy_Family_Monastery.