FAQ06 WHAT DO THESE TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC TERMS MEAN? TRADITIO Traditional Roman Catholic Internet Site E-mail: traditio@traditio.com, Web: www.traditio.com Copyright 1994-2017 CSM. Reproduction prohibited without authorization. Last Updated: 07/17/17 CMRI. Congregation Mariae Reginae Immaculatae (Congregation of Mary, Immaculate Queen). A national organization traditional priests. Uses the Missale Romanum of 1956. For further information, see the Official Traditional Catholic Directory. Eastern Orthodox. Churches in valid Apostolic succession, but not recognizing the primacy of the papacy since the Great Schism of 1054. Eastern Uniate. Churches of Eastern rite that did not join the Eastern Orthodox schism or returned to union. Ecclesia Dei. An Apostolic Letter, sometimes loosely referred to as an "indult," issued by Pope John Paul II in 1988 upon Abp. Marcel Lefebvre's independent consecration of four bishops. Traditional Catholics hold this "indult" to be superfluous and illegally limiting, as (1) the Traditional Latin Mass had already been canonized from the early centuries of the Church by Sacred Tradition and (2) Pope St. Pius V had already confirmed and commanded this Mass (putatively infallibly by his solemn papal bull "Quo Primum" of 1570) for the Roman rite "in perpetuity," excommunicating any ecclesiastical official who interferes with the obligation of a priest to say this Mass and Catholics to attend it. FSSP. Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Petri (Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter). An international organization of "indult" priests operating under the auspices of the Apostolic Letter "Ecclesia Dei." Uses the Half Novus Ordo service of 1962, but more and more sites are even adding features of the fully Novus Ordo service of 1969, as well as, Novus Ordo rubrics and practices. For further information, see the Official Traditional Catholic Directory. Fatimism. An erroneous belief, or vice of excess, which arose in the 20th century and finds a new basis of faith in private revelations, latter- day prophecies, visions, and "signs and wonders." The term does not refer to balanced private devotion, but is a catch-all term for extremist, off- balance, devotions of all kinds, such as those that would elevate Fatima to the level of a dogma or subordinate Catholic and Apostolic teaching to Fatima or make a virtual goddess out of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This error is closely associated with the error of Charismaticism. Our Lord Himself, popes, and the Saints, such as St. John of the Cross, perhaps the Church's greatest mystic, warned against these excesses. Illicit. Not in accordance with legitimate ecclesiastical authority. The New Order, which deviates from the Catholic Faith, is not viewed by traditional Catholics as being a legitimate ecclesiastical authority. (Cf. "Valid.") Inculturation. A Modernistic approach introduced at the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), by which local secular practices and customs are introduced at variance with the Sacred Traditions into the Novus Ordo service. It has been used to justify such things as the blood-sacrifice of chickens in Africa. Independent Priest. A traditional priest professing Roman Catholicism and operating independently of any New Order diocese, in order to provide the Traditional Latin Mass, Sacraments, and Faith to the faithful, which he swore to do at his Holy Ordination. For further information, see the Official Traditional Catholic Directory. "Indult" Mess. A term loosely used for the Mass of 1962, celebrated under the auspices of a diocese, purportedly under an "indult" implied in "Ecclesia Dei" (q.v.). Some diocesan "Indult" services are pseudo- traditional, in that they are a hybrid of the Novus Ordo service and the Traditional Latin Mass, using the New Mass calendar, lectionary, rubrics, vernacular, or other non-traditional variations. Such Masses are NOT Traditional Latin Masses. For further information, see the Official Catholic Directory. Indultarians. Adherents of the "Indult" Mess. Latin Mass. TRADITIONAL CATHOLICS DO NOT USE THIS TERM. An ambiguous term used by enemies of the Traditional Latin Mass. They use this term to refer ambiguously both to the true Traditional Latin Mass and to the invalid Novus Ordo service said in Latin. Magisterialism. The error of personifying the Magisterium of the Church with an individual (the current pope), as opposed to the continuum of Catholic and Apostolic teaching of all the Fathers and Doctors, popes, and Councils. (Cf. Papolatry). Magisterium. The teaching authority of the Church (not of any person), which dogmatically must be founded upon Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition, the two fonts of the Deposit of Faith. Its mission is to teach the Faith transmitted by Catholic Tradition. The magisterium has the duty to preserve Tradition, but at the same time it is also preserved by Tradition. In the person of the Apostles, the magisterium is at the origin of Tradition, but afterwards the magisterium has the mission of keeping intact the Deposit of Faith, to transmit it to successive generations in all of its fullness, and to safeguard it against all corruption. In turn, Tradition constitutes the rule of the magisterium, to which it must always make reference and whence it must draw its solutions to current problems. The examination of particular acts of the magisterium to test their conformity to Tradition, i.e., what the Church has always believed and taught throughout the centuries, is a far cry from subjective Protestant private judgment, as it uses a genuinely objective criterion. (Rev. Canon Rene Berthod) Missale Romanum. The Roman Missal, the liturgical book governing the text and rubrics of the Mass. The last "modernized" traditional version was issued in 1962, although traditional Catholics reject that version for the version of 1958 (as of the death of Pope Pius XII) or 1955 (before the Freemason presbyter Hannibal Bugnini changed the rubrics and the ancient rites of Holy Week). Modernism. A synthesis of all heresies and an attack upon true religion, formally condemned as heresy by Pope St. Pius X in 1907. It involves a disbelief in the teachings of the Church on the basis of an opinion that what is modern is more perfect that what is traditionally Catholic, beginning from ancient times. It holds that dogma is not immutable religious truth revealed by God, but a product of the general consensus of the community and that the Church is only a spokesman for this general consensus. Thus, Modernism teaches that dogma and truth are in a constant state of flux because the common consensus of the community can change over time and circumstances. The heresy of Modernism resurrected itself around the time of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) and is therefore sometimes called "Neo-Modernism." Motarians. Adherents of the "Motu" Mess. "Motu" Mess. The "Mass of 1962," as modernized by the Freemason presbyter Hannibal Bugnini, then further modernized by Benedict-Ratzinger in 2007 and 2008. This is the Mass that is referred to in the Apostolic Letter "Summorum pontificum" of July 7, 2007. It is the subject of the Great "Motu" Mess Hoax. Neocon Newchurcher. One who associates with Newchurch and carries the dogmatic teaching on the papacy to an erroneous extreme, considering any merely prudential decision of a pope in contravention of Sacred Tradition as to be obeyed nonetheless (see also Papolatry). Has no essential objection to the Novus Ordo service and sacraments because they have supposedly been "approved" by Newchurch. Accepts Newchurch's watered-down doctrines and morality. Neo-SSPX. The changed version of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre's original Society of St. Pius X, which rejects the Archbishop's stern rejection of the New Order sect and refusal to have anything to do with it. The Neo-SSPX's Superior General, Bernie Fellay, has substituted instead a policy of negotiation and reconciliation with the New Order Modernism that the Archbishop condemned as "not Catholic." New Age. A resurgence of paganism that has been "westernized" and dressed up in modern vocabulary. It denies fundamental Christian doctrines and basic Christian morality. Newchurch often promotes New Age beliefs and practices, such as those associated with the pagan religions of Hinduism and Buddhism (enneagrams, yoga, etc.). Newchurch. The Church of the New Order, which replaced the Catholic Church as the "institutional" Church on November 21, 1964, during the Vatican II Anti-Council (1962-1965). It is characterized by its invalid and unCatholic liturgy, sacraments (except, in some cases, Baptism and Matrimony), doctrine, and morality. Associated terms for persons, places, and things associated with Newchurch are: Newpope, Newrome, Newcardinal, Newbishop, etc. Novus Ordo, New Order. Refers to the Modernistic, heretical, schismatic, and unCatholic doctrines and practices that were introduced since the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). Also refers to the sect and its apparatus deriving from the Great Roman Schism of 1964, when the New Order began to be implemented in place of traditional Catholicism. (Novus Ordo) Mess, (Novus Ordo) Service. The invalid Novus Ordo Protestant-Masonic-Pagan service of 1969. This service, which is used almost exclusively in Newchurch, was fabricated by the Freemason presbyter Hannibal Bugnini and his Committee of Six Protestant ministers. It was condemned at that time by the Cardinal Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office. In 1993 Benedict-Ratzinger termed this service "fabricated, manufactured." It clearly violates the dogmatic decree "Quo Primum" and Apostolic Tradition. Form, matter, and/or intention in its use make it invalid. The word "mess" is a play on the English word "mess" (dirty, disordered) and the French word "Messe" (Mass). Sometimes called the "New Mass," although it is not really a Mass at all by its own definition. Old Catholic. Churches of valid Apostolic succession, but not recognizing the primacy of the papacy after it was formally defined at Vatican I (1870). Sometimes confused people erroneously use the term "Old Catholic" to mean "traditional Catholic." Papolatry. The doctrinal error of regarding any prudential decision of a pope as part of the magisterium. Presbyter. The Newchurch of the New Order has not ordained priests since 1968. (Some people continue to call them that only out of an erroneous habit.) In 1968 Newchurch adopted a Protestanized New Ordinal that merely "installs" presbyters with the power only "to preside over the assembly of the people," as do Protestant ministers. "Presbyter" -- which is the term Newchurch officially uses, not "priest" -- comes from the Greek "presbyteros" meaning "elder," a term that is used in the Mormon and certain Protestant sects. Traditional Catholic priests, on the other hand, are still ordained in the Sacrament of Holy Orders by traditional Catholic bishops, "to offer the Sacrifice of the Mass for the living and the dead ... to bless ... and to forgive sins." In short, presbyters are not priests. They are, in essence, Protestant ministers, who have no power to offer Mass, to bless, or to hear Confessions, any more than a Protestant minister does. Thus, it follows that when anyone attends a "New Mess" or even the New Order's so-called "Extraordinary Mass" -- which is most certainly not the Traditional Latin Mass -- he is not attending Mass at all, but a Protestant service, in which he does not receive Holy Communion, but a common cookie and Kool-Aid, just as he would from a Protestant minister. He has not fulfilled his Sunday obligation, nor received any Sacramental grace. Anyone who has confessed to a New Order presbyter has not received absolution, any more than he would from a Protestant minister. Anyone who has had an item "blessed" by a New Order presbyter has not received any blessing whatsoever. Quo Primum. A 1570 papal bull of Pope St. Pius V, issued in the most solemn form and putatively infallible, commanding for the Roman rite the use of the Traditional Latin Mass "in perpetuity" and excommunicating any ecclesiastical official who interferes with the obligation of a priest to say this Mass. For further information, see the Official Catholic Directory. SSPV. Societas Sacerdotalis Sancti Pii V (Priestly Society of St. Pius V. A national organization of traditional priests who separated from the SSPX in the mid 1980s because they believed that the SSPX had become too accommodating to the Modernistic tendencies of the Vatican. Uses the Missale Romanum prior to the rubrical revisions of 1956. SSPX. Societas Sacerdotalis Sancti Pii X (Society of St. Pius X). An international organization of traditional priests founded by Abp. Marcel Lefebvre in 1970. (Sacred) Tradition. The non-written word of God, which has the same importance as the revealed word of God contained in Holy Scripture and which is one of the two fonts of Public Revelation upon which the Church is founded. Sacred Tradition has been transmitted by word of mouth by Jesus Christ and the Apostles and has come down to us through the centuries by means of the Church, without being altered, chiefly in the Councils' decrees, the writings of the Holy Fathers, the Acts of the Holy See, and the words and practices of the Sacred Liturgy. (From the Catechism of Pope St. Pius X). The fullest expression of the Faith, identical with the constant teaching of the Church. It is composed of Sacred Scriptures interpreted in accordance with the mind of the Church, as well as the Church's usages, the writings of the Fathers, Popes, and Councils, bishops, and approved theologians; and in liturgical practices and ecclesiastical discipline. It is all of these elements that, taken, together, constitute Catholic Tradition. (Rev. Canon Rene Berthod) Schismatic. One who formally separates himself from communion with the Roman Catholic Church. Newchurchers are in this condition as a result of the Great Roman Schism of 1964, Schism of 1964, when the New Order began to be implemented in place of traditional Catholicism. Sede-impeditist. One who holds that although the Apostolic See is not vacant and the Apostolic succession is preserved, the post Vatican II popes fail to teach and practice the Catholic Faith and, therefore, the Apostolic See is impeded, and the post Vatican II popes are not to be obeyed, in accordance the Pauline Principle (Galatians 2:11 et seq.) and analogous principles in Canon Law for sede impedita. Sede-impeditism amounts to a personal opinion on the part of someone that involves applying certain principles of Roman Catholic theology to a specific factual situation. It is not a doctrinal issue, as a sede-impeditist certainly accepts the Roman Catholic dogma on the papacy as defined at Vatican I. A personal opinion of sede-impeditism has no impact on the validity of the true Mass, Sacraments, and Faith. It does not make the holder of the opinion a heretic or schismatic. Sede-vacantist. One who holds the position that because a pope has fallen into formal, public heresy, the Apostolic See is in a state of sede vacante, vacant (total sede-vacantist) or, although formally vacant, retains its material structure (sede-privationist). Sede-vacantism amounts to a personal opinion on the part of someone that involves applying certain principles of Roman Catholic theology to a specific factual situation. It is not a doctrinal issue, as a sede-vacantist certainly accepts the Roman Catholic dogma on the papacy as defined at Vatican I. A personal opinion of sede-vacantism has no impact on the validity of the true Mass, Sacraments, and Faith. It does not make the holder of the opinion a heretic or schismatic. Sensus Catholicus. The sense of the Catholic faith is the patrimony of all the faithful, even the simplest (in which it is often stronger), by believing what has always been believed and taught by the Church and by adhering with whole soul to the Faith of the Church. Thereby the Catholic is assisted in distinguishing what is conformed to the Faith or, on the contrary, what afflicts and corrupts it. (Rev. Canon Rene Berthod) (Traditional) Roman Catholicism. Catholicism as universally understood for the last 2000 years until the Second Vatican Council (1962- 1965). Based in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition, the Church's two fonts of Public Revelation, and the authentic magisterium of the Church derived from them, as represented through the popes and Councils, Fathers and Doctors of the Church. Holds to the Traditional Latin Mass, traditional Sacraments, and traditional Roman Catholic Faith. Traditional Catholics are members of the Roman Catholic Church as defined for 2000 years. Traditional Latin Mass. The Mass regarded in Sacred Tradition as being passed on in all its essentials by St. Peter, the first pope, to the Church. The most venerable rite, with a history of unbroken use far longer than that of any Eastern rite, at whose elaboration the Apostles themselves worked. It reached its complete perfection with Popes St. Damasus (fourth century) and St. Gregory the Great (sixth century). Sometimes loosely called "Tridentine" because the dogmatic Council of Trent and Pope St. Pius V (1545- 1563) canonized its form against some non-essential regionalisms that had crept in over the centuries. (See "Tridentine Mass.") Transvert. Someone who converts from traditional Catholicism to the Newchurch of the New Order. Tridentine Mass. TRADITIONAL CATHOLICS DO NOT USE THIS TERM. A term inaccurately used for the Traditional Latin Mass (q.v.), which antedates the Council of Trent by more than a millennium. The Traditional Latin Mass goes back to St. Peter and the early Church Fathers, not to the Council of Trent (1545-1563). Enemies of the Traditional Latin Mass often use the word "Tridentine" to imply that this Mass was invented by the Council of Trent in the 16th century, just as Paul VI invented the Novus Ordo service in 1969. To the contrary, the Council of Trent used the Traditional Latin Mass, which has been the true, valid Mass of the Church since that time (excepting a few Apostolic Eastern rites used by just a few Catholics). Valid. True and operative; used of Sacraments. (Cf. "Illicit.") Vatican II-Bugnini Latin Mass of 1962. The Traditional Latin Mass, as corrupted by the Freemason presbyter Hannibal Bugnini's Modernist changes of 1951, 1956 and 1960, in use at the opening of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965).