The SSPX regards the Second Vatican Council as a break with previous doctrine. But Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller says that the Society’s notion of a “break does not exist; there is no justification for the planned episcopal ordinations.” The Cardinal goes on to note that Vatican II “was legitimately gathered in the Holy Spirit. Its teachings are none other than those of the Catholic faith for the past 2000 years, as it is founded in Sacred Scripture and the Apostolic Tradition, and is presented in a binding manner by all preceding councils and clearly interpreted by all the Doctors of the Church.”
Cardinal Müller on the conflict with the Society of Saint Pius X
Originally published at The Catholic Thing
Staff Writer2026-03-22T21:26:14-07:00 
