Our friends at Rorate have posted about comments made by SSPX Bp. Williamson.
My emphases:
In his latest column regarding the beatification of John Paul II, one of the Bishops of Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X, Richard Williamson, ends in the following note:
But note that Benedict XVI as arithmetician absolutely claims that he does believe that 2 and 2 are 4. And for as long as his claim is sincere, and it does appear to be sincere – God alone knows for sure – Benedict XVI is not wilfully denying what he knows to be defined truths of the Catholic Faith. Rather he is convinced, as Bishop Tissier shows, that he is “regenerating” them with the help of modern thinking! This makes it difficult to make the accusation of formal heresy stick in his case, which is why even his love and promotion of 2+2=5 does not yet make me personally into a Sedevacantist!
“Not yet”. Which means this is, for him, an acceptable theological position, even though current circumstances do not make him accept it as an adequate depiction of the facts – at least, not yet.
Hard to know how to react.
