The SSPX says it is faithful to Rome. But after unauthorized bishop consecrations and a Vatican excommunication decree, its response tells another story.
SSPX defenders use the Arian crisis, Pope Liberius, and Antipope Felix II to make resistance to Rome look like fidelity. But the real history exposes the myth.
The problem is not love for tradition. It's what happens when resistance to Rome, suspicion of the Magisterium, and distrust of the Novus Ordo are dressed up as fidelity.
