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Open Letter to Confused Catholics Paperback – November 1, 1992

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Product Details

  • Paperback: 163 pages
  • Publisher: Angelus Press; 3 edition (November 1, 1992)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0935952136
  • ISBN-13: 978-0935952131
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsAn Open Letter to Confused Catholics... Quite.
By A Customer on February 14, 2001
Format: Paperback
This book is NOT, contrary to popular calumny, in any way the diatribe of sedevacantist or schismatic ramblings of an old man, left behind as the world moves on. That is what it is NOT.
What it is, however, is a well constructed, well thoughout and, at times, harrowing description of the Catholic Church's descent from its strength and glory in the years immediately preceding the Second Vatican Council, when it truly shone as the Mystical Body of Christ, to the stumbling, division-ridden and at times clownish institution it has become today under the influence of reckless Modernists, thoughtless Liberals and careless Humanist theologians.
Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre - a prominent player in the later days of the SVC, when it had become apparent what the European clique of bishops were up to - was ideally placed lead the Catholic "crusade" against this self-destructive bent. A lauded and popular French missionary in Africa, with the most orthodox credentials and with every prospect of 'making' Cardinal; following the SVC, he set up the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X in order preserve the traditions of Christ's faithful in the Holy Church as they had always been taught.
For this effort he was rebuked, reviled, accused of heresy and schism, denounced as a dinosaur and, worst of all, of being pre-Vatican II, and finally, by a brilliant piece of liberal-Modernist footwork, declared "schismatic and excommunicated" by a curial official in 1988.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsHis Humble Advice to Catholics!!
By R on August 24, 2005
Format: Paperback
Archbishop Marcel Francois Lefevbre wrote this letter as a warning and advice to Catholics around the world. A New Religion being promoted--that the Mass is not a Sacrifice but rather the celebration of the Lord's Supper! Catholic bishops and priests telling non-Catholics not to convert to the Catholic Faith!

He cites many sacrileges and abominations in France that happened in parish churches. Catholic Dominican monks giving their chapels to Muslims so they can have their own mosques! He cites many terrible scandals such as using baked cookies being used as hosts at the celebration of the Mass.

Archbishop Lefevbre's life span experience as a seminary professor for almost a quarter century, a Vatican Apostolic Delegate for Pope Pius XII and member of the Preparatory Commission for the Second Vatican Council for Pope John XXIII---he knew how people in the Catholic Church were changing the Church from within by introducing heresy and scandal leading to apostasy. It is a must read! Neither schismatic or heretic! It is truly Catholic---a Catholic archbishop who wants souls to be saved and not to be damned in Hell because of apostasy and Modernism.
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5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent for anyone wanting a clear answer
By T Rivera on July 16, 2002
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Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, a needlessly controversial figure whose crime was an unflinching obedience to the Catholic faith, whole and entire, as it existed before the Vatican II revolution (which we were also told changed nothing important...thus making the marginalization and attacks on the saintly Archbishop hard to understand), will probably be one day hymned along with other defenders of orthodoxy in the face of massive apostasy, like St.Athanasius. In this book, Archbishop Lefebvre speaks (in simple terms that everyone can understand) calmly and clearly about the real problems troubling the modern Catholic world, and addresses their source. Without doubt, he establishes in easy to understand terms (as the book was intended to be read by laymen with no special theological training), a position for sincere "traditional" Catholics to take, in the face of massive apostasy. Definatly not for the complacent. It is no wonder why people either love, or hate, this great luminary of Catholic orthodoxy.
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5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent Commentary on Today's Crisis
By Katherine Fronatt on January 13, 2008
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I approached this book not without a bit of trepidation. This was, after all, published by those "schismatics" at the Society of St. Pius X. However, His Excellency's straightforward and clear writing made this one hard to put down. You will not find a better treatise on the current crisis of the Church today. A "must read" for all Confused Catholics!
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5.0 out of 5 starsSupport of Traditional Catholic Doctrine and Teachings
By M. A. Ramos VINE VOICE on September 8, 2006
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This is a very well written explanation of the Catholic Church's fall from the true teachings and Glory in the years before the Second Vatican Council was called. In this book, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre just reasserts the traditional catholic doctrine and teachings on faith, moral and social issues that have always been defended by the Church. The same doctrine that he supports in this writing was defended by the likes of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Saint Pius V, Saint Pius X, the blessed Pius IX or the venerable Pius XII.

This apologia is concise and translated well into English. We can see that where the Modernist failed in the past; they were able to get a foothold within the church through the ill use of the Second Vatican Council. Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre never innovates or dissents in his writing. He only tries to preserve the faith, and for this was rebuked.

If you want to understand what happened to the true Catholic Church, this is a must read book. So do not listen to hearsay, read his thoughts in his own words and understand why he was concerned for us.
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Simply a must have for serious scholars of the true Catholic Faith.
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