{"id":16655,"date":"2026-07-03T03:52:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T03:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=16655"},"modified":"2026-07-03T03:52:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T03:52:05","slug":"cognitive-dissonance-when-you-are-a-traditionalist-and-dont-accept-the-pope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=16655","title":{"rendered":"Cognitive dissonance: when you are a traditionalist and don&#8217;t accept the Pope."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yeah I know, spare me the BS that he&#8217;s not the Pope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SSPX hierarchy has excommunicated themselves. Two short videos. Because the men doing the ordaining and the men being ordained are in the apostolic succession some of their sacramental actions &#8211; like the eucharist &#8211; are valid. But the actions are illicit.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vatican Declares Excommunications of Bishops Involved in SSPX Consecrations | EWTN News Nightly\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BicqOpcZzF0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A little more.  This was a few hours before the SSPX went into schism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SSPX vs. Pope Leo: Excommunication Next? #pope #sspx\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v8WBL923-Gw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yeah I know, spare me the BS that he&#8217;s not the Pope. The SSPX hierarchy has excommunicated themselves. Two short videos. Because the men doing the ordaining and the men being ordained are in the apostolic succession some of their sacramental actions &#8211; like the eucharist &#8211; are valid. But the actions are illicit. A &#8230; <a title=\"Cognitive dissonance: when you are a traditionalist and don&#8217;t accept the Pope.\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=16655\" aria-label=\"Read more about Cognitive dissonance: when you are a traditionalist and don&#8217;t accept the Pope.\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-catholic-stuff","category-pope-leo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16655"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16656,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16655\/revisions\/16656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}