| | LT29 - Papal Authority in the First Ecumenical Councils / A Dubious Translation of Ecclesia Dei |
 | | He may be affirming that visible authority itself rests upon traditions of spirituality and apostolate that are not entirely subject to innovation but rather stand, to some extent, outside of the competence of the hierarchy to reduce or eliminate them as a practical function of episcopal ministry. |
 | | What Pope John Paul is saying here seems to be contrary to the widespread, even dominant, feeling today that, once legitimate authority has been persuaded to institute a change, there is no more appeal to tradition. |
 | | The Pope had earlier in the document pointed out that the episcopal consecrations effected by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre were an act of disobedience to the authority of the Church, as vested in the Roman Pontiff (no. 3). |
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