Why should I choose a traditional formation in the Society of Saint Pius X, rather than simply try to get by in the “mainstream” or post-Vatican II church?
You will not receive a formation at all in the Novus Ordo. Instead you will receive a smattering of different elements or truths taken here and there, along side with monumental errors. All studies are treated in the form of comparative philosophy or theology, as if there were not one that is true and all the others that are false. The seminaries of the Society of Saint Pius X give a true formation that is a consistent instruction in the Faith and in the virtues necessary to live the Catholic life. It is this formation that enables true virtues to be formed in the soul, both intellectual and moral. Tradition-minded Catholics who go through the modernist system are self-taught or autodidacts. They do not receive the spirituality and life of the priesthood, and are separated from the handing down of the Catholic life. If some elements can be found in books, the greatness of the priestly life and vocation cannot. It is handed down. The man who attempts to go through the system will eventu
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