Feeling a little grumpy perhaps.

I am sick and tired of sedevacantists and their whining. They are not Catholic and are henceforth banned from Erik's Rants and Recipes. This prohibition does not extend to Oriental Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox, Protestants, Jews, Mohammedans, Buddhists, and others who are honest about their relationship to the Catholic Church and our Holy Father Pope John Paul II. Likewise this prohibition does not extend to authentically Traditional Catholics who are in communion with the Holy Father.

I have come to this decision based on two things:

First, ecumenicism is a worthy and noble thing when seen in the light of Tradition. However, it has become too infected with the Spirit of Vatican II and we need to think of ecumenical dialog in the light of Bl. Pius IX's Syllabus of Errors and how the Church has dealt with heretics and schismatics in the past. Dialogue is two-way, and there is no evidence that pseudo-Traditionalist schismatics are interested in it. We disrespect their own Athos-like views if we insist on dialog with these people.

Second. Error has no rights. Repeat daily. Error has no rights. We do not do these misguided souls any good by giving them any platform with which to broadcast their goofy views.

Third. These people are in grave danger of losing their souls and should not be dismissed lightly. Extra ecclesiam nullus salus est. Authentic Catholics take that seriously, when it is viewed in the light of the Tradition and the Sacred Council. It is one thing to recognize that God may act in mysterious ways and see to it that some animist in the jungle is somehow incorportated in God's Holy Church, but another to use it as a shield for those who pretend to be Catholic, yet abandon the barque of Peter.

So, from this point on, any posts expressing sedevacantism or by known sedevacantists who have not publicly repented of their error will be deleted and the IP added to the list of sellers of online pharmaceuticals.

EDITED TO ADD: The first step in these sanctions are simple deletions, which will happen to any post that is disrespectful of the Holy Father at all. Repeat offences will result in IP Banning, which can be appealed by emailing me at EKeilholtz [at] aol [dot] com.