The SSPX's Ecclesiology of Substitution: Part of the Whole, or a new Whole? — And the Problem with a Crisis that Never Ends.

This long work by Father Clément Barré, a priest of the Archdiocese of Bordeaux, was published shortly before the episcopal consecrations of the Society of Saint Pius X (July 1st, 2026), but months before they had been announced. We post an English translation here for the record of events. *** The SSPX's Ecclesiology of Substitution From the Distinction Between "True Rome" and "False Rome" to the Justification of Consecrations Without a Pontifical Mandate Based on Primary Sources of the SSPX (La Porte Latine, FSSPX Actualités, DICI) by Father Clément Barré Archdiocese of Bordeaux Author's note: This article draws extensively on the work of Father Albert Jacquemain, whom we cite in the introduction. It is from him that we receive the thesis this study seeks to demonstrate. Introduction The Society of Saint Pius X, founded in 1970 by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, presents itself officially as a work in the service of the Catholic and Roman Church, not as an alternative to it. This declaration …