5.9. Are you saying the new ordination and consecration rites after Vatican II are invalid? On what grounds?
Yes, we hold serious and well-founded doubts about the validity of the new rites of ordination (1968) and episcopal consecration introduced by Paul VI. According to Catholic sacramental theology, a valid sacrament requires correct form, matter, minister, and intention.
The new rites significantly altered the form (i.e., the essential words) and surrounding prayers—removing references to the priesthood’s sacrificial nature, the power to consecrate the Eucharist, and the traditional understanding of apostolic succession. These changes mirror similar Protestant rites condemned by Pope Leo XIII in Apostolicae Curae (1896), where he declared Anglican orders invalid due to defective form and intent.
A doubtful sacrament must be treated as invalid (De defectibus, Pius V’s Missal). Therefore, we must conclude that post-1968 ordinations and episcopal consecrations are, at best, doubtful—and thus not Catholic. Without valid bishops and priests, the sacraments (especially the Eucharist and Penance) are not truly conferred.
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