8.108. Aren’t sedevacantists judging everyone and acting like they’re the only ones going to Heaven? Isn’t that prideful and uncharitable?
No, sedevacantists do not judge individual souls—only God can do that. But we do judge public facts, doctrines, and practices, as the Church has always required the faithful to do. We affirm what the Church has always taught:
“Outside the Catholic Church there is no salvation.”
This truth doesn’t change just because it makes people uncomfortable.
Sedevacantists are not claiming that everyone outside their circle is automatically damned. But we are saying—in fidelity to pre-Vatican II teaching—that souls who knowingly reject the true Faith, valid sacraments, or submit to false popes are in mortal danger, and that the Vatican II religion is not the Catholic Church.
That’s not pride—it’s objective Catholic truth, professed for the sake of souls and salvation.
| Category | Sedevacantist / Catholic Position | Common Objection | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judging Souls | We do not judge souls; God alone knows the heart | “You’re sending everyone to Hell” | No—we warn about the path, but don’t claim to know the final judgment |
| Judging Doctrine | We judge teachings based on perennial Catholic dogma | “You’re being divisive and rigid” | Doctrine is objective; truth unites—it’s heresy that divides |
| Who Is Saved | Only God knows—but salvation is impossible without the true Faith | “You think only sedevacantists are saved” | We say: No one can be saved knowingly adhering to a false Church |
| Certainty | We speak with certainty where the Church has spoken | “That’s arrogance” | It’s not arrogant to repeat what Christ and His Church taught infallibly |
| Charity | Charity means warning souls and teaching truth boldly | “You’re unloving and harsh” | Silence in the face of error is false charity and real cruelty |
| Inclusivity | We invite all to the true Faith—not based on feelings, but on truth | “You’re exclusive and sectarian” | The Church has always been exclusive—because truth is one |
| Fruits | Doctrinal clarity, strong families, reverent Mass, conversions | Vatican II yields ecumenism, confusion, moral decay | “By their fruits you shall know them” (Matt. 7:16) |
Summary:
We don’t say, “Only sedevacantists go to Heaven.”
We say, “Only those who die in the true Faith and in sanctifying grace are saved.”
That’s not our opinion—it’s Catholic dogma, defined and defended long before Vatican II.
Sedevacantists are not judging souls—we’re exposing heresy, invalid sacraments, and the false hierarchy created after 1958. We’re warning others not to follow wolves, even if those wolves wear white cassocks.
To stand firm on this truth, despite being mocked or rejected, is not pride—it’s fidelity.
The real pride is in thinking we know better than the saints, the popes, and Our Lord, who gave the Church one Faith, one baptism, one flock, and one shepherd.