4.9. How do you stay united without a pope? Isn’t that Protestant?

Unlike Protestants, we do not each interpret Scripture or Tradition on our own authority. We hold to the unchanging teachings of the pre-Vatican II Magisterium. We’re not “creating” a new religion—we are preserving the Catholic Faith exactly as it was handed down for 1,900+ years.

Sedevacantists are not without structure or unity: we have bishops validly consecrated in the traditional rite (pre-1968), valid priests, sacraments, and catechisms. We are united not by human opinion but by the objective, public teaching of the Church up to 1958 (death of Pius XII). We await a true pope but remain faithful in the meantime.