Dr. Gregorius (Gregory) Hesse, S.T.D. (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor - Doctor of Sacred Theology), J.C.D. (Juris Canonici Doctoron - Doctor of Canon Law).
Dr. Hesse was born on June 27, 1953 in Vienna and studied there at technical and economic institutions, but without an academic degree. He became a working student and worked at the Hoechst paint factory in Frankfurt and at Mercedes-Benz in Sindelfingen. His uncle, Prelate Erwin Hesse, worked from 1946 to 1979 as dean and pastor of the parish of St. Rochus in Vienna.
In 1976 Dr. Hesse moved to Rome and enrolled as a candidate for the priesthood at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas. On November 21, 1981 he was ordained a priest at the Cathedra Petri by Archbishop Aurelio Sabattani. From 1986 to 1988 Dr. Hesse worked in the Curia and was secretary to Cardinal Stickler, then worked in the Vatican Secret Archives until 1991. At the same time, Hesse received his doctorate in theology and canon law from the Angelicum. He completed his doctorate in theology in 1991. His dissertation is entitled "An introduction to the theology of Gilbert Keith Chesterton".
In 1991, following Stickler's retirement, Dr. Hesse returned to Vienna and from then on moved into a private apartment with a private chapel in the Viennese district of Wรคhring, but without being incardinated in the Vienna Archdiocese. According to his own statements, the erosion of faith in Rome following the reforms of the Second Vatican Council was the reason for his departure. The current source situation leaves open the diocese or community in which Hesse was incardinated after 1991.
Between 1991 and 2006, Dr. Hesse also developed an active lecturing activity outside of Austria, so that the talented rhetorician became known in the traditional milieu of Germany. His lectures in the USA, which he traversed for several weeks every year, led to increased popularity on the American continent. It can be observed that Hesse's lectures in the German-speaking area are down-to-earth and eloquent, while in the USA they are more intellectual. This circumstance makes it possible to draw conclusions about the level of education of the respective audience. From 1995 to 2005, Dr. Hesse maintained close contact with the actio spes unica founded by the suspended priest Hans Milch in Hattersheim am Main. In order to defuse his financial situation, Hesse translated English theological literature into German.
On various photos and videos, Dr. Hesse is depicted in the choral clothing of a monsignor or as a canon, although he had never officially received this honorary title. Hesse referred to an unspecified privilege of Urban VIII, according to which every priest ordained in St. Peter's Basilica ipso facto receives this honorary title.
Although he was not formally a member of the Society of St. Pius X, Dr. Hesse defended the founding by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre and the community's jurisdiction. The history of the Austrian district of the Pius brothers shows that his uncle, Erwin Hesse, had been in contact with Archbishop Lefebvre for a short time in 1974.
Dr. Hesse suffered from diabetes and died on January 25, 2006 as a result of a stroke in a Vienna hospital. On February 16, 2006 he was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery. (Source: RegiowikiAT Wikimedia Commons https://regiowiki.at/wiki/Gregorius_H...)
Sedevacantism is a doctrinal position which holds that the present occupier of the Holy See is not a valid pope due to the pope's espousal of one or more heresies and that therefore, for lack of a valid pope, the See of Rome or papacy is vacant.
00:00 - Introduction & The Sedevacantist Premise
01:08 - Objective vs. Subjective Heresy & Grave Sin vs. Office
03:02 - Vatican II, Modern Philosophy & Material vs. Formal Heresy
06:05 - The Duty to Resist Error Using Church Tradition & Predecessors
08:20 - Historical Dogmatic Councils vs. Recent Papal Speeches
11:28 - Cum Ex Apostolatus: Disciplinary Infallibility vs. Dogma
14:28 - Moral Culpability & The Theological Definition of Heresy
16:36 - Redemptor Hominis & The "Church of the New Advent"
19:15 - Distinctions of Act vs. Potency & Language in Theology
22:28 - Archbishop Lefebvre & Why 1958 Is Used as a Benchmark
25:18 - Liturgical Evolution: The 1962 Missal vs. Later Reforms
29:43 - The Scandal of Assisi & Koran Kiss: Apostasy vs. Loss of Office
32:10 - Historical Papal Errors & Pius IX on Heretical Prelates
35:05 - Bellarmine's Theories & Canon 333 on Papal Authority
37:45 - The Legal Burden of Proof: Sedevacantist Arguments vs. Authority
39:44 - The Risk to Salvation: Not Mentioning the Pope in the Canon
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Dr. Gregorius (Gregory) Hesse, S.T.D. (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor - Doctor of Sacred Theology), J.C.D. (Juris Canonici Doctoron - Doctor of Canon Law).
Dr. Hesse was born on June 27, 1953 in Vienna and studied there at technical and economic institutions, but without an academic degree. He became a working student and worked at the Hoechst paint factory in Frankfurt and at Mercedes-Benz in Sindelfingen. His uncle, Prelate Erwin Hesse, worked from 1946 to 1979 as dean and pastor of the parish of St. Rochus in Vienna.
In 1976 Dr. Hesse moved to Rome and enrolled as a candidate for the priesthood at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas. On November 21, 1981 he was ordained a priest at the Cathedra Petri by Archbishop Aurelio Sabattani. From 1986 to 1988 Dr. Hesse worked in the Curia and was secretary to Cardinal Stickler, then worked in the Vatican Secret Archives until 1991. At the same time, Hesse received his doctorate in theology and canon law from the Angelicum. He completed his doctorate in theology in 1991. His dissertation is entitled "An introduction to the theology of Gilbert Keith Chesterton".
In 1991, following Stickler's retirement, Dr. Hesse returned to Vienna and from then on moved into a private apartment with a private chapel in the Viennese district of Wรคhring, but without being incardinated in the Vienna Archdiocese. According to his own statements, the erosion of faith in Rome following the reforms of the Second Vatican Council was the reason for his departure. The current source situation leaves open the diocese or community in which Hesse was incardinated after 1991.
Between 1991 and 2006, Dr. Hesse also developed an active lecturing activity outside of Austria, so that the talented rhetorician became known in the traditional milieu of Germany. His lectures in the USA, which he traversed for several weeks every year, led to increased popularity on the American continent. It can be observed that Hesse's lectures in the German-speaking area are down-to-earth and eloquent, while in the USA they are more intellectual. This circumstance makes it possible to draw conclusions about the level of education of the respective audience. From 1995 to 2005, Dr. Hesse maintained close contact with the actio spes unica founded by the suspended priest Hans Milch in Hattersheim am Main. In order to defuse his financial situation, Hesse translated English theological literature into German.
On various photos and videos, Dr. Hesse is depicted in the choral clothing of a monsignor or as a canon, although he had never officially received this honorary title. Hesse referred to an unspecified privilege of Urban VIII, according to which every priest ordained in St. Peter's Basilica ipso facto receives this honorary title.
Although he was not formally a member of the Society of St. Pius X, Dr. Hesse defended the founding by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre and the community's jurisdiction. The history of the Austrian district of the Pius brothers shows that his uncle, Erwin Hesse, had been in contact with Archbishop Lefebvre for a short time in 1974.
Dr. Hesse suffered from diabetes and died on January 25, 2006 as a result of a stroke in a Vienna hospital. On February 16, 2006 he was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery. (Source: RegiowikiAT Wikimedia Commons https://regiowiki.at/wiki/Gregorius_H...)
Sedevacantism is a doctrinal position which holds that the present occupier of the Holy See is not a valid pope due to the pope's espousal of one or more heresies and that therefore, for lack of a valid pope, the See of Rome or papacy is vacant.
00:00 - Introduction & The Sedevacantist Premise
01:08 - Objective vs. Subjective Heresy & Grave Sin vs. Office
03:02 - Vatican II, Modern Philosophy & Material vs. Formal Heresy
06:05 - The Duty to Resist Error Using Church Tradition & Predecessors
08:20 - Historical Dogmatic Councils vs. Recent Papal Speeches
11:28 - Cum Ex Apostolatus: Disciplinary Infallibility vs. Dogma
14:28 - Moral Culpability & The Theological Definition of Heresy
16:36 - Redemptor Hominis & The "Church of the New Advent"
19:15 - Distinctions of Act vs. Potency & Language in Theology
22:28 - Archbishop Lefebvre & Why 1958 Is Used as a Benchmark
25:18 - Liturgical Evolution: The 1962 Missal vs. Later Reforms
29:43 - The Scandal of Assisi & Koran Kiss: Apostasy vs. Loss of Office
32:10 - Historical Papal Errors & Pius IX on Heretical Prelates
35:05 - Bellarmine's Theories & Canon 333 on Papal Authority
37:45 - The Legal Burden of Proof: Sedevacantist Arguments vs. Authority
39:44 - The Risk to Salvation: Not Mentioning the Pope in the Canon
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๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ ๐๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐บ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhde71olRGE&t=36m54s
๐๐ผ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐น๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btaPDrtmNTY
๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04oN_23onHs
Sedevacantists claim the new rites for Episcopal consecration and Priestly ordination are invalid due to changing a word / or words. The claim is inaccurate and seriously misleads souls astray as the following facts will show.
๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ?
Christ first specifically chose the Twelve:
โAnd he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them to preach.โ (Mark 3:14)
He gave them authority. Christ tells the Apostles:
โAs the Father hath sent me, I also send you.โ (John 20:21)
Then:
โReceive ye the Holy Ghost.โ (John 20:22)
And immediately gives them the authority to forgive sins:
โWhose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.โ (John 20:23)
Christ is gave the Apostles a power that belongs to the ordained ministry.
He gave them authority to teach and govern
โWhatsoever you shall bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven.โ (Matthew 18:18)
And:
โHe that heareth you, heareth me.โ (Luke 10:16)
Establishing their teaching authority.
Peter receives a unique pastoral office. Christ says to Peter:
โThou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build My Church.โ (Matthew 16:18)
โI will give to thee the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven.โ (Matthew 16:19)
After the Resurrection, Christ tells Peter:
โFeed my lambs... Feed my sheep.โ (John 21:15โ17)
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐
We see this happening very clearly in Acts where the Apostles appoint the Seven:
โWhom they set before the apostles; and they praying, imposed hands upon them.โ (Acts 6:6)
Paul tells Timothy:
โNeglect not the grace that is in thee, which was given thee... with the imposition of the hands of the presbytery.โ (1 Timothy 4:14)
โStir up the grace of God, which is in thee by the imposition of my hands.โ (2 Timothy 1:6)
This demonstrates that Apostolic succession (the authority Christ gave the Apostles) is transmitted through ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฑ (consecratory prayer prescribed by the Church)
The Eastern Catholic Churches all use ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ in the conferral of Holy Orders for both Priestly and Episcopal ordination which is part of the common Apostolic sacramental tradition of East and West.
However the Form (words or prayers used) differ between East and West, yet since the institution of the Church at Pentecost ordinations in both East and West have been valid regardless of the prayers.
Neither scripture nor tradition records Christ saying specific words, nor did the Apostles give instructions that precise words be used to confer the sacrament of Holy Orders. Christ left the minutia or details of Sacraments to the Church to complete. Hence the Church through the Pope is permitted to compose and/or change consecratory prayers which are apart from the essential element instituted by Christ. For Holy Orders, the consecratory prayers solicit Christ's Grace and blessing and confirm the duties of the Priest or Bishop as required by Christ from His ministers. (Source: Catholic Encyclopedia, III. Origin of the Sacraments, point 4 https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Sacraments)
After the laying on of hands, the central portion of the prayers for the Episcopal consecration in the new Latin rite says:
โPour out now upon this chosen one that power which is from you, the governing Spirit, whom you gave to your beloved Son, Jesus Christ, the Spirit whom he bestowed upon the holy Apostles, who established the Church in each place as your sanctuary for the glory and unceasing praise of your name.โ ...
โGrant, O Father, knower of all hearts, that this your servant, whom you have chosen for the office of Bishop, may shepherd your holy flock.โ
Consecrator asks that the new Bishop to faithfully exercise the High Priesthood, offer the gifts of the Church, and receive through the Holy Spirit the power:
โto forgive sins according to your command, assign offices according to your decree, and loose every bond according to the power given by you to the Apostles.โ
The above prayer shows that the sedevacantist argument against the words, "governing spirit", is poor when the sentence is read in its entirety.
For Holy Orders (Bishops and Priests), the main points are:
Proper matter โ the required imposition of hands.
Proper form โ the prescribed consecratory/ordination prayer.
Proper minister โ a validly ordained Bishop
Proper intention โ the minister must intend to do what the Church does in conferring the sacrament and its efficacy does not depend upon the personal holiness of the minister.
Suitable recipient โ baptized male according to Catholic teaching and law.
The arguments about the new rite broadcast by sedevacantists when properly studied fails completely, making it a danger to salvation by causing many to cut ties with the visible Church hierarchical structure established by Christ, being one of the essential element for salvation. Christ did not found an invisible Church with no hierarchy - a situation which creates innumerable differing groups each doing their own thing as they see fit according to what they think Christ's will is. Another version of Protestantism.
Christ's words to Saint Catherine of Siena support the view that it is a grave error to cut oneself off from the Church's visible hierarchical structure.
"๐๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ท๐๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ, ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ท๐๐ฑ๐ด๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ฒ. ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐, ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐."
Immediately before this, Christ tells Catherine that even sinful priests remain His ministers and that the faithful should:
โ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ป, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ท๐๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฑ...โ
โ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ.โ
โ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป.โ
โ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ, ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ.โ
(St. Catherine of Siena's Dialogue, Treatise of Prayer, chapter 16)