Q311 – How should the lay faithful receive this 52-page document? Does it hold Magisterial authority?

Interview Organization: The Confraternity of Our Lady of Fatima
Interviewer Name: Christopher Wendt
Date: November 13, 2024
This document is not infallible or holy scripture, and we are not obliged to follow it. Our guiding principles are Holy Scripture, sacred tradition, and solemn magisterial pronouncements that align with the Church's perennial teachings. Ambiguous or unclear documents are not to be accepted and will likely be forgotten, as others have been in history.
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Transcript:

Well, it is not an infallible document. It is not Holy Scripture. This does not oblige us. What truly helps and guides us is Holy Scripture, divine revelation, the holy tradition of the faith, and those pronouncements that are solemn declarations of the Church, known as ex cathedra pronouncements. These are the definitive statements of the Magisterium.

We are also bound by those pronouncements that clearly and evidently confirm the perennial tradition of the Church. When something is unclear, vague, or ambiguous, we cannot accept it. We can only accept what is clear, what is without any doubt, and what confirms the perennial teaching of the Church, the consistent affirmations of the entire Church, and the Magisterium throughout history. As for the rest, we are not obliged to accept it.

I believe that these documents will soon, relatively soon, be forgotten. There have been texts in the history of the Church that were quickly forgotten and lost their importance. I think this document will follow the same path. It will soon be forgotten, and I assume that probably only a small number of bishops will even read it.