Michel Guérard des Lauriers

Michel-Louis Guérard des Lauriers (1898 – 1988) was a French Dominican theologian who was illicitly made a bishop by Ngo Dinh Thuc and consequently excommunicated from the Catholic Church. He embraced ideas such as sedevacantism and sedeprivationism which are regarded as schismatic by the Catholic Church. Quotes The Church is Jesus Christ communicated. This communication has two organically linked aspects, whose phenomenology is divinely revealed. On the one hand, the MISSIO: ‘Go, teach, baptise, educate...’ (Matthew XXVIII, 18-20). This is what we find in the Church militant, ‘until the end of the age’: catechesis, the sacraments, and the government (of souls). On the other hand, there is the SESSIO: ‘You who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging...’ (Matthew 19:28). Thus, even in the Church militant, the hierarchy that manifests and realises catholicity is established. The distinction and unity between Missio and Sessio are so inherent in the Church that they are recognised by Canon Law, both universally and in particular. L’Église, c'est Jésus-Christ communiqué. Cette communication comporte deux aspects organiquement liés, dont la phénoménologie est divinement révélée. D'une part, la MISSIO : "Allez, enseignez, baptisez, éduquez..." (Matth. XXVIII, 18-20). Voilà, dans l'Église militante, "jusqu’à la fin du siècle", la catéchèse, les sacrements, le gouvernement (des âmes). D'autre part, la SESSIO : "Vous qui m’avez suivi, vous serez assis, vous aussi, sur douze trônes, jugeant..." (Matth. XIX, 28). Voilà instaurée, même dans l'Église militante, la hiérarchie qui manifeste et réalise la catholicité. La distinction et l'unité entre Missio et Sessio sont tellement inhérentes à l'Église, qu'elles sont homologuées par le Droit Canon, tant dans l'universel qu’en particulier. From Consacrer des Évêques, Sodalitium, n°. 16, April 1988, in sodalitium.eu, February 26, 2018. Of divine institution, the sacred hierarchy comprises, with regard to order [ratione ordinis]: bishops, priests, ministers; with regard to jurisdiction [ratione juridisdictionis]: the supreme pontificate and the subordinate episcopate..." (canon 108.3). Thus, the sacred hierarchy, one and unique, nevertheless comprises TWO rationes: the ratio ordinis pertains to the Missio, the ratio jurisdictionis to the Sessio. D’institution divine, la hiérarchie sacrée comporte, eu égard à l’ordre [ratione ordinis]: Évêques, prêtres, ministres ; eu égard à la juridiction [ratione juridisdictionis]: le pontificat suprême et l’épiscopat subordonné..." (canon 108.3). Ainsi, la hiérarchie sacrée, une et unique, comporte cependant DEUX rationes : la ratio ordinis ressortit à la Missio, la ratio jurisdictionis à la Sessio. From Consacrer des Évêques, Sodalitium, n°. 16, April 1988, in sodalitium.eu, February 26, 2018. External links An Italian translation is available at Carlo Di Pietro, Dalla Chiesa monarchica alla "chiesa conciliare": la potestà di giurisdizione, radiospada.org (September 24, 2013) Category:People from Paris Category:Catholics from France Category:Roman Catholic clergy Category:1898 births Category:1988 deaths