William J. Morgan (Sedevacantist)
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William J. Morgan was an English lay theologian
and a Traditionalist Catholic
apologist promoting the Sedevacantist position. His son, Father Paul Morgan
, had become a priest in the Fraternal Society of Saint Pius X
, which strongly opposes Sedevacantism
. Morgan was opposed to the Cassiciacum Thesis, a similar position to the Sedevacantist position, and is credited with naming that other position, sedeprivationism
. He lived in the 20th century.
Morgan presided over a small lay organization, the Counter-Reformation Association, La Guerche, Monks Kirby
, near Rugby
, England
.
Lay theologian
A lay theologian is a theologian who is not an ordained clergyman.Among lay theologians are the following:* George Abbot * Thomas J. J. Altizer* Joseph T. Bayly* Edward Musgrave Blaiklock* Nicholas Cabasilas* Chung Hyun Kyung...
and a Traditionalist Catholic
Traditionalist Catholic
Traditionalist Catholics are Roman Catholics who believe that there should be a restoration of many or all of the liturgical forms, public and private devotions and presentations of Catholic teachings which prevailed in the Catholic Church before the Second Vatican Council...
apologist promoting the Sedevacantist position. His son, Father Paul Morgan
Father Paul Morgan
Father Paul Morgan is the current superior of the British district of the Society of St Pius X. He was ordained by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre at Econe in 1988. He has served in USA and the Philippines, served as Principal of St. Michael's, the Society's school and was appointed to his present...
, had become a priest in the Fraternal Society of Saint Pius X
SSPX
SSPX may refer to:* Society of St. Pius X* Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment...
, which strongly opposes Sedevacantism
Sedevacantism
Sedevacantism is the position held by a minority of Traditionalist Catholics who hold that the present occupant of the papal see is not truly Pope and that, for lack of a valid Pope, the see has been vacant since the death of either Pope Pius XII in 1958 or Pope John XXIII in 1963.Sedevacantists...
. Morgan was opposed to the Cassiciacum Thesis, a similar position to the Sedevacantist position, and is credited with naming that other position, sedeprivationism
Sedeprivationism
Sedeprivationism is an ideological school or party of the traditionalist Roman Catholic movement that holds that Popes since John XXIII have been defective Popes, following the principles of the late French theologian Michel Louis Guérard des Lauriers, O.P., as Lauriers set it out in his thesis...
. He lived in the 20th century.
Morgan presided over a small lay organization, the Counter-Reformation Association, La Guerche, Monks Kirby
Monks Kirby
Monks Kirby is a village and civil parish in north-eastern Warwickshire, England. The population of the parish is 434 .Monks Kirby is located around one mile east of the old Fosse Way, around 8 miles north-west of Rugby, seven miles north-east of Coventry and six miles west of Lutterworth....
, near Rugby
Rugby, Warwickshire
Rugby is a market town in Warwickshire, England, located on the River Avon. The town has a population of 61,988 making it the second largest town in the county...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.