Are Latin Mass communities schismatic, and could Pius V bind future popes on the Mass?
Citing E. Michael Jones' claim that Latin Mass communities are intrinsically schismatic, a viewer asks who the real schismatics are, whether Pius V was without authority when Quo Primum said it could not be revoked, and whom to follow when a bishop and pope disagree.
Answer
Take the second question first: Pius V was not without authority, because Quo Primum binds everyone but a future pope; a pope cannot bind another pope in the liturgy, which is a form of worship that has always varied. He could bind any bishop or cardinal in his own reign, but not his successors, and any scholar will tell you that. Now, Dr. Jones has some credibility here. There is a schismatic mentality among many SSPX people; I have been there, and they treat those who attend the Novus Ordo as going to an inferior or even invalid Mass. John Salza, a lawyer who has studied this for over twenty years, concludes that the SSPX is itself in schism, mainly because the last three popes, John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis, have officially stated it. So the very ones officially in schism are the ones pointing at everyone else. What Pope Leo XIV should do is give them the Latin Mass with no restrictions and end this gaping wound in the Church, because they are not asking for anything from the devil. And yes, there may be occasions where you side with your bishop over the pope in how a pope handled himself, which teaches us the pope is not perfect.