Editing Marcel Lefebvre (section)

=== Theological positions ===
Lefebvre was associated with the following positions:
* The rejection of 'false' or 'aberrant' [[ecumenism]] in favour of Catholic [[religious exclusivism|exclusivism]];<ref>"This spirit of adultery is also made clear in the ecumenism instituted by The Secretariat for the Unity of Christians."{{cite web|url=http://www.sspx.org/miscellaneous/public_statement_ab_lefebvre_june_1988.htm |title=Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre's June 1988 Public Statement against False Ecumenism |access-date=2 September 2006 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061013234122/http://www.sspx.org/miscellaneous/public_statement_ab_lefebvre_june_1988.htm |archive-date=13 October 2006 }}, 19 October 1983, hosted by the United States district of the Society of Pius X</ref>
* The espousal of pragmatic [[religious tolerance]] instead of the principle of [[religious liberty]];<ref>Bernard Tissier de Mallerais{{cite web |url=http://www.sspx.org/miscellaneous/ab_lefebvre_preparing_the_council.htm |title=Archbishop Lefebvre preparing the council |access-date=3 November 2006 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030224200156/http://www.sspx.org/miscellaneous/ab_lefebvre_preparing_the_council.htm |archive-date=24 February 2003 }} . ''Fideliter''. The English translation was taken from the May 2002 issue of The Angelus. "Hence, to accept Religious Liberty was in principle to accept the "rights of man" within the Church. Now, the Church has always condemned these declarations on the "rights of man" which have been made against the authority of God." [http://www.sspxasia.com/Documents/Archbishop-Lefebvre/Conference_at_Long_Island.htm Conference Of His Excellency Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105336/http://www.sspxasia.com/Documents/Archbishop-Lefebvre/Conference_at_Long_Island.htm |date=24 September 2015 }}, Long Island, New York, 5 November 1983, hosted by SSPXasia.com</ref>
* The rejection of [[Collegiality (Catholic Church)|collegiality]] within the church in favour of strict [[papal supremacy]];<ref>{{harvnb|Reese|1988|loc="Archbishop Lefebvre is known most widely for his support of the Tridentine liturgy and his attacks on the liturgical changes initiated by Vatican II. But his complaints against Vatican II go far beyond liturgical reforms. He also rejects conciliar developments in collegiality, religious liberty and ecumenism. These are seen by him as corresponding to the Revolution's égalité, liberté and fraternité."}}</ref>
* Opposition to the replacement of the [[Tridentine Mass]] with the [[Mass of Paul VI]].<ref>{{harvnb|Vere|2001}}: "However, Lefebvre's continued use of the Tridentine Mass eventually became an issue with the Vatican."</ref>