>>260478
Orthodox here:
I don't believe this to be true of Anglicans. Many of the criticisms found in the apostolicae curae are criticisms of the undeniably, by Catholic measure, Orthodox orders and many of the changes to the new ordination are things that the apostolicae curae specifically used as evidence of the invalidity of the Anglican ordination. For example, the NO ordination ordains without the prayer "for the living and dead", which was stated by Leo XIII as evidence for the invalidity of Anglican orders.
If you read the letter in light of Orthodox and NO ordination, the forms which all Catholics are bound to accept as valid, then the logic of the apostolicae curae go completely out of the window.
Please see the saepius officio which responds to the criticism:
http://anglicanhistory.org/orders/saepius.pdf
>>260633
This is not a very good way to phrase it. But the Orthodox laity have defended the Orthodox faith in the past, such as against the schismatics during the Council of Ferrara-Florence. The gates of hell cannot prevail, and it doesn't need a Bishop to ensure that!
>>260434
"valid", referring to the effaciousness of the sacraments.
If you say that a schismatic cannot deliver fully valid sacraments, you are anathema from Orthodox and Catholics.