Posted on 12/27/2023 2:43:51 PM PST by ebb tide
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Gay couples, Latin Mass, sexual abuse, purging of the men most closely associated with Benedict, the appointment of Fernández: Pope Francis has done everything he could to destroy what his predecessor had built. One year after the death of Benedict XVI, his biographer and friend Peter Seewald speaks out.
Allowing open homosexuals into the priesthood had destroyed the church…
The homosexual cabal now controls the institution.
Pope Benedict underestimated how entrenched this cabal was and was driven out when he attempted to take it on.
Francis either is a homosexual himself or completely controlled by them.
Was Pope Pius XII antisemitic?
Was Pope St. Pius X antisemitic?
Don’t drink the modernists’ Kool-aid.
The only Truth of the sufficient Word of God can defeat the lies of Vat2.
Jesus said in his prayer to the true Heavenly Father, God Himself:
Sanctify them by the truth,
Your Word is Truth.
Until Vatican II, the Church's official position on the Jews was expressed in Sicut Judaeis, which called for their protection.
That wasn't always followed, unfortunately. But then again, Jews weren't always benevolent to Christians. Malicious acts were always mutual.
The Talmud, written before the Holocaust or Inquisition or Crusades, is especially vile toward Christianity. It even claims that Jesus is in Hell, boiling in a vat of feces.
If Orthodox Jews have issued a statement condemning such passages in the Talmud, thus reciprocating Nostra Aetate, I am unaware of it.
Amen 🙏🏻!
How about kicking to the curb all humans who have the audacity to insert themselves between God and mankind? Then nobody would have to worry their little heads about stuff like Francis.
Further, the lay Roman Catholic cannot evaluate whether Vatican 2, or any Roman Catholic dogma for that matter, is valid or not as they are not allowed to interpret the Bible or RC dogma on their own.
Additionally, per Roman Catholic canon law, the First See cannot be criticized. To further complicate matters, there is no mechanism where the pope can be removed. It simply cannot be done.
The Roman Catholic really has no say in this matter. That's quite a pickle for the Roman Catholic.
Just you and your Bible, without any teachers or guidance?
Yet the Ethiopian eunuch told Philip that he needed someone to teach him what Isaiah meant.
There was this which many RCs like to overlook.
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68. Jews appearing in public
A difference of dress distinguishes Jews or Saracens from Christians in some provinces, but in others a certain confusion has developed so that they are indistinguishable. Whence it sometimes happens that by mistake Christians join with Jewish or Saracen women, and Jews or Saracens with christian women. In order that the offence of such a damnable mixing may not spread further, under the excuse of a mistake of this kind, we decree that such persons of either sex, in every christian province and at all times, are to be distinguished in public from other people by the character of their dress — seeing moreover that this was enjoined upon them by Moses himself, as we read. They shall not appear in public at all on the days of lamentation and on passion Sunday; because some of them on such days, as we have heard, do not blush to parade in very ornate dress and are not afraid to mock Christians who are presenting a memorial of the most sacred passion and are displaying signs of grief. What we most strictly forbid however, is that they dare in any way to break out in derision of the Redeemer. We order secular princes to restrain with condign punishment those who do so presume, lest they dare to blaspheme in any way him who was crucified for us, since we ought not to ignore insults against him who blotted out our wrongdoings.
69. Jews not to hold public offices
It would be too absurd for a blasphemer of Christ to exercise power over Christians. We therefore renew in this canon, on account of the boldness of the offenders, what the council of Toledo providently decreed in this matter : we forbid Jews to be appointed to public offices, since under cover of them they are very hostile to Christians. If, however, anyone does commit such an office to them let him, after an admonition, be curbed by the provincial council, which we order to be held annually, by means of an appropriate sanction. Any official so appointed shall be denied commerce with Christians in business and in other matters until he has converted to the use of poor Christians, in accordance with the directions of the diocesan bishop, whatever he has obtained from Christians by reason of his office so acquired, and he shall surrender with shame the office which he irreverently assumed. We extend the same thing to pagans.
Fourth Council of the Lateran
https://www.papalencyclicals.net/councils/ecum12-2.htm
31but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name. John 20:31 NASB.
I think it’s pretty obvious now (sorry to say) that the Latin
Church is no longer the Body of Christ.
That leaves exactly one place left with apostolic authority
and it’s NOT in Rome.
There’s nothing stopping you from shuffling off Eastward, I
did and have NEVER been happier as Orthodox and catholic.
Which is totally irrelevant and not anywhere near an excuse.
At the very least, Jesus’ teachings in the Beatitudes completely demolishes any rationalization for such actions on the part of those naming the name of Christ.
I am simply a follower of Christ and Christ alone.
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