Posted on 12/28/2004 2:04:46 PM PST by CatherineSiena
While they are "Peter-ing" out to be sure, they (or their old diatribes) can still be found on the Internet here and there. Thus our Annual Sectarian Spotlight: For the real thing, there is the counterfeit. Satan makes sure of it in the Catholic and spiritual realms. In Catholic circles these are those who substitute private interpretation over the teachings of the living magisterium of the Catholic Church. Listing some of the more notorious untrustworthy guides here may help you to scratch off what is at least a waste of time and can be passed over, whether on the Internet or in publications, organizations, etc: These are men and women who show that a little bit of knowledge is dangerous for the innocent souls whose pocketbooks---er, "support"---they covet; they are professional Pope haters, utterly indifferent to the Church or the truth of the matter, they dig and sift only and always for the bad news to exploit, preferring the veneer and externals of days gone by and their own private judgement to the enduring substance of the Church's sacramental reality and teachings of which they are ignorant of even the basics; and they will confuse an abuse for the whole Church everytime, deliberately. Anything by the following persons: Thomas E. Woods, Christopher Ferrara, Michael Matt and "The Remnant", Fr. Nicholas Gruner, Fr. Kevin Vaillancourt, Malachi Martin in his later years, the late Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre and his Society of St. Pius X, the Society of St. Pius V, Atila Guimaraes, Marian Horvat, "Fr. Moderator" of Traditio (this schismatic of reportedly Old Catholic lineage even refuses to give his own name on his website, though it is Morrison), John Lane, John Vennari and his Catholic Family News, Griff Ruby, Jim Vogel, Thomas Sparks, Robert Sungenis, The Seattle Catholic internet website, Walter M. Hudson, Thomas A. Droleskey, Gerry Matatics and their poor followers. We will say nothing here of those who have gone on to declare themselves pope and actually donned the homemade mitre ! We are concerned here only with those who are content to act the part and make a living or a name from theological confusion. The cure and antidote to their fools-gold are the actual teachings of the Council and Popes---esp JPII. They prefer you do anything but read the actual teachings of the Pope and Church documents! They'd prefer to interpret them for you, rather than allow the magisterium its proper competence. In this they are remarkably like the neo-modernist dissidents, whom we treat of elsewhere, and even old Herr Luther! Remember this: every schismatic that every was said that the actual Church was schismatic, and every heretic that every lived considered the Pope a heretic. It's as old as the Church herself. Schism and schismatics come and go, they live for a time, barking and howling in all directions at once, and then perish, but the Barque of Peter moves on through every storm through history toward the divine Telos appointed by Our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, Himself. (Mt 16:18f).
Regardless, what a sorry way to spend Christmas: Bitter bile, ruminated upon, turned over, eventually savored and sought after.
Hand is no better than the "integrists" he condemns. What a pathetic little man.
I couldn't agree more. And Thomas Woods definitely doesn't belong with the rest of that list. (Has Hand now anathematized The Latin Mass?)
The Latin Mass has, within the past 2 years, taken a turn towards what Hand would call an "integrist" position. Some of the persons he declares anathema in the list above have written for The Latin Mass.
So I'd guess that Hand has indeed anathematized The Latin Mass (and has probably reserved absolution of said anathema so that it may only be lifted by Hand himself.)
How about you ALL just stop posting this crap. Period.
Integrism is an invented term by frustrated Neo-Catholics. It is about as legitimate as Kwanza.
You're out of line.
Why? You know exactly who I am talking about (it ain't you BTW).
While they are "Peter-ing" out to be sure, they (or their old diatribes) can still be found on the Internet here and there. Thus our Annual Sectarian Spotlight: For the real thing, there is the counterfeit. Satan makes sure of it in the Catholic and spiritual realms. In Catholic circles these are those who substitute private interpretation over the teachings of the living magisterium of the Catholic Church.
Listing some of the more notorious untrustworthy guides here may help you to scratch off what is at least a waste of time and can be passed over, whether on the Internet or in publications, organizations, etc: These are men and women who show that a little bit of knowledge is dangerous for the innocent souls whose pocketbooks---er, "support"---they covet; they are professional Pope haters, utterly indifferent to the Church or the truth of the matter, they dig and sift only and always for the bad news to exploit, preferring the veneer and externals of days gone by and their own private judgement to the enduring substance of the Church's sacramental reality and teachings of which they are ignorant of even the basics; and they will confuse an abuse for the whole Church everytime, deliberately.
Anything by the following persons: Thomas E. Woods, Christopher Ferrara, Michael Matt and "The Remnant", Fr. Nicholas Gruner, Fr. Kevin Vaillancourt, Malachi Martin in his later years, the late Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre and his Society of St. Pius X, the Society of St. Pius V, Atila Guimaraes, Marian Horvat, "Fr. Moderator" of Traditio (this schismatic of reportedly Old Catholic lineage even refuses to give his own name on his website, though it is Morrison), John Lane, John Vennari and his Catholic Family News, Griff Ruby, Jim Vogel, Thomas Sparks, Robert Sungenis, The Seattle Catholic internet website, Walter M. Hudson, Thomas A. Droleskey, Gerry Matatics and their poor followers.
We will say nothing here of those who have gone on to declare themselves pope and actually donned the homemade mitre ! We are concerned here only with those who are content to act the part and make a living or a name from theological confusion. The cure and antidote to their fools-gold are the actual teachings of the Council and Popes---esp JPII. They prefer you do anything but read the actual teachings of the Pope and Church documents! They'd prefer to interpret them for you, rather than allow the magisterium its proper competence. In this they are remarkably like the neo-modernist dissidents, whom we treat of elsewhere, and even old Herr Luther!
Remember this: every schismatic that every was said that the actual Church was schismatic, and every heretic that every lived considered the Pope a heretic. It's as old as the Church herself. Schism and schismatics come and go, they live for a time, barking and howling in all directions at once, and then perish, but the Barque of Peter moves on through every storm through history toward the divine Telos appointed by Our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, Himself. (Mt 16:18f).
What a shocker!! A self-appointed guardian of orthodoxy!
Free Republic SAGOs (Self-Appointed Guardians of Orthodoxy) number in the triple digits, Catherine.
Perhaps you should have written "A Christmas card from another always amusing self-appointed guardian of orthodoxy".
Mr. Hand certainly has a handle on those who excite contempt for the papacy and the Church. An excellent list of what to avoid.
"An excellent list of what to avoid."
And what writers would you recommend?
"The Book of Job is one of the treasures of the Old Testament of the Bible. It reveals a truth about authentic spirituality to every age. The background of the Book is a dispute between Satan, whom the New Testament rightly refers to as the “accuser of the brethren” (Rev. 12:10), and God."
lol.
ping to self for later read
Thank you for your post CatherineSiena-I am sorry but did not have time to read but here is a bump,fatima
Catholics don't recommend. We anathematize.
More seriously though, the only publication that I would give an imprimatur to is The Wanderer. It addresses current church and cultural issues without fomenting schism on the right, as well as exposes and criticizes modernists and their tendencies with unabashed fervor. Thomas Roeser and Frank Morris stand out.
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